MERCURY (1872, Schooner-barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MERCURY
Year of Build:
1872
Official Number:
50874
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
New Jerusalem, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner-barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
A. McLeod
Original Owner and Location:
Eber Ward, Detroit, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
121.3'
Beam:
27.1'
Depth:
9.1'
Tonnage (gross):
230.31
Tonnage (net):
219
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off 25th Street, Chicago, IL.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
18 Jun 1894
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Pine lumber.
Notes:
Wrecked in powerful NE gale at Chicago harbor.
History
Chronology:

1873, May Collision with schooner HARRISO, J.C., Lake Michigan.

1876, Jun 24 Owned O. Kitzinger, Milwaukee, WI.

1876 Owned Captain Engleman, Milwaukee.

1876, Sep 19 Blown down in gale, Lake Michigan; lost deckload.

1877, Jun 2 Collision with schooner DAY SPRING at Ludington, MI.

1879, Nov 19 Ashore south of Pentwater MI & abandoned to underwriters.

1879 - 80 Rebuilt Milwaukee as topsail schooner.

1882 Owned Captain Louis H. Sterling, Ludington, MI.

1894, May 18 Wrecked, Lake Michigan; owned Mrs. Sterling, Ludington.

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