SWEET HOME (1853, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SWEET HOME
Year of Build:
1853
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Jordan, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Fore & aft.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Savillon L. Little
Original Owner and Location:
William Bratt, Port Dalhousie
Ownership Notes:
or built by Luther Wilson.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
98.4'
Beam:
20.9'
Depth:
9'
Tonnage (old style):
151.5
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Oswego, NY.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
22 Nov 1878
How:
Broke from tow tug MOREY; drifted ashore.
Notes:
Or 11/29/1878.
History
Chronology:

1855, Jul 30 Owned Edmund Boyle & Co., Kingston, ONT.

1860 Refastened.

1860, Mar 23 Owned Hugh Ross, Kingston & Thomas Bolley, Amhurt Island, ONT.

1861, Mar 22 Owned Joshua J. Nichol & Soloman Sylvester, Toronto, ONT.

1865 Large repairs; 144 gross tons.

1866 Owned J.J. Nichol, Kingston.

1867, May Ashore Rondeau, ONT, Lake Erie.

1870 Rebuilt.

1870, Mar 15 Owned Benjamin Barney, Wolfe Island, ONT.

1871 Owned Campbell, Kingston.

1872, Sep Sank Wolfe Island, St. Lawrence river; owned McClelland et al.

1874 Major repairs.

1878 Owned J.H. Radford, Wolfe Island.

1878, Nov 22 or 29 Wrecked; owned Benjamin Barney, Kingston.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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