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B. et T. – See GILLY
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F.W. BACKUS
Other names : built as EARL CATHCART, renamed in 1852
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1846, E Bates, Amherstburg, Ont
Specs : 133x25x9, 289 t.[om]
Date of loss : 1866, Nov 25
Place of loss : off Racine, WI (also given in error as near Chicago or Milwaukee)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none – those aboard included nine passengers
Carrying : hay, horses and cattle
Detail : Discovered to be afire offshore and run to the beach, where her passengers and crew disembarked.. The tug DAISY LEE towed her out while she was still burning, with the intention of scuttling her, but was unable to do so. After she burned through her towline she drifted back to shore and burned to the waterline. Her live cargo was pushed overboard while she was still well out, but they all swam safely to shore. Master: Capt. J. Shortell. Probably owned by C.S. Hubbard, Chicago
Builder Bates was from Milan, OH, but built her in Canada.
Seized by U.S. for violation of shipping laws in 1852 and became an American bottom.
Rebuilt in 1861, repaired in 1865.
Sources : hgl,lhl,mpl,bb,rsl,nsp,hr,wls
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MELVIN S. BACON
Other names : none
Official no. : 90657
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1874, J. Squires, Vermilion, OH
Specs : 182x34x14 615g 584n
Date of loss : 1915, Nov 16
Place of loss : near Grassy Island
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Rammed and sunk by the steamer JOSEPH SELLWOOD, abandoned as a total loss. Owned by W. E. Chapman of Cleveland, former Gilchrist boat at the time of this accident. Recovered under U.S. Govt contract, sold Canadian in 1919 and dismantled in 1929.
Had operated on the eastern seaboard for some years.
Burned and declared total loss after going ashore near Ashland, WI,Sep 24-5, 1905.
Image:
Sources : mv,mv,nsp,lss,eas,hcgl
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BADGER
Other names : none
Official no. : 3156
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1881, Peter Johnson, Ft. Howard, Wis
Specs : 80x21x4, 65g
Date of loss : 1899, Oct 24
Place of loss : off Cedar River, Michigan
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cedar ties
Detail : She was bound for Sturgeon Bay or Menominee when she began to fill. Despite her crew’s efforts to pump her out for the next 12 hours, she eventually foundered. The crew was taken off by local fishermen before she went down. Master: Capt. Aldrich. Owned at Green Bay.
Sources : wgts,hr,nsp
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BADGER
Other names : none
Official no. : C138576
Type at loss : barge, wood*, crane-equipped
Build info : 1914, Marine Iron Works, Duluth [US#165842]
Specs : 140(oa)x36x12, 334 t.
Date of loss : 1929, Nov or Dec
Place of loss : Point Abino, Ont. [near Buffalo]
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Struck bottom and sank while working over wreck of steamer BRITON (qv), raised but declared a constructive total loss.
*constructed of fir, one of the few vessels ever made of this wood
Sold Canadian about 1923
Sources : ns3,hr,mv
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BADGER STATE
Other names : none
Official no. : 2134
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1853, James M. Jones, Milwaukee (often seen in error as Buffalo)
Specs : 150x28x12, 302 t
Date of loss : 1870, Nov 16
Place of loss : off Sleeping Bear Pt.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 240 cords wood
Detail : Bound Grand Traverse Bay for Chicago, she stranded and wrecked on the tip of Sleeping Bear dune. Homeport: Chicago
Built on a salt-water model. Rebuilt and strengthened in 1862
Sources : nb,smi,hgl, soundings,nsp,rsl
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BADGER STATE
Other names : none
Official no. : 2111
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1862, Mason & Bidwell, Buffalo as a passenger steamer
Specs : 213x33x17 802g 494n
Date of loss : 1909, Dec 6
Place of loss : at Marine City, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 15
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire at her dock. After firefighters could not contain the blaze, she was cut loose and drifted to Fawn Isl, where she burned herself out.
Built as a passenger steamer, converted to a floating pool hall for a couple of years around 1905-6, until purchased by H. M. Loud’s Sons Co. in May, 1906, and converted to a lumber boat.
Image of vessel ablaze:
Sources : eas,slh,sol,ns1,ledc,mv,mpl,nsp,hcgl
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BADGER STATE
Other names : none
Official no. : 224114
Type at loss : propeller tug, oil screw, wood
Build info : 1924, I. H. Larsen, Marinette, WI
Specs : 60x14x9, 45g 30n
Date of loss : 1939, Nov 9
Place of loss : off Northport, MI, Grand Traverse Bay [also given as Northport, WI]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered off Northport.
In 1934 she was owned by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock; out of Chicago.
Sources : sol,h,mpl,hr,mv
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HORACE H. BADGER
Other names : built as schooner KATE GILLETT last name in 1882. Often called H. H. BADGER.
Official no. : 14164
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1867, Miller, Conneaut, OH as 2-mast schooner
Specs : 129x30x10 264g 259n
Date of loss : 1903, Jun 11
Place of loss : Cleveland, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Driven on the breakwater and broken up by storm waves. Crew of 7 rescued by Lifesaving Service. Master: Capt. Robert Thompson.
Ashore and declared lost at Cross Village, MI, September of 1895, and again near Alpena, September, 1896.
Rebuilt in 1882 after wrecking near Marinette, Wis., enlarged, converted 2-mast to 3.
Sources : nsp,ns1,h,mv,ledc,mpl,eas,hcgl
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BAHAMA
Other names : none
Official no. : 2380
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1863, Goble, Oswego, NY as a 3-mast schooner
Specs : 136x26x13 333g 317n
Date of loss : 1903, late May
Place of loss : Windmill Point, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stone
Detail : She had just picked up a load of stone at the location shown and was being moved from the dock when one side of her hull collapsed out and she fell to the bottom. She was so thoroughly destroyed that she was dynamited a few days later to obliterate her remains. She had recently been brought from Chicago to Buffalo with her towmate YANKEE and cut down to a stone barge. Owned by Hughes Bros. & Bangs, Buffalo, contractors on the Buffalo breakwater.
Also reported total loss in storm on Huron 9/17/93 , and reported foundered near Alpena in 1895.
One source says she was lost on Cleveland breakwater in 1903 and others she was abandoned in 1904.
Sources : phr,osdo,wb,tel,slh,mv,nsp
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CAROLINE E. BAILEY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, Bailey, Madison Dock, OH
Specs : 88x21x7, 121 t.
Date of loss : 1867, Oct 31
Place of loss : at Grand Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reported ashore and total loss. Owned by Declerque and Dorr, Rochester, NY
Major repair in 1864
Sources : nsp,rsl,hgl,wl
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DANIEL E. BAILEY – See IRON CITY
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J. E. BAILEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 75646
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1874, J. Bailey, Saugatuck, Mich
Specs : 130x26x10, 196g 186n
Date of loss : 1884, Oct 8
Place of loss : at Gill’s Pier
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : wood
Detail : Went ashore on Gill’s Pier and reported a total loss.
Out of Milwaukee
Sources : es,jm,nsp,wmn,hgl
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NINA BAILEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 18767
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, Collins, Pentwater or Ludington, MI
Specs : 52x16x5, 30 t
Date of loss : 1880, Nov 1
Place of loss : St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : none
Detail : Filled and went out of control, striking the North Pier and capsizing. Crewmen climbed up on her keel and were rescued by the Lifesaving Service. She later broke up and became a total loss of $900.
Registered out of Milwaukee.
Sources : nsp,h,usls,mv,bcha,bb,hr
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FLORA L. BAINES
Other names : none
Official no. : C71249
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1874, Penetang, Ont.
Specs : 31×8, 9gc 6nc
Date of loss : 1879, Sep 13
Place of loss : off Oakville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered.
Out of Toronto
Sources : win,mmgl
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B. M. BAKER
Other names : none
Official no. : 31217
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1869, Geo. Hardison, Charlotte, NY
Specs : 115x25x9, 187g 181n
Date of loss : 1890, May 29
Place of loss : at Springwells [Ecorse], Mich
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : wrecked
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber* and lath
Detail : Bound Port Huron for Toledo, she apparently opened and sank near the Springwells dry dock. Newspapers said ‘her stern appears to be entirely carried away.” Her cargo was removed in June of 1891, and supposedly she was going to be hauled out and rebuilt, but there is no record of her ever running again. Still in ‘95mv and not officially out of service ntil 1896
*185,000 bd. ft taken from the damaged ves. JOHN SHERMAN
Sources : nsp,hr,mv,glmd
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DAN BAKER
Other names : none
Official no. : 35252
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1869, Dan Hayes, Fairport, Oh
Specs : 61 t.
Date of loss : 1874, Jun 12
Place of loss : off Cedar Point, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : stone
Detail : Sprung a leak and sunk by a gale near Sandusky. Reported at the end of the year as a total loss.
Out of Cleveland, owned by Blanchard. Master: Capt. Goldsmith?
Sources : nsp,mv,wl,wmn,hgl
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FANNY L. BAKER – See THOMAS FREEL BATTLE (1910 loss)
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TIMOTHY BAKER
Other names : often called TIM BAKER, T. BAKER
Official no. : 24156
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, S. Ruggles, Milan, OH
Specs : 122x25x10, 224g 215n
Date of loss : 1888, Oct 1
Place of loss : near Pelee Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all?
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Ashore several miles below “The Dummy” (Bar Point Light). Crew presumed lost. Broke up in a storm on the 8th. Owned by M. Scott & Shaw, Marine City
Rebuilt 1867; major repair, 1882 after going ashore at Windmill Pt. the previous fall.
Sources : mv,nsp,phr,win,h,hgl,es3-1,hgl,wmn,oo
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W.L. BAKER
Other names : ?
Official no. : (80985)
Type at loss : schooner, wood or dredge
Build info : (1883, W. L. Baker, Ashtabula, OH)
Specs : (51x15x4, 19 g, 18n)
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 8
Place of loss : off Ahnapee, WI [18 mi S of Minorville]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 of 5
Carrying : wood
Detail : Capsized in gale.
Sources : nsp,mv,hgl,bb,mpl,hr,wmn
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H. P. BALDWIN
Other names : none
Official no. : 11199
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1866, J.M. Jones, Detroit, MI as a bark
Specs : 178x33x12 495g 470n
Date of loss : 1908, Aug 27
Place of loss : 1 mi N of Indiana Shoals
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : grain
Detail : Capsized and foundered in a gale. Owned by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, Chicago.
Heavily damaged in stranding near Cleveland in December 1881.
Ashore on Kelley’s Island with heavy damage in 1883.
Stranded at Marblehead, OH, Nov 1893.
Ashore on Kelley’s Isl., May, 1904.
Rebuilt in 1883
H. P. BALDWIN at Pike’s Dock, Bayfield, WI:
Sources : h,ns1,lmdc,mv,usls,mpl,hgl,wmn
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N.C. BALDWIN
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1836, Diodate Rodgers, Cleveland
Specs : 102x23x9, 182 t.
Date of loss : 1850, Mar [ca. 24th or 7th]
Place of loss : near Twin River, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : lumber
Detail : While outbound from Chicago, she went ashore.
Out of Chicago
Also wrecked and abandoned at Conneaut in 1845. Rebuilt afterwards.
Sources : nsp,wl,jm,wmn
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S.C. BALDWIN
Other names : none
Official no. : 23957
Type at loss : unrigged barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1871, Campbell & Owen, Detroit as propeller bulker hull# 13
Specs : 160x30x11 413g 356n
Date of loss : 1908, Aug 27
Place of loss : Twin River Point, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 or 2
Carrying : stone
Detail : Grounded, capsized and sank in a storm, a total loss. Tow of tug TORRENT.
Known as a “jonah” and had trouble getting crews: Nearly destroyed in an accident, 1876; ashore near Alpena, 1877; damaged in a collision in 1894 and burned while awaiting repairs from another accident the same year; stranded in Green Bay in 1903.
Major repairs, 1876, 1877, 1881, 1895; rebuilt 1884. Converted to a barge in 1904.
Sources : nsp,slh,stb,ns1,h,mv,atl,st,mpl,eas,hcgl,es,wgts
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DANIEL BALL
Other names : none sometimes shown as DANIEL BELL
Official no. : 6199
Type at loss : sidewheeler, wood, freighter
Build info : 1861, Grand Rapids, MI
Specs : 142x21x5 123t
Date of loss : 1876, Oct 19
Place of loss : Bay City, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : passengers
Detail : She caught fire near her stack and burned to the waterline. Her skipper was able to run her up alongside a log raft, where her pasengers and crew were able to disembark without injury. She was a total l oss of $12 -15,000. Documents surrendered at Port Huron Jan 14, 1879. May have been recovered.
Owned by A. Root of E. Saginaw at time of loss
Sources : eas,phr,lhl,nsp,hr
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M. BALLARD
Other names : also seen as MARY BALLARD
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, Stevens & Presley, Cleveland
Specs : 116x25x11, 288 t. om
Date of loss : 1866, Nov 30
Place of loss : off Galloo Isl., NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 9 or 11[all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Reported wrecked on Galloo Island Reef and sank, a total loss with all hands. She went down in deep water, 1¼ mile NW of the lighthouse. Owned by her skipper, Capt. Hugh Coyne(d), of Cleveland. He was lost with her. The ship hailed from Detroit.
Major repairs in 1864.
Sources : nsp,hgl,wl,rsl
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DAVID BALLENTINE – See QUITO
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BALTIC
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1842, Jonathan Burtch, Burtchville, Mich.*
Specs : 80x20x7, 96 t om
Date of loss : 1852, May 19
Place of loss : halfway between Waukegan, Ill. and Southport [Kenosha], Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : light
Detail : This little schooner was blown down in a storm and capsized. Her crew apparently drowned, despite the efforts of the Chicago schooner ELBE. Her hulk was last seen floating stern upward off Southport. Out of Chicago.
*Burtchville was located just north of Port Huron, Mich.
At least one source reports that she was recovered and she appears on an 1854 list of Milwaukee-registered ships.
Sources : wls,wmn,wl
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BALTIC
Other names : sometimes seen as BALTIN
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1851, Bear Creek [Wallaceburg], Ont.
Specs : 94x22x9, 152 t.
Date of loss : 1855, Sep (19)
Place of loss : near Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : Went on a reef and destroyed. Her outfit was probably later recovered and used in the rebuilding of the schooner BEAVER in 1857. Owned by Thomas Walters, out of Port Dover.
Went ashore on Georgian Bay and wrecked in 1853. Rebuilt at Wallaceburg.
May have capsized with loss of her entire crew off Waukegan, Ill, in May of 1852
Sources : mmgl,sagl,hgl,nsp,wmn
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BALTIC
Other names : none
Official no. : 31044
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1847, Peck & Masters, Buffalo, as steamer, see below
Specs : 224x30x12, 618 t. (825t as prop)
Date of loss : 1872, Sep 29
Place of loss : off Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : ?
Detail : Tow of tug MOORE with 3 other barges in a heavy gale, she broke her towline and tried to set sail, but was overwhelmed. Crew launched her boat but were all drowned.
Some sources show this loss at Thunder Bay, MI , but this is an error..
She was built as a sidewheeler, converted to “side-propeller” in ’54, but ran only a year or so, was converted to a conventional prop later (1863?) and to a barge in 1865.
Image of BALTIC as a sidwheeler:
Sources : nsp,slh,eas,hgl,hcgl
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BALTIC
Other names :
Official no. : 2680
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 16 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Sep (10)
Place of loss : 3 mi N of Holland, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
Detail : Went ashore while trying to salvage parts of the wrecked schooner HERO. A total loss.
Sources : mv,nsp,wmn
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BALTIC
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, W. Waterbury, Wellington Sq., Ont.
Specs : 106x22x10, 184g, 164n
Date of loss : 1894, Nov 24
Place of loss : in Oswego, NY, harbor
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 12,000 bu. barley
Detail : Collided with wharf and went ashore in a NE gale, where she broke up. The USLS crew anticipated the disaster and had a beach apparatus set up near where she struck. They fired a line over her and removed the crew of 6 by breeches’ buoy. Later a pet dog and a horse were saved from the vessel, before she went to pieces.She had been bound Deseronto, Ont., for Oswego.
Out of Hamilton, Ont.
One source says she was the Oswego-built schooner of 1854.
Rebuilt, 1874
Sources : csqw,mmgl,clu,osdo,win,is,h,glhs,hgl,mpl,dmt,usls,hcgl,ib
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BALTIC
Other names : built as FRANCES SMITH last name in 1888
Official no. : C92310*
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger/package freight
Build info : 1867, M Simpson, St. Catharines, Ont.
Specs : 182x28x12, 1324gc 832nc
Date of loss : 1895, Sep 5 Several sources say she burned 1896, in error.
Place of loss : at Collingwood, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She had been tied up at her dock since 1893 and had no fires in her boiler nor any others on board when she caught fire in the middle of the night and burned to the waterline. A long court case regarding the payment of insurance claimes followed and eventually went all the way to the Canadian Supreme Court, which decided in favor of the insurance companies. Owned by Charles Cameron, Collingwood [Great Northern Transit Co].
Stranded with heavy damage on Higbee Isl., L. Sup. in 1885
Stranded with heavy damage on Clapperton Isl., Sep 1888.
Her engine & machinery were from the steamer CLIFTON.
*1st given, 1888.
Major repairs in 1882 & 3, rebuilt, 1888.
Sources : nsp,lh,slh,sol,is,h,csv,mmgl,win,hgl,mpl,hcgl,sc
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BALTIC BELLE
Other names : built as THEMIS, probably renamed on her arrival in Canada
Official no. : C195748
Type at loss : powered (fishing) boat, wood, 1-mast
Build info : 1918, Lysekil, Sweden
Specs : 46x18x5, 25gc 17nc
Date of loss : 1956, Aug
Place of loss : lagoon behind Algonquin Island, Toronto
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm?
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sank in the lagoon in Toronto Islands during this period and was never recovered. Her remains are still visible below the surface. Owned by R. G. Turner, Ward’s Island.
She came to Canada, probably in the 1940’s, bringing refugees from the Baltic states fleeing the new Communist regimes there.
Image from Gerry Oderkirk collection:
Sources : go
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BALTIMORE – See also PATRICIA McQUEEN
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BALTIMORE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger/package freight
Build info : 1847, A. Keating, Monroe, MI
Specs : 170x22x11, 513t [om]
Date of loss : 1855, Sep 18
Place of loss : near the Government pier at Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn and misc supplies
Detail : Bound Chicago for the new Soo Canal and Lake Superior. Ran into a gale so violent that soon waves were washing right over her decks. One particulaly large one smashed her forward cabin and toppled one of her stacks, causing great danger from fire. Disabled, she tried to put in to Sheboygan, but struck bottom after one of her anchor chains broke. Drove ashore and settled in shallow water, later broken up by wave action. Master: Capt. J. A. Reed.
Sources : eas,is(2-60),is,lmdc,less,hgl,nsp,mpl
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BALTIMORE
Other names : built as ESCANABA, renamed in 1899
Official no. : 135487
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1881, Linn & Craig, Gibraltar, MI
Specs : 201x36x20 1161g 918n
Date of loss : 1901, May 24
Place of loss : SE of AuSable, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 13 of 15
Carrying : coal
Detail : She struck a reef, broke in two and foundered after fighting all the way to above Thunder Bay in a gale. She turned back for Tawas, but didn’t quite make it. Maybe towing a steam drill and a lighter. Master: Capt. Morton H. Place(d). Engine & boiler recovered in Oct & Nov, 1901, most of the rest of her gear brought up in 1903.
Ashore with heavy damage on Gull Isl reef, L. Mich., May, 1896.
Image as ESCANABA:
Sources : nsp,slh,sol,ns1,h,lhdc,mpl,pf,hcgl
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EDWARD BANCROFT
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1836, Pt. Peninsula, NY
Specs : 79x20x8, 114 t.
Date of loss : 1842, Nov 19
Place of loss : at the harbor mouth of St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : salt, apples and merchandise
Detail : arriving off the harbor from Buffalo in a gale, she struck the north pier, then drifted ashore near the south pier, where she reportedly broke up. She was a total loss of $2,700. Owned by Wheeler & Porter and her skipper, Capt.Boulton, all of St. Joseph
Sources : nsp,hgl,bb,lotl,wl,hr
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BANNER
Other names : none
Official no. : 2582
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, A. Sommerville, Detroit
Specs : 77x21x6, 75 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 4
Place of loss : at Sturgeon Bay, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 55 cords wood
Detail : Had just set sail for Racine when her rudder broke in heavy seas. Her skipper attempted to make it back to port steering with canvas alone, but missed the harbor entrance and drove ashore. Owned by Nelson & Schultz – they had purchased her only two weeks before. Master: Capt. John Stokes.
Sources : polk,bb,wgts,mv,hr,glmd
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BANNER
Other names : none
Official no. : 2155
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1847, Lent, Conneaut, OH as a brig
Specs : 140x28x10, 289gt.
Date of loss : 1888, Nov 8
Place of loss : Fish Point [Point Au Sable] near Oscoda, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lath & shingles
Detail : Driven on a reef by a gale. Her crew was saved before she was pushed into deeper water, where she sank. After they had spent the night lashed to the rigging, local townspeople succeeded in taking them off in a tiny yawl. Out of Mt. Clemens, owned by her master, Capt. Webb.
Converted to 3-m schooner in 1869-70. Probably converted to a barge in 1876.
Ashore in 1868.
Major repairs in 1859,’69,’76,’82. Originally 431 t. brig
Sources : mv,nsp,polk,sol,is,h,hgl,mpl,rsl,hr
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EMMA BANNER
Other names : also seen as EMMA BOONER
Official no. : 136065
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1889, Gustafson, Onekama, Mich
Specs : 81x24x7, 92g 88n
Date of loss : 1897, Aug 19
Place of loss : off Little Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 109 cords bark
Detail : Bound Manistee for Milwaukee, she capsized in a squall. Her crew made it into her yawl, but drifted 22 hours before being picked up by the steamer FRED PABST. She was later towed into Manistee by the tug IRMA L. WHEELER but was in very poor condition. No record that she ever ran again.
Owned by Capt. Pederson, Milwaukee.
Sources : wmn,hgl,wmhs,bb,mv,nsp,hr
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BANNOCKBURN
Other names : none
Official no. : C102093
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1893, Dixon & Co., Middlesborough, England
Specs : 245x40x21 1620gc 1035nc
Date of loss : 1902, Nov 22
Place of loss : Mid-lake
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : 21 [all]
Carrying : 95,000 bu. wheat
Detail : Sailed out from Ft. William into a storm and was never seen again. One of her lifeboats later found ashore. She was considered to be of the absolute highest quality construction available.. Her loss is one of the big mysteries of the Big Lake. For many years, sailors claimed to see her running without lights on stormy nights, looking in vain for some safe port. Owned by Montreal Transportation Co., Montreal. Master; Capt. George R. Wood(d).
Image from WL photo database
Sources : nsp,gwgl,gs,is(4-73),lol,sol,wm2,ns1,csv,mmgl,hcgl,wl,es
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BANSHEE
Other names : built as BANSHEE, named HERO 1860-1, BANSHEE again in 1861.
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freight
Build info : 1852, G. Ault, Portsmouth, Ont.
Specs : 119x18x3, 166t
Date of loss : 1861, Aug 21
Place of loss : Timber Isl., near False Ducks Isls. Location also given as “off South Bay.”
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 of 11
Carrying : wheat,flour & butter
Detail : Bound Lake Erie for Montreal, she foundered after engine failure [broken shaft] in a storm left her helpless. One passenger died, crew made it to Timber Island. Registry not closed until 1876. Owned by Howard & Rowe of Quebec. Master: Capt. McCree.
Wreck located in 1967.
Also reported as lost in 1876. The vessel was physically surveyed in 1872, meaning she survived the 1861 accident and it is questionable whether the wreck found in 1867 is actually her.
Sources : csqw,mmgl,csv(s2),hgl,rp,do,tr
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BARBARA – See also MAJOR BARBARA
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BARBARA LYN
Other names : built as SUMPTER, renamed in 1989
Official no. : 276723
Type at loss : propeller diesel tug, aluminum
Build info : 1958, Bayou la Batra, Alabama
Specs : 51x17x6, 51g 35n
Date of loss : 1990, Oct 1
Place of loss : off Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : 2-barge tow
Detail : Towing 2 construction barges, enroute to Alpena, she capsized in 12-foot seas and sank 12 mi north of Huron City, MI. 3 crew swam to the barges and were rescued by helicopter, 1 drowned.
Owned by Ryba Marine Construction, Cheboygan, MI
Sources : nsp,mpl,hcgl
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BARBARIAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 2137
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, A. Miller, Oswego, NY
Specs : 136x26x11 298g 283n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 25
Place of loss : near Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : 4,500 RR ties
Detail : She came to anchor just outside the harbor and tried to ride out a storm, but her stern was wrenched off and she went to pieces.
