FORFAR (1855, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FORFAR
Year of Build:
1855
Official Number:
9197
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J. Phillips
Original Owner and Location:
J. Phillips, Chicago, IL.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
170 49/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Muskegon, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
Oct 1868
How:
Wrecked.
History
Chronology:

1855 - 67 Seven enrollments, Chicago, IL.

1855, Sep Aground Waukegan area, Lake Michigan.

1857, Aug 28 Capsized Kalamazoo River.

1861, Mar 30 Owned C. M. Lindgren.

1861, Nov 2 Ran on Chickanola Reef, Lake Erie near Pt. Pelee; repaired Clark's Dry Dock.

1862, Apr 5 Owned T. D. Connor.

1863 Owned Wilson & Johnson, Chicago, IL.

1863, Sep Aground on a Lake Michigan reef with salt; jettisoned 785 barrels.

1863, Oct Split sails, Lake Michigan.

1864, Apr 2 Owned R. Carberry, Chicago, IL.

1865, Oct 25 Owned James Bowen; large repairs.

1866, Aug Collision wtih propeller WENONA at Chicago.

1866, Oct 31 Aground Muskegon, Lake Michigan.

1867, Apr 11 Owned J. Cosgrove.

1868 US9197; 118.9 gross tons.

1868, Oct Wrecked Muskegon, MI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Gerry Metzler
Newspaper Clippings
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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