COMMODORE (1880, Schooner)

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Identification

Vessel name:: COMMODORE
Year of Build:: 1880
Official Number:: 125805

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Carrollton, MI
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Thomas Arnold
Original Owner and Location:: E.F. Gould, E. Saginaw, MI.

Power

Number of Masts:: 3

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 176.5'
Beam:: 34'
Depth:: 12.2'
Tonnage (gross):: 586
Tonnage (net):: 565

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 10 miles southeast of Southeast Shoal Light.
Lake Erie.
Date:: 17 Jun 1918
How:: Capsized & foundered.
Final Cargo:: Coal.
Notes:: MATAAFA took crew off.

History

Chronology:

1887, Sep 3 Owned A.A. Pinet; 3 masts.

1888, Mar 16 Owned Frank Louden, Bay City; towed by P.H. BIRCKHEAD.

1900, Nov 16 Sails gone, rudder carried away, deck cargo lumber swept away in storm on Lake Superior; crew abandoned her; towed to Munising for repairs next day.

1912 Rebuilt at E.I. Rose Shipyard, North Tonawanda, NY; 1 mast removed; towed by BENTON & ELIZA STRONG.

1918 Towed by JAY GOULD.

1918, Jun 17 Sunk.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; John O. Greenwood; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Newspaper Clippings; Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley

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