HARTFORD (1873, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
HARTFORD
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
95229
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Gibraltar, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Hull Number:
15
Builder Name:
Linn & Craig
Original Owner and Location:
J.K. Post, O.H. Brown, J.H. & William McCarthy, Oswego, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
137.42'
Beam:
26.16'
Depth:
11.16'
Tonnage (gross):
323.31
Tonnage (net):
307.15
Capacity:
23,000 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Mexico Bay, East of Oswego, NY.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
11 Oct 1894
Final Depth:
40''
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
24,000 bushels wheat.
Notes:
Bound Detroit, MI - Cape Vincent, NY, foundered & later broke up; 7 lives lost. 1972, Mar 24 Located by divers 2 miles off Little Sandy Creek, Mexico Bay, Lake Ontario; to be raised & restored by Thousand Islands Shipyard Museum.
History
Chronology:

1873, Sep Launched.

1873, Sep 23 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1874, Jun Struck shoals, South Fox Island, Lake Michigan.

1874, Jun Aground Lime Kiln Crossing, Detroit River.

1876, Sep 2 Collision with schooner E.M. DAVIDSON, Chicago.

1877, Nov Ashore, Port Colborne.

1883, May Damaged by collision with schooner JESSIE, Welland Canal; cargo coal.

1894, Oct 11 Foundered in gale, Lake Ontario; owned C.H. McKinnley, Clayton, NY.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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