EMILY (1840, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EMILY
Year of Build:
1840
Construction and Ownership
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
108
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Grand River, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
18 Nov 1852
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Wheat.
Notes:
Bound for Cleveland, lost in the great storm with all hands.
History
Chronology:

1840 Enrolled Portland.

1840, Oct 2 Damaged in gale, Lake Erie at Buffalo, NY.

1842, Aug 31 Struck & sank schooner ACORN, Lake Erie; 1 life lost.

1842, Oct 20 Bound Vermillion, OH - St. Catharines, ONT, capsized off Long Point, Lake Erie; 8 lost.

1845 Enrolled Sandusky, OH.

1846 Ashore near Sleeping Bear Dunes, Lake Michigan; released.

1848 - 52 Enrolled Presque Isle; ran Buffalo - Detroit & Erie with coal & staves.

1852, Oct 20 Ashore at Fairport.

1852, Nov 18 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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