MOORE, H.B. (1873, Schooner)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Saugatuck, MI
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Reuben T. Rogers
Original Owner and Location:: Reuben T. Rogers et al., Saugatuck
Ownership Notes:: Mortimer Rogers, Saugatuck Ezra Tyler, Saugatuck John Tyler, Saugatuck

Power

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Near Michigan City, IN.
Lake Michigan.
Date:: 18 May 1894
How:: Stranded.
Notes:: Drove hard ashore in gale, lightly damaged, but salvagers unable to pull her back to deep water & she was stripped & abandoned.

History

Chronology:

1873, Aug Launched.

1874, Oct Aground Grand Haven, MI, Lake Michigan; repaired.

1875 Refastened.

1878, Nov 1 Aground, Grand Haven.

1879 Owned Crawford et al, Rochester, MI.

1880 Major repairs.

1885, Sep 3 Sprung leak off Manitous, Lake Michigan; repaired.

1890, Jul 1 Ashore Racine reef, WI, released uninjured; Owned John Thorn, Muskegon, MI.

1894, May 18 Stranded in gale near Michigan City, Indiana, Lake MI.

Notes