ANDERSON, JESSIE (1861, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ANDERSON, JESSIE
Year of Build:
1861
Official Number:
13775
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sandusky, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Rather flat; has bilge pumps.
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
G. Fordham
Original Owner and Location:
Whitney & Lawler, Sandusky, OH
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
114.3'
Beam:
25.3'
Depth:
9.6'
Tonnage (gross):
253
Tonnage (net):
208
Final Disposition
Final Location:
10-15 miles out in Lake Erie, south of Long Point Cut, near Rowan.
Date:
30 Oct 1871
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
140,000 bushels of weat.
Notes:
Lost with all hands (6); bound Detroit to Oswego.
History
Chronology:

1866 J. Dorlin, Toledo, OH.

1868 Owned Toledo, OH.

1869, Jun 5 Off Bar Point, Lake Erie, collided with schooner MIAMI losing jib boom, bow sprit & headgear; MIAMI wrecked foremast & bow.

1871 M. & M. J. Ryan, Toledo, OH.

1871, Oct. 30 Sunk off Port Rowan, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
Quayle, Detroit and St. Clair River Towing Association
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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