Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Steven F. Gale OTHER NAME(s): (also seen as S. F. Gale, Stephen F. Gale) OFFICIAL NO: 22343 DATE OF LOSS: 28 November 1876 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Erie, near Fairport, Ohio RIG TYPE: Schooner, 2 mast HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Jones, at Chicago - 1847; built as a brig. OWNER(S): Capt. Andrew Hillson at Chicago MASTER: Capt. Andrew Hillson TONNAGE: 225.34 t DIMENSIONS: 122.5 x 24 x 9.8 CASUALTIES: 7 SURVIVORS: 0 Foundered in a gale while enroute to Erie from Kelley's Island with stone. Major rebuild 1862 Converted to a schooner during a rebuild in 1873 ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Express, 13 April 1847 (launch) Tonnage on the Lakes, 1849 Detroit Free Press, 5 December 1876 Report of the Chief Signal Officer, 1877 (shown as A. F. Gale) Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1877 (noted "lost")