Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

DARLING, GRACE (1886, Fish Tug)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DARLING, GRACE
Year of Build:
1886
Official Number:
85498
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Collingwood, ONT
Vessel Type:
Fish Tug
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Jas. Storey
Original Owner and Location:
Jas. & Chas. Noble, Killarney, ONT.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
12 x 12" HPNC, 20hp engine, built Doty Iron Works, Toronto, ONT.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
50'
Beam:
13.7'
Depth:
5.6'
Tonnage (gross):
27.56
Tonnage (net):
18.75
Final Disposition
Date:
1897
How:
Out of registry.
History
Chronology:

1886 Built, Collingwood, ONT.

1892, Apr 14 Arrived at Meaford, several skiffs in tow, first boat of season.

1897 Laid up; registry closed.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Canadian Registers
C. Patrick Labadie
Newspaper Clippings
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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