LAWRENCE

Registry and Rig Information

Name LAWRENCE
Registry U.S.
Official Number 15450
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 135.42
Width 25.66
Depth 11.00
Gross Tonnage 447.37
Net Tonnage 334.34
Hull Material Wood

Vessel History

Rebuilds Rebuilt by H.B. Burger at Manitowoc, WI; Milwaukee, WI, April 26, 1902 (169.33 x 26.42 x 10.25; 626 gross - 479 net). Rebuilt at Gilmore's Shipyard, Toledo, OH, July 10, 1909 (420 gross - 301 net). Canadian measures, 1915 (170.16 x 26.42 x 10.25; 441 gross - 231 registered).
History First enrollment issued at Cleveland, OH, October 9, 1868.Name changed to FRONTENAC at Chicago, IL, May 15, 1902. Enrollment surrendered at Cleveland, OH, July 18, 1908, endorsed \"Vessel Lost.\" Redocumented at Toledo, OH, July 10, 1909; name changed to H.N. JEX at Toledo, OH, March 30, 1910. Final U.S. Enrollment surrendered at Port Huron, MI, May 14, 1915, and endorsed \"sold foreign.\"
As FRONTENAC: Partially destroyed by fire at Lorain, OH, July 17, 1908; towed to Toledo, OH, and rebuilt at Gilmore's Shipyard.
Disposition Foundered ten miles southeast of Point Peter, Lake Ontario, on August 16, 1921; no lives lost. Was on voyage from Sodus, NY for Kingston, Ontario, with cargo of coal at time of loss.

Build Information

Builder Lafrinnier, Ira
Place Built Cleveland, OH
Date Built 1868-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
FRONTENAC1902-00-001910-00-00U.S.15450
JEX, H.N.1910-00-001915-00-00U.S.15450
JEX, H.N.1915-00-001921-00-00CANADA137982

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Burke & Klein1886-00-001892-00-00U.S.15450
H.C. Burrell1905-00-001909-00-00U.S.15450
H.C. Burrell & H.N. Jex1909-00-001910-00-00U.S.15450
H.C. Burrell & Theobold Emig1910-00-001915-00-00U.S.15450
Henry B. Burger1905-00-001905-00-00U.S.15450
John F. Sowards1915-00-001921-00-00CANADA137982
Northern Michigan Transpt. Co.1892-00-001899-00-00U.S.15450
Northern Transportation Co.1868-00-001876-00-00U.S.15450
Northern Transportation Co.1876-00-001878-00-00U.S.15450
People's Transit Co.1899-00-001905-00-00U.S.15450
Peter J. Klein & Frederick Seymour1878-00-001883-00-00U.S.15450
Philo Chamberlain1876-00-001876-00-00U.S.15450
Simeon S. Burke1883-00-001886-00-00U.S.15450