ALBATROSS (1867, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ALBATROSS
Year of Build:
1867
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oakville, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Hiram Cronkite
Original Owner and Location:
Duncan Chisholm, Oakville, ONT
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion Notes:
Standing bowsprit, square stern.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
92'
Beam:
20.9'
Depth:
8.9'
Tonnage (gross):
142.5
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Salmon Point, Prince Edward County.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
7 Nov 1880
How:
Wrecked
Final Cargo:
Shingles, lumber.
Notes:
Rigging & rudder damaged during storm and she went ashore.
History
Chronology:

1873 Last owned Thomas Hayden et al Port Hope, ONT.

1880 Wrecked Salmon Point, near Wellington, ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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