FLOSS (1888, Yacht)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FLOSS
Also known as:
AEOLIUS
Year of Build:
1888
Official Number:
120730
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
City Island, NY
Vessel Type:
Yacht
Note: Steam yacht.
Hull Materials:
Steel
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
55'
Beam:
9'
Depth:
4.4'
Tonnage (gross):
14
Tonnage (net):
7
Final Disposition
How:
Stranded.
History
Chronology:

Possibly built in Glasgow, Scotland.

c1899 Renamed AEOLIUS.

1899 Owned H.E. Farhney.

1909, Apr Sunk Cleveland, OH, Lake Erie.

1930 Owned State of Illinois, Revenue of Waterways, Lockport, IL.; steeple compound engine: 7 & 12 x 8", 1 scotch boiler 7 1/2' x 4 1/2'.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. Patrick Labadie
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
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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