GLADIATOR (1854, Scow Brig)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GLADIATOR
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sheffield (Black River), OH
Vessel Type:
Scow Brig
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
W. H. Adams
Original Owner and Location:
William H. Adams, Sheffield, OH.
Ownership Notes:
James N. Upham, Harmand V. Thompson, E. Brooks.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
99' 4.5"
Beam:
23' 11"
Depth:
7' 11"
Tonnage (old style):
169 42/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Grosse Pointe, Chicago, IL.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
Jul 1890
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
Lumber.
Notes:
Captain & owner Stephen Thompson drowned; remainder of crew rescued by life saving crew; finally sunk 2 miles off Chicago Marine Hospital.
History
Chronology:

1854, Jul 22 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1855, Aug 18 Owned James Upham et al.

1857, Nov Lost centre board, Detroit River.

1860 Owned J.N. Upham, Black River, OH; 169 gross tons.

1863 Owned W.W. Hart, Detroit, MI.

1865 Owned William Callaway et al, Detroit, MI; repaired; 141 gross tons, brigantine scow.

1872 Rebuilt.

1876 Owned Reitz Brothers, Chicago, IL.

1881, Apr Sold by Frank Wood & Walter J. Smith, Kenosha, WI to George Budge et al, Milwaukee, WI.

1890, Jul Wrecked Lake Michigan; owned Stephen Thompson.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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