Year of Build:

1868

Official Number:

23660

Built at:

Toledo, OH

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Bailey Brothers

Original Owner and Location:

O.L. Nims & Capt. Flint, Elyria, OH.

Number of Masts:

3

Length:

167.7'

Beam:

34.1'

Depth:

12.7'

Tonnage (gross):

499.38

Tonnage (net):

474

Capacity:

40,000 bushels

Final Location:

Mississagua Passage, Georgian Bay.
Lake Huron.

Date:

27 Oct 1916

How:

Sunk.

Final Cargo:

Possibly lumber.

Notes:

Holed & sunk following loss of tow.

1868, Aug 29 Launched.

1868, Sep 5 Enrolled Toledo, OH.

1871 Owned Perew, Buffalo, NY.

1871, Sep Struck pier Milwaukee, WI, Lake Michigan.

1871, Oct Disabled, Saginaw Bay; recovered.

1871, Nov Lost some sail, Lake Michigan.

1872, Nov 29 Aground, Bar Point, Lake Erie; released.

1874, Jan Damaged by freshet at Buffalo.

1880 Towed by OAKLAND.

1881, Mar Owned Hebbard & Thurber Lumber Co., lumber trade L'anse, MI - Buffalo, NY; cost $15,000.

1881 - 82 Towed by HURON CITY.

1884 Towed by ALPENA, Cleveland, OH & Saginaw Bay lumber trade.

1885, Mar 24 Owned F.W. Gilchrist, Alpena, MI.

1885, May Season contract by STEPHEN C. HALL to haul lumber from Detour, Oscoda, & Alpena, MI - Buffalo, NY.

1887, Jul Grounded on south reef, Milwaukee, WI.

1889, May Season contract lumber from Menominee, MI - Tonawanda, NY; towed by S.C. HALL for several years.

1899, May 10 Collided with steamer KELTON, Ashland, OH, Lake Erie.

1916, Oct. 27 Sank.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie