George Goble, Oswego NY
George Goble, an immigrant from Kinsale, was a significant builder of Great Lakes schooners from 1856 through 1906. The data for this list were provided by Richard Palmer, a maritime historian specializing in Oswego. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 14 May 2016.
| Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Feet | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24149 | Titan | Doolittle, Irwin & Wright | Schooner | 361 | 132 | 1856 | Driven ashore and lost near Pentwater MI 1869 | |
| 26562 | William Sanderson | Clemow & Moore | Schooner | 385 | 135 | 1856 | Lost 1874 near Sleeping Bear Point | |
| Bermuda | Thomas S. Mott | Schooner | 394 | 136 | 1860 | Lost 1870 near Munising MI | ||
| 26563 | William I. Preston | Carrington & Preston | Schooner | 279 | 142 | 1861 | Lost 1888 near Wolfe Island | |
| 10544 | George Goble | George Goble et al. | Schooner | 137 | 1862 | Lost 1871 near Kettle Point, Lake Huron, rebuilt as M. D. Cameron 1873 | ||
| 24392 | Thomas Martin | T. Martin and C. Ratcliffe | Schooner | 196 | 93 | 1862 | Rebuilt from the schooner J. C. Riggs, abandoned 1881 | |
| 24394 | Thomas S. Mott | David Manwaring | Schooner | 431 | 137 | 1862 | Lost 1874 near Ludington MI | |
| 22918 | Senator Blood | Blood, Bond & Ford | Schooner | 231 | 127 | 1863 | Abandoned 1891 but returned to service, lost 1896 off Goose Island | |
| 16403 | Montauk | Goble, Lyons & Finney | Schooner | 310 | 136 | 1863 | Lost 1882 near Pickard's Dock, North Manitou | |
| 2390 | Bahama | Thomas S. Mott | Schooner | 333 | 136 | 1863 | Lost 1895 off Alpena MI | |
| 13302 | James Platt | Schooner | 341 | 137 | 1863 | Wrecked on South Fox Island 1881 | ||
| 9456 | Fred D. Wheeler | Morgan M. Wheeler | Tug | 32 | 60 | 1865 | Sank 1890 near Ogdensburg NY | |
| 14110 | Knight Templar | George Goble | Schooner | 290 | 136 | 1865 | Lost 1905 near Alpena MI | |
| Sardinian | Robert Richardson | Schooner | 225 | 104 | 1865 | Believed to have been wrecked 1864 at Oswego NY | ||
| 11502 | Henry FitzHugh | Thomas S. Mott | Schooner | 136 | 1866 | Registered in Canada 1900, abandoned 1924. | ||
| 10545 | George C. Finney | Goble, Lyons & Finney | Schooner | 301 | 130 | 1866 | Lost 1891 off Port Maitland ON | |
| 19061 | Olive Branch | Thomas S. Mott | Schooner | 267 | 138 | 1866 | Lost 1875 off Toronto Harbor | |
| 18319 | Nevada | Morgan M. Wheeler | Schooner | 318 | 136 | 1867 | Lost 1886 near Ashtabula Harbor | |
| 13306 | Jamaica | Thomas S. Mott | Schooner | 318 | 136 | 1867 | Lost 1885 between Evanston and Glencoe IL | |
| 9727 | Florida | Thomas S. Mott | Schooner | 299 | 142 | 1868 | Lost 1886 off Whetsone Brook, near Marquette | |
| 85006 | Guiding Star | Michael J. Cummings | Schooner | 324 | 139 | 1869 | Wrecked 1883 near Milwaukee WI | |
| 75157 | John T. Mott | Thomas S. Mott | Schooner | 325 | 139 | 1869 | Lost c1915 in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. | |
| 80115 | West Side | George Goble | Schooner | 324 | 138 | 1870 | Lost 1906 near Thunder Bay | |
| 18734 | Nassau | Thomas S. Mott | Schooner | 303 | 137 | 1870 | Lost 1898 near Bar Point | |
| 90321 | Madeira | Morgan M. Wheeler | Schooner | 322 | 137 | 1871 | Lost 1877 near Long Point | |
| 105155 | Alanson Sumner | Page & Dobbie | Tug | 300 | 127 | 1872 | Converted to steam barge, abandoned 1899 in Port Huron MI | |
| 6780 | Daniel Lyons | D. Lyons and G. Goble | Schooner | 1873 | In collision 1878 and lost off Wolf River WI | |||
| 105269 | Atlanta | Thomas S. Mott | Schooner | 318 | 137 | 1873 | Lost 1874 off Au Sable Point | |
| 115186 | Sam Cook | Thomas S. Mott | Schooner | 318 | 137 | 1873 | Lost 1882 off Brockville ON, raised 1884, rebuilt as schooner barge William Wheeler, wrecked in the St. Lawrence 1893 | |
| 90592 | M. J. Cummings | D. Lyons and E. Caufield | Schooner | 330 | 142 | 1874 | Lost 1894 near Milwaukee Harbor | |
| 75610 | J. Maria Scott | R. Scott, R. Richardson and J. & N. Beattie | Schooner | 348 | 142 | 1874 | Later White Star 1884, lost 1887 near Point Pelee, salvaged 1888, rebuilt as propeller 1893, burnt 1901 in Port Huron MI | |
| Fascination | Nicholas C. Goble | Sloop | 31 | 1874 | ||||
| 140367 | Leadville | Michael J. Cummings | Schooner | 343 | 142 | 1879 | Lost 1883 east of Long Point | |
| 85780 | George H. Hasleton | John J. Courtney | Steam Yacht | 5 | 58 | 1883 | Later Juliette 1903, abandoned 1930 | |
| 126201 | Charley Ferris | John K. Post & Co. | Tug | 54 | 60 | 1884 | Reported abandoned in Duluth in 1932 | |
| 106424 | Aida | James Macfarlane | Steam Yacht | 20 | 71 | 1885 | ||
| NY, ON & Western RR | Float | 125 | 1885 | |||||
| Frontenac | Corps of Engineers | Dredge | 75 | 1891 | Rebuilt in 1910, abandoned, hull became part of foundation of pier for Oswego Yacht Club | |||
| Ontario | Corps of Engineers | Launch | 27 | 1904 | ||||
| Corps of Engineers | Dump Scow | 68 | 1905 | |||||
| Corps of Engineers | Dump Scow | 68 | 1905 | |||||
| Sodus | Corps of Engineers | Dredge | 100 | 1912 | Abandoned 1923. |