Sources : osdo,is,h,hgl,bb,rp,nsp,hr
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J. BARBER
Other names : also seen as JOE BARBER
Official no. : 12981
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & fruit boat
Build info : 1856, L. Moses, Cleveland
Specs : 125x26x8, 306 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Jul 19
Place of loss : 14 miles off Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 5
Carrying : fruit and passengers
Detail : She was on her regular route , when she caught fire near her stack and was destroyed. The steamers CORONA and A C Van RAALTE came to her rescue, saving most of her passengers and crew – about 30 (some sources say 18 saved, 2 lost) in all were saved. Bound St. Joseph for Chicago, she went down in about 80 feet of water. Owned by Capt. Selah Dustin of Detroit Master: Capt. James F. Snow.
Rebuilt in 1864, 66
Sources : lmdc,nsp,hgl,mpl,wl,bcha,hcgl
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WILLIAM BARCLAY
Other names : none
Official no. : 26834
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, Sylvester Larned, Detroit
Specs : 73x19x5, 53g
Date of loss : 1868, Dec 5
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : “lost”
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Built for the lumber-coal trade, Saginaw and Cleveland. Document surrendered 12/17/1878 at Port Huron, annotated “lost 12-5-1868.” This may be an error, supposed to read”12-5-78″ as official number were not assigned to schrs by the date of her loss. Vessel also shows on 1871 insurance list.
Sources : phr,mv,wl
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JAMES BARDON No.7
Other names : none
Official no. : 76625
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1879, Lockport, NY
Specs : 69x15x7, 51g 26n
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 10
Place of loss : St. Louis R. near Duluth Harbor
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to total loss
Sources : mv,lss,gwgl,is,hgl
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BARGE 43
Other names : none
Official no. : 172728
Type at loss : unrigged barge, scow, steel
Build info : 1911, Manitowoc, Wis
Specs : 150x36x12, 546 t.
Date of loss : 1961, May 24
Place of loss : outer harbor at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : salvaged lumber
Detail : Used as a vessel for the burning of salvaged timbers during a harbor improvement project, she was discovered to be leaking on the date shown. Despite the use of her pumps to try to save her, she sank just outside the channel. Later salvage efforts were given up, and the vessel still lies where she went down
Sources : nsp,ewe,mv
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BARGE 104
Other names : none
Official no. : 53257
Type at loss : unrigged barge, steel whaleback, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, A. MacDougall [American Steel Barge Co.], Superior, WI
Specs : 276x36x19, .1295g 1231n
Date of loss : 1898, Nov 10 (1899 often given, in error)
Place of loss : Cleveland Harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : light
Detail : She was waiting for the steamer ROCKEFELLER to take her in tow, Cleveland for Duluth, and was in tow of the tug ALVA B, when she broke loose and rammed the breakwater, sinking quickly. Her crew was rescued by the U.S. Lifesaving Service with much difficulty. She was at first thought to have gone completely to pieces very quickly, since only fragments of her were found, but it was later discovered that she had drifted underwater more than 500 feet from where she had gone down. Owned by American Steel Barge Co. she was the first whaleback to become a total loss in a lakes accident.
BARGE 104 shows why whalebacks were nicknamed “Pigboats”:
Sources : is,h,hgl,mpl,hcgl,nsp
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BARGE 115
Other names : none
Official no. : 53269
Type at loss : unrigged barge, steel whaleback, bulk freight
Build info : 1891, A MacDougall [American Steel Barge Co.], W. Superior, WI
Specs : 256x36x19, 1169g 1111n
Date of loss : 1899, Dec 18
Place of loss : Pic Isl. near Marathon, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Broke from her tow steamer, the whaleback COLGATE HOYT,* well out in the lake, went ashore 5 days later & broke up. Other ships of her fleet saerched the lake for her for days. Her crew was thought to be lost, but showed up days later after long tramp through the wilderness. Ship declared total loss the following May. This was the first foundering of a whaleback, Barge 104 (qv) was stranded and wrecked a year earlier. Master: Capt. Arthur A. Boyce. Owned by Pickands, Mather & Co.
*Some sources say FRANK ROCKEFELLER, in error.
Sources : is,nsp,lss,rf,hcgl,nsp,bbas
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BARGE 129
Other names : none
Official no. : 53276
Type at loss : unrigged barge, steel whaleback, bulk freight
Build info : 1893, A. MacDougall [American Steel Barge Co.], Superior, WI
Specs : 292x36x22, 1311g 1266n
Date of loss : 1902, Oct 13
Place of loss : off Vermilion Point, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Broke towline from steamer MAUNALOA in heavy weather. While trying to reconnect, was rammed by the steamer and sank quickly after her side was penetrated by an anchor. MAUNALOA picked up her crew. Went down in 125 ft. of water. Owner: Pittsburgh Steamship of U. S. Steel.
Sources : nsp,lssc,lol,gwgl,is(2-69),sol,ns1,hcgl,bbas
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BARGE A
Other names : ?
Official no. : 30189
Type at loss : unrigged scow-barge, wood
Build info : 1895, Peshtigo, Wis
Specs : 135x35x10, 410g
Date of loss : 1900, May 15
Place of loss : Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 160 cords stone
Detail : Broke in half and went down in the channel, just inside the harbor. It was quickly dynamited to clear the harbor for navigation. Owned by Lake Michigan Car Ferry Transportation Co. at the time, but leased a group of Milwaukee shippers.
Sources : h,nsp,wmhs,bb,nsp,hr,wls
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BARGE NO. 1
Other names : none
Official no. : 67313
Type at loss : barge, wood, RR ferry-barge, 28 car
Build info : 1895, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City, MI hull #70
Specs : 310x44x12 1544g 1463n
Date of loss : 1918, Nov 8
Place of loss : North Point, Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : lumber, chickens
Detail : Normally used as a RR carferry. Grounded in storm, broke in two and slipped into deep water.
Holed by a launching timber and sank during her launch. Rails were installed on her deck at Chicago (see also BARGE NO 2)
Sources : stb,glc,is,ns2,mpl,eas,mv
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BARGE NO. 2
Other names : none
Official no. : 67314
Type at loss : barge, wood, RR carferry
Build info : 1895, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City hull #71
Specs : 310x44x12 1548g 1462n
Date of loss : 1906, Sep 9 [also given as Sep 29]
Place of loss : Chicago Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : Capsized
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : RR cars
Detail : Capsized due to a loading error. Floated bottom-up for more than a month, foiling all efforts to right her, and finally sank in the yacht basin. Raised keel-up in spring of 1907, towed out & scuttled 3 mi off Calumet Harbor. Dynamited by Corps of Engineers in Aug of the same year. RR cars which she had aboard were recovered in Oct, 1906.
She and No.1(qv) were biggest barges in the world when built
Sources : nsp,glc,is,vbs,mpl,eas,mv
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BARGE NO. 3
Other names : none
Official no. : 67317
Type at loss : barge, wood, RR carferry, 28 cars
Build info : 1896, Craig Shipbuilding, Toledo, OH hull# 70
Specs : 306x47x12, 1581 t
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 12.
Place of loss : near Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pulpwood
Detail : Tow of tug S.M. FISCHER with BARGE NO. 4(qv). She wnt out of control in a storm and was cut loose by FISCHER after her crew was taken off. She foundered soon after. The cook had to be forcibly removed from the barge as she was abandoned.
Sources : nsp,glc,is,ns1,mpl,ewe
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BARGE NO. 4
Other names : none
Official no. : 67318
Type at loss : barge, wood, RR carferry, 28 car
Build info : 1896, Craig Shipbuilding, Toledo hull# 71
Specs : 306x47x12, 1581 t.
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 12
Place of loss : near Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pulpwood
Detail : Barge identical to BARGE NO. 3, details of loss also nearly identical. In fact, BARGEs 3 and 4 were nearly identical to BARGEs 1 and 2 and built to the same design.
Sources : nsp,glc,is,ns1,mpl,ewe
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BARGE NO. 7 – See No. 7
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M.P. BARKALOW
Other names : none
Official no. : 90277
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk and package freight, 2-mast
Build info : 1871, O. Harper, Perry, OH
Specs : 104x23x8 122g 116n
Date of loss : 1902, Apr 26
Place of loss : off S. Bass Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : salt
Detail : She foundered while riding out a gale at anchor. The lost were skipper, his wife, his stepson and 1 crewman. Master: Capt. Robert Pardy(d), out of Marine City, Mich., owned by Capt. A. V. Kirchner, Detroit.
Sunk with heavy damage at Toledo in fall 1894 after a railroad drawbridge was lowered on her.
Sources : nsp,is,ns1,mv,ledc,phr,mpl,hcgl
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FRANK D. BARKER
Other names : also called F.D. BARKER
Official no. : 9165
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1867, S. Johnson, Clayton, NY
Specs : 137x26x12, 305gt 290 nt.
Date of loss : 1887, Sep 27
Place of loss : Spider Island, Rawley’s Bay, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none?
Carrying : light
Detail : She drove ashore on a rocky reef. At first it was thought that she could be rescued easily and it was later reported that she was, but on Nov 15th it was reported that she had been swung onto another reef by heavy seas, thrown on her beam ends, and was going to pieces. Out of Cleveland, owned by E. S. Minor.
Sources : nsp,mv,polk,jk,wmn,hgl,bb,wgts,hr
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JOHN J. BARLUM
Other names : none
Official no. : 76914
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, Craig, Toledo, OH
Specs : 223x41x16 1185g 1126n
Date of loss : 1922, Sep 18 (or 8)
Place of loss : near Marblehead Light, Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Outbound in tow of the tug GUARDIAN, she filled and sank five miles off the harbor entrance. Later removed to deeper water.
Canadian registry 1901-1911, C#107490.
Sources : eas,ns3,mv,ledc,mpl,hcgl,ewl
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BURT BARNES
Other names : none
Official no. : C150489
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1882, G.S. Rand or Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, WI US#3193
Specs : 96x25x7 134g 127n
Date of loss : 1926, Sep 3
Place of loss : 12 mi SE of Picton, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Foundered off Lake Ontario’s Long Point during a gale. Bound for Picton from Sodus Pt., NY. Her crew abandoned her in a patched-up lifeboat and landed near Rochester, NY, 32 hours later.
Sold Canadian in 1904. Registered out of Kingston in 1926.
One of the last working schooners on the lakes.
Sources : csqw,win,is(2-90),win,is,h,mv,osdo,mpl,hcgl
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FRANK C. BARNES
Other names : none
Official no. : C116386
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1892, Manistee, MI US# 120894
Specs : 67x16x7 63g 43n
Date of loss : 1915, Nov 1
Place of loss : off Gull Pond, near Pt. Petre, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all 5(6)
Carrying : none
Detail : Went missing in storm at unknown position. Some pilothouse wreckage and a body eventually washed up on shore. The wreck was later located off Pt. Petre.
Sold Canadian in 1906. Owned by Canada Steamship Lines
May have been built from the tug J.C. OSGOOD [US#75159], built 1863, New Baltimore, NY.
Sources : csqw,nsp,gs,sol,mv,mmgl,mpl,hcgl
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D. N. BARNEY
Other names :
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1844, Clayton, NY
Specs : 140 t.
Date of loss : 1849, May 25
Place of loss : at 40-mile Point, eastern Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : bulk potter’s clay
Detail : Reported ashore on a rocky bottom and become a total loss.
Out of Cape Vincent, NY
Sources : wmn,wl,nsp,wmhs
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F.T. BARNEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 9535
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, W. Cheney, Vermilion, OH
Specs : 126x26x11, 255 t
Date of loss : 1868, Oct 23
Place of loss : below Nine Mile Point, NW of Rogers City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Collided with the schooner TRACY J. BRONSON and sank while bound Cleveland for Milwaukee. She reportedly sank “in about 2 minutes.” Her crew abandoned and were later picked up off Presque Isle by the schooner CLAYTON BELLE. Newspapers of the time report that the wreck was struck by several passing vessels and was located “about midway between theSouth Passage and 40-mile Point.” Wreck was reportedly located about 1987, sits in deep water, upright in almost perfect condition, though this doesn’t quite jibe with the newspaper accounds of multiple collisions. Registered out of Vermilion, OH. Master: Capt. Egbert Doville.
Major repair in 1862
Sketch of F. T. BARNEY:
Sources : mv,slh,lhdc,nsp,ssm,mpl,rsl,hcgl,wmn
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WILLIAM H. BARNUM
Other names : none
Official no. : 80342
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1873, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs : 219x35x21 1212g 1059n
Date of loss : 1894, Apr 3
Place of loss : 5.5 mi ESE of Mackinaw City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 55,000 bu corn
Detail : Her hull was cut by floating ice and she attempted to make it to shore, but came up against shelf ice and stranded. The wrecking tug CRUSADER tried to save her, but was only able to take her crew off before she went down in 11 fathoms of water. She was reportedly in poor condition at the time of her last trip and had been given insurance for only that single voyage. She had been bound Chicago for Port Huron and was one of the first vessels to attempt the Straits that spring. Owners: C. A. Chamberlain et al., Detroit; Master: Capt. William Smith, Marine City.
Partially “salvaged” in 1969, mostly stripped of artifacts.
Sources : is(3-69),slh,hdm,h,mv,lhdc,wbm,ssm,mpl,hcgl,es,nsp
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H.A. BARR
Other names : none
Official no. : C107489
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1893, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City hull #56 [US# 96218]
Specs : 217x35x17 1119g 1063n
Date of loss : 1902, Sep 24 (some sources erroneously give Aug 24 as date.)
Place of loss : 30 miles off Port Stanley, near Braddock Pt.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Downbound from Lake Superior, tow of “saltie” THEANO (qv). She broke her towline in giant waves and foundered. Her crew was picked up by THEANO. Owner: F. H. Clergue, Soo, Mich.
Sold Canadian in 1901. Owned by Algoma Central Steamship Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Went ashore and given up for lost on False Presque Isle, Lake Huron, in April of 1898.
Sources : nsp,is,ns1,ledc,win,vbs,mpl,do,ew not in mmgl
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WILLIAM H. BARRETT
Other names : also seen as W. H. BARRETT
Official no. : 80458
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, river
Build info : 1874, J. Ganoe & Sons, Grand Rapids, Mich
Specs : 129x24x4, 118 g 112n
Date of loss : 1894, Nov 6
Place of loss : at Grand Rapids, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned at her winter layup moorings at 1 a.m., a total loss. Insurance had run out Nov 1 and she was lying at her dock without a watchman.. Owned by Valley City Trans. Co.
She had been a long-time Grand River steamer, built to run between Grand Rapids and Grand Haven..
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,mv,hcgl
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BARRIE – See also COMMODORE JACK BARRY, COMMODORE BARRY
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M. J. BARTELME
Other names : built as JOHN J. McWILLIAMS, renamed CENTRAL WEST in 1916, last name in 1928 [Most often seen as M. J. BARTHELME]
Official no. : 77170
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1895, F.W. Wheeler, W. Bay City hull #105
Specs : 352x45x23 3400g 2808n
Date of loss : 1928, Oct 4
Place of loss : SE tip of Cana Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : in ballast
Detail : Stranded and destroyed by waves while heading north through a dense fog, she was a constructive total loss. Owned by J. A. Paisley Steamship Co., Cleveland. Later [starting in 1933], she was cut up for scrap where she lay.
Image from GLMD
Sources : vbs,sbs,sol,is,ns3,lmdc,mpl,eas,hcgl,wgts
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A.F. BARTLETT
Other names : none
Official no. : 105130
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1871, Herminger, E. Saginaw
Specs : 48x10x4 11g 5n
Date of loss : 1888, Sep
Place of loss : at Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned and declared total loss. Continued in registry until 1900 but this was probably a paperwork oversight.
Had another disastrous fire at Saginaw in Sep, 1884
Sources : mv,vbs,polk,slh,hgl,glmd
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AGNES BARTON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1835, Buffalo
Specs : 92x23x8, 156 t. om
Date of loss : 1855, Aug 7
Place of loss : near Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Buffalo, she sprang a leak and foundered in 30 feet of water, 1.5 miles offshore and 1.5 miles from Conneaut light. It was reported that she would probably not be salvaged because she was “an old vessel and about used up.”
Out of Toledo
Rebuilt and enlarged in 1842 orig 73 ft.
Sources : nsp,wl,wmn
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BENJAMIN BARTON
Other names : also seen as BEN. BARTON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1835, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs : 87x24x9, 178 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1838, Nov 5
Place of loss : just east of the pier at Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Blown ashore and wrecked by gale. Reported a total loss, but released and repaired the following spring. Lasted until at least 1844.
Owned by Morse & Co. of Detroit
Sources : is,nsp,hgl,wl
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PLINY F. BARTON
Other names : none also seen as P.F. BARTON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1853, Laveya, Buffalo
Specs : 61x14x5, 40 t
Date of loss : 1865, May
Place of loss : at Baby’s Point
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss. No detail.
Sources : lhl,hgl,st,wl,nsp,hr
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BESSIE BARWICK
Other names : none
Official no. : C83146
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ont. as a bark
Specs : 135x26x11, 296gc, 274nc
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 28
Place of loss : Pilot Harbor, Michipicoten Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Port Arthur for Kingston in tow of the steamer CELTIC, which let her loose to fend for herself after her shaft broke on Nipigon Bay. The schooner was seen on the 28th, but her subsequent whereabouts were unknown for more than 10 days. Westerly gale had pushed her into the shallows where she pounded to pieces. Her crew were sheltered by local fishermen, later made it to the Soo in a small open boat. Out of St. Catharines. Owned by R. O. MacKay, Hamilton. Master: Capt. Owen Gallagher.
Sources : nsp,gwgl,is,h,eas,mmgl,wb,win,lss,hgl,wl
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BATCHAWANA
Other names : built as ROBERT A. PACKER renamed in 1906. Also seen as BATACHAWANA
Official no. : C117032
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1881, W. S. Crosthwaite, Bay City, MI[US# 110491]
Specs : 209x33x16 921g 770n
Date of loss : 1907, Jun 27 [Jun 21 also given]
Place of loss : off Coppermine Point, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Sold Canadian, 1906.
Sources : win,vbs,mmgl,lssc,gwgl,is,ns1,h,csv,mpl
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WEBSTER BATCHELLER
Other names : also seen as BATCHELDER, BATCHELLOR
Official no. : 80766
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1880, Callister, Grand Haven, MI
Specs : 69x16x8, 46gt 23nt
Date of loss : 1889, Nov 14
Place of loss : off Red River, Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : towing log raft
Detail : Caught fire while she was picking up a log raft and burned to a total loss. Owned by Island Lumber Co, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Burned at Grand Haven in November, 1881
Sources : nsp,hgl,mv,polk,bb,wgts,hr
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ELI BATES
Other names : none also seen as ELLA BATES
Official no. : 7236
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, Geo. Hardison, Erie, PA
Specs : 265 t
Date of loss : 1871, Nov 16
Place of loss : about 7 mi N of harbor at Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 9[all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Disappeared in a gale, and no positively identifiable wreckage or bodies found. Topmasts that were found sticking out of the water between Ashtabula and Conneaut were later identified as hers and in June of the following year she was located off Conneaut in 14 fathoms of water. She had been bound Sheboygan, WI, for Buffalo with wheat. Homeport: Buffalo, owned out of Detroit by Capt. J. Montgomery. Master: Capt. Timothy McEwen(d).
Went ashore on Windmill Point, Lake Erie, 9/25/70 and had major repairs following.
Sources : h,mv,hgl,ledc,nsp,jk
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EVALINE BATES
Other names : also seen as EVELINE BATES
Official no. : 7322
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1859, E. Bates, Huron, Oh
Specs : 128x26x10, 234g 222n [324 t. om]
Date of loss : 1891, Sep 1
Place of loss : on Beaver Island
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : She went ashore in a storm and filled with water. She was deemed too old an valueless to salvage, and was left to break up.
Owned by M. Russell, Chicago
Ashore on Grand Island, Mich, Lake Superior in 1869 and expected to become a total loss. Wrecked and given up near Chicago in the fall of 1877.
Spent some time in the coasting trade on the Atlantic when she was new, returned to the lakes during the Civil War.
Sources : mv,nsp,wmn
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STEVEN S. BATES
Other names : also seen as STEPHEN BATES, S. BATES, and STEVEN BATES
Official no. : 23341
Type at loss : schooner, wood “clipper built”
Build info : 1856, Bates & Son., Manitowoc
Specs : 97x27x7, 139 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Apr 23
Place of loss : 5 mi N of Grosse Point, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : posts and hardware
Detail : Bound Muskegon, MI, and Horne’s Pier, WI, for Chicago, she was driven into the shallows by a storm after her anchors dragged and was broken up by wave action. The U.S. Lifesaving Service crew from Evanston helped rescue her crew. Out of Chicago, owned by Capt. William Bates. Master: Capt. Frank Walsh.
Major repairs in 1870.
Sources : mv,polk,h,lmdc,usls,nsp,wl,es
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WILLIAM BATES
Other names : also seen as W. M. BATES
Official no. : 80052
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, Trenton, Mich
Specs : 55 t.
Date of loss : 1878, Oct 6
Place of loss : 40 miles out of Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : oak lumber
Detail : She capsized in a storm while bound Holland, Michigan, for Chicago. After her mainmast and deckload fell off, she righted again. Her crewmen then tried to launch her yawl, which was also lost. After clinging to the tossing wreck for several hours they were saved by the skiff SANDY MORRISON. The scow came ashore 1.5 miles north of Chicago harbor, a total loss.
Sources : nsp,wmn,mv,wmhs
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BATISCAN – See UNITED STATES
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GERALDINE BATTLE
Other names : built as PURITAN, renamed SANDY HOOK(’02), last name ’07
Official no. : C126094
Type at loss : barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1893, R. Mills, Buffalo as propeller passenger steamer [US#150630]
Specs : 136x32x12, 266gt.
Date of loss : 1916, Oct 21
Place of loss : Thorold, Ont, Welland Canal
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : gravel
Detail : Was unloading at Thorold when she caught fire and was destroyed.
Burned at Buffalo, Jan 6, 1906. Sold Canadian, 1907 and rebuilt.
As steamer she was 136x32x10 409g 345n, converted to bulker in 1902, to bulk barge in 1907
Sources : ns2,mpl,hr
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MARY BATTLE – See DETROIT, LINCOLN
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THOMAS FREEL BATTLE
Other names : built as tug F.B. BRADY, renamed in 1905
Official no. : C107948
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1901, Freeman Green, Sr, Dunnville, Ont.
Specs : 47x13x7, 29 t.
Date of loss : 1907, Oct 17
Place of loss : Port Maitland, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire around her boiler while tied to a plaster dock in Port Maitland harbor and her crew was helpless to do anything to stop it. She burned to total loss.
Registered out of St. Catharines
After her loss this tug was replaced by the prop tug THOMAS FREEL BATTLE, below.
Sources : win,mmgl,h,waw,bb
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THOMAS FREEL BATTLE
Other names : built as American tug FANNIE L. BAKER, renamed in 1910
Official no. : C126092
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1888, W. L. Baker, Detroit US# 120729
Specs : 68x17x6, 44g 22n
Date of loss : 1910, Nov
Place of loss : Thorold, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Reported in Canadian registry as burned to total loss. Actually recovered, returned to American hull [and her original name] in 1917 and abandoned about 1938.
Sold Canadian in 1910. Registered out of St. Catharines. Replaced Canadian tug of the same name.
Sources : mmgl,mv,hcgl,hr
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JOHN C. BAUER
Other names : built as PLANET, renamed in 1882
Official no. : 54159
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, lumber
Build info : 1855, M. Fox, Black R., OH
Specs : 117x25x7 158g 151n
Date of loss : 1900, Jul 6
Place of loss : S. Fox Isl. harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Stranded near the beach in a fog and became total loss. Bound Milwaukee for Cecil Bay in the Straits of Mackinac. Abandoned by her crew, who were later picked up by an Indian fishing boat. Later towed away to clear the S. Fox harbor. Owned by Andrew Nelson of Milwaukee, who may also have sailed her.
Narrowly avoided sinking in deep water when she sprang a leak off Milwaukee in May of 1900.
Capsized off Sheboygan, Wis. with the loss of all but one of her crew in November, 1855.
Sources : nsp,mv,ns1,wmn
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BAVARIA
Other names : none
Official no. : C72595
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, H. Rooney, Garden Island, Ont.
Specs : 145x26x13, 376g 361n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 19
Place of loss : 1 mi S of Cape Smith, Manitoulin Island.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : squared lumber
Detail : Driven ashore by a gale and pounded to pieces. Bound Byng Inlet for Walkerville, Ont. Her crew was saved by local Indians. Master: Capt. M. Mahoney. Owned out of Sarnia by Kidd & Riley.
On May 29, 1889, she broke from the tow of the steamer D.D. CALVIN and began to founder near Long Point, L. Erie (maybe L. Ont.). Her crew abandoned, but didn’t make it to shore – all 8 lost. The wreck washed ashore on Long Point, little damaged. Master: Capt. John Marshall.
