FREDERICA (1894, Propeller)

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Identification

Vessel name:: FREDERICA
Also known as:: ERIE ISLE
Year of Build:: 1894
Official Number:: 120979

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Philadelphia, PA
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Steel
Builder Name:: Neafie & Levy S. B. Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Frederica & Philadelphia Navigation Co., Wilmington, DE.

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: Two 9 + 8 x 14", 220hp, 2 cylinder engines. 9' x 12", 125# steam.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 100.2'
Beam:: 26'
Depth:: 7.2'
Tonnage (gross):: 240

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Offshore Middle Bass Island. Lake Erie
Date:: 1960
How:: Abandoned.

History

Chronology:

1894 - 95 Lengthened 117.8 x 26 x 6.8', 315 gross / 282 net tons; sailed East Coast intercostal.

1930 Owned Erie Isles Ferry Co, Sandusky, OH.

1931 Rebuilt; renamed ERIE ISLE, owned Erie Isles Ferry Co, Put-in-Bay, OH; 5 daily trips from Old Fox's Dock - Catawba Co. Op. dock 1932 - 1942; capacity 13 cars & 300 passengers.

1942 Converted to barge for towing purposes to supply coal & sand to South Bass Island.

1946 Converted to barge, renamed FUBAR.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

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