DAUNTLESS (1857, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DAUNTLESS
Year of Build:
1857
Official Number:
6128
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
B. B. Jones
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
438
Final Disposition
Final Location:
St. Martins Island, Deaths Door.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
Nov 1870
How:
Storm.
Final Cargo:
Iron ore.
Notes:
Stranded, wrecked, stripped & abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1858, May Collided with barque OCEAN WAVE, St. Clair River.

1860 Owned Sur. Watson, Buffalo.

1866 Owned Doyle, Buffalo.

1870, Nov Wrecked St. Martins Reef.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
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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