Locally called a “timber drougher”
Ashore and abandoned [temporarily] near Goderich, Ont., Lake Huron in November, 1891. Recovered the following spring.
Image from GLMD
Sources : csqw,mmgl,nsp,osdo,sol,is(1-76),slh,hgl,mpl,es3-2,hcgl
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BAVARIAN
Other names : see below
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, iron, passenger/ package freight
Build info : 1855, Gilbert & Co, Montreal
Specs : 176 ft, 427 t
Date of loss : 1873, Nov 5
Place of loss : 15 miles off Bowmanville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 14 of 36
Carrying : general freight, passengers
Detail : In transit Montreal for Toronto when her boiler exploded and she burned to a shell.
Iron hull survived several wrecks. Built 1855 as KINGSTON, gutted by fire, 1872 and rebuilt as BAVARIAN at Kingston after another fire at Bowmanville with loss of several lives. Rebuilt as ALGERIAN after the ’73 fire & assigned C#71609. Renamed CORNWALL in 1904, rebuilt in 1913, dismantled in 1930 and hull scuttled off Amherst Isl..
Image as ALGERIAN from WL image database
Sources : csqw,do2,clu,mmgl,sol,is,h,rp,nsp,hcgl
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BAY CITY
Other names : ?
Official no. : (none)
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : (1853, Vermillion, Oh)
Specs : (216 t.)
Date of loss : 1859, prior to Nov 18
Place of loss : East Sister Reef
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : corn
Detail : Went ashore on the reef, stranded in 7 feet of water. The tug BRUCE and the wrecker RELIEF tried to save her, but she was later reported abandoned (about Nov. 24), but further attempts may have been made the next spring to remove her.
Probably out of Sandusky
Sources : nsp,jm,wl,wmhs
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BAY CITY
Other names : built as FOREST CITY, renamed in 1858
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1852, Eli Bates, Trenton, MI as a sidewheeler
Specs : 199x27x9, 480 t.
Date of loss : 1862, May 20
Place of loss : near Port Burwell, Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She sprang a leak and sank off shore, washing to shallow water in one piece. Her crew was rescued by the new tug WINSLOW. Her engine & boiler were reportedly removed during 4 different salvage attempts in June & July. The hull was finally abandoned Jul 21, though plans had been made to convert it into a schooner. Hgl says this is the same vessel as 1880 loss of same name, but in 1899 the Canadian gov’t authorized Frank Hackett to salvage her boiler at the point shown. Owned by her master Capt. Edwards of Detroit.
Converted from sidewheeler to propeller in 1855 at Cleveland.
Burned, probably be arson, at Port Stanley, Ont Apr 5, 1858.
Converted to a large tug in 1860.
Sources : nsp,sagl,wl,es,eas,sol,h,hgl,nsp
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BAY CITY – Former entry regarding the Nov, 1880 loss is eliminated. The vessel was US#2135 (see below), and not the former steamer shown in some sources. She was recovered in June, 1881
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BAY CITY
Other names : none
Official no. : 2451
Type at loss : propeller, wood, steam barge
Build info : 1867, Geo. Gardiner, Marine City, MI
Specs : 152x27x14, 372g 295n
Date of loss : 1891, Jun 6
Place of loss : foot of Rivard St. River Rouge [Detroit] MI
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 300,000 ft white pine lumber
Detail : Burned to total loss while being repaired. Her watchman reported the fire during the night and firemen thought they had it out, but it reawakened and burned to a total wreck.
She was owned in Cleveland, managed by P. H. Clark, Marine City
Rebuilt in 1871, then caught fire and burned nearly to the waterline on her first trip out, April 10, 1871. Major repairs in 1879
Image from GLMD
Sources : lhl,hgl,mv,mpl,es,hcgl
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BAY CITY
Other names : none
Official no. : 2135
Type at loss : schooner [sloop]- barge, wood,1-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1856, S. Tripp, Saginaw as brig
Specs : 140x29x10 306g 290n
Date of loss : 1902, Nov 29
Place of loss : at Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Left at anchor in Thunder Bay by steamer HURON CITY. Anchor chains parted and she was driven against Gilchrist dock and wrecked. Crew abandoned her with difficulty. Later removed, but not returned to service. Master: Capt. McDermald. Owned by C. A Chamberlain, Detroit.
On Nov 20, 1880, she was cast adrift by steamer JAMES P. DONALDSON, driven ashore and wrecked in a gale, 4 mi E of Erie, PA. Her crew was saved by the Lifesaving Service using breeches’ buoy. Captain of the barge and captain of lifesaving crew were old shipmates. She was heavily damaged and declared a total loss in some papers, but was recovered in June of 1881.
Rebuilt in 1876.
Completely dismasted in a gale in 1856.
Sources : nsp,stb,ns1,h,vbs,mh,ade,bbas
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BAY OF QUINTE
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, Thurston, Bath, Ont.
Specs : 151x24x8, 250 t.
Date of loss : 1863, Nov 18
Place of loss : Salmon Point, north shore
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 7,500 bu wheat
Detail : Bound for Toronto, she went ashore in a storm and became a total wreck.
Owned by Capt. Gaskin of Kingston, who was also her master.
Rebuilt at Kingston, Ont,. in 1861.
Sources : clu,hgl,nsp,rnc,hcgl
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BAY STATE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1852, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo, NY
Specs : 137x26x11, 372 t. om
Date of loss : 1862, Nov 2
Place of loss : “in the vicinity of Oswego”
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : 22 [all, including 6 passengers]
Carrying : general merchandise
Detail : Bound for Lake Erie ports from Oswego, she broke up offshore in a terrific gale and foundered with all hands. The shoreline for miles was strewn with her wreckage. Northern Trans. Co. boat out of Ogdensburg, NY. Master: Capt. John Brown(d).
Stranded and thought to be a total loss on May of 1856, but recovered in July. Major repairs in 1861.
Sources : gs,hgl,osdo,(mmgl),nsp,rp,wl,hcgl,umr
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BAY TRADER
Other names : none
Official no. : C none*
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1873, John Glover, Port Rowan, Ont.
Specs : 113x22x7, 172gc
Date of loss : 1888, Jul 11
Place of loss : at Clear Creek [Canadian side]
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood
Detail : Bound Port Rowan for Buffalo, she ran ashore and was reported a total loss. She lay under a 40-foot cliff and her crew had lost hope until rescued from above on a line thrown by Canadian Lifesavers.
Owned by Austin Steers, Port Rowan.
*Canadian registry says “no official number allowed”
May have been recovered, as an 1890 insurance lists says of her says “wrecking lighter – requires repairs”
Sources : mmgl,hg,hr,.clu,wl
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BAYANNA
Other names : built as ARAGON, renamed 1946
Official no. : C150811
Type at loss : propeller, steel, self unloading bulker
Build info : 1896, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI hull #123 US# 107228
Specs : 249x42x17 1643g 963n
Date of loss : 1962, Dec 1
Place of loss : near Deseronto, Ont., Bay of Quinte
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : struck obstruction
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and sank in shallow water. Later raised but declared a constructive total loss after being brought up in Dec, 1963. Gutted by fire in lieu of dismantling and cut up for scrap in 1964.
Sold Canadian, 1922, after an accident on Lake Ontario.
Converted to a sandsucker at Canandian Vickers, Montreal in 1927, and to self-unloader at Muir Bros., Port Dalhousie, in 1942.
Image in GLMD
Sources : a&f,mmgl,sol,is,h,csv,osdo,mpl,hcgl,mv
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BAYERSHER – See GEORGE J. WHELAN
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BAYPORT
Other names : built as tug FAIRPORT, renamed in 1941; renamed TUG A in 1962 and TWIN PORT in 1963
Official no. : C171939
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel, steam
Build info : 1914, Great Lakes Towing, Cleveland
Specs : 72x17x12, 65g 31n
Date of loss : 1959, Jun 22
Place of loss : at Collingwood, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : Towing Accident
Loss of life : 3 of 6
Carrying : none
Detail : Hooked by her own tow cable to steamer CAPT. C.D. SECORD, capsized and sank. Exact position given as Lat 44 deg. 32’00″N, long 80 deg. 13’12” W, 160 deg., 300′ from buoy #7. Owned by Canada SS Lines. Recovered, rebuilt & still operating in late 70’s. Converted from steam to diesel on raising.
Sold Canadian in the winter of 1941. She was out of Midland, Ontario, where she was equipped with a large reinforced ram on her bow to break ice for the big grain-carrying bulkers that wintered there.
Image as FAIRPORT at Midland, with icebreaking ram bow , from MHGL (Brookes Scrapbooks): 
Sources : is(3-59,1-60),win,h,mmgl,hcgl,mhgl
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BEAGLE
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1843, Niagara, Ont.
Specs : 90×17, 95 t.
Date of loss : 1849, Oct 10
Place of loss : near Port Hope, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked near the wharf at Port Hope. It was expected that she would be recovered, but in May of 1851 she was offered for public auction “as she now lies at Port Hope.”
Owned by Culcutt & Scott, Cobourg, Ont.
Also wrecked near Presque Isle, Lake Ontario, in November, 1847.
Sources : csv,wmn
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JOHN BEAN, Jr.
Other names : none
Official no. : 13764
Type at loss : schooner, wood, lumber
Build info : 1867, Pentwater, MI
Specs : 106x24x8, 157g
Date of loss : 1886, Sep 30
Place of loss : Muskegon, MI, harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : While entering the harbor unter tow, she collided with a pier and sank through mishandling. Lifesaving service rescued her crew, and the vessel was later raised, though she had been considered a total loss.
Also sunk at Muskegon the previous year.
Sources : mv,h,hgl,usls,nsp,hr
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MAX BEARD – See SIDNEY E. SMITH
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BEATRICE – See also LULU BEATRICE
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BEATRICE
Other names : none
Official no. : C83029
Type at loss : propeller excursion boat and tug, wood
Build info : 1882, McDonnel, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs : 79x16x6 66gc 45nc
Date of loss : 1885, Dec 4 [also given as Apr 12 – 4/12 or 12/4]
Place of loss : Port Stanley, Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : A fire started in her engine room, and she was burned to total loss. Registry closed in July, 1886. Owned by Capt. J. Ellison, she had the machinery from the 1867 Canadian tug BEAVER. Master: Capt. McGregor.
Caught fire on The St Clair R. near Port Huron Aug 23, 1883, awakening her skipper, who set her adrift to save the dock. The tug ONTARIO got a line on her and pulled her to the foot of Sanborn’s Grain Elevator, where she burned to a nearly total loss.
Another Canadian prop BEATRICE [C#71118], built 1877 at Collingwood by M Cross as SANFORD DAVIS, 63x12x6, 31g 21n, reported burned about 1909.
Sources : hgl,polk,mmgl,nsp,wmn
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IRENE BEAUCHINE
Other names : built as J. L. MINER, renamed in 1928
Official no. : 76162
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1880, Ellenwood, Detroit
Specs : 54x14x6, 23g 12n
Date of loss : 1930, May 7
Place of loss : at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : In a confusion of passing signals she was rammed by the 260 foot motor tanker AMSTERDAM SCOCONY and sank about 800 feet from the south pier light in Buffalo harbor, in 20 feet of water. Her four crewmen immediately dove overboard and were picked up by the tanker. Leased by Irene Beauchine of Syracuse and operated by John and Mack Butler.
J. L. MINER was well-known tug on the lakes for decades and was involved in a number of wrecks and rescues. Both she and the tanker were regularly operating on the New York Barge Canal. As BEAUCHINE she was involved in the building of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in 1930.
Sources : hcgl,mv,hr,ofpc
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BEAUHARNOIS – See QUINTE
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BEAVER
Other names : none
Official no. : none [British warship]
Type at loss : armed sloop, wood
Build info : ca. 1762
Specs : “small”
Date of loss : 1763, Aug 28
Place of loss : Cat Fish Creek, 14 miles from the site of Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : provisions, including pork and flour
Detail : She was bound for Detroit to relieve the fort there, which was then under seige by the Indian leader Pontiac. 185 barrels of her cargo was saved and went on to Detroit on the schooner GLADWIN, which had been in company with the BEAVER. Master: Capt. Horsey.
Sources : nsp,hgl,www
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BEAVER
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, passenger & freight
Build info : 1771
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1771
Place of loss : 2-3 mi W of harbor entrance at the site of Lorain, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 17
Carrying : “valuable” cargo + passengers
Detail : Probably went down in a storm. Member of Commodore Grant’s fleet of exploration and trading vessels. Location of loss also given as Sandusky, OH
Sources : h,ledc,www,hgl
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BEAVER
Other names : ?
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1848, Kingston, Ont.
Specs : 200 t.
Date of loss : 1861
Place of loss : off Nine Mile Point
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked.
Maybe wrecked L. Huron.
Sources : slh ,hgl,hr not in mmgl
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BEAVERSTONE
Other names : built as GEORGE W. CUYLER. Also seen as BEAVERTON
Official no. : C111809
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1880, F.W. Wheeler, W. Bay City, MI [US# 85638]
Specs : 69x15x6, 18t
Date of loss : 1926, May 23 (May 14 also given)
Place of loss : Bustard Isl, Georgian Bay, Ont.*
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Blown ashore and destroyed by waves near Grondine Pt. Owned by C. Beck Manufacturing Co., Penetanguishene. The loss was blamed by local newspapers on low water due to diversion of water from Lake Michigan through the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal, known as the “Chicago Steal.”
Sold Canadian 1902
*Location also given as Black Bay, Lake Superior.
Sources : win,lss,is,h,hr,rl,csv,wl,wmn
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B.H. BECKER
Other names : none
Official no. : 231681
Type at loss : Diesel packet
Build info : 1932, Marine City, MI
Specs : 37x12x5, 19g 13n
Date of loss : 1937, Aug 10
Place of loss : off Greenbush, MI [off Harbor Beach, MI also given]
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered in heavy seas, 9 mi N of Oscoda, MI
Owned by Frank Becker, out of Detroit.
Sources : slh,sol,h ,mpl,hr,mv
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PHILIP BECKER
Other names : none
Official no. : C74214
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1876, J. Lerock, Buffalo (US# 150085)
Specs : 51x13x6, 29g 20n
Date of loss : 1879, Nov 17
Place of loss : 10 mi off Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 [all]*
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered in blizzard/gale. She was working with 4 other tugs when sunk. 16 of 32 lives in the little fleet were lost.
Sold Canadian in 1876, out of Montreal. Master: Capt. Chas. Drescholdt(d).
*Crew actually transferred to the dredge barge GORDON, which then sank with all hands.
Sources : hgl,is,osdo,mmgl,h,nsp
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R.H. BECKER
Other names : none
Official no. : 56207
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, J. A. Johnson, Dover Bay, OH
Specs : 108x23x7 141g 134n
Date of loss : 1908, May 1*
Place of loss : at Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Capsized and sank near shore in a gale. Partially raised two weeks later to clear the harbor, dragged outside and beached nearby to break up. Crew rescued by USLS.
*May 7 also given, 1st is official
Had number of unrigged barge, probably built as such
Sources : ns1,h,lmdc,eas,hcgl,bw,mv
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J.L. BECKWITH
Other names : also seen as JAMES L BECKWITH
Official no. : C111802
Type at loss : propeller packet, wood
Build info : 1873, Union Drydock Co., Buffalo US#75602
Specs : 67x23x8 61gc 33nc
Date of loss : 1912, Jul 26
Place of loss : Sandy Point or Sandy Island
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked, no detail. Out Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
Used as a ferry and excursion boat for early part of her career
Sold Canadian, 1901
Sources : win,mmgl,gwgl,h,mv,mv,wl
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JORDAN BEEBE, Jr.
Other names : none
Official no. : 76246
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood, fish
Build info : 1881, R. Satimore, Bay City as a schooner
Specs : 46x14x5, 21g 20n
Date of loss : 1893, Nov 20
Place of loss : Put-in-Bay, S. Bass Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss. Owned by Port Huron Fish Co. Document surrendered Dec 29.
Converted from a schooner to tug by her original builder in 1883-4.
Sources : nsp,vbs,svv,phr,hgl
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ALICE M. BEERS
Other names : none
Official no. : 382
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info : 1864, Z. Pangborn, Algonac
Specs : 105x25x10 154g 147n
Date of loss : 1902, Sep 4
Place of loss : off docks at Glen Arbor, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Hove to off the docks in a gale, but slipped her anchor and drove onto channel marker. Holed and drifted shore, where she later broke up. Bound Milwaukee for Glen Haven. Hailed from Milwaukee, owned by Henry Brander.
Sunk near Manistee in 1875.
Rebuilt, 1888
Sources : nsp,is,ns1,h,lmdc,sb,nb,hgl,wl,hcgl,bbas
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LENA BEHM
Other names : none
Official no. : 140840
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1886, F. Behm, Grand Haven, MI
Specs : 59x16x6 34g 32n
Date of loss : 1900
Place of loss : off Port Hope, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire well offshore and destroyed. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/31/1900.
Image from private collection:
Sources : phr,slh,mv,mpl,mar,hcgl
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ETTA BELL – See ETTA BELLE
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JANE BELL
Other names : none
Official no. : 12782
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1862, Campbell, Detroit
Specs : 1388×12, 374g (447 t om)
Date of loss : 1880, Sep 7
Place of loss : at Geneva, Ohio
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She was driven ashore by a storm while bound Escanaba, mich for Ashtabula, Ohio. Her crew abandoned her the next day in her yawl, and two of the were drowned when her lifeboat capsized in the surf. Master: Capt. P. H. Finlay.
Ashore and seriously damaged on Plum Island, Death’s Door, in October of 1876.
Several sources say she was lost in Sep or Oct, 1881, on western Lake Michigan (given as near Chamber’s Island and Death’s Door), but this is probably confusion with the schooner JENNIBEL(qv).
Sources : hgl,lmdc,usls,mpl,mv,hcgl,nsp,wgts
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LAURA BELL
Other names : also seen as LAURA BELLE
Official no. : 15723
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1870, Bailey Bros., Toledo, OH
Specs : 133x26x13, 269gt
Date of loss : 1883, Sep 7
Place of loss : off Shot Point, E of Marquette
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : coal
Detail : Stranded and became a total loss, breaking her back after resting for several days astride a large boulder. Hailed from Cleveland and bound for Marquette from there. After spending three days in her rigging, her crew were rescued by a tug from Marquette.
Heavily damaged in a grounding in Waiska Bay, Lake Superior, in 1879.
Rebuilt, 1883.
Sources : gwgl,lssc,lss,h,polk,usls,sip,nsp,hr
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LAURIE BELL – See LAURIE BELLE (under “L’s”)
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LIZZIE BELL
Other names : also seen as LIZZIE BELLE
Official no. : 15146
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, G. Johnson, Marine City, MI
Specs : 77x19x6, 59g
Date of loss : 1870 or 1878
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered at Port Huron Dec 19, 1878 annotated “wrecked in 1870,” other sources say lost in 1878.
Sources : phr,mv,hr
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MATTIE C. BELL
Other names : none
Official no. : 91420
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1882, T. Arnold, E. Saginaw, MI
Specs : 181x33x11, 769g 742n
Date of loss : 1895, Nov 25
Place of loss : at Big Summer Island
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 900 t. coal
Detail : In tow of the steamer JIM SHERRIFS(qv), she stranded in a fall gale and broke up, a total loss. The crew was rescued. A concerted salvage effort lasted into the following summer and included offloading her cargo and filling her with cedar to make her float, but she was finally abandoned. Her document was surrendered at Port Huron 12/30/1896, annotated “stranded and abandoned.” Owned by L.P. Mason, Saginaw
Sources : phr,hgl,mv,vbs,wb,wgts,nsp
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BELLE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : steamer, wood
Build info : 1850, J. W. Banta, Buffalo, NY
Specs : 142x22x8, 240 t
Date of loss : 1852, May
Place of loss : off Cape Croker, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She foundered in a storm.
Sources : lhl,hgl,wl
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BELLE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1848, Wm. Lent, Conneaut, Oh.
Specs : 100x26x10, 276 t. om
Date of loss : 1860, Sep 30
Place of loss : near Bailey’s Harbor, Wisc.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : 11,300 bu. corn
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo, she sprang her foremast and developed a serious leak near the Manitou Islands, at the foot of Lake Michigan. She turned and tried to make Twin River Point [Two Rivers], but went ashore on a rocky bar near Bailey’s Harbor and was wrecked. Master: Capt. Hall.
*also given as Cleveland
Sources : hgl,wmn,wmhs,wl,whs
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BELLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 2159
Type at loss : propeller, wood, packet
Build info : 1860, B.M. Hagedorn, Port Huron, MI
Specs : 91x10x8, 129 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Nov 20
Place of loss : off Port Washington, WI in deep water
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She caught fire offshore in a gale. Her crew and the single passenger abandoned in the yawl, but it capsized and two were lost. Survivors were picked up by the brig C.J. HUTHINSON later. She had been bound Manitowoc for Milwaukee. Out of Milwaukee. Master: Capt. Patrick Barnes(d).
Sources : lhl,hgl,nsp,mpl,bb,mdwl,hcgl,hr
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BELLE
Other names : none
Official no. : C83153
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1866, A. Shaw, Port Dover, Ont.
Specs : 61x15x6, 40gc 40nc
Date of loss : 1886, Dec 8
Place of loss : probably Belleville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned while frozen in at anchor. Total loss. Owned by Joseph H Smith, Belleville, Ont.
A 65 t. vessel of this name foundered near Port Dalhousie in Nov, 1887 [h]
Sources : mmgl
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BELLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 2242
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1856, Bates & Son, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 95x25x7 104g 99n
Date of loss : 1908, Dec 12
Place of loss : near Big Sable Point, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Tow of the steamer F.W. FLETCHER she broke her towline in big waves & foundered. 52 years of age at loss.
Sources : eas,nsp,mv,h,lmdc,hcgl
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BELLEVILLE – See SPARTAN
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AUGUSTA BELMONT
Other names : also seen as AUGUST BELMONT, AUGUSTE BELMONT
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, G,W Jones, Ohio City
Specs : 208 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Nov (14)
Place of loss : near Manistee, Mich.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo, she sprang a leak while halfway down Lake Michigan. She made a run for Manistee, and want ashore just north of the harbor. No further information given, but her last known registration was dated Sep., 1856. Owned by William Sill, Buffalo or Oswego.
Sources : hgl,wmn,wmhs,wl,mbw
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BELOIT
Other names : none
Official no. : 2139
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1862, E. M. Beckwith, Holland, MI
Specs : 93x23x7, 105 t.
Date of loss : 1881, Nov 19
Place of loss : near Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Collided with a pier while coming into Michigan City and sank. A week later the tug tried to tow the water-filled vessel into the harbor from her position moored to the pier, but she became unmanagable and was abandoned. She went to pieces over the next couple of days.
Also stranded near White Lake, L. Mich., in 1868
Rebuilt, 1874
Sources : mv,lmdc,hgl,nsp,hr
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BELVIDERE
Other names :
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2 mast
Build info : 1848, Ashman, Oakville, Ont
Specs : 60 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Dec 14
Place of loss : off Oakville, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 [all]
Carrying : wood
Detail : Bound for Oakville, Ont., she capsized in a gale, killing her entire crew. Owned by her skipper, Capt. Burnside (d).
The vessel may have been recovered, as some reports of later ownership have been found.
Sources : nsp,hgl,wmn,glmd
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A. J. BEMIS
Other names : none?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1859, Buffalo
Specs : 49t
Date of loss : 1872, Sep 15
Place of loss : 6 mi from Alpena, 3/4 mi offshore
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire while underway, ran for shore but sank 3/4 mi short. Fire originated under boiler. Master: Capt. Barrington.
Sources : nsp,slh,lh not in ’69 mvus, wl,mmgl or lhl
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CAROLINE A. BEMIS
Other names : also seen as C. A. BEMIS
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood
Build info : 1850, Irving, NY
Specs : 207 t., om
Date of loss : 1854, Sep 30
Place of loss : ca. halfway between Cleveland and Pt. Pelee, near Black R., Ohio.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 200 t. coal
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Chicago, she collided with the brig CAROLINE out of Chicago with corn, at about midnight. Cut nearly to the waterline just forward of her fore chains, she went down in deep water in ten minutes. Some of her crewmen leapt aboard the CAROLINE , while others made it away in her small boat. Her masts were seen emergent with the sails still set a few days later. Master: Capt. Ferris. Owned by E.K. Bruce and Capt. Ferris, out of Buffalo
Sources : nsp,jm,wl ,wmhs
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E. S. J. BEMIS
Other names : also seen as E. St. JOHN BEMIS
Official no. : 7328
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, S Ruggles, Milan, OH
Specs : 119x25x10, 294 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1870, Sep 20
Place of loss : 15 mi off Port Rowan, Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 14,000 bu wheat
Detail : Bound Detroit for Buffalo, she was caught by a gale and foundered in about 100 feet of water. Her crew took to the yawl and made it to shore safely. The tug SARAH E. BRYANT attempted to salvage her in Oct.
