Also known as:

ESTELLE, HATTIE A.

Year of Build:

1872

Official Number:

90461

Built at:

Manitowoc, WI

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Hanson & Co.

Original Owner and Location:

James L. Higgie, Chicago, IL.

Number of Masts:

3

Length:

138.9'

Beam:

26.3'

Depth:

11.2'

Tonnage (gross):

310

Tonnage (net):

285

Final Location:

On a bar north of Manistee, MI.
Lake Michigan.

Date:

17 Nov 1891

How:

Wrecked.

Final Cargo:

Wheat.

Notes:

Bound Chicago, IL - Buffalo, NY with wheat, foundered while attempting shelter at Manistee, MI; 3 lost.

1872, Aug Launched Manitowoc, WI; cost $22,000.

1874, Jul Broke centerboard, Lake Ontario.

1875, Dec Ashore Fisherman's Reef near the "Door", coal laden.

1876 - 77 Sailed Green Bay - England, returning with coal for Quebec, QUE; sailed Quebec - Cape Town, Africa; to Natal during Boer War, brought back prisoners to Cape Town; back to Natal returning to Quebec with wool; to Toulon France & Cadiz, Spain, bringing cargo of salt to Chicago, IL.

1880 Major repairs.

1882, Jul Released from stranding, repaired Milwaukee, WI.

1882, Jun Aground Pilot Island, Lake Michigan; released.

1886, Sep 6 Aground St. Clair River with grain; released.

1887, Oct 26 Collision wtih scow LORINA, Portage Lake, Lake Michigan.

1889 Owned Captain Estelle; renamed HATTIE A. ESTELLE, repaired.

1891, Nov 17 Wrecked, Lake Michigan.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie