Hero (1848, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Hero
Year of Build:
1848
Major repairs:
1859
Official Number:
11300
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head (1848)
Builder Name:
Laffrienier & Stevens
Ownership Notes:
Swan, V. (1848); Hubbard, James, (1853); Barnes, George, (1854); Bonch, J., (1857); Bouch, Joseph, (1860); Banch, L., (1863); Baensch, L., (1864); Ryan, J., (1865); Hoye, Mary S., (1865); Hay, James, (1866); Leary, John O., (1866); Burns, J., (1869); Barns, (1871); Michelson, H., (1872); Nelson, S., (1872); Carlson, M., (1873); Martin, A., (1873); Lund, F., (1873); Brown, C., (1875)
Master(s):
Major Bass, (1848); Hubbard, James, (1853); Barnes, George, (1854); Ryan, J., (1865); Horn, John, (1865); Wilson, P., (1865);
Leary, John ., (1866); Burns, J., (1869-1870); Nelson, S., (1872); Michelson, H., (1872); Peterson, T., (1872); Carlson, M., (1873); Lund, T., (1873); Lund, F., (1873); Johnson, O., (1875)
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
1848
Length: 76' 3 1/2"" Width/Beam: 17' 1 1/2"" Depth: 6' 8"
1865
Length: 75.6' Width/Beam: 17.7' Depth: 6.6'
Tonnage
1848
Gross: 79 + 70/95
1865
Gross: 59.42
Enrollments/Registration
   Port: Cleveland Number: 9
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 2-28-1853
   Port: Chicago Number: 2
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-28-1854
   Port: Chicago Number: 108
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 1-15-1857
   Port: Chicago Number: 2
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-27-1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 60
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 5-29-1865
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 89
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 11-9-1865
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 131
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-14-1866
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 171
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-5-1869
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 58
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-18-1872
   Port: Chicago Number: 145
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-18-1872
   Port: Chicago Number: 146
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-23-1872
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 6
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-5-1872
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 12
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-30-1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 241
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-2-1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 245
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-16-1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 86
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-28-1875
   Port: Chicago Number: 124
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-30-1875

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Hero (1848-1875)
Nationality:
American (1848-1875)
Chronology:
1. 9/17/1848, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 9/00/1856, Lake Michigan, lost a man overboard;
3. 10/00/1859, sprang a leak in a gale on Lake Michigan, and repaired;
4. 12/00/1869, Lake Michigan, damaged outfit and lost deck load of wood, repaired;
5. 11/4/1870, Bailey's Harbor, ashore, (wood), released;
6. 1/00/1872, Chicago, waterlogged and repaired, $475 loss;
7. 00/00/1875, off Holland, Michigan, wrecked, $3,000 loss
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $1,600; 1871, she was valued at $700;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
7. Wright's Master Sheet
Contact
Contact us:
Test 4 Walter
@database@wisconsinmaritime.org
URL
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org

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Hero (1848, Schooner)