CALEDONIA (1842, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CALEDONIA
Year of Build:
1842
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Credit, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Jacob Randall
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
91'
Beam:
18.3'
Depth:
8.9'
Tonnage (old style):
128
History
Chronology:

1850 Rebuilt, Toronto.

1850, May 30 Registered Montreal.

1851, Nov 3 Reported ashore & total wreck, Port Burwell.

1851 - 52 Thoroughly repaired.

1854 Rebuilt Toronto, owned McMurrick & Co.

1856 Large repairs, owned Robert Moody, Port Credit.

1857 Owned T. Herrington.

1860 Owned McConn & Co., Oakville.

1860, Sep 28 Ashore Oswego with lumber, reported broken in two.

1861 Owned B. Shaver, Toronto.

1865 Same owner.

1870 Rebuilt.

1872 Sold at auction to Capt. Butler, Coburg, for $2,925; repaired at Rathbun Shipyard, Mill Point, ONT.

1876 Owened Hancroft, et al, Toronto.

1878 Owned Owen Butler, Coburg; registered Toronto.

1885 Rebuilt, 87.5 x 18 x 8.9', 129 gross tons.

1886 - 91 Owned Henry Maitland, Brighton, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Canadian Sessional Papers
Inland Lloyds’ Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
Loudon G. Wilson
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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