ARCTURUS (1853, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ARCTURUS
Year of Build:
1853
Official Number:
568
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Huron, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
F.D. Ketchum
Original Owner and Location:
Oliver Bugbee et al, Buffalo, NY
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
139'
Beam:
28.2'
Depth:
11.2'
Tonnage (old style):
412 46/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
20 miles north of Point Aux Barques.
Lake Huron.
Date:
19 Aug 1888
How:
Sank.
Final Cargo:
Sand.
Notes:
In tow of tug BRADY, sprang leak & sank.
History
Chronology:

One of largest schooners on lakes.

1853, Sep St. Clair River, struck bar, damaged rigging; threw locomotive overboard on Lake Huron on same voyage in gale.

1854-58 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1854, Dec Collided with propeller MAYFLOWER, repaired Port Huron.

1859 Large repairs.

1860 Owned B.B. Jones, Milwaukee, WI.

1862 Large repairs.

1865 Large repairs, readmeasured 300.59 gross/291.52 net tons.

1866 Owned C.H. Wheeler, Milwaukee, WI.

1873 Owners Cheyne, et al, Milwaukee, WI; repaired.

1876 Repaired.

1879 Not insurable.

1881 Repaired, made barge.

1881, Mar Sold to J.M. Jones by Capt. J.G. Cheyne & W.A. Nowell.

1884 Owned P. Boylan, Cleveland, OH.

1887, Jun 23 Owned Adolph A. Pinet, 139.5 x 28.4 x 10.9; 300 gross tons; enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1888, Aug Sank on Lake Huron.

1890, Nov 20 Enrollment surrendered Port Huron, MI; "wrecked, total loss".

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
C. Patrick Labadie
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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