ALMINA (1862, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ALMINA
Also known as:
MINNIE DAVIS
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
90635
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Burwell, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George Dakin
Original Owner and Location:
Moses Northrup, Port Burwell, ONT
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
211
Final Disposition
Final Location:
1 1/2 miles from Pt. Morvia lighthouse off Bar Point.
Lake Erie.
Date:
13 Nov 1892
Final Depth:
21''
How:
Sunk.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
Notes:
Sunk in collision with schooner HUNTER SAVIDGE in 21' water. Stripped & abandoned. Wreckage removed May 1893.
History
Chronology:

1862, Apr 15 Registered Port Burwell, ONT.

1864 Refastened.

1865,Oct 20 Charles McDermand; Port Burwell,ONT.

1871,Mar 30 Owned William Walker; St. Catharines, ONT.

1872,Jan 24 Owned M. Chisamore & T.J. Best; St. Catharines, ONT.

1874 Sold to Capt. Davis, Alexandria Bay, NY; repaired & renamed MINNIE DAVIS (US90635).

1876 173 gross tons.

1881,Jul 20 Owned H. Hill; St.Clair, MI.

1882 Rebuilt 94' x 21' x 10'; 173/164.35 tons.

1888,Apr 28 Owned Adelaide M. Jex; Port Huron.

1890,May 2 Thomas Dunford; Port Huron, MI.

1892, Nov 13 Sunk; cargo of coal.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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