SS Toledo (1854)
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| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Toledo |
| Owner | American Transportation Corporation |
| Port of registry | Buffalo, New York, United States |
| Builder | Benjamin Buhl Jones |
| Completed | 1854 |
| Acquired | 1854 |
| In service | 1854 |
| Out of service | 24 October 1856 |
| Fate | Sank in a storm on 24 October 1856. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger/Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 585 GRT |
| Length | 54.3 metres (178 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 8.8 metres (28 ft 10 in) |
| Depth | 3.4 metres (11 ft 2 in) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | A single high pressure (including HPNC) engine, 1 boiler |
| Propulsion | One screw propeller |
| Capacity | 17 to 56 passengers |
| Crew | 25 |
| Notes | 1 Mast and smokestack |
SS Toledo was an American Passenger/Cargo ship that sank during a storm in Lake Michigan near Port Washington, Wisconsin, United States on 24 October 1856 with the loss of 39 to 79 lives.[1]
Toledo was built at the Benjamin Buhl Jones shipyard in Buffalo, New York, United States and completed in 1854. The ship was 54.3 metres (178 ft 2 in) long, had a beam of 8.8 metres (28 ft 10 in) and had a depth of 3.4 metres (11 ft 2 in). She was assessed at 585 GRT and had a single high pressure (including HPNC) engine driving a screw propeller as well as a single boiler. The ship was also equipped with a single mast and smokestack. She was constructed with a wooden hull.[2]
1855 Incidents
In August 1855, Toledo collided with the schooner White Cloud in Lake Huron with both ships suffering damage. That same year, she struck a pier in Cleveland Harbor, Ohio, United States and partially sank. She was raised and repaired, but her cargo of corn was ruined.[2]
