GREENWOOD, GRACE (1853, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GREENWOOD, GRACE
Year of Build:
1853
Official Number:
10196
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, NY
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George H. Rogers
Original Owner and Location:
H.M. Ames, Oswego, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
124'
Beam:
25.6'
Depth:
11.6'
Tonnage (old style):
377
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near north pier, Saint Joseph, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
6 Oct 1876
How:
Sank.
Final Cargo:
700 ton iron ore.
Notes:
Bound Escanaba, MI - Michigan City, IN, aground & sank in storm.
History
Chronology:

1853, Sep Launched.

1853, Sep 10 Leaking, Lake Ontario with salt.

1855 Split sails & shifted cargo corn.

1855, Aug 6 Owned Rounds, Hudson & Ranney, Buffalo, NY.

1856, Sep 28 Collision with propeller ORONTES, Lake Erie near Fairport, OH.

1858, Apr Owned Capt. N. Brown, Buffalo.

1860, May 3 Hard aground Harsen's Island, St. Clair River with corn.

1860, May 4 Collision with steamer ILLINOIS while in tow of tug REINDEER departing Detroit.

1861, Mar 28 Owned James Doyle, Milwaukee, WI; fitted out at Detroit.

1861, Apr Aground St. Clair flats.

1863, Jul Aground North Manitou.

1866 Owned Guderzahn, Chicago, IL.

1868 305.55 gross tons.

1868, Sep 25 Aground Long Point Cut, Lake Erie; lost anchor.

1869, Jun Leaking, Lake Michigan.

1869, Aug Damaged in Lake Michigan gale.

1870 Rebuilt as 3 masted schooner.

1871 Owned Charles M. Lindgren, Chicago.

1871, Sep Damaged by collision with bark JESSE HOYT at Bay View.

1876 Owned F.O. Buryson, Chicago.

1876, Oct 6 Wrecked, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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