MURRAY, GRACE (1856, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MURRAY, GRACE
Year of Build:
1856
Official Number:
10222
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Black River, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
William Jones
Original Owner and Location:
William J. Price, Cleveland, OH.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
129.5'
Beam:
26'
Depth:
11.2'
Tonnage (old style):
350 6/95
History
Chronology:

1856, Sep 12 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1860, Apr 2 Owned David Morris, Philip Price & William Jones, Cleveland.

1860, Oct Aground on south side of Point Pelee, Lake Erie, lightened & jettisoned cargo of coal, got off by tug REINDEER.

1864 Owned Jason Garrett, Chicago; readmeasured 254.38 gross / 241.67 net tons.

1866, Sep Collision with schooner MARY COLLINS near Malden, ONT, Detroit River.

1867, Oct 12 Struck propeller OWEGO on Cuyahoga river, damaging headgear.

1869, Aug Aground Portage River, Lake Superior.

1869, Aug Burned square sail, Cleveland.

1871 Owned Honeywell, Cleveland.

1871, Sep Sunk, Lake Erie; raised.

1873, may Aground Charity Shoal, Lake Ontario, with iron ore.

1876 Owned G.C. Finney, Chicago; repaired.

1877, Oct 9 Aground Thames River, London, ONT.

1878, Aug 24 Collision with Canadian schooner at Cheboygan, MI, Lake Huron.

1884, Oct 27 Aground, Lake Huron.

1889 Towed by propellers MISSOURI & SIBERIA.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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