DAHLIA (1874, Lighthouse Tender)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DAHLIA
Also known as:
HILL, FLORA M.
Year of Build:
1874
Official Number:
LHT
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Philadelphia, PA
Vessel Type:
Lighthouse Tender
Hull Materials:
Iron
Builder Name:
Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:
U.S. Lighthouse Service, Detroit District, MI.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
# Propellers:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
129.42'
Beam:
25'
Depth:
10.42'
Tonnage (gross):
333
Final Disposition
Final Location:
600' southeast of Two Mile Crib, Chicago, IL.
Lake Michigan.
How:
Crushed by ice & sunk.
Final Cargo:
Brass auto headlamps.
Notes:
Crew & passengers rescued.
History
Chronology:

1887 Stationed at Chicago, IL.

1887, May 26 Struck wreck of KATE MOFFAT & grounded due to smoke, Presque Isle, MI, Lake Huron.

1899 Tonnage change, 426 gross / 330 net tons; new deckhouse, pilothouse, rigging shortened, new steering gear.

1909, May 5 Owned E.W. Seymour, Chicago; as DAHLIA, US206265; 131.33 x 25 x 17.25; 442 gross / 225 net tons.

1909 - 10 Rebuilt as passenger & freight propeller by Johnston Brothers, Ferrysburg, MI or Milwaukee Drydock Co.

1910, Mar 3 Owned Ludlow L. Hill (Hill Steamboat Line), Kenosha, WI; 130.75 x 26.33 x 19.66; 623 gross / 253 net tons.

1910, May 12 Renamed FLORA M. HILL.

1912, Mar 11 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
John O. Greenwood
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
David Swayze Shipwreck Database
Contact
Contact us:
Test 4 Walter
 database@wisconsinmaritime.org
 
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org

 

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DAHLIA (1874, Lighthouse Tender)