HILL, FRED (1854, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
HILL, FRED
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milwaukee, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
James Madison Jones
Original Owner and Location:
Wells & Hill, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
109'
Beam:
28.5'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (old style):
268
Final Disposition
Final Location:
North Manitou Island.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
27 Nov 1863
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Lumber, salt.
Notes:
Bound Saginaw, MI - Milwaukee, WI & Chicago, IL, ran ashore in storm & abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1854, Apr Launched.

1854, Sep In collision with propeller, bowsprit damaged.

1854, Dec Sprung leak while on Lake Huron, repaired at Mackinac.

1856, Oct Aground Middle Island, Lake Huron, lumber laden; released.

1858, May Ashore three miles north of Chicago in fog; released by tug SALVOR.

1858, Nov Collided with steamer CLEVELAND off Grand Haven, Lake Michigan.

1860 Owned W.H. Hibbard, Milwaukee.

1863, Oct Aground Rondeau, Lake Erie; released by tug MAGNET; taken to Detroit.

1863, Nov Lost, Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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
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