SULTAN (1848, Brigantine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SULTAN
Year of Build:
1848
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
James Averill
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
127'
Beam:
24'
Depth:
9' 4"
Tonnage (old style):
267
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Euclid, Ohio, Lake Erie
Date:
24 Sep 1864
How:
Capsized & foundered
Final Cargo:
Lumber, staves, 200 tons grindstones
History
Chronology:

1851, July 3 Owned G.N. Hussenon, Chicago, Illinois

1853, June 13 Capsized in squall near Chambers Island, Green Bay, Lake

Michigan

1853, June 20 Owned Tarlton Jones, Chicago, to attempt salvage

1853, October 10 Collided with & sank the barque CANADA off Point Au

Sable

1853, November 14 Ashore 40 miles south of Straits of Mackinaw with

cargo of railroad iron

1854, May 31 Owned H.C. Walker & Company, Buffalo, New York

1859-61 Went to Atlantic Coast

1863 Owned Thatcher, Burton & Company, Cleveland, Ohio; repaired

1864, September 24 Foundered, Lake Erie

1865 Same owners

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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