CUMBERLAND (1898, Tug (Towboat))

Also known as:

JOHN ROEN V;TRIO BRAVO

Year of Build:

1898

Official Number:

127257

Built at:

Baltimore, MD

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Hull Materials:

Steel

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Columbia Iron Works & Dry Dock Co.

Original Owner and Location:

Consolidation Coal Co., Baltimore, MD.

Number of Masts:

2

Propulsion:

Screw

Propulsion Notes:

Steam engine.

Length:

135'

Beam:

27'

Depth:

15'

Tonnage (gross):

377

Tonnage (net):

209

Final Location:

Off Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Atlantic Ocean.

Date:

16 Dec 1982

Final Depth:

115

How:

Scuttled as an artificial reef.

Notes:

Owner donated hull to Broward County for artificial reef.

1919 141' x 27' x 16'; 372 gross / 209 net tons.

1920 Owned U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Milwaukee, WI; to Lakes.

c1948 Owned C. F. Tembey, Kewaunee, WI.

1950, Jan 17 Owned Roen Steamship Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI.

1950 - 51 Rebuilt, repowered; 135' x 27' x 15.08'; 405 gross / 275 net tons; General Motors 16-278A 1440hp diesel engine.

1951 Renamed JOHN ROEN V.

1973 Owned Eder Barge & Towing Inc., Milwaukee.

1978 Owned Bultema Marine Transportation Co., Muskegon, MI.

1980 Owned Trio Shipping Group; registry Honduras; renamed TRIO BRAVO.

1981, Jan 21 Sank at dock Port Everglades, FL; raised Mar 14; owned Canonie Offshore Co.; donated to Broward County.

1982, Dec 16 Scuttled, Atlantic Ocean.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy

William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit