Ocean (Brig), 1851

Brig. OCEAN. [C] Of 283 tons. Built 1847 at Buffalo by F.N. Jones. Owned by Henry Waters Home port, Chatham. Value $3,000 Class C 1. REMARKS. -- Formerly the SAGINAW.
      Board of Lake Underwriters
      Lake Vessel Register, 1860


Bark OCEAN. [C] Of 257 tons. Built at Buffalo in 1847 by F.N. Jones. Owned by Neil & Bully. Home port, Sarnia. Class, O. Value $2,000. REMARKS. - Formerly SAGINAW.
      Register of the Ships of the Lakes
      and River St. Lawrence, 1864
     
     
     
Brig. OCEAN. [C] Of 280 tons. Built Buffalo in 1846 by [no entry]. Owned by H. Waters. Home port, Port Dover. Class of hull, Æ. Class of stores, Æ. Value £2,000 REMARKS. - American bottom.
      Register of British Shipping
      Inland Waters, 1854
     
     

      PORT OF MONTREAL--Register
      Port Number-22 of 1851

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OCEAN ex SAGINAW of Buffalo
Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barkantine
Tonnage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.31
Where built. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buffalo, N.Y.
Builders name & date of certificate:-
Date of registration at port of Montreal:- Nov. 12, 1851 (she became British)
Description of vessel:-
Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 feet
Breadth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 feet & 9 tenths
Depth of hold. . . . . . . . . . . 9 foot & 3 tenths
Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One
Nasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Two
Stern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Square
Bowsprit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Standing
Bow rigged. . . . . . . . . . . . . Brigantine
Figurehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scroll head
How built. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carvel. Framework & planking of wood
Present master. . . . . . . . . . Bryce Muir

Subscribing owners:-Thomas Waters ? of Port Dover
      National Archives-
      Shipping Register-Montreal
      Reel-C 2466