MARSH, CAROLINE (1852, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MARSH, CAROLINE
Year of Build:
1852
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Hope, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
N. Collins
Original Owner and Location:
William Marsh et al., Port Hope
Ownership Notes:
Also noted as built on Marsh's Creek, Port Britian.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
118'
Beam:
25'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (old style):
220
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Oswego, NY harbor.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
1 Nov 1890
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
Notes:
Broke towline with harbor tug M.J. CUMMINGS, drove ashore & wrecked.
History
Chronology:

1854 Owned Marsh, Port Hope, ONT.

1855, Nov Sunk Oswego Harbor, Lake Ontario with wheat.

1860 306 gross tons.

1863 Owned Vinden & Caldwell, Port Huron, MI.

1864 Owned Vinden & Caldwell, Port Hope.

1866 Rebuilt.

1871 New deck.

1874 Rebuilt.

1875 Large repairs.

1878 Owned E.S. Vinden, Port Hope.

1879 Owned Vinden et al, Port Hope.

1883 Major repairs.

1890, Nov 1 Ashore in storm, Oswego, NY; owned Capt. John Ewart, Parkdale, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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