Owned by John Stewart of Detroit or Buffalo. Master: Capt. Hubert.
Sources : nsp,rsl,mv,wmn,ec,jm
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PHILO S. BEMIS
Other names : none
Official no. : 19684
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1859, D. Bell, Buffalo
Specs : 50x12x6, 29 gt 16 nt
Date of loss : 1879, Sep 14
Place of loss : 1 mile offshore from Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire under her boiler and burned at her dock. Repairs were begun, but abandoned before completion.
homeport: Alpena, owned by Capt. Harrington
Burned nearly to a total loss near Plough’s Fishery, about 6 miles from Alpena, in Sep of 1872.
She was an odd-looking tug with sloping cabin walls and wheel forward of the cabin, originally an Erie Canal tug.
Sources : mv,rkr,slh,lhl,hgl,nsp,wl,hcgl,glmd
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BEN HUR
Other names : built as M. C. UPPER, renamed 1889
Official no. : 3411
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, wrecker
Build info : 1874, Walkerly, Dunville, Ont.
Specs : 138x26x11, 315 g 298 n
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 8
Place of loss : near Port Huron
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Had been purchased for and was attempting to salvage the schooner M.E. TREMBLE (qv) when she was rammed and sunk by the towed schooner-barge SUPERIOR [towed by PASSAIC]. The hulk came to rest on top of TREMBLE. A lighter scow she was using went down with her. Reportedly destroyed by dynamiting in 1891
Owned by Murphy Wrecking, which was initially formed just to remove the TREMBLE.
Sources : nsp,slh,is,hgl,st,wmhs,mv,hr
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E.G. BENEDICT
Other names : none
Official no. : C61132
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1869, H. Rathbun & Son, Mill Point, Ont.
Specs : 105x26x8 ft, 155 t
Date of loss : 1891, Nov 19
Place of loss : near Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : elm bolts
Detail : Bound Smith’s Dock for Buffalo, she struck a bar near the harbor entrance, went out of control, and was driven ashore. Her crew was rescued by the local lifesaving service and the vessel went to pieces soon after. Owned and sailed by Capt. Thomas Lucas of Windsor, Ont.
Sources : mmgl,sagl,ledc,hgl,nsp
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BENECIA BOY
Other names : none
Official no. : 2575
Type at loss : sloop, wood
Build info : 1872, Galloo Isl., NY
Specs : 21g 15n
Date of loss : 1883, May
Place of loss : at Cape Vincent, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She had been fighting a losing battle with a storm while at anchor, so she attempted to raise her hook and put into Cape Vincent. She struck the pier with a force great enough to break her to pieces, but her crew was able to jump onto it before she came apart. Out of Sackett’s Harbor.
Sources : hgl,wmn,wmhs,mr
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J.W. BENNETT
Other names : built as JAMES W. BENNETT, renamed in 1913
Official no. : C131055
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1876, Squires, Huron, OH [US#75895]
Specs : 91x18x9, 107gc 73nc
Date of loss : 1915, Oct 19
Place of loss : Black Bay, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : wrecked
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : Reportedly wrecked near Porphryry Lighthouse and a total loss. However, her documentation was not closed until 1923 and there is some evidence that she may have survived.
Sold Canadian in 1913.
Five lives were lost aboard her in Nov, 1876, when she ran aground on Epoufette Shoal. The victims had gone to the cabin above the boailer to keep warm when a steam valve broke, filling the cabin with live steam and smothering them.
Sunk in a collision with the steamer SAUGATUCK in upper Green Bay in Aug, 1906 and raised the next year.
Image from GLMD
Sources : mpl,mmgl,hcgl,wmn,nsp,glmd
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BENNINGTON
Other names : none?
Official no. : 162596
Type at loss : wrecking barge, wood, unrigged
Build info : 1891, Saginaw, Mich
Specs : 250 t
Date of loss : 1908, Sep 5
Place of loss : off Whitefish Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : hull failure?
Loss of life : 2 of 2
Carrying : none
Detail : Suddenly foundered in fair weather while under tow. Bound Port Arthur for Soo.
Owned by Reid wrecking.
Sources : mv,eas,phr,lssc,gwgl,lss,wmhs
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C.B. BENSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 125266
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, J Duff, Port Clinton, OH
Specs : 136x26x13, 299g 284n
Date of loss : 1893, Oct 14
Place of loss : Gravelly Bay, near Port Colborne, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : coal
Detail : She was wrecked by a storm and sank in 80 feet of water at 10:15 am while bound for Buffalo from Toledo. The tips of her main & mizzen masts protruded from the water for at least 2 years. A piece of wreckage bearing her name washed ashore below Niagara Falls in 1901. Owned by the Duff Family. Master: Capt. John Duff(d).
Ashore for over a month after an Oct, 1877 storm.
Sailed the Atlantic, 1874-7, said to be 1st vessel to carry a cargo of corn from the Lakes across the Atlantic.
Schooner KATE WINSLOW, owned by same company, was lost 10/14/97, in fact NELLIE A DUFF, C.B.BENSON and KATE WINSLOW, all schooners owned by the Duff family all were lost on Oct 14, but in different years.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,wb,is(2-60),h,mv,ledc,hgl,wes,hcgl,ewe
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JAMES R. BENSON
Other names : also seen as J. R. BENSON
Official no. : C85413
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1873, L. Shickluna, St. Catharine’s, Ont. as a schooner
Specs : 139x24x12, 370 t.
Date of loss : 1899, Jun 20
Place of loss : off Cedar Point, Sandusky bay
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 802 t. coal
Detail : Bound Lorain for Amherstburg, Ont, via Sandusky, she sprang a leak and sank in 20 feet of water. Her crew escaped in her yawl. Master: Capt. Mackey. Owner: Cuddy-Mullen Coal Co., Amherstburg, O nt. The wreck was described as a menace to navigation and so was removed or flattened by dynamite in 1900.
Also capsized and foundered on Lake Erie in 1883, with the loss of one life.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,hgl,polk,es,jb,hr,es
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JAMES R. BENTLEY
Other names : none shows in ’69 mvus as JAMES R. BENTLY
Official no. : 12720
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1867, Bailey Bros., Fairport, OH
Specs : 170 ft, 575 t.
Date of loss : 1878, Nov 12
Place of loss : off 40-mile Point, eastern Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : grain
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Chicago, she struck a shoal in heavy weather and foundered. Her crew was rescued from rough seas by the bark ERASTUS CORNING(qv).
Wreck was located in 1984.
Sources : mv,hgl,slh,ssm,mpl
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JOHN BENTLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : C?
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3 mast
Build info : 1873, Rathbun [Jamieson – master carpenter], Mill Point, Ont
Specs : 150x29x12, 518 t.
Date of loss : 1886, Oct 15
Place of loss : off Cabbage Head, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Driven ashore by a squall and a total loss, despite a serious effort to rescue her. Owned by William Hall
Had a close call with a storm and was rescued by the USLS in Sept of the previous year.
Sources : slh,hgl,usls,hr,glmd,mr
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BENTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 2145
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, Hitchcock & Gibson, Buffalo as a passenger steamer
Specs : 152x28x9 308g 159n
Date of loss : 1909, Aug 1
Place of loss : Rouge River, near Detroit, MI
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : unfinished wooden automobile parts
Detail : Burned at the Ford Rouge plant while unloading partially finished wood auto parts.
Ashore with damage on S Bass Isl, Lake Erie, Oct, 1906. Major repairs in 1883 and probably converted to bulker at that time.
Image from GLMD
Image early in career – same source
Sources : nsp,ns1,mv,mv,mpl,hcgl
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BERLIN
Other names : none
Official no. : 2161
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1854, S. Ruggles, Milan, OH
Specs : 112x25x11, 214 t. [270t. om]
Date of loss : 1877, Nov. 8
Place of loss : Burnt Cabin Pt., near Pte Aux Barques
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4 of 6
Carrying : limestone
Detail : Bound Marblehead, Ohio, for Bay City, she was driven ashore and broken up in gale. The captain, cook & a deckhand were washed overboard. Capt’s son died of exposure while lashed to the rigging. Homeport: Buffalo. Master: Capt. A. M. Johnson(d).
Capsized in the Straits of Mackinac in a squall in late April, 1861, crew all safe. Recovered by the wrecking tug LEVIATHAN.
Sources : nsp,slh,sol,h,lhdc,mv,hgl,usls,es,ec
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BERLIN CITY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1856, Phelps, Ruddock & Co., Berlin, Wis.
Specs : 100 ft., 74 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Nov 24
Place of loss : Oshkosh, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Destroyed by fire. Owned by Morse & Paige, Oshkosh.
Stranded at the same place Jul 8 1861. No detail.
Sources : eas,lhl,nsp,whs
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BERMUDA – See also SENATOR DERBYSHIRE
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BERMUDA
Other names : none
Official no. : 2100
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1869, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs : 138x26x12, 394t
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 9
Place of loss : Grand Island, near Munising, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Sank in almost the same spot in November of ’69. Raised July ’70 and rebuilt and was on her 1st trip when cast into the shallows. She was tied up to trees ashore, but suddenly foundered when the bank gave way. At first it was reported that no lives had been lost. Master and owner: Capt. P. Turney.
Raised again in 1883, but abandoned in 1884 without repair even though she was lying above water at Grand Island waiting to be towed to Detroit in July.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,ms,gwgl,is,osdo,tel,lss,hgl,mpl,rp
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BERMUDA
Other names : none
Official no. : C72701
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, J. Tait, Sophiasburg, (Robbins Cove, Long Reach,) Ont.
Specs : 96x23x8, 160 t
Date of loss : 1880, Nov 6
Place of loss : off Port Granby, Ont. [False Ducks]
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 9000 bu. barley
Detail : Grounded intentionally when she began to leak, the vessel and Carrying becoming a total loss on the rocky shore. Bound Oshawa, Ont., for Oswego, NY.
Registered out of Whitby, Ont.
Sources : nsp,csqw,h,mmgl
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LOTTA BERNARD
Other names : none name actually consists of two first names
Official no. : 15635
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, “rabbit” freighter
Build info : 1869, W & L Jackson, Port Clinton, OH [fitted out at Sandusky]
Specs : 125x20x7, 147 t. [190 t. old measure]
Date of loss : 1874, Oct 29
Place of loss : off Encampment Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : general merch
Detail : Foundered in a terrific gale while bound Silver Islet for Duluth. She was capable of only 4 mph & was at the mercy of any fast-rising storm. Her skipper put her under full steam and ran for Duluth, but it became apparent that she would founder, so he put her in the shallows 6 miles below Encampment River. Her crew made it to shore in her boat, but three died of exporsure in the a long trek to find help in this desolate area. They finally staggered into an Indian settlement, where they found shelter. Owned by E. Ingalls & Co. of Duluth. Master: Capt. Michael Norris.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,lss,gwgl,is,www,hgl,mpl,hcgl
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FRANCES BERRIMAN
Other names : none also spelled FRANCIS
Official no. : 120067
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast (also described as a bark, in error)
Build info : 1872, Parsons & Humble, Tonawanda, NY
Specs : 180x33x14, 669 t.
Date of loss : 1877, May 7
Place of loss : 10 mi off Sturgeon Pt., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 2 of 10
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Buffalo, she collided with the steamer DAVID W. RUST at about 10:30 pm and sank. RUST saved 8 of her crew. The collision was apparently due to a passing error. She sank in about 11 minutes. Out of Erie, PA and owned by Berriman Bros., Buffalo. Master: Capt. Norris.
Sources : nsp,slh,hgl,usls,mv,es,hr
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BERRY – See also COMMODORE JACK BARRY
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BERTIE – See GOSSOON
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JACOB BERTSCHY
Other names : none also seen as JACOB BETSCHY and J. BERTSCHY
Official no. : 75124
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, A.C. Stokes, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 140x27x9, 467 t.
Date of loss : 1879, Sep 3
Place of loss : just W of Grindstone City, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 51
Carrying : wheat & shingles
Detail : She was sheltering in Port Austin harbor when the wind shifted and she began to pound heavily. Made for open water, but sprang a leak and was run for the beach under a bluff to save her passengers and crew. Enroute she shipped so much water that her fires were doused and she lost steam, went on a reef and wrecked. Pte Aux Barques Lifesaving crew took her people off by lifeboat after a terrific struggle. BERTSCHY was totally destroyed by the storm. Bound Saginaw for Cleveland. Master: Capt. G. W. McGregor.
Suffered over $10,000 damage in a fire at Depere, Wisconsin, in August of 1872.
Sources : mv,slh,h,lhdc,lhl,hgl,usls,mpl,nsp,hr
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BERWYN
Other names : built as R. C. CRAWFORD, renamed CAPT. GEORGE W. NAUGHTIN in 1883, BERWYN in 1901
Official no. : 21585
Type at loss : schooner, 3-mast, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1866, Chas. Hinman, Algonac, MI*
Specs : 132x29x10 269g 238n
Date of loss : 1908, Nov 25
Place of loss : 2 mi from Pilot Isl. Light, Death’s Door
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Caught by a sudden gale, she stranded and broke up on a reef. Tow of steamer WALTER VAIL. Owned out of Chicago by J. P. Bates.
*Builder also given as Smith & Butterfield.
Major repairs in 1880, 1884
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,ns1,lmdc,mv,eas,mpl,hcgl,wgts
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BESSEMER
Other names : built as JUSTIN R. WHITING renamed in 1885
Official no. : 46130
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1875, Langell, St. Clair, MI
Specs : 178x28x16, 590g
Date of loss : 1889, Oct 5
Place of loss : off North end of Portage Ship Canal
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She and consort SCHUYLKILL were struck by a rapidly-rising gale, and ran for the Canal when it became apparent that BESSEMER was going to sink. The two went onto a reef at the mouth of the canal, collided and broke up quickly. Crew were able to jump onto the breakwater. Her remains partly blocked the canal until cleared by dynamiting the next fall. Master: Capt. Hurlburt.
She was rebuilt from WHITING to BESSEMER at Milwaukee in 1885-6, being lengthened 45 feet and widened 3 feet!
Sources : nsp,gwgl,h,ks,mv,eas,lss,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,df,hr
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BETHLEHEM
Other names : built as E.P. WILBUR, renamed in 1904
Official no. : 135984
Type at loss : propeller, steel, package freight
Build info : 1888, Globe Shipbuilding, Cleveland hull# 16
Specs : 290x41x14, 2633g 1902n
Date of loss : 1910, Sep 23
Place of loss : SW side of S. Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : general merch
Detail : Went ashore in gale. Lifesavers and crew unloaded her over several days. Battered by several storms while ashore. Local sources say she broke up in place, but she was actually pulled off and repaired at Milwaukee.
Sold for the Atlantic trade in 1917, scrapped in 1923.
Image from GLMD
Sources : is(1-61),smi,hcgl
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BETTY L
Other names : built as S.S. RUMAGE, renamed CHARLIE O. SMITH (’93), last name in ’29
Official no. : 22380
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1863, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 74x16x8, 64g 39n
Date of loss : 1929, Nov 6
Place of loss : at Wallaceburg, Ont.
Lake : St. Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to total loss at her dock.
Image as SMITH from GLMD
Sources : lhl,phr,mv,mpl,jb,eas,hcgl
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BEULAH W.
Other names : none
Official no. : 207885
Type at loss : propeller fish tug, wood, gas engine
Build info : 1909, Naubinway, Mich
Specs : 30x10x3, 6g
Date of loss : 1917, Oct 26
Place of loss : Wiggins Pt., Michigan
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2 of 2
Carrying : gear
Detail : Wrecked and foundered in a fall storm. See also ELLA W.
Sources : mv,hr
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BIDE-A-WEE – See BRIDGEBUILDER X
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BIG Z.
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1844, Z. Wright, Lexington, MI
Specs : 112x20x9, 168 t. om
Date of loss : 1859, Feb 9
Place of loss : 5 mi S of Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a storm and broken up.
Rebuilt and enlarged in 1848 at Irving, NY. Originally 88x20x9, 128 t. om
Sunk at Cleveland with heavy damage in 1849.
Sources : bb,wl,hgl,bcw,whs,hr
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J. BIGLER
Other names : none also shown as JOHN BIGLER
Official no. : 12785
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs : 144x26x12, 344g 327n
Date of loss : 1884, Sep 3
Place of loss : off Lower Entry to Keweenaw Waterway, about 10 mi N of Huron Isls.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stone
Detail : Bound Nipigon for Chicago, she foundered in gale. Owned by G.L. Finney of Chicago
Major repairs in 1878
Sources : mv,lss,ks,osdo,df,hr,nsp
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ROSAMUND BILLETE – See HOWARD S. GERKEN
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MARY BIRCKHEAD
Other names : none also seen as MARY BIRKHEAD
Official no. : 17618
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast [scow hull]
Build info : 1867, Jackson, Oak Harbor [or Sandusky, OH]
Specs : 125x26x10, 226g 215n
Date of loss : 1891, Oct 9
Place of loss : at Lime-Kiln Crossing
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound for Port Huron in tow of the tug ANNIE MOILES, she collided with the steamer ROMAN and sank near the Crossing. The wreck nearly blocked the channel completely until the end of the month, when it was blown up with dynamite. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/31/1891, annotated “wrecked, total loss.” Owned by Peter H. Fisk or Fick, Saginaw
Sources : phr,polk,mv,hgl,wl,es
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P.H. BIRCKHEAD
Other names : none
Official no. : 20400
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1870, D. Lester, Marine City, MI
Specs : 157x28x13 495g 222n
Date of loss : 1905, Sep 30
Place of loss : off docks at Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 13
Carrying : coal
Detail : She had been towed in to Alpena the previous day with a blown cylinder head. After repairs, she was pulling away from the dock when she caught fire, burned to waterline and sank in the Bay. Bound Ashtabula for Racine. Owner: James O’Conner, Tonawanda. Master: Capt. James Heffron.
Unusual twin tandem arch construction [double arches built into hull on both sides] and built with twin compound engines running a single shaft.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,stb,slh,ns1,mv,lhdc,mpl,eas,hcgl
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BIRDIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 3143
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1881, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 47x11x3, 13g 12n
Date of loss : 1892, Oct 7 or 9
Place of loss : in Hammond Bay, E Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She dragged ashore and wrecked in a gale. She was purchased where she sat in November in hope of salvage, but finally given up as lost the following summer.
Some official lists show her built in 1878.
Sources : phr,slh,h,hgl,usls
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BIRMINGHAM
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1843, Vermillion, Oh
Specs : 138 t.
Date of loss : 1854, Dec 4
Place of loss : Horseshoe Reef, in front of Buffalo harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Erie for Buffalo, she went on the reef in a snowstorm. Sources disagree as to whether she was recovered or destroyed. The loss was $4000, about the value of the ship.
Sources : wmn,hgl,wmhs
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H.B. BISHOP
Other names : also seen as HENRY C. BISHOP
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1846, Jacob W Banta, Buffalo
Specs : 122x25x9, 264t
Date of loss : 1852, Oct
Place of loss : Nottawasaga Harbor, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : grain
Detail : Driven over a bar and into shallows by storm. She was at Nottawasaga to prove that the harbor was navigable to larger schooners. Her remains were still visible on the beach for at least 100 years.
Sources : tfgl,slh,hgl,rnc
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BISHOP’S DERRICK – See DERRICK
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BISMARCK – former entry deleted -(1878 wreck) vessel was recovered
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HARVEY BISSELL
Other names : also shown as HARVEY BISSEL
Official no. : 11281
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1866, Little, Toledo, OH as a bark
Specs : 162x34x12 497g 472n
Date of loss : 1905, Nov 28
Place of loss : at Alpena near Minor Lumber dock
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 700,000 bd ft hardwood lumber
Detail : Tow of the steamer McGREGOR and blasted by sudden, violent gale, she was driven ashore near Bell, Michigan [also called False Presque Isle Harbor]. The steamer took her crew off, and, though she had a hole in her bottom, she was not thought to be much damaged. She was towed into Alpena the next day by the tug JOHN OWEN and set to anchor near the Minor Lumber dock. During the night of the 27th a storm blew up and the vessel pounded heavily on the bottom. The old hull soon shivered and broke up completely. Research note: Most sources give a different account of this loss – this one is from the 1905 Alpena, Michigan, newspapers, on the scene at the time.
Spent the winter of 86-87 ashore after stranding on Green I. Shoal, near the Straits.
Major repairs in ’74, ’79, ’82 and ’87
She stuck on the ways during her launch and took several days to remove.
Image from GLMD
Sources : slh,lol,mol,stb,sol,ns1,mv,nsp,eas,phr,mpl,hcgl,wwl
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W.K. BIXBY – See SIDNEY E. SMITH, Jr.
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BLACK DUCK
Other names : none
Official no. : 2115
Type at loss : scow-sloop, wood, 1 mast
Build info : 1859, Wells Island, NY
Specs : 51x13x4, 22 t.
Date of loss : 1872, Aug 2
Place of loss : Mexico Bay
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm/overloaded?
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 30 t. coal [perhaps whiskey]
Detail : Bound Oswego for Dexter, NY, she encountered a rising gale shortly after leaving port. Soon she was in the troughs of the seas and with her heavy load was probably unable to bring her head around. The crew abandoned her and somehow made it to shore, but the ship sank – a total loss. Out of Sacket’s Harbor, probably owned by John J Lawson and B Eveleigh.
Probably located off Oswego in summer, 2013.
Link to article on discovery
Sources : hgl,wmn,wl,wmhs,osdo,das
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BLACK HAWK
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Stevens & Presley, Ohio City, OH
Specs : 138x26x12, 385 t.
Date of loss : 1862, Nov 1
Place of loss : Pte Aux Becs Scies (Point Betsie)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all
Carrying : 19,000 bu. corn [stained glass, etc. also reported]
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked in a gale. Owned by D. N. Barney of Buffalo
Sailed Detroit to Liverpool and back, 1858.
Sources : h,lmdc,hgl,wl,nsp,glmd
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BLACK HAWK
Other names : ?
Official no. : (2236)
Type at loss : (scow-)schooner, wood
Build info : (1862, Chicago)
Specs : (115 t.)
Date of loss : 1887, Nov
Place of loss : unknown
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : all
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail.
The only BLACK HAWK shown in ’84 mvus was E. Saginaw-built boat which lasted into 20th century [US#2140], however, a 130 t. scow-schooner of this name – disposition unknown – was built at St. Joseph, MI in 1857, and a brig of this name – disposition also unknown – was built by Peck & Masters, Cleveland, in 1854.
Sources : mv,glss,sol,nsp,rsl,wmhs
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BLACK MARLIN
Other names : built as fish tug MARTHA M. renamed in 1953
Official no. : 233702
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood, diesel
Build info : 1935, Mininger, Vermilion, Oh
Specs : 40x14x3, 11g 9n
Date of loss : 1958, Nov 29
Place of loss : near Avon Point, W of Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered after her engine failed in 15 foot waves and 75 mph wind, accompanied by -6°F temperatures. She had left her barge, the HICKORY STICK (qv) at anchor. Her 2 crewmen were rescued by Coast Guardsmen from Lorain, OH. For nearly a year the tug and barge had been laying concrete block over a power cable to Put-in-Bay. Owned by Dyche Salvage Co., Lakewood, Oh. Master: Capt. David Dyche.
Details of this loss provided by Joe Amberik, Cleveland, OH, who was first mate on the tug when it was sunk.
Sources : ledc,ja,hcgl,mv
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BLACK ROVER
Other names : none
Official no. : (none)
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, Lumm & Lyon, Black R., OH
Specs : 81x22x5, 79 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1867, Nov 29
Place of loss : Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : wood
Detail : Bound Black River for Cleveland, she was overwhelmed by a storm while entering the harbor and driven ashore near the Water Works, where she broke up. All but one of her crew made it to shore safely.
Out of Black River
Sources : nsp,rsl ,wmn
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EMMA BLACK – See EMMA BLAKE
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BLACKBIRD
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : ?(schooner, wood)
Build info : ?(1867, R. Hooper, Wilkesport, Ont.)
Specs : ?(76x20x6, 65 t.)
Date of loss : ?(unk*)
Place of loss : unknown
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : all
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
(*Canadian document surrendered as “out of existence,” date not given)
Sources : (mmgl)
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JAMES G. BLAINE
Other names : built as PENSAUKEE, renamed in 1890
Official no. : 20195
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, T.Spears, Little Sturgeon Bay, WI
Specs : 177x34x13 555g 527n
Date of loss : 1908, Jul 8
Place of loss : near Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : coal
Detail : Tow of tug WILLIAM G. PROCTOR, she broke her towline and was driven ashore, then broken up by waves. Bound Charlotte, NY for Prescott, Ont. Still fully-rigged as a 3-mast schooner at time of loss.
