ATHENIAN (1856, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ATHENIAN
Year of Build:
1856
Official Number:
361
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
F.N. Jones
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
136.1'
Beam:
26.2'
Depth:
11'
Tonnage (old style):
372
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Au Sable, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:
19 Apr 1880
How:
Ashore.
Final Cargo:
Lumber.
Notes:
Reported complete wreck.
History
Chronology:

1856 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1856 Enrolled Oswego, NY.

1857 Enrolled Oswego, NY.

1858 Enrolled Chicago, IL.

1860 Owned Sturges & Buckingham, Chicago, IL.

1863-66 Owned Gillett & King, Chicago, IL.

1865 Rebuilt; readmeasured; 283 gross tons.

1869 Struck by bark DESOTO while anchored Marquette harbor; badly damaged starboard side.

1871 Owned Johnson, Chicago; slight repairs.

1873 Owned Johnson, Cleveland, OH.

1873 Probably wrecked Waiska Bay, Lake Superior; recovered 1874.

1875 Owned Geo. Greene, Port Huron.

1876 Owned Capt. Williams, Forrester, MI.

1878 Owned M. Greene, Port Huron, MI.

1879 Owned Brown, Port Huron, MI.

1880, Apr 19 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
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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