DUNGENESS (1894, Yacht)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DUNGENESS
Also known as:
WINYAH
Year of Build:
1894
Major repairs:
1924 - converted to freight vessel
Official Number:
157399
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sparrows Point, MD
Vessel Type:
Yacht
Hull Materials:
Steel
Builder Name:
Maryland Steel Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Lucy Carnegie, Pittsburgh, PA
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
13 & 24 x 18", 275hp, 140rpm, Maryland Steel Co., MD. 10 1/2' x 10', 125# steam scotch boiler. 1 donkey boiler.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
115'
Beam:
20.5'
Depth:
9.4'
Tonnage (gross):
143
Tonnage (net):
74
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Duluth, MN. Lake Superior
Date:
1955
How:
Dismantled.
History
Chronology:

1894 Built Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, MD for Lucy Carnegie.

1898 Owned Fletcher, Alpena, MI.

1899, Oct 23 Enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1899, Dec 1 Documents surrendered.

1900 Renamed WINYAH.

1925 Owned Christiansen & Sons, Duluth, MN; made a fish tug.

1950 Owned Leonard Rosen, Duluth, MN.

1955 Sold Duluth party; dismantled.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
C. Patrick Labadie
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
Newspaper Clippings
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
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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