SPEED (1866, Scow Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SPEED
Year of Build:
1866
Official Number:
57233
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, MI
Vessel Type:
Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Vatre or Natre
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
59'
Beam:
16.9'
Depth:
5.3'
Tonnage (gross):
28.41
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Racine harbor entrance, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan
Date:
26 Nov 1894
How:
Stranded
Final Cargo:
Lumber & shingles
Notes:
Stranded in gale; crew rescued by USLS
History
Chronology:

1868 Owned Detroit parties

1883 Broke rudder & struck pier at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Lake

Michigan

1885 Owned Milwaukee parties, Wisconsin

1894, November 26 Stranded & sunk in gale near Racine harbor entrance,

Wisconsin, Lake Michigan

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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