ARABIAN (1853, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ARABIAN
Year of Build:
1853
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oakville, ONT
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Cronkite
Original Owner:
Alexander Proudfoot
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
140
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Cleveland, OH.
Lake Erie.
Date:
17 Jun 1866
How:
Ashore; wrecked in storm.
Final Cargo:
Stone.
Notes:
Loss of 6 lives.
History
Chronology:

1853, Aug Launched Oakville.

1855, Jul 5 Collision with schooner IOWA while both were being towed in St. Clair flats.

1860 Owned Hanscomb & Co., Toronto, ONT.

1861 Owned Patrick Boylan, Cleveland, OH.

1865 Owned Boylan & Hanscom, Toronto, OH.

1866 Rebuilt Pt. Burwell, ONT by owner David Foster; 90' x 19' x 8.2', 138 tons.

1866, May 1 Owned Bentley Haskins, Pt. Burwell, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Beers, History of the Great Lakes, J. B. Mansfield
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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