KNIGHT TEMPLAR (1865, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
KNIGHT TEMPLAR
Year of Build:
1865
Official Number:
14110
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George Goble
Original Owner and Location:
Goble, Lyons & Finney, Oswego, NY.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
136'
Beam:
26' 2"
Depth:
11' 6"
Tonnage (old style):
361
Capacity:
18,000 bushel
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Whitefish Bay, Thunder Bay near Alpena, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:
29 Jul 1903
Final Depth:
7 ft'
How:
Abandon
Notes:
abandoned in bone-yard near Whitefish Bay (Thunder Bay, MI)
History
Chronology:

1865, May 17 Launched Oswego, NY.

1865, May 21 Maiden trip Oswego - Chicago, IL.

1865, Nov 29 Grounded St. Clair Flats in fog, then collision by schooners RUSSIA, SVR WATSON & DESOTO.

1865, Dec 1 Raised, repaired Detroit.

1866, Aug Lost anchor, St. Lawrence River; rebuilt.

1868 135.9 x 26 x 10.3, 289.74 gross / 275 net tons.

1869, Jun Struck bridge, Chicago.

1874 Repaired.

1874, Apr Collision with prop CITY OF CONCORD, Oswego.

1876 Repaired.

1880, Nov Ashore Fisherman's Reef, SE Rock Island, released by tug LEVIATHAN week later; owned Mackinaw Lumber Co.

1888, Jul 10 Rebuilt Smith Yard, Algonac, MI; Owned George D. Dana.

1890, Aug 20 Owned C. J. Dawswell, Port Huron District.

1893, Nov 01 Released by the tugs John Owen and Frank W. and towed to Alpena, MI

1895 Owned F. W. Gilchrist, Alpena, MI.

1896 Towed by GARDEN CITY.

1898 Towed by P. CHAMBERLAIN.

1903, July 29 Abandoned in boneyard in Whitefish Bay (Alpena, MI)

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
(989)356-6188
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