ANN MARIA (Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ANN MARIA
Official Number:
387
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Conneaut, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Marshall Capron
Original Owner and Location:
Marshall Capron, Conneaut, OH
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
131.2'
Beam:
26.3'
Depth:
11.3'
Tonnage (old style):
359
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Kincardine, ONT
Lake Huron
Date:
1902
How:
Stranded on piers.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
Notes:
Unmanageable in heavy weather; Captain Gordon & 3 crew drowned.
History
Chronology:

1865 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

c1865 Readmeasured 256.19.

1866 Enrolled Conneaut.

1869 Possibly stranded Stoney Island, Lake Huron.

1871-79 Owned M. Capron, Conneaut.

1880, Nov 6 Reported wrecked with 7 lives lost.

1884 Rebuilt.

1887, Apr 21 Owned Capt. Gaffrey.

1902 Stranded.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Donald V. Baut
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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
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