CONSUELO (1851, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CONSUELO
Year of Build:
1851
Official Number:
4572
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Roderick Calkins
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
103'
Beam:
22'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (old style):
195 41/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near harbor at Port Hope, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:
9 Nov 1887
How:
Ashore in gale.
Final Cargo:
Lumber.
Notes:
Broke up over few days; abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1851 Enrolled Cleveland, OH.

1854, Oct 2 Damaged bow sprit in collision with schooner A.FORD.

1860 Owned J. O'Neil, Cleveland.

1861 Rebuilt Port Dalhousie, ONT, 144.61 gross tons.

1862 Large repairs.

1868 Owned at Milwaukee, 132.65 gross tons.

1869, May Sunk Toledo with grain after collision with bridge.

1869 Large repairs.

1871 Owned H.M. Hansauer, Cleveland; wrecked Howe Island, Lake Ontario.

1875, May 1 Capsized off Marblehead, OH; 5 lives lost; survivors rescued by Lucien Hubbard & Ai Clemons, who received the first U.S. lifesaving medal.

1875, Aug 17 Stone cargo recovered by wrecker MONITOR; raised.

1880 Sunk, Kelly's Island.

1882 Repaired.

1885 Wrecked, North Channel, Lake Huron.

1886 Raised.

1887, May 11 Driven ashore, Bailey's Harbor, WI.

1887, Jun 4 Released; towed to Marquette, MI.

1887, Jul 8 Ashore Suelchoix Point, Lake Huron; released by tug LEVIATHAN.

1887, Nov 9 Wrecked, Lake Huron.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Gerry Metzler
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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