ELLEN (1846, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ELLEN
Year of Build:
1846
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Hamilton, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Charles Lee
Original Owner and Location:
M. W. & E. Browne, Hamilton, ONT.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
95'
Beam:
17.2'
Depth:
6.9'
Tonnage (old style):
96
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Wellington, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
1 Nov 1848
How:
Storm.
Notes:
Capsized; driven onto beach; all hands lost,9 lives.
History
Chronology:

1847, Dec 1 Sunk Oswego Harbor; cargo salt & plaster.

1848, Jan 5 Broke loose from winter mooring in gale, driven ashore, East Harbor, Oswego.

1848, Nov Lost, Lake Ontario.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Canadian Registers
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
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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