Owned by Richard Fitzgerald of Ogdensburg, NY
Image from GLMD
Sources : is,ns1,h,mpl,hcgl,mv
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EDWARD BLAKE
Other names : none
Official no. : C73912
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1872, L. McDermand, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs : 139x26x12, 330 gc 312 nc
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 23
Place of loss : Duck Islands, near Manitoulin
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire and while underway, and later burned to a charred wreck ashore on Main Duck Island. Out of Kinston, Ont., owned by banker Thomas Mills. Master: Capt. John Sidney.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,slh,hgl,jb,mmgl
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EMMA BLAKE
Other names : also seen as EMMA BLACK
Official no. : 36059
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, Blake, Conneaut
Specs : 28 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 17
Place of loss : in harbor at Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all
Carrying : ?
Detail : Blown against the Toledo railroad pier and sank, total wreck. Out on Conneaut, OH.
Major repairs in 1870.
Sources : nsp,is,hgl,wl,rnc
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J.W. BLAKE
Other names : none also seen as I.W. BLAKE
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, Dover, OH
Specs : 68x18x3, 33 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1855, Jun 2
Place of loss : 4 miles off Sturgeon Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Capsized in a squall. Her crew escaped in her yawl, though one who was asleep almost didn’t make it. Master: Capt. Calvin? Thought to be a total loss, but later recovered and rebuilt.
Sources : slh,hgl,nsp,wl
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B.W. BLANCHARD
Other names : none
Official no. : 2806
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1870, J. Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 212x32x12 919g 526n
Date of loss : 1904, Nov 28
Place of loss : North Point reef, Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber, 2-barge tow
Detail : Inbound in a gale with barges J.T. JOHNSON (qv) and JOHN KELDERHOUSE in tow., she was driven on the reef, broke in half and sank. Abandoned, but her boiler was recovered a few days later.
Built as a passenger/freight steamer, converted to bulker at Milwaukee in 1901 after a serious fire. Arch-braced.
Heavily damaged by fire at Milwaukee in June, 1885.
Collided with and sank the steamer ARIZONA(qv) on St. Clair Flats in 1873.
Image as wreck form GLMD
Sources : nsp,stb,slh,ns1,h,mv,mpl,hr,hcgl
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BLANCHE
Other names : none
Official no. : C71061
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast (or sloop)
Build info : 1874, W. Jamieson, Mill Pt., Ont.
Specs : 82x21x7, 92gc 92nc
Date of loss : 1888, May 26
Place of loss : Between Oswego and Brighton, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 [all]
Carrying : coal
Detail : Went missing in a squall. One captain who knew the boat & crew theorized that she dove to the bottom with all sails set. Some wreckage later washed ashore near Wellington, Ont. Owned by A. Campbell of Port Colborne. Master: Capt. John Henderson(d).
Sources : mmgl,nsp,hgl
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BLAZING STAR
Other names : none
Official no. : 2868
Type at loss : schooner, wood, lumber
Build info : 1873, H. Burger, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 137x26x10, 265 t.
Date of loss : 1887, Nov 10
Place of loss : Fisherman Shoal, Washington Isl. WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Went on the reef in fine weather, even though the wreck of the steamer I.N. FOSTER was in full view on the reef. Captain was unable to locate a tug to pull her off, and she broke up in heavy weather that followed. Master and owner: Capt. Comerford. Vessel abandoned for good in Jun, 1888.
Ashore with heavy damage on Long Point, Nov, 1883, and given up as lost, but later recovered.
Sources : nsp,h,lmdc,mv,eas,osdo,wb,hgl,mpl,bb,wgts,hr
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ELISHA C. BLISH
Other names : also seen as E.C. BLISH, E.D. BLISH
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood (also seen as a schooner)
Build info : 1857, Chas. Hinman, Black R. OH
Specs : 81x16x9, 107 t.
Date of loss : 1864
Place of loss : mid-lake
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : all
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered with all hands at unknown position.. Master: Capt. A. G. Peer(d).
She sank herself near shore at Algonac April 15, 1862, when a steam pump was accidentally left in a position to pump water into the vessel.
Sources : slh,hgl,wl,nsp not in mmgl
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A.T. BLISS
Other names : none
Official no. : 29925
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1881, T Arnold, E. Saginaw as a schooner
Specs : 168x31x10 437g 415n
Date of loss : 1903, Nov 4
Place of loss : 10 mi NW of Ludington, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stone
Detail : Bound Sturgeon Bay, WI for Ludington, she was lost from the tow of the tug SYDNEY SMITH and overwhelmed. The big carferry PERE MARQUETTE 18 steamed out of Ludington to rescue her 2-man crew. Owned by Sturgeon Bay Stone Co. Master: Capt. Thos. Tollefson.
Rebuilt from a schooner to a schooner-barge in 1888.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,ns1,h,vbs,mpl,hcgl
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BLOOD – See SENATOR BLOOD
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CARRIE H. BLOOD
Other names : none
Official no. : 125126
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & freight
Build info : 1871, Lester, Marine City
Specs : 96 g
Date of loss : 1882, Nov 28
Place of loss : at Gibraltar
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : small amount of cargo
Detail : While she was sitting at her wharf, her crew having dinner, the vessel caught fire. Her crew was unable to save her and she burned to the waterline, a total loss of $10,000. She had been running a regular route between Gibraltar and Detroit.
Registered out of Detroit and owned by W. K. Muir.
Sources : wmhs,mv,nsp,wl
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HELEN BLOOD
Other names : none
Official no. : 11173
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, Thurston, Kingston, Ont
Specs : 130 g
Date of loss : 1880, Jul 31
Place of loss : at Michigan City, Ind
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale near the lighthouse pier, heavily damaged and expected to break up. No official or unofficial record of her after this. Purchased as a wreck by by Thomas Lyon, who put a lot of effort into recovering her. The schooner LUCIA A SIMPSON was also ashore nearby at the same time and not expected to survive, but lasted until 1935.
Earliest known U. S. reg: 1863, Oswego; latest 1879, Muskegon
Sources : nsp,wmhs,mv,wl,glmd,lt
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IDA H. BLOOM
Other names : none
Official no. : 12134
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1864, R. Cowles, Detroit
Specs : 85x20x5, 81g
Date of loss : 1879, Nov 15
Place of loss : a mile below Clay Banks
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : RR ties and wood
Detail : She ran aground and her hull was damaged by rocks. A tug company delayed going to save her when another storm began to blow in, and she was damaged more and then abandoned. Master: Capt. Patrick Murphy and owned by him with Thomas Robinson, Manitowoc.
Capsized in Lake Erie in 1864.
Sources : wgts,hgl,wmn,bb,wl,hr
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BLOOMER GIRL – See SILVER SPRAY
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BLUE COMET
Other names : built as TROY SOCONY renamed BLUE COMET in 1946
Official no. : 222943
Type at loss : motor propeller, steel, tanker
Build info : 1923, Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, PA
Specs : 254x38x14 957g 611n
Date of loss : 1953, Oct 29
Place of loss : at Calumet, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : 500,000 gal. gasoline
Detail : Exploded and burned in one of the biggest tanker fires ever on the lakes. Later recovered and rebuilt. Scrapped in 1964.
Sources : a&f,mpl,hcgl
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BLUE BELL
Other names : none also seen as BLUE BELLE
Official no. : 2235
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1867, Edwards, Milwaukee
Specs : 84x25x7, 122g 116n
Date of loss : 1887, Sep 6
Place of loss : off the Sturgeon Bay, WI, harbor entrance
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Wilt’s Bay, Michigan, for Milwaukee, she missed the harbor entrance while attempting to dock, and was driven ashore, where she broke up. Her crew made it to the beach, with the aid of the local USLS crew. Total loss of about $5000. Remains removed by dredging operations in 1894. Homeport: Manitowoc.
Sources : mv,eas,wb,sagl,h,hgl,sb,hr,usls,wgts,glmd,wl
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BESSIE BOALT
Other names : none
Official no. : 2584
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, Boalt, Wolf R. [Ahnapee], WI
Specs : 103x27x9, 173 g, 164 n.
Date of loss : 1884, Sep 21
Place of loss : 4 mi NE of Two Rivers, WI, lifesaving station
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : Lumber
Detail : Bound Leland, MI, for Milwaukee, she capsized offshore and was wrecked in a gale. Her crew made it to shore in her boat. Master: Capt. John Freer. Some cargo was later recovered, but the vessel went to pieces by Oct 4. Homeport: Milwaukee, owned by Capt. Martin Blackburn.
Stranded and declared a total loss 4 mi NE of Two Rivers, WI, in Sep of 1872, but was later recovered. Some loss of life.
Reported wrecked in a Nov 6, 1877, gale near Frankfort, MI, but recovered again.
Sources : mv,h,lmdc,hgl,usls,bb,wl,hr
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BOAZ
Other names : none
Official no. : 2791
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1869, Stokes, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 114x22x8 127g 121n
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 10
Place of loss : North bay, near Bailey’s Harbor, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : elm lumber
Detail : Bound Pierport, Mich., for Racine, she attempted to shelter in North Bay. She was driven hard aground and wrecked. She was soon abandoned , though her spars were recovered three years later. Owned by Chas. S. Burnham of Milwaukee.
Sources : nsp,ns1,lmdc,mv,wgts
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BOHEMIAN
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, Buffalo, NY
Specs : 137x26x11, 373 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1856, Oct 22
Place of loss : S shore of Port Washington, WI, harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pig iron, RR wheels
Detail : She stranded 200 yards S of Silverman’s Pier and broke up, on the same day as the disastrous loss of the steamer TOLRDO a short disatnce away. Her crew was rescued from shore by locals. Master: Capt. Lewis Turner. Owned by Littlejohn and Fitzhugh, Oswego. The same parties were to lose the schooner ARABIAN at Pt. Betsie a month later.
Sources : hr,rp,hgl,blu[1856],wmn
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JOHN J. BOLAND, Jr.
Other names : built as TYNEVILLE renamed in ’28 [year of launch]
Official no. : C149467
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1928, Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle, England
Specs : 253x44x24 1939gc 1149nc
Date of loss : 1932, Oct 5
Place of loss : 9 miles off Barcelona, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4 of 19
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Erie, Pa.,to Hamilton, Ont., she capsized and foundered in a gale. The end came so fast that her had no time to launch boats, and just dove overboard. Most of them were able to find an upturned lifeboatandmade it to shore, but 4 of their shipmates went down with the ship.
Out of Sarnia, Ont., owned by Sarnia Steamship, St. Catharines.
Image from my collection
Sources : mmgl,win,sol,ns4,h,ledc,csv,mpl,hcgl,ewe
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BOLIVAR
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1825, Erie, Pa
Specs : 68x17x7, 77 t.
Date of loss : 1839, Nov (24-30)
Place of loss : near Presque’ile, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : salt
Detail : Bound from Oswego for Lake Erie, she went ashore on the Canadian side. Her crew was taken off by a Canadian steamer. The vessel was towed into Presqu’ile, but there is no evidence that she sailed again. Last known registration was May, 1839, Cleveland.
Sources : wmn,hgl,wmhs,wl
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Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1842, Chicago
Specs : 60x15x6, 46 t. om
Date of loss : 1847, Nov 21
Place of loss : 3 mi N of Racine
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale and was left in place. Over the following winter she was pounded to pieces. Owned by J. P. Allen, Chicago, who also owned the schooner MARGARET ALLEN, lost with all hands in the same gale (qv).
Sources : wls,wmn,wl
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BOLIVIA – former entry deleted – vessel survived to 1918 (US#2893)
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SAMUEL BOLTON
Other names : none also seen as SAM D. BOLTON, SAMUEL BOLTEN
Official no. : 57105
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, G Carpenter, Bangor, MI as a schooner
Specs : 150x30x9 330g 314n
Date of loss : 1893, Sep 19
Place of loss : near Richmondville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fog
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Lost from tow in a fog and drifted ashore, where she broke in two and was later torn apart by waves. Stripped and abandoned September 21. Bound Cheboygan for Tonawanda. Owned by Brazil Hoose, Detroit.
She is probably the vessel found near Richmondville in 1960.
Sources : nsp,slh,sbs,vbs,mv,wb,hgl
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BON AMI – See ISLET PRINCE , NORTH SHORE
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BON VOYAGE
Other names : none
Official no. : 3497
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger/package freight [coaster]
Build info : 1891, Rogers & Brittain, Saugatuck, MI
Specs : 153x30x17 500g 361n
Date of loss : 1901, May 10
Place of loss : near S entrance to Portage Ship Canal
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 5 of 40
Carrying : passengers, general freight
Detail : She caught fire offshore and was beached to save her people, but burned to total loss on bar 1000ft from shore. A coroner’s jury later found that the owners of the the boat were to blame for the inadequate equipment and training that led to the disaster. Owned by Singer’s White Line Transit Co., Duluth. Master: Capt. Foley.
Official report says only four were lost, but newspapers say five, including four female members of the same family. Much of her machinery & engine were stolen during the summer but the thieves were later caught and prosecuted.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,gwgl,is(1-71),sol,ns1,h,mpl,hcgl,hl,es
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HIRAM R. BOND
Other names : none
Official no. : 95966
Type at loss : unrigged scow sandsucker, wood
Build info : 1888, Milwaukee Ship Yard Co., Milwaukee [built as a propeller steamer]
Specs : (113x26x8 231g)*
Date of loss : 1905, May 29
Place of loss : off Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : sand
Detail : Rammed in a fog and sunk by the big carferry PERE MARQUETTE 20. The ferry rescued her crew. Master: Capt. Arthur Warrenger.
File has accurate location of her loss. In June the wreck was dynamited.
* specifications as steamer
Sources : nsp,glc,mv,mpl
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O.M. BOND
Other names : none
Official no. : 19383
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1873, A. Miller & Co, Oswego, NY
Specs : 137x25x11 315g
Date of loss : 1886, Oct 14
Place of loss : near Pte Aux Pins, Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2 of 7
Carrying : 22,000 bu wheat
Detail : Bound Detroit for Buffalo when a rapid shift of wind sent her on her beam ends. She lost steerageway and was driven ashore 4 mi W of Rondeau, Ont. Her crew stayed in her rigging until rescued by a local man in a skiff. She was on one of her first trips after the rebuild below. Out of Oswego, NY and owned by her skipper, Capt. Peter Lefevre.
Sunk near Port Dalhousie. Ont.. in May of ’86. Raised and rebuilt at Buffalo.
Sunk and recovered near Sand Beach, MI, in 1879.
Sources : nsp,slh,is,h,ledc,mv,osdo,wb,win,hgl,usls,sb,sip,es,ewl
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SARAH BOND – See JOHN WALTERS
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SOPHIA BONNER
Other names : sometimes seen as SOPHIE BONNER
Official no. : 115402
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1875, John B Connelly, Whiskey Pt, St. James, Beaver I
Specs : 65x18x6, 37g 35n
Date of loss : 1888, Sep 28
Place of loss : well off Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : slabs
Detail : Bound Ludington for Milwaukee, she waterlogged in a gale, then capsized and sank about 18 miles northeast of Milwaukee harbor. Her crew was rescued by lifesavers from the White River, WI, station. Recently purchased at a marshal’s sale, she was owned out of Ludington by John Watt and John Rooney.
Rebuilt at Milwaukee in 1883
Sources : lt,mv,mhgl,usls,polk,hr,wls
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BONNIE DOON
Other names : none
Official no. : 2136
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, W. Shupe, Huron, OH
Specs : 133 ft, 255 t.
Date of loss : 1867, Dec 6
Place of loss : Bois Blanc Isl., Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Saginaw for Chicago, she was driven ashore and wrecked. Speculation was that she would eventually be raised, but after several attempts she was abandoned in April of 1868. Owned by E. L. Gillette, Chicago & T. M. Hilson, Detroit.
Rebuilt in 1864.
Another report of a vessel of this name shows her burned in 1880 at Meldrum Bay, Ont, L. Huron. Shown as a sloop, but may be the same vessel.
Sources : slh,hgl,ssm,nsp ,rsl ,wmhs
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BONNIE MAGGIE
Other names : built as BONNIE BOAT
Official no. : C51653
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1859, J.M. Keating, Huron, OH
Specs : 111x18x7 203gc 125nc
Date of loss : 1869, Oct 14
Place of loss : near Kincardine, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Thrown ashore and broken up by waves.
Sold Canadian in 1865.
Some sources say she was built at Sandusky, OH
Sources : mmgl,slh,csv,hgl,rsl,mdwl
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A. BOODY
Other names : rebuilt as E.A. FULTON(qv) in 1898
Official no. : 872
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1863, G. Rogers, Toledo, OH
Specs : 137x25x11 287g 273n
Date of loss : 1887, Nov 10
Place of loss : off Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore or pig iron
Detail : Struck Port Austin reef, declared a total loss, but after 10 days hard work she was finally pulled off. She was near the wreck of the big stranded steambarge OSCEOLA (qv). See E. A. FULTON for the rest of her career.
Rebuilt 1872 and 84. Sold Canadian and rebuilt in 1894.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,slh,ns2,mv,st,hcgl
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L.H. BOOLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 14809
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1858, L.H. Boole, Milwaukee
Specs : 60x13x6, 57g 28n
Date of loss : 1872, Oct 9
Place of loss : near South Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and wrecked.
Sources : mv,lhl,is,hgl,bb,hr
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DANIEL BOONE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, Ruggles, Milan, Oh
Specs : 273 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Oct 19
Place of loss : Manitoulin Island
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : coal and lumber
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked, a total loss of $11,500 to her underwriters.
Sources : nsp,wl,hr,blu[1856]
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A. BOOTH
Other names : none
Official no. : 106108
Type at loss : propeller fish tug, wood
Build info : 1882, J. P. Smith, Chicago
Specs : 98x15x5, 45g 26n
Date of loss : 1887, Aug 20
Place of loss : 6 mi from Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sank 20 mi SW of Grand Marais, Minn., on August 27, 1886. Detroit wrecker S. A. Murphy took the contract to raise her and finally brought her up in late July, 1887, with the operation in charge of Capt. Falcon. While she was on her way to Duluth in tow, a storm tore off some of her floatation barrels and she capsized and sank in 120 feet of water.
Owned by A. Booth & Co., Chicago.
Sources : wmn,hgl,nsp,mv,hr
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MARY BOOTH
Other names : none
Official no. : 16392
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo
Specs : 100x25x7, 132 t.
Date of loss : 1877, Nov 4
Place of loss : off Milwaukee, about mid-lake
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : maple lumber
Detail : She became waterlogged in a gale, but her crew doggedly clung to her until she appeared ready to turn turtle. Shortly after they abandoned her, she rolled over, but actually may have drifted to the east for several days. The crew landed at White Lake, Michigan after 48 frigid hours adrift, and they were all near death. Owned by George Bautsch, Chicago. Master: Capt. Owen Baker.
Sources : nsp,bb,mv,hr
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BOSCOBEL – See also OTTAWA (tug)
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BOSCOBEL
Other names : none
Official no. : 31430
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1876, Peshtigo Co., Algonac, MI*
Specs : 167x32x11 504g 479n
Date of loss : 1909, Aug 1
Place of loss : mid-lake
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Tow of steamer D.F. ROSE, she foundered in a moderate gale due to massive hull failure.
*Built on the hull of the passenger & package freight prop of the same name [#2147], which was built in 1866, Peshtigo, WI by S V D Philbrook and burned near Ft Gratiot with 3 lives lost September 3, 1869. Raised in ’76.
Sunk by ice near Turtle light, Lake Erie, in December of 1895 after stranding on a bar. Reportedly went down in deep water, but later recovered. Her crew was saved by the tug ROY.
Reported sunk in 1902.
Sources : nsp,ns1,mv,lhl,st,mpl,mdwl,hcgl,bbas
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BOSTON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger/package freight
Build info : 1846, John Robison, Detroit
Specs : 205x30x13, 757t
Date of loss : 1846, Nov 24
Place of loss : in the bay at Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : The brand-new steamer ran out into the lake in a gale to prevent pounding against a pier at which she had been unloading. Lost her stacks and therefore her boiler fire draft and was backed onto the beach, where she pounded to pieces.
Owned by the Michigan Insurance Co. of Detroit.
An attempt was made to raise her the following spring.
Sources : lmdc,hdm,lhl,nsp,wl,hgl,wls
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BOSTON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1847, Luther Moses, Ohio City, OH
Specs : 134x21x10, 259 t
Date of loss : 1854, Jul 28
Place of loss : 15 to 20 miles off Oak Orchard, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none of 28
Carrying : pork, corn, whiskey & produce
Detail : Bound Chicago for Ogdensburg, NY. Collided with the bark PLYMOUTH and sank in about 20 minutes. Her crew and the few passengers abandoned in 3 lifeboats and made it to shore safely, the captain’s boat sailing 50 miles to Charlotte NY. Owned by Crawford & Co. of Ogdensburg. Master: Capt. McNett.
Sources : is,lhl,nsp,rp,hcgl
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BOTHNIA
Other names : built as JACK, renamed in 1896
Official no. : C100661
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1895, D. Calvin, Garden Isl., Ont
Specs : 178x38x13 833gc 478nc
Date of loss : 1912, Jun 26
Place of loss : St. Clair Flats
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ?
Detail : Collided with the steel steamer S.S. CURRY and sank near Star Island House. Later removed. CURRY’s rudder had broken, causing her to sheer.
Built partially of tamarack. In 1895, following a collision which sank the steamer NORMAN(qv), an appraiser said her construction was strangest he had ever seen. See clip file.
Image from GLMD
Sources : win,mmgl,ns2,csv,mpl
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MARY N. BOURKE
Other names : none
Official no. : 92126
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1889, F. Maynard (or Nester), Baraga, MI
Specs : 219x35x16 920g 874n
Date of loss : 1914, Sep 26
Place of loss : 15 mi N of St. Ignace, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : Fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Burned to the waterline while docked at Peter’s Lumber dock in St. Martin’s Bay. Crew was awakened at 9:30-10pm by smoke from the hold and escaped. Dock and a pile of lumber were also destroyed. Owned by D.C. Parson of Detroit, son of her skipper, Capt. Joseph Parsons.
Built as 4-mast schooner-barge, reduced to 2 masts about 1909.
Image as 4-master from GLMD
Sources : slh,ns2,mv,nsp,df,mpl,eas,hcgl
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ERASTUS BOWEN
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1844, Chicago
Specs : 66x15x5, 42 t [om]
Date of loss : 1851, Apr
Place of loss : on Grosse Point, IL, below Chicago [Grosse Pointe, Mi also given]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : household goods
Detail : No detail
Sources : lmdc,hgl,mpl,wl
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C.M. BOWMAN
Other names : none
Official no. : C107191
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1897, J. Strong, Saugeen, Ont. (also given as Port Elgin)
Specs : 92x19x9, 88gc 60nc
Date of loss : 1915, Dec 13
Place of loss : Vail’s Point, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Blown ashore and wrecked. Later burned.
Out of Saugeen, Ont.
Sources : mmgl,win,slh,h,csv
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BOXER
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : (16 t.)?
Date of loss : 1818
Place of loss : Mouth of Grand R., Ohio
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail
Sources : is,(hgl)
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ISABELLA J. BOYCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 100446
Type at loss : propeller, wood, sandsucker [built as freighter]
Build info : 1889, Burger & Burger, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 138x30x11 368g 317n
Date of loss : 1917, Jun 6
Place of loss : E side of Middle Bass Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : sand
Detail : Grounded, then destroyed by fire. Owned by Interlake Sand & Gravel, Co.
Sunk near Marine City, Mich., in a collision with the propeller ATLANTIC in May of 1892, when the latter vessel ignored BOYCE’s turning signals.
Built as a bulker, converted to sandsucker in 1915.
Image from GLMD
Image as a wreck, same source
Sources : sol,ns2,mv,mpl,hcgl,ew
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MARY H. BOYCE
Other names : none
Official no. : C140994
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1888, Duncan Robertson, Grand Haven, MI US#92033
Specs : 181x34x14 864gc 477nc
Date of loss : 1928
Place of loss : Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Gutted by fire. Two reports of final disposition. Towed into the lake and scuttled or dismantled in 1936, maybe both.
Sold Canadian in 1919
Image from GLMD
Sources : ns4,mmgl,mpl,hcgl
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J. OSWALD BOYD
Other names : none
Official no. : 223043
Type at loss : propeller, steel, fuel tanker
Build info : 1913, Bow, McLachlan & Co., Paisley, Scotland
Specs : 244x44x20, 1806g 1273n
Date of loss : 1936, Nov 11
Place of loss : Simmons Reef, N side of Beaver Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded, fire
Loss of life : none of 20
Carrying : 900,000 gal gasoline
Detail : Standed as shown in the fall, her crew being rescued by U.S.C.G. from Beaver Island. On Jan 1, 1937, while being relieved of her cargo, she exploded and burned, killing several. Owned by Gotham Marine Corp. NY, NY. See MAROLD II for more detail. Remains were removed to Detour, MI in June of 1937, and scrapped in 1942.
