FALCONER, ANNIE (1867, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FALCONER, ANNIE
Year of Build:
1867
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Kingston, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George Thurston
Original Owner and Location:
William & Thomas Taylor, Kingston, ONT.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
108'
Beam:
24.25'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (old style):
201
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Point Traverse, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
12 Nov 1904
How:
Storm.
Final Cargo:
Coal.
GPS:
Latitude: 45. 58. 10 Longitude: 76. 48. 28
Notes:
Bound Sodus, NY - Picton, ONT, foundered & sank in storm. 1982 Wreck surveyed.
History
Chronology:

1867, May 27 Launched.

1868 175 gross tons.

1874, Jun 12 Foundered 2 miles north of Port Colborne, struck timber float.

1878 Same owner; readmeasured 197.14 gross / 175.49 net tons; C83285.

1893, Oct 14 Ashore Lake Ontario in big storm of 1893.

1903, May 1 Owned Murrey Akerman, Picton, ONT.

1904, Nov 20 Wrecked, Lake Ontario.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Canadian Sessional Papers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
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Website:
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USA
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