CAROLINE (1848, Brigantine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CAROLINE
Year of Build:
1848
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Note: Sister to brig SHAKESPEARE.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Coady, Quayle & Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Dean Richmond & Co. Diamond Line, Buffalo, NY
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
257
Final Disposition
Final Location:
L'Hommedien Shoals; near Plymouth, MA.
Atlantic Ocean.
How:
Ashore; went to pieces in gale.
History
Chronology:

1848, May 3 Topmasts carried away in Lake Michigan gale.

1848 - 1851 Enrolled Buffalo, NY; Buffalo & Lake Michigan grain trade.

1851, Nov 19 Ashore near mouth of Detroit River.

1852 - 1860 Enrolled Detroit, MI.

1852, Sep 10 Ashore Ashtabula, OH.

1853, Sep 13 Arrived Buffalo from Chicago in less than 4 days, very fast trip.

1854, Apr Lost centerboard; damaged spars & sails on Lake Michigan.

1854, Oct 1 Collision with & sank brig BEMIS, near Point Aux Pellee Island, Lake Erie.

1854, Oct 15 Bound Buffalo to Chicago with railroad iron, ran ashore on Chickaholee Reef, Lake Erie; salvaged by tug HAMILTON MORTON & towed to Detroit.

1859 - 60 In Lakes to Europe service; Detroit to Liverpool with staves, back with salt & pig iron.

1860 Owned E.W. Hudson, Detroit, MI.

1860, May 16 Second departure for Europe; went to Liverpool, then New York, Jamaica, Boston, Cuba, etc.

1860, Nov 11 Dismantled at Kingston, Jamaica.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Newspaper Clippings
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Contact
Contact us:
Test 4 Walter
 database@wisconsinmaritime.org
 
 

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CAROLINE (1848, Brigantine)