BROOKS, LEROY (1891, Yacht)

Description

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Identification

Vessel name:: BROOKS, LEROY
Also known as:: STOKES, HENRY;ABURG;DAWN LIGHT
Year of Build:: 1891
Official Number:: 141143

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Toledo, OH
Vessel Type:: Yacht
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 1
Hull Number:: 47
Builder Name:: Craig Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner and Location:: William Rehburg, Put-in-Bay, OH

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 1
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 10.5 & 30" x 22" engine, Kerr Bros., Wallaceburg, ONT 1888.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 75'
Beam:: 14.6'
Depth:: 7.6'
Tonnage (gross):: 41
Tonnage (net):: 25

History

Chronology:

1894, May Seized by Canadian Government for infringement of fishery laws; released June 12.

1905 Owned H.D. Rehburg, Toledo, OH.

1910 Owned J.E. McQueen, Amherstburg, ONT; rebuilt as tug C116320, 71.3 x 15.2 x 8.1; 61 gross / 42 net tons.

1925 Dismantled Amherstburg, ONT; rebuilt as a steam tug; renamed HENRY STOKES; owned Dominion Sugar Co., Ltd., Chatham, ONT; 68.1 x 14.2 x 8.7', 46 gross / 19 net tons; used to haul sugar beet barges.

1954 Rebuilt; renamed ABURG; owned McQueen Marine Ltd.

1960 Diesel engine 225hp; widened to 17'6".

1978 Owned William E. Smith, Amherstburg, ONT; pleasure craft.

1980 Owned Subservices Ltd, Garnet Cheney, Penetanguishene, ONT.

1981 Renamed DAWNLIGHT; owned Carol Baker, Pentanguishene, ONT; operated as a dive boat.

1984 Refurbished for excursion tours.

1988 Reengined, diesel 365hp engine by Catepillar.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:: Donald V. Baut; Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy; Great Lakes Register; William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit; Monograph; Lorne Joyce; Peter J. VanderLinden