Year of Build:

1854

Official Number:

311

Built at:

Buffalo, NY

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Lavayea

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

77.6'

Beam:

25.6'

Depth:

9.6'

Tonnage (old style):

204 14/95

Final Location:

Between Racine & Kenosha, WI.
Lake Michigan.

Date:

11 Nov 1883

How:

Foundered.

Final Cargo:

Lumber.

Notes:

One life lost; capsized & sank while towed to Racine from St. Joseph following salvage.

1854-1864 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1860 Owned Stevens & Ryan, Huron OH.

1863 Owned E. Morris, Buffalo, NY.

1864, Jun 2 Collision with FOREST QUEEN, Lake St. Clair.

1865 Owned E. Morris; Buffalo readmeasured, 159 gross tons.

1867 Owned Morris, Chicago; large repairs.

1879 Owned Morris, Milwaukee; repairs 1876 & 1878.

1881 Repaired.

1883, Oct 31 Went on beach St. Joseph, MI; lost centerboard & part of deck load; rudder disabled.

1883, Nov 11 Foundered.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database

Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley