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H 24
Other names : ? probably launched under a different name
Official no. : C134199
Type at loss : ?
Build info : 1898, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Specs : 68x24x8, 154 t.
Date of loss : 1913, Jul 3
Place of loss : near harbor at Kincardine, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered, no detail.
Built or acquired from foreign sources about 1913
Registered out of Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
Sources : h,win,hr
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H. AND G.
Other names : also seen as H & E
Official no. : 42376
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1870, P. Hitchcock, Bangor, MI
Specs : 132x28x10, 309 g
Date of loss : 1879, Dec 7
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered Feb 28, 1880, annotated “Wrecked 12-7-79.”
Out of Bay City, owned by R.J. Carney.
Sources : phr,vbs
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H. B.
Other names : none
Official no. : C96862
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 3-mast
Build info : 1890, D Tait, Montreal
Specs : 171x34x13, 541 t.
Date of loss : 1912, Oct 17*
Place of loss : off Main Duck Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 of 7
Carrying : coal
Detail : She broke loose from the tug WILLIAM PROCTOR in a storm and was driven on a reef. She broke up and became a total loss of $12,012 for vessel and cargo. In tandem with JAMES BUCKLEY(qv) and MENOMINEE. The lost included the captain’s wife & daughter. Registered out of Prescott, Ont., bound Oswego for Montreal.
*Oct 12 also given as date.
Sources : win,ns2,h,osdo,dmt,hr
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H.J.D. No. 1 – See FINGLO
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ALICE HACKETT
Other names : (none)
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 60 t.
Date of loss : 1828, Nov 4
Place of loss : Fitzwilliam Isl. mouth of Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life : none
Carrying : passengers, household goods and livestock
Detail : Intoxicated crew drove her ashore on the southern end of the island, where she broke up (reputedly). Crew was freely embibing on liquor being trasported by the local barkeep. HACKETT had been evacuating the military base at Drummond Island to Pentanguishene for the government. Probably owned and sailed by James Hackett
Sources : slh,is,dr not in mmgl
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BOB HACKETT
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1868, J.P. Jones, Amherstburg, Ont.
Specs : 92×15 134gc
Date of loss : 1885, Sep 8
Place of loss : near Bois Blanc [Bob-Lo] Isl.
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Collided with the prop ST. MAGNUS and sank in 16 ft. of water in about 3 minutes. The prop picked up the tug’s crew. Those on other vessels later reported that the ST. MAGNUS’ lights were too dim to be seen and a judge awarded damages to the tug, but this was later overturned – it was deemed that the tug had misunderstoood signals and cut in front of the steamer. Her boiler and engine were removed in May of 1886, and the hull was blown up. Owned at the time of the accident by Odette & Wherry of Windsor, Ont. and sailed by Capt. George Odette.
Changed owners many times, had several mishaps & fires, including three other sinkings within the five years previous.
Rebuilt in 1871-2, lengthened with 25′ center section.
Sources : mmgl,clu,nsp,csv,es,es3-2
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R.J. HACKETT
Other names : also seen as ROBERT HACKETT
Official no. : 21934
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1869, E.M. Peck, Cleveland
Specs : 211x33x19 1129g 922n
Date of loss : 1905, Nov 12
Place of loss : Whaleback Shoal, near Cedar R., Green bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded/fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 1400 t. coal
Detail : Bound for Marinette, WI from Cleveland, she stranded, and while trying to work herself loose, she caught fire and burned to the waterline. Her crew was rescued by the fish tug STEWART EDWARD. The Hackett’s remains later slipped off the reef into deeper water. Master and owner: Capt. H. C. McCallum.
Carried 1st load of iron ore into Cleveland in 1871.
First purpose-built fore-&-aft cabin bulk freighter [i.e. steam barge].
Major repairs in 1880, 81.
Sources : is(3-69),nsp,ns1,slh,hdm,mv,lmdc,lsp,mpl,eas,wgts,es
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ERIE L. HACKLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 135615
Type at loss : propeller, wood, coaster
Build info : 1882, J. Arnold, Muskegon
Specs : 79x17x5 55g 20n
Date of loss : 1903, Oct 3
Place of loss : Little Bay De Noc, off Menominee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 11 of 19
Carrying : general frt
Detail : Overwhelmed by a storm and sank.
Wreck located in 1980.
Some sources report that she was built as a yacht.
Sources : sol,smgl,is,h,lmdc,mv,mpl
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GEORGE G. HADLEY – See WILLIAM P. REND
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HENRY HAGER
Other names : also seen as HENRY HAGAR
Official no. : 11137
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1849, Jones & Bagnall, Buffalo
Specs : 174 t. (238 t. om)
Date of loss : 1868, Oct (19)
Place of loss : near Harrisville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound for Harrisville to pick up a cargo of lumber, she was driven ashore near her destination, and broke up over the next few days. Out of Buffalo.
Major repairs in 1861.
Sources : nsp,mv,rsl
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KITTIE HAIGHT
Other names : also seen as KITTIE HOIGHT
Official no. : C72956
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood [partially iron-framed]
Build info : 1874, E Haight, Buffalo
Specs : 65x17x8, 60gc 28nc
Date of loss : 1899, Sep
Place of loss : mid-lake
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by fire
Registered out of Sarnia
Built in U.S. specifically for Canadian buyers, not sold later.
