The schooner Phoenix (1852)
General
Port of Picton Registry, Number 2 :
| Name: PHOENIX | Type: Schooner |
| Official Number: | Tons: 121 |
| Where Built: Athol | Where she belongs: Picton |
| Build Year: 1852 | Value: |
| Builders name & date of certificate: Thomas Rickson & A. Palen | |
| Master’s Name: John Stanton | |
| Length: 80 feet | Breadth: 19 feet & 6/10ths. |
| Depth of Hold: 9 feet | Masts: Two |
| Stern: Square | Bowsprit: Round [sic] |
| How Built: Carvel | How Rigged: Fore & Aft |
| Figure-head: Scroll | Decks: One |
| Subscribing Owners: Wm. A. Palen & John Stanton, farmers of Athol joint owners. | |
NOTATIONS:
NOTATIONS WRECKED & LOST
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Schooner Phoenix |
See also the entry for the schooner Phoenix in our ships Database.
- 1852 Registered, Picton, ONT. 1853 Rebuilt; 120 tons. 1854 Owned Stanton & Co., Picton. Post 1854 Wrecked & lost.
Newspaper transcriptions
- 1855: County owned schooner PHOENIX, under Capt. John Stanton, feared lost. Were all County crew.
References and source notes
(2) C. Patrick Labadie, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
(3) Naval Marine Archive, Willis Metcalfe fonds