SIEGEL, GENERAL FRANZ (1862, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SIEGEL, GENERAL FRANZ
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
10217
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Black River, OH
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
George Washington Jones
Original Owner and Location:
Jones & Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
Hull Dimensions
Length:
136.8'
Beam:
25.8'
Depth:
11.5'
Tonnage (old style):
396
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near lighthouse, Monroe, Michigan, Lake Erie
Date:
8 Jul 1903
Final Depth:
24''
How:
Foundered
Final Cargo:
Coal
Notes:
Foundered in gale in shallow water; wreck abandoned due to age 1.8 miles SE Stoney Point
History
Chronology:

1862 Enrolled Cleveland, Ohio

1868 316.91 gross/301.06 net tons

1871 Owned Russell & Norton, Cleveland, Ohio

1874 Repaired

1876 Schooner; large repairs

1881, June New deck & frames; rebuilt

1892 Owned C.E. Chilson, Lorain, Ohio

1901 Owned W.J. Curtis, Avon, Ohio

1902 To be repaired; schooner rigged

1903, July 8 Foundered, Lake Erie

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

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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