SUFFOLK (1847, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SUFFOLK
Year of Build:
1847
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Bidwell & Banta
Original Owner:
H.M. Kinne
Ownership Notes:
Enrolled Buffalo, New York
Hull Dimensions
Length:
115'
Beam:
25'
Depth:
95'
Tonnage (old style):
250.13
Capacity:
12,000 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Port Burwell, Windmill Reef, Lake Erie
Date:
6 Dec 1854
How:
Ashore in storm
Final Cargo:
Flour, barley & pork
Notes:
May have been recovered by Canadian parties
History
Chronology:

1848, September 29 Broke from moorings & driven ashore, Michigan City,

Indiana; owned W.O. Brown, Buffalo, New York

1853, October Ashore 20 miles south of Mackinaw, Lake Huron

1854, December Ashore near Port Burwell, Ontario, Lake Erie; owned J &

L.K. White, Chicago, Illinois

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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