Twin-engined.
Formerly British registry [BR#133540]
Image from my collection
Image as stranded on Simmons Reef
Sources : rkr,mv,gsgl,is,slh,lm,mpl,hcgl
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BRACKETT – see COLONEL BRACKETT
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T.U. BRADBURY – See FLORENCE M. DICKINSON
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ALVA BRADLEY
Other names : often seen as A. BRADLEY, ALVAH BRADLEY
Official no. : 1910
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1870, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 192x32x20 934g 900n
Date of loss : 1894, Oct 13
Place of loss : 7 miles SW of N Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : steel billets
Detail : Sprang a leak and sank in a NW gale, in 48 feet of water. Her crew of 7 was rescued by the N. Manitou Lifesaving Service crew. The vessel & cargo were called a $45,000 loss, but her $18,000 cargo was later recovered. Master: Capt. Peterson. Owner: M. A. Bradley, Cleveland.
Driven ashore with heavy damage after several days of pounding, Oct 23, 1887, on Shot Pt., near Marquette, Mich, Lake Superior. Declared a total loss, but recovered Nov 6.
Major repairs in 1882, 1883, 1887
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,h,lmdc,wbm,gwgl,mv,nb,lss,hgl,wl,usls,hcgl
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CARL D. BRADLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 226776
Type at loss : propeller, steel self-unloading bulk freighter
Build info : 1927, American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH hull #797
Specs : 623x65x33 10,028g 7706n
Date of loss : 1958, Nov 18
Place of loss : 12 mi SW of Gull Isl., Beavers Group
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 33 of 35
Carrying : in ballast
Detail : Battling 30-foot waves and 65 mph winds , she rode up on a huge wave and broke in two, sinking quickly. The German motor vessel CHRISTIAN SARTORI was first on the scene, but was unable to find any of her crew. Extensive air-sea rescue operation by the Coast Guard yielded just two freezing survivors on a raft 14 hours later. She was bound Buffington Harbor, IL, for Calcite, MI, and was the 2nd largest vessel ever lost on the Lakes. Vessel owners and insurance companies claimed for years that she was simply overwhelmed by the storm, and didn’t break in two, but dives in the spring of 1997 confirmed that she had, thereby proving that it was hull failure rather than an act of God which killed her. Owned by Michigan Limestone Div., U. S. Steel [The Bradley Fleet]. Her homeport of Rogers City, MI was also the home of 33 of her crew. Master: Capt. Roland O. Bryan(d).
Hull located in Sep ’59 in 360′ of water.
Image from my collection
Official U.S. Coast Guard Report (.pdf file, courtesy Kimm Satbelfeldt)
Sources : lol,mh,slh,glss,sol,is(4-59),h,lmdc,gn,eas,a&f,ns5,mpl,nsp,hcgl,kst,usgc
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CHARLES H. BRADLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 126653
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, F.Wheeler, W. Bay City, MI
Specs : 201x37x14 804g 624n
Date of loss : 1931, Oct 9
Place of loss : Portage Lake, Keweenaw Peninsula
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : stranded, collision ,fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pulpwood
Detail : Towing barge GRAMPIAN, she was traversing the Portage canal when she ran on a bar and was struck from behind by the barge. Caught fire and burned to the waterline, a total loss. Wreck lies in 6 to 17 ft of water off the mouth of the Sturgeon R., S end of Portage Lake.
Image from GLMD
Image of vessel as a wreck – same source
Sources : glp,vbs,ms,sbs,gwgl,sol,is,ns4,mpl,hcgl
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T. M. BRADLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 145172
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1878, Bates, Chicago
Specs : 12 t
Date of loss : 1884, Sep 4
Place of loss : near the mouth of the Tahquamenon R.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She was nearing her destination to engage in a dredging operation when she developed a leak in heavy weather; her fires were extinguished and she began to sink. She was run ashore to save her crew and all six made it safely. Out of Cheboygan, Mich., owned by Smith Bros.
Sources : mr,hr,wl,mv
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THOMAS BRADLEY
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : East coast
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1856, Nov 4
Place of loss : 7 mi S of St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : merchandise, machinery including two large boilers and two engines for a grist mill being built at South Haven
Detail : Bound New York City for South Haven, MI, she was driven ashore by a storm late in the season. On Christmas Eve she was reported not to be in danger of breaking up, and was expected to be taken off the next spring. However, this proved to be overly optimistic, and she broke up and became a total loss. Out of Fishburg, Mass., now Vinyard Haven, Martha’s Vinyard.
Her skipper was Capt. Nathaniel Robbins, who later became superintendent of the U. S. Lifesaving Service for the Great Lakes and died on the job in 1898.
This was reportedly the first vessel to bring a cargo from the U. S. East Coast to the lakes, and was the first saltie lost on the lakes. She had previously made five voyages to South America, three to the West Indies and one to Central America.
Out of New York City, chartered for two years at $7,000 per year.
Sources : nsp,wmn,bcha,blu
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F.B. BRADY – See THOMAS FREEL BATTLE (1907 loss)
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GEORGE N. BRADY
Other names : none
Official no. : 10244
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1865, Detroit*
Specs : 102x20x10, 165g 123n
Date of loss : 1892, Aug 24
Place of loss : 3 mi above Grosse Pointe, MI
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : towing log raft
Detail : While engaged in towing alog raft across Lake St. Clair with the tug SUMNER, she caught fire around her stack. Her crew fought the fire until it was apparent that they would not be able to extinguish it, then abandoned her for the SUMNER, which had been standing by. The tug drifted into the shallows at the position shown and burned to the waterline. Her registration document was surrendered at Port Huron 6/30/93, annotated “Burned, total loss.” Owned by Howard Towing Association.
*build also seen as 1865, McDole, Marine City and at Algonac
rebuilt, 1878
Sources : phr,polk,mv,lhl,hgl,wl,nsp,jb
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O. V. BRAINARD
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1848, Harbridge, Sacket’s Harbor
Specs : 135 t. om
Date of loss : 1866, Oct
Place of loss : at Port Hope, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reported wrecked at Port Hope, a total loss. Probably owned by M. Golding, Oswego.
Also burned on Lake Ontario in 1851.
Sources : nsp,hgl,rsl
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D.R. BRAMAN
Other names : also seen as D. R. BRAYMAN
Official no. : 35184
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, Johnson, Dover, OH
Specs : 80 t.
Date of loss : 1870, (Oct)
Place of loss : off Black River, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Reported by wreckers to be a total loss, 10/29/70.
Out of Cleveland
Sources : mv,slh,hgl,wl
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WATERS W. BRAMAN
Other names : built as U.S.Q.M.C. tug RESCUE. Many variations of her names seen, including WALTER M. BRAMAN, W. BRAMAN WALTERS, W.M. BRAYMAN, etc.
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1858, Boston, MA [1st home port: Port Royal, SC]
Specs : 89 t.
Date of loss : 1867, Jun 26
Place of loss : near Pelee Isl., 7 mi E of the Dummy
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : While idling in the Passage, awaiting vessels to tow, she caught fire and burned to a total loss at about 2:30 a.m. Her crew abandoned in her boat and were picked up later by prop TRADER. The fire began in her coal bunker. She was taken in tow after burning out and left to sink near pt. Pelee. Her engine and boiler may have been recovered in 1883 or 99. Master: Capt. Thos. Allen
Rebuilt in 1867 and came to the lakes from New York City; she was only here 5 weeks before her loss.
Sold by U.S. Quartermaster Corps in 1866.
Sources : lhl,nsp,hgl,es
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PULOE BRANI – See B.B. McCOLL
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BRANDON
Other names : none
Official no. : C92535
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1887, J. Gaskin, Kingston, ONt.
Specs : 167x33x11, 541gc 516nc
Date of loss : 1888, Sep 29
Place of loss : 40 mi SW of Isle Royale
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 1000 t. RR rails
Detail : Tow of tug JAMES A. WALKER with schrs JENNIE and REGINA. Sprang a leak and foundered. Brand new at the time. The question was later raised as to whether she was overladen. Out of Montreal. Master: Capt. Smith.
Sources : hgl,lss,nsp,is,mmgl,win,gwgl,h,es3-1,rn
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BRANDYWINE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1842, Nov 19*
Place of loss : 18 mi W of Buffalo, near Barcelona, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 (all)
Carrying : flour
Detail : She capsized and sank in a gale, then drifted to the beach. One passenger’s body was found in the cabin, but the entire crew of 6 had disappeared. The local sheriff watched over the craft for several days to make sure her crew had really been lost. Master: Capt. Frederick Tubbs(d).
This is probably the vessel reported as stranded at Buffalo in 1837.
*1846 also given, probably in error or refers to a different vessel, a sloop. There is no mention of the schooner having been recovered.
Sources : is(2-67),ledc,hgl,nsp,hr,rj,bb
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BRANT – Entry removed – vessel recovered from 1859 sinking.
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JESSE H. BRECK
Other names : rebuilt as H.M. STANLEY
Official no. : C72580
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Andrews & Son, Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Specs : 342x24x12 376gc 364n
Date of loss : 1890, May 17
Place of loss : near Nine-Mile Point, eastern end of the lake
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 [all]
Carrying : oak lumber
Detail : She capsized and sank in a storm after battling leaks and high winds for hours. She went down within sight of the Wolfe Island family home of the skipper, his three sons and daughter, all drowned in the wreck. Two others of the lost crew were father and son. She had been bound Toledo for Garden Island, Ont. Owned by Breck & Booth, Kingston. Master: Capt. Thomas Mackie(d). Presumed to be a total loss, she was later recovered and extensively rebuilt, relaunched as H.M. STANLEY in 1892.
Sources : csqw,mmgl,slh,is(1-76),nh3,h,hgl,sip,es3-2,nsp
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MARION L. BRECK
Other names : (built on hull of schooner WILLIAM PENN [b1840]) also seen as MARY BRECK
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1858, Calvin & Breck, Garden Isl, Ont.
Specs : 127x24x12 298 t
Date of loss : 1907, Oct 7
Place of loss : Bear’s Rump Shoal, near Tobermory, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : brick pieces
Detail : Grounded and wrecked after 49 years of service [67 years for the hull]. Her crew escaped to the island, and were assisted by a local lighthouse keeper.
Ashore in Georgian Bay, fall 1888, recovered the next May. Thought to be a total loss after wrecking near Sand Beach, Mich., in 1894.
Spent the winter of 1895-6 locked in ice near Tawas City, Mich. Ashore near Tobermorey in mid-October, 1900.
Rebuilt in 1863 by Roney, Garden Isl.
major repairs in 1873, 76 & 89
Sources : mmgl,clu,nsp,slh,ns1,lhdc,(hgl),mpl,do,wmn
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JOHN BREDEN
Other names : none builders list shows her as JOHN BREDIN
Official no. : 13933
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1862, Andrews & Donaldson, Port Dalhousie, Ont., as a bark
Specs : 130x25x11 319g 303n (142’oa)
Date of loss : 1899, Jul 21
Place of loss : 4 mi off Lexington, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : Coal
Detail : Bound Lake Erie for Bay City in tow of tug WINSLOW., she foundered in a storm in the steamer channel, 40 feet of water. Owner: John J. Geghan, Toledo.
Orig:142(oa?)x26x13, 430gc
Sold U.S. before 1883. Out of Buffalo, 1884, Saginaw 1889, Detroit 1894.
Sources : nsp,is,slh,hgl,phr,net,wl
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ERNEST R. BREECH – See KINSMAN INDEPENDENT
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C.G. BREED
Other names : none
Official no. : 4577
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1862, Ellsworth & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs : 140x26x13, 385 t.
Date of loss : 1879, Nov 14
Place of loss : about mid-lake off Ashtabula*
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 of 8
Carrying : 24,000 bu wheat
Detail : She capsized and foundered in a sudden squall while bound Detroit for Buffalo. The three survivors were rescued in different parts of the lake by three different vessels. Capt. Rose found himself floating on the floor of his own cabin, and was picked up by the schooner ABBIE L. ANDREWS after 9 hours. The wheelsman swam to the foremasthead when the vessel went over on her side and was raised into the air when she righted as she went down. He was rescued by the propeller MILWAUKEE after clinging there for 15 hours. A thrird crewman swam to the mainmasthead and when the vessel right the top of the mast was snapped off, throwing the man some dstance. He was found some 23 hours later by the schooner NELLIE GARDNER. Owned by Jesse Farwell of Detroit. Master: Capt. Rose(d).
*her skipper described this as “76 miles below Pt. Pelee”
Rebuilt in 1876
Sources : h,mv,hgl,usls,hr,es,sip,nsp
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BRENTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 3202
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1882, Gibraltar, MI
Specs : 71x21x4 50g 48n
Date of loss : 1899
Place of loss : unk.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : all hands
Carrying : ?
Detail : Lost to unknown causes.
Sunk but recovered near Cleveland, Nov 13, 1896.
Sources : wb,slh,h,mv
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BRENTON
Other names : built as LIEUTENANT WILLIAM H. SMITH [U.S.Q.M.C. boat]
Official no. : 226189
Type at loss : Diesel fish tug, wood
Build info : 1909, Muskegon, Mich
Specs : 60x13x6, 29g 20n
Date of loss : 1937, Sep 19
Place of loss : 8 miles off Frankfort, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered, no detail. Owned by Percy F Remington, Newport, R.I.
Sources : h,hr,mv
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WILLIAM BREWSTER
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1838, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Specs : 61x18x7, 73 t. om
Date of loss : 1852, Nov (12-13)
Place of loss : near Fairport, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 to 11 [all]
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Long Point, in Ontario, for Cleveland, she capsized off Fairport and drifted ashore. She carried a crew of 4 to 6 and 3 to 5 passengers who were part of the crew of the schooner BUFFALO(qv), which had been wrecked on Long Point Nov. 7. All on board were lost. Out of Cleveland, probably owned by S. S. Francisco.
Timbers cut at Euclid, Ohio, and assembled on Lake Superior. Run down the rapids of the St. Mary’s River to Lake Huron the same year, where she was homeported at Mackinac.
Sources : wmn,hgl,wl
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JOHN B BREYMANN
Other names : built as MARINETTE,
Official no. : 91857
Type at loss : propeller, wood, tug
Build info : 1885, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, Wis.
Specs : 71x18x10, 59g 40n
Date of loss : 1926, Jun 8
Place of loss : at Toledo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She was tied up at her moorings in a Maumee River boneyard when a fire started on the property, probably from an ember from a passing locomotive. The shipwatcher and his wife and grandson were able to escape, but an entire group of seven vessels was destroyed. Owned by G. H. Breymann & Bros. Dredging, which had been keeping river channels navigable for at least fifteen years under Corps of Engineers contract.
Image from GLMD
Sources : mv,nsp,hr,eas,sol,hcgl
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THE BRICK
Other names : none
Official no. : 145603
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1891, Traverse City, Mich
Specs : 76x25x4, 53 g
Date of loss : 1903, Mar 31
Place of loss : Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Grounded and wrecked 1/2 mi SSE of Green Island light.
Collided with Flowerpot Island, near Tobermory, Ont., Georgian Bay, and sank in Oct, 1900.
Sources : bb,win,h,hr
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H.P. BRIDGE
Other names : none
Official no. : 11202
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1864, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs : 164x30x12, 426g 400n
Date of loss : 1869, May 11
Place of loss : 40 mi SE of Thunder Bay Isl., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : oats and brick
Detail : Collided with prop COLORADO in a fog and sank. Her crew escaped by yawl or clambered over the COLORADO’s bow before BRIDGE sank. Bound Milwaukee for Detroit and Buffalo. Hailed from Detroit, owned by Elon W. Hudson. Master: Capt. Stedman.
Sources : mv,tel,nsp,slh,hgl,rsl,md,wl
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BRIDGEBUILDER X
Other names : built as fish tug PITTSBURG, renamed BIDE-A-WEE in 1939, last name in 1946(?)
Official no. : 208790
Type at loss : propeller tug, Diesel
Build info : 1911, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH hull #392d
Specs : 71x17x7, 46g 36n
Date of loss : 1959, Dec 15
Place of loss : while enroute Sturgeon Bay to South Fox Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 2 [all]
Carrying : none
Detail : Bound for the owner’s lumber yard on South Fox and thence to her home at Northport, when she foundered in a storm. The Coast Guard searched for any sign of her for five days, but did not find a trace. Owned and operated by Sterling K Nickerson(d), Northport Mi. The body of his shipmate and relative Glen Roop, was recovered several months later near Manitowoc, but his was never located
Built as oil-fired steam fish tug; converted to excursion boat in 1939; re-engined to Diesel in 1946; converted to a construction tug for the Mackinac Bridge, 1957; rebuilt to an open-deck lumber tug in 1958 by Nickerson.
Sources : a&f,eas,h,mpl,hcgl,wgts,hr,mv,kf
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BRIDGET
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1834, David Crocket, Mt. Clemens, Mich
Specs : 78x23x8, 119 t. om
Date of loss : 1835, Nov 10
Place of loss : 18 mi N of St. Joseph, Mich, harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 14 or 16
Carrying : none
Detail : She foundered in a gale with all hands after stopping outside St. Joseph harbor to unload part of her cargo. She then proceeded on the trip to Mackinac but was lost a short time later. There was some disagreement in the contemporary press over who or how many people were aboard. Homeport: Detroit; owned by a group of merchants from Detroit, Mackinac and Chicago. Master: Capt. Peter Duryea.
Sources : nsp,hgl,bcha,lotl,wl
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BRIDGEWATER
Other names : rebuilt as KEYSTONE
Official no. : 2109
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast, built as a bark
Build info : 1866, Hitchcock (& Gibson), Buffalo
Specs : 706 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Dec 1
Place of loss : Waugoschance Pt, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded, fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Grounded on Waugoschance, but released fairly quickly. Towed to Buffalo for repairs, where she was gutted by fire during the process. Later rebuilt.
Also stranded 11/14/70, reported ashore then.
In 1880-2 the propeller KEYSTONE was built on her hull
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,slh,hgl,m&h,nsp
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W. W. BRIGHAM
Other names : none
Official no. : 26363
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1848-9, Stevens, Dunkirk, NY
Specs : 90x25x7, 94g 89n
Date of loss : 1884, Aug 28
Place of loss : midlake, 40 miles off Muskegon
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : This aged vessel, bound Muskegon for Chicago, capsized in a squall and sank the next day. Her crew made a raft of her cargo and drifted about until rescued near Muskegon by the schooner WALTER SMITH, 4 days later. Out of Milwaukee. Master and owner: Capt. James O’Leary.
Sources : wmn,hgl,wl,mv,bb,nsp,hr
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JOHN BRIGHT
Other names : none
Official no. : C61130
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1869, Notter, Buffalo
Specs : 54x13x6, 30gc 14n
Date of loss : 1879, Oct 9
Place of loss : Belleville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by fire, a total loss of $6,000. She had been lying in ordinary at the spot for several years, and the fire was presumed set by an “incendiary” (arsonist). Owned by M. W. Jones, out of Montreal.
Sold Canadian as a new tug, 1869.
Sources : win,mmgl,clu,csv,h,dmt,nsp
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BRIGHTIE
Other names : also seen as BRIGHTY
Official no. : 2587
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, built as 3-mast schooner
Build info : 1868, Lafrinier & Drake, Cleveland
Specs : 182x23x13 601g 571n
Date of loss : 1928, Aug 23
Place of loss : off Whitehall, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none (1 of 7 also given)
Carrying : pulpwood
Detail : Seams opened in mild blow and she sank. Her 60 year old hull reportedly just gave up.
Image from GLMD
Sources : eas,ns3,lmdc,mv,mpl,wl,hcgl
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BRILLIANT
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, lumber
Build info : 1856, J.M. Jones, Milwaukee
Specs : 100x27x8, 182 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1857, Dec 5
Place of loss : 7 mi S of Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound Chicago for Sheboygan for a cargo of lumber, she went on a reef close to shore and sank. May have been recovered.
Sources : nsp,hgl,is,bb,hr
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BEN BRINK – Vessel loss of 9/12/1890 was misreported by a local newspaper and the error has been carried forward by many sources. Actually she was only slightly damaged.
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JENNIE BRISCOE
Other names : none
Official no. : 75203
Type at loss : propeller, wood “steam barge”*
Build info : 1870, Campbell & Owen, Detroit hull# 15
Specs : 85x22x5, 82 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Aug 26
Place of loss : Off Grosse Ile, MI
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ?
Detail : She collided with the propeller FREE STATE and sank, a total loss. Master: Capt. Francis Tufts. Homeport:Detroit.
*Shown in a number of sources as a schooner.
Sold Canadian as a wreck in 1871 and rebuilt to the propeller scow HERALD(qv), BUT, listed on U.S. registry in 1877, as a propeller.
Sources : atl,ledc,hgl,nsp,mv,hr,es
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BRISTOL – See ALBION
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BRITANNIA
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1819, York [Toronto], Ont
Specs : 127 t.*
Date of loss : 1841, Oct 4
Place of loss : midlake
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4 or 5 [all]
Carrying : lumber, staves, etc.
Detail : Wreckage from this vessel began drifting ahore all along the shore of Lake Ontario before it was realized that she had gone missing in a stom. Out of Hamilton, Ont., owned by Calvin, Cook & Co. and T. Dodge & Co., Kingston.
*given in newspaper as 100 t., hgl as 120 t.
Sources : wmn,hgl,wl,glmd
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BRITANNIA
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood*
Build info : 1847, St. Catharines
Specs : 135 ft., (275 t.)
Date of loss : 1859, Nov 9
Place of loss : at Kingston, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : probably none
Carrying : probably no cargo (laid up)
Detail : Destroyed by arson. She had been laid up since 1857.
*Reported as “old fashioned, pollywog build” Mmgl: Since she had recessed paddles, she was a remarkable vessel: paddles mounted as far aft as possible for maximum cargo space, hull indented to receive paddles (pear-shaped), upper works built over paddle recess.
Sources : csv(s),mmgl
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BRITANNIA
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1860, D. Foster, Port Ryerse, Ont.
Specs : 87x21x7, 124gc 118nc
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 30
Place of loss : near Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : ashore and wrecked in a gale which destroyed many vessels. By Nov 8 she was being stripped and abandoned.
Owned by McBride, Port Ryerse.
Sources : win,mmgl,clu,hgl,nsp
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BRITANNIC
Other names : none
Official no. : 3400
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1888, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City
Specs : 219x36x17 1121g 904n
Date of loss : 1895, Aug 9
Place of loss : off the S end of Grosse Ile
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She sank after collision with the iron steamer RUSSIAN in a passing error. Owned by Capt. C. E. Benham and sailed by his son, Capt. W. P. Benham. Several other vessels struck her wreckage before she was raised.
Vessel later recovered and rebuilt at Marine City. Enlarged to 227x36x21,1319g 1152n.
Sold Canadian, 1913 [C#133824] and renamed SARNOR(qv).
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,h,mv,vbs,hcgl
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BRITISH LION
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1862, C. Jenkins or G. Thurston, Kingston
Specs : 128x23x12, 293 t.
Date of loss : 1877, Oct 4
Place of loss : Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Black River, Oh, for Brockville, Ont. she was driven ashore and wrecked.
1st bark on the lakes to be wire-rigged. Built for Great Lakes-Liverpool trade.
Sources : mmgl,es,rsl,nsp,eas
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BRITISH LION
Other names : none
Official no. : C80577
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1883, W. Price, Pike Creek, Ont.
Specs : 85x23x6, 80 gc
Date of loss : 1891, Oct 27
Place of loss : 1/2 mile off Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stave bolts
Detail : Bound Romney., Ont. for Erie, PA, she capsized, foundered and was destroyed in SW gale. A passenger on board the steamer NYACK saw at some distance her crew in a boat near to the wreck and they were rescued after 12 hours adrift. Master: Capt. J. R. Lucas. Her registry was not closed til Canadian records were purged in a “clean-up” in 1920’s.
Ashore and expected to become a total loss in May of 1884, 15 mi above Sarnia, Ont.
Sources : nsp,h,eas,mmgl,wb,sb,es
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BRITON
Other names : none
Official no. : 3493
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk and package freight
Build info : 1891, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland
Specs : 296x40x21 2348g 1875n
Date of loss : 1929, Nov 13
Place of loss : Point Abino, near Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life : none of 24
Carrying : flax, wheat
Detail : A faulty navigation aid on shore caused her to run aground in a fog. A salvager worked on her for quite awhile, but, though some of her cargo was recovered, she was finally dynamited as a navigational hazard about 1932. Owned by Buckeye Steamship Co. of Cleveland.
See also barge BADGER.
