RHODES, D.P. (1871, Schooner)

Also known as:

ARTHUR, MORGAN;ARTHUR

Year of Build:

1871

Official Number:

6697

Built at:

Detroit, MI

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

J.M. Jones

Original Owner and Location:

Alva Bradley & Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Number of Masts:

3

Length:

217'

Beam:

35.3'

Depth:

14.2'

Tonnage (gross):

937

Tonnage (net):

891

Capacity:

1600 tons ore

Date:

1938

How:

Scrapped

Towed regularly by J.S.FAY

1871, September 8 Damaged in striking Marquette pier, Michigan, Lake

Superior

1872, May Grounded Saint Clair Flats

1882, November Collided with steamer HAVANA, Sault Saint Marie,

Michigan

1890, June 7 Collided with steamer NYANZA, Sault Saint Marie

1891, July 10 Grounded Sweet's Island Shoal, Saint Mary's River

1905, October 19/20 Ashore near Cheboygan, Straits of Mackinac, Lake

Huron; lightered iron ore to release

1911 Owned Thomas McGowan, Detroit, Michigan; to be sold at auction

August 9

1912 Rebuilt & renamed ARTHUR; 2 masts

1918, January 24 Owned John M. & Martha Connelly, Buffalo, New York

1919, November 29 Documents surrendered, "transferred to Canadian

Registry"

1920 Renamed ARTHUR MORGAN; C141691; 220.2 x 35.3 x 14, 888 tons

1930 Owned Sin-Mac Lines, Limited, Montreal, Quebec; 216 x 35 x 16;

937 gross/888 net tons

1938 Scrapped

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie