MINNESOTA (1847, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MINNESOTA
Year of Build:
1847
Official Number:
16646
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George S. Weeks
Original Owner and Location:
Denfield, Lyon & Co., Oswego, NY.
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
216
Final Disposition
Final Location:
North of Two Rivers, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
15 Nov 1873
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Lumber, lath & pickets.
Notes:
Driven ashore in a gale; total loss.
History
Chronology:

1847, Sep 11 Launched at Oswego, NY.

1847 Enrolled Oswego.

1850, Apr Ashore on bar, Grand River, MI with GEORGE W. DOLE.

1857, Nov 19 Ashore near Michigan City, IN, Lake Michigan.

1858, Jul In collision with propeller MAYFLOWER off Long Point, Lake Erie; towed to Erie, PA, by propeller MAYFLOWER.

1860 Owned H. Halsted, Chicago.

1862 Same owner, large repairs.

1862, Sep Aground Port Colborne, Lake Erie.

1863, Oct Collision with schooner ARROW, Detroit, River.

1864, Apr In collision with schooner TARTIC in Toledo Harbor.

1866 Owned Doherty & Young, Chicago.

1866, Aug Sunk Detroit River, lumber laden.

1868, Nov 27 Aground Manistee, Lake Michigan.

1869, Nov Collision at Menomenee, Lake Michigan.

1873, Nov 15 Wrecked, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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