MARTIN, D.R. (1857, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MARTIN, D.R.
Year of Build:
1857
Official Number:
6134
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Quayle & Martin
Original Owner and Location:
R.H. Harmon, Cleveland, OH
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Beam:
30.4'
Tonnage (old style):
465 15/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Devils Island.
Lake Huron.
Date:
3 Nov 1904
How:
wrecked.
Final Cargo:
coal
Notes:
Driven ashore and broken in two.
History
Chronology:

1857, Sep 5 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1857 Ashore near Presque Isle, Lake Huron.

1858, May Recovered.

1863 Owned Sturgis & Harmon, Chicago, IL.

1863, Sep Collision with scow SUNSHINE on Detroit River.

1865, Apr 20 Remeasured Chicago, IL 137.42 x 30.33 x 11.42', 326.19 gross/309.89 net.

1866 Owned Wirt & Dexter, Chicago.

1869, Sep Collision with sloop D. M. NORTON at Chicago.

1871, Sep Damaged in Lake Michigan gale.

1872-73 Repaired.

1876 Owned Lovell Brothers, Chicago.

1877 Repaired.

1883, Apr 18 Owned Marinette Barge Line Co.

1883 Rebuilt; centerboard.

1899 Owned John Murphy, Cedar River, MI; towed by H. L. WORTHINGTON; new deck & beams.

1899 Aground North Point Lake, MI.

1900 Owned S.R. Chamberlain, Chicago.

1901 New tops & decks.

1903 Owned L.S. Sullivan, Toledo, OH.

1904, Nov 3 Wrecked, Devils Island, Lake Huron; owned Spaulding & Lovedall, Chicago.

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