Image from GLMD
Sources : eas,win,is,ns3,h,mv,mpl,hcgl,ewe
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R.C. BRITTAIN
Other names : none
Official no. : C100125
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1877, J. Elliott, Saugatuck, MI US#110327 as a passenger vessel
Specs : 142x24x8 213g 149n
Date of loss : 1912
Place of loss : at layup dock at Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Retired from service in 1906 and tied up until she burned at her layup dock. After the 1912 fire her hull was set aside for possible future rebuilding, but it sunk at the dock in 1924 and was finally scrapped in 1926. The hulk was removed and scuttled in Lake Huron in 1935.
Sold Canadian in 1901
Converted to bulk freight steambarge in 1879. Major repair in 1881. Somewhere along the line she was enlarged, originally being 115(oa)x22x8, 200g.
Image from GLMD; image as a passenger vessel
Sources : mmgl,slh,ns3,csv,mpl,hcgl,glmd
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L. L. BRITTON
Other names : also seen as L. B. BRITTON, L. P. BRITTON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1854, Amity, NY, as a paddlewheel canal tug*
Specs : 115 t.
Date of loss : 1861, Jul 10
Place of loss : 6 mi above Calumet River, near Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 1200 RR ties, 8 boxes fish
Detail : Left St. Joseph, Mich. for Chicago July 9, and passed by other vessels in mid-lake but never arrived. After a week it was found that she had gone ashore and broken up in the place described, and her five person crew was camped on the beach nearby “quite in Robinson Crusoe fashion”. She was a total loss of about $3,000.
Owned by her skipper, Capt. John Q. Adams, St. Joseph.
*One newspaper described her as “a tub of a craft built to run on the Erie Canal, and about as suitable for lake navigation as for a whaling voyage in the Pacific.”
Rebuilt from a paddle wheeler to a propeller between 1857 and 59. Came to the lakes about 1859. She was reportedly the first powered Erie Canal tug, and was launched with much pomp and circumstance.
Sources : hgl,wmn,wl,nsp,jm,bcha,glmd
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BROCKVILLE
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1863, Wm. Saunders, Brockville, Ont.
Specs : 136x24x12 398gc 341nc
Date of loss : 1865, Nov 4
Place of loss : Big Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : 2400 bbl flour
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked, a total loss. Most of the crew were able to save themselves in her boat. She had been bound Milwaukee for Montreal. Owned by Geo. Chaffey & Bros, Kingston, Ont.
Sometimes shown as a bark.
Also shown in error as wrecked on Au Sable Point, Lake Huron (at this time Big Sable Pt was also known as “Grande Pte Aux Sables”)
Sources : mmgl,csv,hgl,slh,rsl,nsp,rnc
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ELIZABETH BRODER
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1849 [ca.], Owen Sound, Ont.
Specs : ?
Date of loss : ?
Place of loss : Manitoulin Isl
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven on the rocks, where she broke up.
Sources : slh not in mmgl
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ALVIN BRONSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 399
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1849, Jamieson, Maumee, OH
Specs : 119x25x11, 192g 188n
Date of loss : 1888, Apr 29
Place of loss : Port Sherman, Muskegon harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : pine slabs
Detail : Bound Muskegon for Milwaukee, she sprang a leak when ten miles out of the harbor, and put back quickly. By the ime she reached the harbor, she was unmanageable due to the excessive water in her hold, and ran into the harbor pier, where she later broke up. The USLS saved her crew and much of her rigging, but the vessel was a complete wreck. Owner & master: Capt. O’Brien, Milwaukee.
Heavy damage in a wreck off Oswego, NY, 1865. Foundered in Straits in November, 1869, abandoned, but salvaged the following August.
Rebuilt in 1855, 1870, 1882
Sources : mv,h,hgl,osdo,nsp,wl,usls
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ELLEN BRONSON
Other names : (also seen as ETON BRONSON)
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1835, Three Mile Bay, NY or Pt. Peninsula
Specs : 103 t.
Date of loss : 1853, Jul 6
Place of loss : at Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : unreported
Carrying : unreported
Detail : Burned to a total loss while tied up near the lower bridge and sank in the “Great Fire” which struck Oswego in 1853. Raised and dismantled in May, 1855, by order of city authorities.
Sources : rp,wl,hgl,wmhs,wmn
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BROOKLYN
Other names : none
Official no. : 2151
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger and package freight
Build info : 1866, Lafrinier, Cleveland
Specs : 133x26x11, 466nt
Date of loss : 1874, Oct 22
Place of loss : Off Fighting Island, near Wyandotte, MI
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 22 [other numbers of casualties from 13 to 20 are also given]
Carrying : general merchandise including leather, marble, and a large variety of other goods
Detail : Her boiler exploded violently, blowing off most of her after end, tearing her bottom out and sinking her quickly. Parts of her boiler were found more than 3/4 of a mile from the site of the explosion. A coroner’s jury found that the BROOKLYN had been pouring on too much steam in a effort to pass the steamer CUBA, some distance ahead and that the 2nd engineer had let the water run low in the boiler. The BROOKLYN had been bound Ogdensburg and Buffalo for Chicago. Locally contracted wreckers had to race theives to the wreck to strip it. Her engine was reportedly blown clear out of her hull. Salvagers said her after end was the most thoroughly blasted wredk they’d ever seen. Owned by Northern Transportation Co. Master: Capt. Harvey Howard.
She was raised in November, 1874, but sank again. Another attempt to bring her up in Dec, 1877, was ineffectual.
Sources : mv,eas,is(4-65),sol,lhl,hgl,mpl,es,wl,nsp,hr
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BROOKLYN – former entry deleted – schr. (US#2112) sunk while loading in 1892 and was recovered.
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ALICE BROOKS
Other names : none
Official no. : C80909
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1882, Alfred Hackett, Port Elgin, Ont.
Specs : 41x12x5, 17gc 11nc
Date of loss : 1885, Dec 7
Place of loss : mouth of the Saugeen R
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Ran aground and put a large hole in her bottom while trying to rescue the schooner MARY S. GORDON. GORDON was recovered, but BROOKS was a total loss.
Out of Bayfield, Ont.
Sources : nsp,mmgl,polk,es
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J.W. BROOKS
Other names : also seen as J.S. BROOKS in error
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1851, Wm. Gooding, Detroit
Specs : 136x25x10, 322 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Nov 4
Place of loss : 8 miles NE of False Ducks light (also given as Black River Bay, near Sacket’s Harbor, NY)
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 19 or 20
Carrying : provisions, copper ingots
Detail : Foundered while bound Lake Erie for Ogdensburg, NY. Most of her cargo was salvaged the following year. Ten days later the steamer WELLINGTON encountered the BROOKS lying in 50 feet of water with her stern on the bottom and 8 feet of her bow emergent. When the steamer TRAVELLER attempted to tow her into port, she sank. One report says her safe contained $1 million. Owned by Northern Transportation Co. Master: Capt. Charles Hammond(d).
She was partially raised, some of her cargo recovered, and dragged submerged to Garden Island, Ont., in Jul, 1857.
Partial explosion of her boiler off Ashtabula in July of 1855, with the loss of one man to scalding, and two – who became frightened and jumped overboard – to drowning. Also sunk in May of the same year on the Canadian shore.
Sources : h,lhl,hgl,nsp,wl,rp,rnc,ctw,blu[56]
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BROTHERS
Other names : ?
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : Canada
Specs : 10-20 t.
Date of loss : 1845, Feb 14
Place of loss : off Niagara Co., NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm/ice
Loss of life : 12-15 [all]
Carrying : general freight
Detail : Sailed from Niagara R. into a storm and ice fields when other, much larger vessels dared not go out. She was found several days later bottom-up, about 25 miles from her starting point. No one survived the wreck to describe what happened, but she was seen laboring in a field of ice shortly after starting. She had been bound for Toronto.
Legend has it that one of the mates had signed on the previous day in an attempt to make it home to his sweetheart on Valentine’s Day.
Sources : hgl,wmn,nsp
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BROTHERS
Other names : also seen as THREE BROTHERS
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : paddle wheel steamer, wood, ferry and/or cargo vessel
Build info : 1839, Chatham, Ont
Specs : 150 t.
Date of loss : 1856, May or Jun
Place of loss : Thames R. near the lighthouse
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : brick
Detail : Sunk and a total loss near the lighthouse at the mouth of the river. She had been bound for Windsor and was a total wreck despite a large effort to recover her. Master: Capt. Walter Eberts. Owned by Charles Davis, Chatham, she had been the first ferry there when built. Insurance loss was $5,500.
Sources : hgl,csv,wmn, blu[1856]
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BROTHERS
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1852, H.Marlton, Goderich, Ont.
Specs : 62x16x7, 64g 57n
Date of loss : 1869, early spr
Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught in an ice field and hull crushed.
Another schooner BROTHERS was reported lost near Port Burwell in 1833.
Sources : mmgl,slh
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BROWN BROTHERS
Other names : built as BROWN BROS., IVEYROSE from 1947 to 51, then BROWN BROS. again
Official no. : C133792
Type at loss : propeller fish tug
Build info : 1915, Thos. Thurston, Port Stanley, Ont.
Specs : 75x16x8 64gc
Date of loss : 1959, Oct 28
Place of loss : 5.7 mi off Long Point light
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She was caught in a gale off the end of the treacherous point and foundered. In tow of the tug LUKE.
Owned by Harry Gambel
eas gives “NE tip of Long Point” as location
Sources : eas,mmgl,win,h,csv,mpl,hcgl,ewe
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ANN JANE BROWN
Other names : also seen as A. J. BROWN, ANN J. BROWN
Official no. : C?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1842, Port Hope, Ont
Specs : 99 gc
Date of loss : 1856, Dec 13*
Place of loss : 10 mi SE of Picton, Ont
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : “full cargo of valuable merchandise”
Detail : Struck a reef in a blizzard and gale and was reported a total wreck. Master: Capt. Thomas Slight. Owned by Marsh & Co., Port Hope.
*Lake underwriters’ list says she was lost in November.
Rebuilt in 1853
Sources : rnc,hgl,clu,wmn,blu(56)
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FAYETTE BROWN
Other names : none
Official no. : 9748
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1868, Stevens & Presley, Cleveland
Specs : 179x31x12, 552g 528n
Date of loss : 1891, Jun 4
Place of loss : Pelee Passage, 8 mi below “The Dummy” lighthouse
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 176 brownstone blocks
Detail : This well-known schooner collided almost stem-on with the steamer NORTHERN QUEEN in fog and foundered in 60 ft. of water. She sank quickly, but one crewman lept aboard the steamer as she was hit, others scrambled up the masts and were saved about an hour later by the steamer ROBERT MILLS. Owned by M. A. Bradley, Cleveland. Master: Capt. Halstrum.
Later removed as hazard to navigation by Amherstburg wrecker F. B. Hackett after much litigation over her ownership.
She had foundered in the same area in September, 1872.
Sources : mv,h,nsp,sb,mpl,hcgl,es
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H. H. BROWN
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast [also seen as 2-mast schooner]
Build info : 1856, J. Wolverton, Detroit
Specs : 115x26x10, 257 t. om
Date of loss : 1865, Oct (25)
Place of loss : near Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She drove ashore on Sandusky Bar in a gale and was wrecked. By the 28th she had largely gone to pieces. She had also been ashore near Pte Aux Barques, Lake Huron, just a month previous.
Another H. H. BROWN was built at Port Huron in 1873, wrecked on the coast of Maine in 1898 or 9.
Sources : nsp,wl,rsl,hgl
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HATTIE T. BROWN
Other names : also seen as HATTIE F. BROWN
Official no. : 11952
Type at loss : propeller tug/ferry, wood
Build info : 1869, Buffalo as a yacht
Specs : 38x7x3, 7 t
Date of loss : 1872, Oct 11
Place of loss : Saginaw River at Saginaw
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 7
Carrying : none
Detail : While crossing the river at night, she cut across the bows of the tug RANSOM and was rammed, sinking quickly. Declared a total loss, but recovered the next year.
Last information on her is from 1880.
Sources : nsp,phr,mv
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I. MAY BROWN
Other names : none also seen as IDA MAY BROWN
Official no. : 100366
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1884, Charlevoix, MI
Specs : 53x15x4 20g 19n
Date of loss : 1895, Jul 7
Place of loss : near Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : gravel
Detail : Cargo shifted in heavy weather and she capsized, later drifting to beach. Her crew was rescued by U.S. Lifesavers.
Hailed from Charlevoix, MI. Master: Capt. John DeVolt.
Sources : nsp,h,lmdc,mv,hgl
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NELLIE BROWN
Other names : none
Official no. : 18318
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, D. Walter, Port Ontario, NY
Specs : 90 t.
Date of loss : 1870, late Oct-early Nov
Place of loss : Stony Island passage
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : unreported
Detail : Capsized and drifted ashore in a storm, a total loss.
Out of Oswego
Sources : mv,wl,nsp,hgl
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W.L. BROWN
Other names : built as NEPTUNE, renamed before 1884
Official no. : 80767
Type at loss : propeller, wood bulk freight [steambarge]
Build info : 1872, James A. Day, Oshkosh, WI [originally US#130023, renumbered in 1880]
Specs : 336gt, 224nt
Date of loss : 1886, Oct 21
Place of loss : near Green Isl., Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 550 t. iron ore
Detail : Bound for Depere, WI, from Escanaba, she sprung a leak, exploded and sank in a gale. Went down in 76 feet of water. Owned by National Iron Co., DePere, Wis. All of her outfit and boilers were removed the next summer.
Completely rebuilt by A. Johnson at Green Bay in 1880 [sometimes given as first build information]
Some sources call this wreck WILLIAM J. BROWN. Located in 1974.
Sources : nsp,lhl,polk,is,lmdc,hgl,mpl,hcgl,wgts
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W.O. BROWN
Other names : also seen as WILLIAM O. BROWN
Official no. : 26915
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1862, J.W. Leach, Buffalo
Specs : 140x25x12, 306 t. (400 t om)
Date of loss : 1872, Nov 28
Place of loss : near Point Maimanse, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 of 9
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Downbound from Duluth in a frigid gale, she was driven ashore and pounded to pieces. Three survivors struggled through a terrific cold wave and finally made it to the Soo on Christmas Day. Homeport: Chicago. Owned by W. Doyle. Master: Capt. R. L. Manning.
Also sunk by collision on Lake Erie in 1865, recovered by J P Clarke and returned to service in September, 1867.
Sources : lss,hgl,mv,gmgl,lssc,sol,is,rsl,do,nsp
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WILLIE BROWN
Other names : none
Official no. : 80317
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1868, G. Notter, Buffalo*
Specs : 47x13x6 20g 10n
Date of loss : 1889, Dec 6
Place of loss : East Saginaw, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Reported total loss by fire, but recovered and still registered until 1906. Owned by McLean & Bridges, E. Saginaw.
Also sunk in the Saginaw River at Saginaw in April, 1891.
*1871 also given as year.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,slh,mv,jb,hcgl
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TROY H. BROWNING – See CORALIA
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J.D. BROWNING – See CORALIA
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BRUCE MINES
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info : 1854, Tate, Montreal
Specs : 126 ft
Date of loss : 1854, Nov 28
Place of loss : off Cape Hurd, near Tobermory, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 of 25
Carrying : misc freight
Detail : Foundered in a desolate area. Passengers and crew were unheard from for two weeks, adding to the belief that she went down with all hands. Owned by Montreal Mining Co. and bound Montreal for Bruce Mines with the winter’s supplies.
Hulk was reportedly still visible at low water and in good condition in 1883.
Sources : nsp,slh,is(4-72),lhdc,csv,eas,mmgl,hgl,clu,rnc
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B.F. BRUCE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger and freight
Build info : 1852, John Chapman, Buffalo as a tug
Specs : 110x21x8, 169 t.
Date of loss : 1862, Aug 11
Place of loss : a few miles off Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : staves
Detail : She caught fire offshore and was run to the beach, where she burned to a total loss. Possibly by arson. Out of Detroit, owned by H. G. Blanchard. Master: Capt. Halloran.
Rebuilt from a tug to this small passenger steamer the winter before her loss.
Sources : lhl,hgl,wl,nsp,eas,umr
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BENJ. F. BRUCE
Other names : also shown as BENJAMIN F. BRUCE, but spelling above is official
Official no. : 2860
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Crosthwaite, E. Saginaw, MI
Specs : 196x33x14, 729g 692n
Date of loss : 1895, Oct 17
Place of loss : near Sailor’s Encampment, St. Mary’s R.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranding
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She was bound down with ore, tow of the steamer CUMBERLAND, when she struck in these narrow waters. Her bottom was torn out and she went down in 30 feet of water. Owned by Gilchrists of Cleveland.
Last registration: 4/23/94, Sandusky
Image from GLMD
Sources : do,vbs,wmhs,wmn,nsp
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E. K. BRUCE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1848, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo
Specs : 240 t. om
Date of loss : 1853, Oct 24
Place of loss : 1.5 miles W of Oswego harbor
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 1300 pieces RR iron
Detail : She left Oswego for Toledo into the teeth of a gale, had her jib split and went on a rocky shore. Within a few days she had reportedly broken up, though her outfit and later her cargo were saved. Her captain had deserted her a few days before she sailed, and she was in the charge of her mate. Owned by W Buckley of Buffalo. Sailed without her master [Capt. Weathered], who had deserted her and stolen her money a few days before.
Sources : nsp,hgl,jm,wl ,hr
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KATE L. BRUCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 14277
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1872, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 307 t
Date of loss : 1877, Nov 8
Place of loss : off Alpena
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 [all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Disappeared in heavy weather. Last seen off 40-mile Point, Michigan. Her lifeboat and mainmastlater washed up near Thunder Bay Light. She had been in tow of the tug JOHNSON before being let go. Speculation at the time was that she collided with an unknown vessel and both sank. A bureau containing her papers washed up on the Canadian side in Aug, 1878. Owned out of Chicago by L. Lindgren. Master: Capt. Hans Hanson(d).
She was discovered in Thunder Bay in six fathoms of water in fall, 1879.
Also sunk on Lake Erie in Nov, 1872, and on Lake Michigan in 1873.
Sources : nsp,slh,sol,h,hgl,usls,mv,es,jb
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ROBERT BRUCE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : “small”
Date of loss : 1835, Nov 12
Place of loss : west of Henderson, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 [all]
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Kingston, Ont. for Hallowell, Ont., wrecked offshore with all hands lost, including one passenger. The wreck drifted ashore on Henderson Point on the 14th. Out of Henderson, NY. Master: Capt. Benj. Chandler(d).
Sources : osdo,nsp,rp
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ROBERT BRUCE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, Leveaya, Buffalo
Specs : 135x26x11, 325 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Dec (6)
Place of loss : under the Sand Hills near Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : [none]
Carrying : wheat, beef
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo, she was blown on a reef, where she broke up. Owned by E.K. Bruce of Buffalo, et. al. Master: Capt. Munson. She was a loss to her underwriters of $27,000.
Sources : sagl,hgl,nsp,blu[56]
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BRUNES – See FRANCISCO MORAZAN
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BRUNO
Other names : none
Official no. : C80600
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight [steambarge]
Build info : 1863, Bruno Loignon, Montreal
Specs : 136x26x12, 475gc 236nc
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 11
Place of loss : Magnetic Reef, S. of Cockburn Isl., Geo. Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Struck the reef and foundered in heavy weather. Crew escaped in her boat. She had been towing the schooner LOUISA (qv), bound from Cleveland. Some sources say this loss was due to a collision. Master: Capt. Peters. Owner: Geo. P. Magam.
Reported ashore with heavy damage on Chantry Island in Nov., 1870.
Rebuilt at St. Catharines, 1880, and enlarged from 93x18x9, 146t.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,slh,sol,h,lhdc,csv,eas,clu,wb,win,mmgl,hgl,sb,rnc,hcgl
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BRUNSWICK
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1853, George Weeks, Buffalo
Specs : 164x28x12, 512 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Aug 9
Place of loss : 6-12 mi S of South Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : corn, scrap iron, lard
Detail : Upbound from Chicago for Buffalo, she sprang a leak in a storm and was abandoned off the Manitous. She went down in fifty fathoms of water. One passenger was drowned when one of her boats capsized, but the rest of the passengers and crew made it to shore near Sleeping Bear in her three other boats. She was an underwriters’ loss of $33,000. Owned by Western Transportation Co. Master: Capt. Howland.
Sources : lhl,nb,hgl,nsp,wl,eas,rnc,blu[1856]
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BRUNSWICK
Other names : none
Official no. : 3148
Type at loss : propeller, iron, bulk freight
Build info : 1881, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI hull #50
Specs : 235x36x16, 1120g
Date of loss : 1881, Nov 12
Place of loss : off Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : 1500 t. hard coal
Detail : She collided with the heavily laden schooner CARLINGFORD (qv) in a night of fitful squalls. Her skipper checked to make sure schooner’s crew were abandoning, then ran her for shore, his vessel sinking a few miles short about 45 minutes after the collision. Those lost were drowned when a lifeboat was capsized by the sinking steamer. Bound Buffalo for Duluth. Owned by Charles Bewick, et. al., of Detroit. Master: Capt. Chamberlain.
Deep water salvage was attempted in 1885.
Image from GLMD
Sources : atl,sol,hdm,h,ledc,usls,mpl,es,hcgl,nsp,ewe
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BUCEPHALUS
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1852, R.J. Case?, Perrysburg, OH
Specs : 169x28x11, 493 t.
Date of loss : 1854, Nov 13
Place of loss : 4 mi off Bird R., near Port Austin
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 10 of 24
Carrying : corn and barrelled flour, plus a deckload of merchandise
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo, she lost her rudder in a gale and was rendered helpless. Overwhelmed by heavy seas, she filled and sank. Her crew took to the boats, one of which capsized immediately, drowning eight. Two others were lost when the yawl capsized near the beach at Pte Aux Barques, several miles from the wreck site. 14 made it to shore at the point and were cared for by locals. Owned by her skipper, Capt. S. Alexander and Holt & Palmer of Buffalo
May have been raised.
Another BUCEPHALUS is reported lost in Saginaw Bay in 1879, but there is no supporting evidence.
Sources : slh,sol,h,lhl,hgl,nsp,eas,wmn,jm,wl
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ISAAC BUCHANAN
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1852, Port Stanley, Ont.
Specs : 180 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Oct 26
Place of loss : Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Lying at dock alongside FREE TRADER when a fire consumed both, as well as three wheat warehouses and a hotel. One of the warehouses roofs was the location of the local lighthouse, which was also destroyed. She was reported a total loss of $8,000.
Owned by C J or J. T Hope of London, Ont.
She also went ashore in a gale at Gravelly Bay, Ont., in Oct, 1855.
Sources : nsp,clu,rnc,hgl
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BUCKEYE
Other names : none
Official no. : 2150
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight [steambarge]
Build info : 1856, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 136x26x11, 378gt 352nt
Date of loss : 1885, Jun 13
Place of loss : Manitoulin Isl., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded/fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cedar RR ties, towing barge SKYLARK
Detail : Stranded on a large boulder in fog, then caught fire from unknown causes and sank. Her crew was taken off by the steambarge SIR S. L. TILLEY. Bound Manitoulin Island for Chicago. A court fight ensued as to whether the casualty or fire insurance carrier should pay. Casualty lost. Owned by Eldridge, Chicago. Master: Capt. Jenks.
After extensive repairs at Manitowoc over the winter of 1881-2, she fell from the block on relaunch and broke in two, necessitating more time and cost in putting her in service.
Major repairs in 1865 after stranding near Brockville, Ont.. Rebuilt in 1866.
Image as a passenger vessel form GLMD
Sources : nsp,slh,lhl,osdo,hgl,mpl,wl,rnc
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BUCKEYE STATE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1852, Amos Hubbard, Black R., Oh
Specs : 132x25x10, 310 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1852, Nov 5
Place of loss : Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : rr ion, apples and cider
Detail : Stranded off S Milwaukee Point, later towed in but broken up by waves. She was less than three months old at the time of her loss.
Sources : lmdc,hgl,bb,wl,rnc,hr,wls
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BUCKEYE STATE – Steamer reported in a major source as stranded and lost on Point Abino June 9, 1855, but was actually hauled off the same day by the U.S. gunboat MICHIGAN. Sunk again in the St. Clair R. near Newport [Marine City] – by ice this time – in 1858, but raised again in 1863! Converted to a coal barge.
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B. B. BUCKHOUT
Other names : none
Official no. : C126059
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1873, E. Saginaw, MI US#2857
Specs : 158x29x10, 351g 334n
Date of loss : 1912, Nov
Place of loss : Narrow Island, E of Little Current, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Tow of tug MAITLAND, she was irretrievably stranded when the tug hit a shoal, possibly while running for shelter. She may have been purposely put on the shoal, but her owners had just sunk significant money into refitting her.
Owned by Rixon, Ainslie & Stoddard, Owen Sound.
Still on U.S, Registry, 1910, out of Port Huron; sold foreign, 6-29-12.
