MARENGO (1842, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MARENGO
Year of Build:
1842
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Oliver Newberry
Original Owner and Location:
Oliver Newberry, Detroit, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
80'
Beam:
21'
Depth:
8' 8"
Tonnage (old style):
129 30/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Middle Sister Island.
Lake Erie.
Date:
18 May 1856
Final Depth:
30''
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
History
Chronology:

1842, Jul 4 Launched.

1842, Jul 21 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1846, Nov Lost sails, Cleveland area, Lake Erie.

1848 Ran Buffalo - Chicago & Detroit with grain.

1851, Mar 19 Owned Clark W. Newhall, Port Huron, MI.

1852, Nov 15 Beached & wrecked at Gravelly Bay, Lake Erie; cargo railroad iron, chain, marble; towed into the bay by propeller TIFFT.

1856, May 18 Sunk off Middle Sister Island, Lake Erie; cargo coal.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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