Moravia

1888                                      Moravia                                 1923

Wooden Great Lakes schooner

Built at West Bay City MI by F. W. Wheeler & Co., Hull 38
Launched April 17, 1888

222’ LOA, 213’ LBP, 39’8” beam, 16’ depth
1 deck, hold beams

Enrolled at Port Huron MI April 25, 1888 (Temp #164)
213.3 x 39.8 x 16.8, 1067.47 GT, 1014.10 NT     US 91986     to:
H. A. Hawgood, Waldo A. Avery and Frank W. Wheeler 1/3 each, Cleveland OH (home port to Cleveland OH)

Entered service 1888

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH June 29, 1888 (#130)

Transferred 1891 to Hawgood & Avery Transit Co.  

Home port to Rockport OH 1894

Home port to Fairport OH 1896

Sold 1899 to Tonawanda Iron & Steel Co., Tonawanda NY

Converted to bulk freight barge 1912 at North Tonawanda NY by E. I. Rose Co.
(No change in dimensions or tonnages)

Sold 1915 to American Interlake Line, Duluth MN (home port to Duluth MN)

Sold 1915 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC) and renamed Brookdale.
Enrolled Canadian at 213.1 x 39.0 x 16.3,  1165 NT     Can 137968  

Sold 1922 to Century Coal Co.,

Sunk May 31, 1923 in collision with str. Mapledawn in Montreal QC harbor

 

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