BROWN, WILLIAM O. (1862, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BROWN, WILLIAM O.
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
26915
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J.W. Leach
Original Owner and Location:
William O. Brown, Buffalo, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
139.8'
Beam:
26.3'
Depth:
11.8'
Tonnage (old style):
400
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Point Maimanse, ONT.
Lake Superior.
Date:
27 Nov 1872
How:
Driven ashore in storm.
Final Cargo:
Wheat.
Notes:
6 of her 9 crew perished.
History
Chronology:

1865 Readmeasured, 306.98 gross tons.

1865 Sunk by collision on Lake Erie; recovered by tug J.P. CLARK.

1867, Sep Owned at Chicago, IL.

1870, Nov New jibboom & other repairs at Port Huron, MI.

1871 Owned Doyle, Chicago.

1872, Nov 27 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Monograph
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Richard J. Wright, Bowling Green State University
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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