BRITON (1891, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BRITON
Year of Build:
1891
Official Number:
3493
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
Globe Iron Works
Original Owner:
Menominee Transit Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
24, 38 & 61" cylinders by 42" stroke, 1200hp at 78rpm, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland. 14' x 12'6" scotch boilers, 160 pounds pressure.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
296'
Beam:
40'
Depth:
24.6'
Tonnage (gross):
2434
Tonnage (net):
1802
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Point Abino, near Buffalo, NY.
Lake Erie.
Date:
13 Nov 1929
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Flax & wheat.
Notes:
Faulty navigation aid caused grounding in fog. 1932 Dynamited as a hazard.
History
Chronology:

1891 Owned Menominee Transit Co.

1892, Jun 2 Hit & sunk steamer PROGRESS, Detroit River; repaired.

1899 Owned National Steel Co.; chartered by Canada Atlantic Line.

1908 Owned Pittsburg SS Co., Cleveland.

1917 Owned Intercoast SS Co., Boston, MA.

1923 Owned Buckeye SS Co.

1929, Nov 13 Wrecked near Buffalo, NY.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Lorne Joyce
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
American Bureau of Shipping
Donald V. Baut
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Great Lakes Register
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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