Image from GLMD
Sources : do2,vbs,mv,phr,jh
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A. BUCKINGHAM
Other names : also seen as ALVIN BUCKINGHAM
Official no. : 386
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, Gilmore, Perrysburg, OH
Specs : 125x26x10, 205g (278 t. om)
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 15
Place of loss : 15 mi above Harrisville, Mich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : The heavily-laden schooner sprang a leak in a storm and was turned to shore to try to save her. She sang in 20 feet of water, her crew abandoning in her yawl and later picked up by the tug SANDUSKY. It was thought that she could be raised, but no record of that occurring.
Probably out of Cleveland
Sources : hgl,slh,nsp,rsl,wmhs
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EDWARD BUCKLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : C138377
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight [lumber hooker]
Build info : 1891, Burger & Burger, Manitowoc, WI [US# 136252]
Specs : 154x32x11 415g 313n
Date of loss : 1929, Sep 1
Place of loss : SE of Mink Isl. Near Manitoulin Isl, in the North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Caught fire and burned to the waterline, a total loss.
Sold Canadian, 1923
Wreck located in 1993
Image from GLMD
Sources : do2,mmgl,is(1-64),slh,is,ns3,mv,csv,mpl,hcgl
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JAMES BUCKLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : C80910
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1880, J. Prescott, Prescott, Ont.
Specs : 48x10x3, 10gc 7nc
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 20
Place of loss : at Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned in the harbor. Out of Prescott, Ont.
High pressure 25 hp engine
Sources : mmgl,win,h
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JAMES BUCKLEY
Other names : also seen as JAMES BUCKLY
Official no. : C85717
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight,2-mast
Build info : 1884, J. Samson or Simson, Quebec City
Specs : 161x32x11, 442gc 442nc
Date of loss : 1912, Oct 16
Place of loss : coast of Jefferson Co., NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : (coal)
Detail : In consort with barges H.B.(qv) and MENOMINEE behind the tug WILLIAM PROCTOR. Separated from them in a storm and driven into the shallows. PROCTOR delivered MENOMINEE to Cape Vincent then returned in time to take BUCKLEY’s crew out of the rigging – hand over hand on heaving line – before she sank.
Out of Prescott, Ont.
Sources : mmgl,win,osdo,ns2,h
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WM. BUCKLEY
Other names : also seen as WM. BUCKLY
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1834, Pt. Peninsula, NY
Specs : 112 t.
Date of loss : 1854, Nov 25
Place of loss : mouth of Cleveland harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 150 t. coal
Detail : Outbound for Gravelly Bay, Ont., she veered to avoid a collision with the steamer MAY QUEEN, struck a spile near the East Pier and foundered in deep water 3/4 of a mile out. Her crew were rescued by boats from shore. Her masts were emergent and it was thought for a time that she would be recovered, but there is no record of her after this date. Out of Conneaut, OH. Master: Capt. Neil.
Sources : nsp,hgl,wl,wmn
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W.G. BUCKNER
Other names : also seen as W.G. BUCKNOR
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1837, Gershom Thayer, Irving, NY
Specs : 75x21x7, 107 t [om]
Date of loss : 1849, Sep 28
Place of loss : 6 miles off Ozaukee, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : 5 [paper unclear – at least this many, maybe more]
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Sprang a leak, then capsized. Survivors clung to the wreck for more than 24 hours. The man to whom the cargo belonged was aboard with his wife and five children. One child was washed overboard, while the wife and 3 other children died of exposure. The balance of those aboard, plus the bodies, were taken off by the schooner ERWIN. Master: Capt. McDonald.
“Crowded ashore by ice” and heavily damaged near White Fish R., Green Bay, in early May of the same year.
Ashore in April, 1844 and abandoned, but soon recovered and rebuilt.
Sources : is,hgl,nsp,bb,wl,jm,hr
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RALPH BUDD
Other names : built as SUPERIOR, this name in 1926. . Renamed L.A. McCORQUEDALE in 1959.
Official no. : 202329
Type at loss : propeller, steel, automobile/package freighter
Build info : 1905, Great Lakes Engineering, Ecorse, MI
Specs : 381x41x30, 4544g 3845n
Date of loss : 1926, May 16
Place of loss : Keweenaw Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Went ashore with heavy damage. Declared a loss, but later recovered, sold Canadian (C#154862) and converted to a bulk/package freighter at Collingwood, 1930. Scrapped in 1966.
Image as stranded from GLMD
Sources : mv,sol,hcgl
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BUDDY
Other names : built as U. S. Army C of E tug MENOMINEE, renamed in 1954
Official no. : 268151
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel
Build info : 1924, Baltimore, Md
Specs : 50x13x6, 24g 16n
Date of loss : 1966, May 11
Place of loss : midlake, abreast of Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Struck by the barge she was towing – derrick barge NO. 53 – capsized and sank quickly.
Owned by Roen Salvage, Wis.
Sources : is(3-66),hcgl,mv
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F.R. BUELL – See NAGAHO
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BUENA VISTA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, two mast
Build info : 1847, Francis Jordan, Chicago
Specs : 104x23x1x8, 174 t om
Date of loss : 1857, Dec 5
Place of loss : 3 mi N of Amsterdam, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : Went ashore and wrecked in a gale, the same storm that wrecked the schooner BRILLIANT a couple miles away. Out of Chicago.
Sources : bb,wmhs,wls
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BUENA VISTA – 1875 accident (#2241) removed. Vessel was recovered, abandoned Milwaukee 1887 per bb.
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H. F. BUES
Other names : none
Official no. : 95346
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1873, Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs : 47x13x8, 25g 16n
Date of loss : 1910, Jul 27
Place of loss : Middle Ground
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : none – dredge in tow
Detail : Went down on the Middle Ground, in Pelee Passage, Lake Erie. Her crew reported that she had been struck by a cyclone and went down in deep water 8 miles from shore. She had been towing a dredge when struck but the dredge made it to shore safely. Master: Capt. Taylor.
Image from GLMD
Sources : mv,glmd,hr,oo
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BUFFALO – See also LIGHTSHIP #82
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BUFFALO
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1848, Cleveland
Specs : 264 t. om
Date of loss : 1859, Sep 11
Place of loss : in harbor at Grand Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Lake Erie for Grand Haven, she was driven ashore on the breakwater while entering the harbor. Her crew was rescued by two local fishermen in their boat and by bystanders on shore. The only casualty, besides the brig, was the captain’s valuable horse, which had been on board. It drowned while being towed ashore. Master: Capt. Loutit.
Sources : hgl,nsp,wl,wmhs
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BUFFALO
Other names : none
Official no. : 3368
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1887, Mahar & O’Grady, Buffalo
Specs : 69x17x10 60g 30n
Date of loss : 1907, Apr 29
Place of loss : Portage Lake, Keweenaw*
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered after being cut by ice in the lake, and declared a total loss. Her crew escaped to the steamer JOHN STANTON. She was on her way Marquette to Duluth – she had just been fitted out as a fireboat for that port. Went down in almost 50 feet of water but was expected to be quickly recovered, however, she was not raised until 7 years later and then never rebuilt.
* also given: off Harington Island, mouth of Duluth harbor
Image from GLMD
Sources : eas,is,mv,mpl,hcgl,nsp
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BULGARIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 3381
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1887, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City, MI
Specs : 280x39x21 1888g 1486n
Date of loss : 1906, Jun 4
Place of loss : Fisherman’s Shoal, Porte des Mortes, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Stranded on shoal, pounded hard and declared a total loss. Owner: Corrigan Fleet, Cleveland. However, a salvage diver from Sturgeon Bay bought her cheap and recovered her. Rebuilt, she continued to operate until 1915. Document surrendered in 1916, but laid up in the boneyard at Amherstburg, Ont. until 1937, when she was dynamited.
Image from GLMD
Sources : nsp,sbs,ns2,mv,eas,vbs,hcgl,dh
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WILLIAM S. BULL
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1861, Buffalo
Specs : 16 t.
Date of loss : 1863, Aug 22
Place of loss : 40 mi E of Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : In company of tug G.W. GARDNER and canal boat M.E. PAINE, she waterlogged and went down in a storm. Bound Erie for Buffalo. GARDNER and PAINE saved her crew.
Sources : lhl,nsp,
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KATE BULLY
Other names : also seen as KATE BULLEY
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, J. Bully, Corunna, Ont. [date also given as ’68 -clu,nsp]
Specs : 144x26x12, 380 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Oct 4
Place of loss : off Little Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 of 10
Carrying : RR ties
Detail : Capsized in sudden gale. Survivors floated for 40 hours before being picked up. Wreckage of the ship washed ashore near Sleeping Bear Pt., and several salvage attempts were made.
Only vessel ever built at Corunna, she was supposedly designed as a steamer, but her engine was never installed. Her owner John Bully had the scow-steamer ALLEN BULLY built at Saginaw in ’77 for the expressed purpose of salving her, but fled the U.S. without paying for the boat before he could.
Sources : clu,nsp,nb,smi,ssb,mmgl,sol,lmdc,hgl,mdwl,bb,hr
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BUNKER HILL
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info : 1835, F.N. Jones, Black River, OH
Specs : 154x28x12, 457 t.
Date of loss : 1851, Sep 2
Place of loss : at Tonawanda, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss in the river, where she had been in use for towing. Her remains were still a hazard to small boats as late as 1910.
Also heavily damaged in a collision with the brig FASHION off Madison Dock in June of 1846.
Stranded on Horseshoe Reef, Lake Erie, with heavy damage in May, 1838.
Hgl & Niles Reg. & mpl: Built 1837, Charleston, OH, burned 1857.
Sources : lhl,hgl,is,nsp,wmn,mbw
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S. BURCHARD
Other names : earlier named SARDIS BURCHARD
Official no. : 23104
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, Huron, OH
Specs : 105x24x9 170 t.
Date of loss : 1882, Oct 31
Place of loss : Pt. Lookout, Saginaw Bay [Gravelly Shoal]
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stone
Detail : Tow of steamer DON M. DICKENSON, she broke her towline and went into shallow water. Abandoned the next day after attempts to lower the water in her failed, and broke up soon after. Document surrendered in Dec, 1883. Owned by C. H. Weeks of Bay City, MI
Stranded and declared a total loss on Pte. Aux Barques, Lake Huron in Nov, 1859, but was salvaged after a long struggle in late August of 1860 [she was raised three times but sank each time while being towed in].
Wrecked on L. Huron in 1870. Sank in the Straits in 1879.
Rebuilt in 1857, 1861, 1866.
Sources : nsp,slh,mv,phr,dc,rsl
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H.B. BURGER
Other names : built as schooner TRAVELER [US#24160], also seen as HENRY BERGER
Official no. : 95367
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1847, Lent, Conneaut, Oh
Specs : 119x26x9, 214g 181n
Date of loss : 1883, May 21
Place of loss : 2 mi S of Chicago waterfront
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Foundered while inbound to Chicago from Ludington, drifted ashore on the Chicago breakwater and broke up. Her captain and crew were able to clib directly ashore near 27th st. from the wreck. Owned by Robey & Waldo, Ludington. Master: Capt. McCoy.
Rebuilt 1875, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc
Sources : h,hgl,mpl,mv,nsp,wmhs,mr
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ROBERT E. BURKE – See SOUTH SHORE
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BURLINGTON
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1837, Oakville, Ont.
Specs : 150 t.
Date of loss : 1841, Mar 27
Place of loss : at Toronto
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Destroyed by fire. Her hull was recovered later and the 98-foot 3-mast schooner SCOTLAND was built on it in 1847 at Toronto.
Also reported as a propeller
Sources : mmgl,csv,hgl,wmn
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BURLINGTON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1843, Sam’l. Turner & Ross, Cleveland as a brig
Specs : 80x21x8, 117 t.
Date of loss : 1868, Oct 30
Place of loss : 3 mi W of Grimsby, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : 5,500 bu. wheat
Detail : She was caught in a gale and driven ashore, where she reportedly became a total loss. She had been bound Buffalo from Hamilton, Ont. Out of Milford, Ont.
Driven hard aground on a reef and wrecked while trying to assist the stranded Canadian bark GLOBE(qv) Nov 1854, near Port Burce, Ont.
Ashore with coal at Cat Fish Creek, Ont., Oct, 1853.
Sources : is,sagl,hgl,nsp,wmn,wl,mmgl,glmd
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BURLINGTON
Other names : none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss : propeller, wood, package/bulk freight
Build info : 1857, Dan’l O’Connor, Buffalo [US#2157] as passenger vessel
Specs : 137x25x12, 277 t.
Date of loss : 1895, Aug 24
Place of loss : Meldrum Bay, North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to waterline while hove to. Bound Detroit for Manitoulin Isl. Master: Capt. Bowen.
Lay on the bottom in the Detroit River for some time after burning Apr 17, 1894. She was raised under order of the Canadian Government, the vessel being awarded to the Canadian wrecker who brought her up.
Major repair in 1880.
Extensively rebuilt at F.W. Wheeler, W. Bay City, in 1879.
In spring of 1875 she pulled a tow containing almost 10,000 t. stone up the Detroit & St. Clair R to the Sand Beach harbor of refuge project. It was considered at the time to be the heaviest tow ever brought up the river.
Sprang a leak due to ice damage and sank in Pelee Passage in late November, 1872. Recovered, and the following spring she came out rebuilt as a steambarge.
Major repairs in 1862, 63.
Image as passenger vessel from GLMD
Sources : do2,slh,mv,lhl,nsp,hgl,mpl,es,rsl
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BURLINGTON
Other names : built as MINNEAPOLIS, renamed RAMON MARIMON in 1915, last name in 1922
Official no. : 92769
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freighter, crane equipped
Build info : 1897, Chicago Shipbuilding, Chicago as a package freighter
Specs : 238x42x26 2029g 1221n
Date of loss : 1936, Dec 6
Place of loss : entrance to harbor at Holland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pig iron
Detail : Grounded at the mouth of the harbor in a gale. Waves and ice of the following winter broke her up, 200 ft off N breakwall. Bound Toledo to Holland. Owned by Arrow Transportation Co., Chicago.
Built as a package freighter, converted to bulker in 1929 at Chicago. 1916-22 she was owned out of Havana, Cuba and sailed the Caribbean.
image from GLMD
Sources : eas,mv,ns4,h,mpl,hcgl,glmd
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RICHARD BURNS
Other names : built as J.B. LOZEN
Official no. : 76868
Type at loss : barge, wood, bulk freight former schooner-barge
Build info : 1890, W. Dulac, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs : 178x33x12 565g 538n
Date of loss : 1921, Nov 4
Place of loss : St. Clair Flats
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Sprang a leak while traversing the flats in tow of prop WILLIAM A. HAZARD and foundered. Later her cargo was recovered and the vessel removed.
Image from GLMD as LOZEN
Sources : ns3,mv,mpl,eas,hcgl
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ROBERT BURNS
Other names : none
Official no. : 21177
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1848, Zadoc Pangborn, Port Huron
Specs : 126x29x10, 307g 277n
Date of loss : 1869, Nov 17
Place of loss : Straits of Mackinac, E of Bois Blanc Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 10 [all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Disappeared from view while in company of several other vessels and foundered. As of spring, 1871, wreckers were still at work trying to rescue her. Out of Chicago. Master: Capt. Henry Curm(d).
Ashore on E. Sister Island and partially wrecked in 1850 – a $7,000 loss.
She was reportedly the last full-rigged brig on the Lakes – not a brigantine like most Great Lakes “brigs.”
Out of Chicago.
Rebuilt in 1861, major repair in ‘62
Sources : ssm,nsp,slh,hgl,rsl,mdwl,bc,hr
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WILLIAM BURNS
Other names : also seen as WILLIAM BURN
Official no. : 26215
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1865, Miller Bros., Chicago as a bark
Specs : 187 t.
Date of loss : 1877, ca. Aug 12
Place of loss : at Grand Haven, in the river near the RR trestle
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Lay partially awash after several seasons of layup, she was accidentally set afire by some fishermen and received heavy damage. The fire was finally put out by tugs CAMPBELL and WARNER. It was considered unlikely that she would be repaired. Owned by Kirby, Furlong & Co., Grand Haven. No master (idle).
Built as a bark, rerigged as a schooner by 1869.
Sources : nsp,wmn,mv
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GEORGE T. BURROUGHS
Other names : none
Official no. : 85662
Type at loss : propeller, wood, sandsucker former freighter
Build info : 1881, Davis & Brendage, Chicago
Specs : 109x24x8 103g 111n
Date of loss : 1905, May 31
Place of loss : near “Trautz’ dock,” St Clair Flats
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : Collision
Loss of life : none?
Carrying : gravel
Detail : Collided with steamer C.F. BIELMAN and sank. Captain’s wife was credited with saving her crew by hailing another boat after the BIELMAN steamed away. Owned by C. Cadwell of Windsor, Ont. Master: Capt. Allen.
Engine & machinery was later removed brfore she was dynamited as a hazard.
Burned off Grosse Pointe, MI in August of 1881.
Sources : nsp,ns1,mv,mpl
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JOHN BURT
Other names : none
Official no. : 75300
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1871, J. Oades, Detroit
Specs : 138x26x11, 348g 331n
Date of loss : 1892, Sep 26
Place of loss : 4 mi N of Big Sandy lifesaving station
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2 of 7
Carrying : grain
Detail : She was driven past the Oswego harbor mouth and hard aground by a NW gale after her rudder broke. Most of the crew was landed by US Lifesavers except for two who had been lost when she struck, but the vessel was quickly broken up by wave action. Inbound to Oswego from Chicago. Owned by R. Kelly, Detroit. Master: Capt. Norman McDonald.
Osdo says she was lost while at anchor.
In Oct of her first season [1871], she dragged her anchors, pounded against a dock at Leland and sank. She was declared a total loss, but was recovered in 1872.
Sources : wb,sol,h,mv,hgl,osdo,nsp,usls,nsp
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WELLS BURT
Other names : none
Official no. : 80365
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Detroit Dry Dock, Detroit hull #26
Specs : 212x34x14, 756 t.
Date of loss : 1883, May 20
Place of loss : off Evanston Point, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 10 [all]
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Chicago, she foundered in a terrific gale 5 mi offshore with just the tips of her masts emergent. Seeing them, her owner identified her from shore. In October a mast broke loose and became a hazard to ships. She was one of the largest and fastest schooners on the lakes at the time. Owned by J. S. Dunham, Chicago. Master: Capt. Thomas Fountain(d).
A message in a bottle from her was found in Nov.
Detroit Dry Dock list of 1894 shows her as a wooden bulk freight steamer, but lists no engine specifications. She was probably started as a steamer, finished as a schooner.
Wreck located in 1988
Sources : nsp,gs,sol,h,lmdc,atl,polk,hgl,usls,mpl,es,hcgl
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CHARLES H. BURTON
Other names : built on hull of bark GLENBULAH*
Official no. : 125402
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Ballentine, Bangor, MI [Bay City]
Specs : 158x31x14 514g 489n
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 10
Place of loss : 4.5 mi E of Barcelona, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : coal
Detail : Driven ashore and broke up.
*GLENBULAH, built by Stokes & Locklin, at Sheboygan, WI in 1867, was largely destroyed in the Chicago fire, fall of 1871. The BURTON was an almost complete rebuild, with a new official number. (GLENBULAH is sometimes described as a prop)
Also wrecked in 1883 and removed from registry.
Sources : ns1,h,mv,ledc,vbs,polk,hcgl
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LOMIE A. BURTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 15958
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Kempton & Carter, Chicago
Specs : 131x27x10 215g 204n
Date of loss : 1911, Nov 17
Place of loss : S. Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Ran aground on N. Manitou, worked herself off, but sank 8 miles S, just off S. Manitou.
Reported as bound for both Chicago and Milwaukee.
Sources : nb,gs,h,ns2,eas,smi,is,mv,mpl,nsp,hcgl
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BUTCHER BOY – See CHARLES M. HUTCHINSON
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BUTCHER’S BOY
Other names : built as barge HANNA B, renamed A.H. MORRISON in 1881, last name in 1884. Also seen as BUTCHER BOY
Official no. : C92612
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1879, Chesley Wheeler, Bay City
Specs : 96x21x4 214g
Date of loss : 1902,
Place of loss : near Christian Isl., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven down by a storm and foundered. Owned by Victoria Harbor Lumber Co.
Sold Canadian in 1884. Rebuilt and renumbered (origC#42646) in 1893.
Sources : mmgl,csv,vbs,sbs,wl,hcgl
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BUTCHER’S MAID
Other names : built as KAMINISTIQUIA, Renamed JESSIE OLIVER in 1873; renamed ALBERT NEFF in 1875, last name in 1885
Official no. : C71223
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight or recently converted to barge
Build info : 1871, S. Neff, Oshkosh, WI
Specs : 80x17x8, 129gc 75nc
Date of loss : 1886, Oct 20 (Oct 28 also given, in error)
Place of loss : Porphyry Point, North Shore
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore on the point, broke up in waves shortly after.
Sold Canadian, 1872 and used as a commissary boat on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway..
Built as twin-engined propeller.
Sources : mmgl,lss,csv,mpl,jb,es,hcgl
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HANNA BUTLER
Other names : none
Official no. : C80957
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, Taylor & Delaney, Cobourg, Ont.
Specs : 89x20x8, 126 t.
Date of loss : 1887, Nov 26
Place of loss : Salmon (Wicked) Point, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fog
Loss of life : none
Carrying : barley
Detail : Struck a reef in a fog and broke up in a later storm. Enroute Wellington, Ont. for Oswego.
Went ashore nearby at South Bay, Lake Ontario, in Nov of 1885 and abandoned as a total loss, but recovered a week later.
Major repairs in 1880, 81, 86
Sources : csqw,nsp,h,mmgl,osdo,csv
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TOBIAS BUTLER – See MARQUIS
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KATE BUTTERONI – See FALCON
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MARSHALL F. BUTTERS
Other names : none
Official no. : 91408
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight, lumber hooker
Build info : 1882, Milwaukee Ship Yard Co., Milwaukee
Specs : 164x30x11 376g 229n
Date of loss : 1916, Oct 21
Place of loss : near Southeast Shoals
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber, shingles
Detail : a huge gale tore her apart offshore. Her crew was saved in a courageous rescue from steamers FRANK BILLINGS and FRED G. HARTWELL. Owned by Ludington Transfer Co. Master: Capt. Charles McClure.
BUTTERS with a full load of shingles:
Sources : lol,gsgl,sol,ns2,mv,ledc,mpl,eas,hcgl,ew,ewl
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L. C. BUTTS
Other names : none sometimes seen as L. C. BUTTS No. 1
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1850, Wm Treat, Euclid, OH
Specs : 91x23x9, 165 t. om
Date of loss : 1866, May (15)
Place of loss : Forest Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked, a total loss.
Major repairs in 1862.
Sources : nsp,wl,rsl,hgl
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L.C. BUTTS
Other names : none
Official no. : 15850
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1872, T Arnold, E. Saginaw
Specs : 173x32x19 769g 731n
Date of loss : 1891, Oct 31
Place of loss : near Fish Isl., mouth of Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Driven into shallows by a storm and wrecked by wave action after breaking loose from the steamer NIAGARA. Her crew was rescued after much hardship to both them and the U.S. Lifeasaving crew. Salvagers put pump after pump aboard to try and save her, but she broke in two and became a total loss of about $66,000.
Sources : mv,eas,vbs,wb,sbs,slh,h,hgl,sb,rsl,hcgl,wgts,nsp
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JOHN BY
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sternwheel steamer, wood, passenger & freight
Build info : 1832, John Kirby, Kingston, Ont.
Specs : 110×26 ft 100 t.
Date of loss : 1833, Oct (ca. 25th)
Place of loss : near Port Credit, a few miles from Toronto
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked on shore. She was one of the earliest sternwheelers on the lakes, and her miserable handling characteristics on open water made her one of the only ones. She had a regular route between York (Toronto) and Kingston.
Her high pressure steam engine, one of the 1st on the lakes, was described by one traveler as being “built for roasting passengers.”
Sources : eluc,csv(s2),mmgl,mpl,rp,hr
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BYRON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?, Burmeister, Manitowoc
Specs : 180 t. om
Date of loss : 1867, May 8
Place of loss : near Amsterdam, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : salt, general freight
Detail : She capsized and went to the bottom after colliding with the schooner CANTON. Her crew was rescued. Out of Manitowoc.
Sources : nsp,hgl,bb,whs,hr
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BYTOWN
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & freight
Build info : 1836, Kingston, Ont
Specs : 123 t.
Date of loss : 1837, Oct 25
Place of loss : at Kingston
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She lying at her dock, Counter’s Wharf , ready to depart, when she was caught by a gale.She was driven ashore and pounded in to a wreck. Master: Capt. Bowen.. Note: a newspaper clipping of Nov., 1837 has her hauled out on the Kingston Marine Railway between August and November, 1837, for repairs.
Sources : csv,hgl,pdw,wmn not in mmgl
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