GIPSEY (1847, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GIPSEY
Also known as:
RAESSER, LYDIA E.
Year of Build:
1847
Official Number:
10206
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Lafrinnier & Stephens
Original Owner and Location:
Samuel Sand, Charles H. Coe, Cleveland, OH.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
105'
Beam:
21' 5"
Depth:
8' 8.5"
Tonnage (old style):
181 9/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Menominee, MI. Lake Michigan
Date:
1911
How:
Abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1847, Aug 27 Enrolled Cleveland, OH; valued $7,240.

1848, Jul 11 Struck by lightning at Buffalo, NY.

1848 Ran Buffalo - Cleveland.

1849, Apr 14 Towed dismasted scow LOUISE to Grand River.

1850, Mar 11 Owned Hiram Sprague et al, Cleveland.

1853, Jun 4 Owned Smith B. Allen, Cleveland.

1860 Owned Trowbridge, Chicago, IL.

1862 Large repairs.

1863 Owned Hass & Powell, Muskegon, MI; large repairs.

1864 Owned Hugh Hughes, Muskegon; 143 gross tons.

1865 Large repairs; 106.42 x 22.58 x 7.75', 131.87 gross / 128.28 net tons.

1866 Ashore Galloo Island, Lake Ontario.

1868 143.8 gross tons; US10206.

1871 Owned Gurnee, Chicago.

1876 Owned James Lovett, Chicago.

1879 Owned H. Christy, Whitehall.

1881, Sep Lay sunk White Lake; purchased by Captain Londen & N.W. Kilton, Sheboygan, WI; raised; towed by tug SPORT to Ludington, MI; carries 150,000' lumber.

1882 Rebuilt Locklin yard, Sheboygan, WI.

1882, May Launched following rebuild.

1883, Oct Collision with barge MICHAEL CORRY, Chicago.

1883, Nov Ashore North Bay.

1884, Jun Raised by Captain Louden.

1884 Owned Kelton, Sheboygan.

1886 Renamed LYDIA E. RAESSER.

1911 Abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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