Also Known As TEMPEST Canadian 1859
Site Description #
- Schooner
- ?
- 70ft
- N43 57 49 W76 44 79
Chronlogical History #
- 1851 – Built Napanee ON as TEMPEST
- 1859 – Enrolled Oswego, New York, renamed MARY E. BURGOYNE
- 1861 – Owned Reed & Stone, Oswego
- 1863 – Owned M.V. Poucher, Oswego
- 1865 – Same owner, read measured 81 gross tons
- 1866 – Owned C. Guthrie, Oswego
- 1871 – May Burned at Hanford’s Landing, Ontario, Lake Ontario; said to be a total loss
Mills Listing #
Type of Ship
Port of Registry
Where Built
Gross Tonnage:61
Remarks:
- Owned at Oswego, New York, U.S.A.
- Mortgage register
- YEAR OF REGISTRATION carded as 1851-1856
Reference:1423|42Volume:1423Other Reference:
| Old Volume | Pages | Microfilm Reel # | See Volume No. |
| 212 | 3 | C-390 |
Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register, 1861 & 1863 #
Schooner MARY E. BURGOYNE. Of 97 tons. Built 1851 at Napanee by [no entry]. Owned by Reed & Stone. Home port, Oswego. Value $2,000 Class B 2. REMARKS. — Formerly the TEMPEST.
BURGOYNE, MARY E. Schooner, burned at Hanford’s Landing, Lake Ontario, May 1871; total loss.
Marine Disasters of the Western
Lakes 1871, Capt. J.W. Hall
Selected Historical Articles more at www.historyofthegreatlakes.ca
TEMPEST Schooner, (now MARY E. BURGOYNE) cargo lumber, waterlogged on Lake Ontario, July 1859. Sprung up her deck, towed to Oswego and repaired. Property loss, hull $1,000 cargo $200
Disasters to Oswego vessels During 1859
Oswego (N.Y.) Commercial Times
April 10, 1860
Schooner TEMPEST. U. S. No. 24150. Of 196.30 tons gross; 186.49 tons net. Built Racine, Wis, 1848. Home port, Chicago, Ill. 126.0 x 26.0 x 8.0
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1892
