GLOBE (1844, Brig)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GLOBE
Year of Build:
1844
Official Number:
10151
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Brig
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Bidwell & Banta
Original Owner and Location:
Capt. William Dickinson, Buffalo, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
131.4'
Beam:
26.3'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (old style):
319 77/95
History
Chronology:

1844, Aug Launched; enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1845 Ran grain trade Buffalo - St. Joseph.

1845, Nov 22 Collision with pier & schooner SOPHIA at Buffalo.

1846, Mar 15 Damaged by freshet at Buffalo; repaired.

1848, Nov 29 Damaged in collision with steamer HENDRIK HUDSON in Buffalo harbor jam.

1851, Aug 27 Sunk Grand River, OH, with lumber.

1852, Nov 12 Damaged in gale at Dunkirk.

1854, May 8 Struck by lightning at Chicago harbor; partially rebuilt; owned F.C. Clarke, Buffalo.

1854, Sep 14 Owned E. K. Bruce.

1854, Nov Damaged, St. Clair Flats.

1855, Aug 6 Collision, Long Point with barque CANADA on Lake Erie.

1856, Oct 25 Aground Hog Island, Detroit River with corn; released by tug RESCUE.

1858, May 22 Collision on St. Clair Flats with schooner VIRGINIA PURDY.

1860, Apr Sent from Chicago down St. Lawrence for Atlantic coasting trade.

1860, May 12 Grounded Fighting Island, Detroit River; released.

1862, Jul Collision with schooner L.J. FARWELL, Lake St. George; large repairs.

1863, Mar Owned McKenna & Morris from Joy & Co, Buffalo.

1865, Sep Damaged in St. Clair River.

1866 Owned Gibney & Burns, Buffalo.

1868 237.93 gross tons.

1869 Damaged outfit, Lake Erie.

1872, Sep 29 Sunk at Tawas, MI, Lake Huron with lumber; raised.

1872, Nov Used as barge at Detroit.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
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