DOUSMAN, ROSA (1855, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DOUSMAN, ROSA
Year of Build:
1855
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milwaukee, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Leonard Cox
Original Owner and Location:
V. Loomis, Milwaukee, WI.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
88'
Beam:
23'
Depth:
8'
Tonnage (old style):
133
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near New Buffalo, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
4 Apr 1867
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Stranded, became total loss; three lives lost.
History
Chronology:

1856 Enrolled Milwaukee, WI.

1860 Owned Loomis & Richardson, Milwaukee, WI.

1863 Owned Dousman & Richardson, Milwaukee.

1864 Repaired.

1865 Owned Roach & Connor, Milwaukee; repaired.

1866 96 gross tons.

1867, Apr 4 Wrecked, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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