AMELIA (1836, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
AMELIA
Year of Build:
1836
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oakville, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Standing bow spirit; square stern.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Jacol Randall
Master Carpenter:
Jacob Randall
Original Owner and Location:
Philander Frazer, Oakville, ONT
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
90.5'
Beam:
18.8'
Depth:
7.3'
Tonnage (old style):
105.5
History
Chronology:

1851, Dec 18 Owned Alexander Amerfirs(?)(may be Alexander A. Martin).

1851, Oct Went ashore Clear Creek, Canada along with Schooner GENERAL WOLF.

1851, Nov 8 Collision; sunk the LUTHER WRIGHT with 3,000 bushels of wheat in Oswego harbor.

1864, Nov 8 Sunk in shallow water near Goderich, ONT; recovered & rebuilt as barge; reported lost "soon afterward".

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Canadian Registers
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
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
(989)356-6188
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