Rebuilt in 1883
Sources : mmgl,slh,h,win,jmk
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HALCYON
Other names :
Official no. : none
Type at loss : twin-hulled [“SWATH”*] steel research vessel, diesel Limnological research vessel
Build info : 1986, RMI, Inc., (loc.?) hull #1
Specs : 60 ft.
Date of loss : 1996, Dec 2
Place of loss : Muskegon Lake
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : aquatic research gear
Detail : While she was tied to her regular moorings in Muskegon harbor, she sprang a leak and sank. Indications were that her watertight integrity had been compromised by some faulty internal modifications to her hull. She was raised – lifted bodily by crane, in fact – but declared a total loss and was laid up on dry land at Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI in May, 1998. She was declared surplus in July, 1999.
*acronym for “small waterplane area twin-hull” Master: Capt Bill Burns. Owned by National Oceanographic and Aeronautic Administration (NOAA), Dept.of Commerce.
Sources : rrc,nsp,ns
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E.B. HALE
Other names : none
Official no. : 135012
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1874, Quayle & Sons, Cleveland
Specs : 218x35x18 1186g 925n
Date of loss : 1897, Oct 9
Place of loss : 25 mi off Harrisville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : steel billets
Detail : While she was bound Lorain, Ohio, for Milwaukee, her heavy cargo shifted in big waves, disabling her engine and causing her to spring a leak and later sink bow first. The crew took to her boats and were rescued from the middle of the lake by the steamer NEBRASKA. Owned by M. A. Bradley, Cleveland. Master: Capt. James Lawless.
Sources : slh,lssc,sol,is,h,mv,lhdc,wb,hgl,mpl,jb,nsp
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JOHN P. HALE
Other names : also seen as J. P. HALE
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1852, Sheffield (Black River), OH
Specs : 78x18x4, 50 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Oct 30
Place of loss : at Ford’s Shoal, near Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Chicago for Oswego, she struck bottom, bilged and went ashore. Her crew climbed the rigging for safety and were rescued. The vessel MAY have been recovered. Owned by S. J. Holley, Oswego. Master: Capt. John Richardson.
Sources : osdo,hgl,nsp,rp,wl,ctw,blu[1856],mbw
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SAM HALE
Other names : built as REDICK, renamed before 1855
Official no. : 22345
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1847, S. Farman, Southport [Kenosha], Wis.
Specs : 118x24x11, 226 t.
Date of loss : 1868, Sep 22
Place of loss : Whalesback Shoal, Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound for Chicago, she struck the shoal. Most of her crew made it to shore, but two sailors left behind were aboard when the vessel broke up a few hours later. Both clung to floating wreckage and were picked up by passing vessels after a long drift. Out of Chicago.
Officially listed as a schooner before 1859.
Sources : hr,wgts,wl,rsl
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HALIFAX
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : brig (or schooner), wood
Build info : 1851, St Catharines, Ont.
Specs : 200 t.
Date of loss : 1854, Dec 5
Place of loss : Mexico Bay, a few miles below Port Ontario
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 2,800 bbl flour
Detail : Bound Toronto for Cape Vincent, NY, she anchored off Little Sandy Creek, NY, to ride out a gale. After two days her anchors slipped and she went ashore, where she became a total wreck. Her crew was rescued by small boat from shore.
Owned by John L Raney or Ranney, out of St. Catharines
Sources : nsp,hgl,clu,wmn,rnc
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E. HALL
Other names :
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1863, A. W. Shaw, Port Dover, Ont.
Specs : 85x20x8, 109 t.
Date of loss : 1879, Aug 15
Place of loss : 15 mi off Fair Haven, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Gananoque, Ont from Sodus, NY, she foundered and was a total loss. Worth about $1,000.
Owned by Eccles, Bowmanville, Ont. Master: Capt. David O’Hagan.
Sources : nsp,wmn,clu,mmgl
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FRED B. HALL
Other names : none
Official no. : 120757
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1883, Erie, PA
Specs : 50x10x5 15g 7n
Date of loss : 1909, Apr 15
Place of loss : near Susie Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Damaged by ice and sank.
Sources : gwgl,is,mv
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J. E. HALL
Other names : built as the schooner IMOGENE, renamed before 1869
Official no. : 13746*
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1863, B. Morgan, Henderson, NY
Specs : 39 t.
Date of loss : 1873, Dec 2
Place of loss : midway between Pultneyville and Bear Creek, NY, 1 mi offshore
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : 3,000 bu wheat
Detail : She was in tow of the tug CRUSADER, Charlotte, NY to Oswego, when she sprang a leak. The tug tried to tow her into shallow water, but she foundered too soon. She sank in about 6 fathoms of water, and for a few moments stood on her bowsprit with 10 feet of her after keel out of the water. Her crew abandoned in her yawl and were picked up by the tug. Owned by C. Ames & Co. Master: Capt. G. N. Spencer.
*Shows on an 1871 insurance list as a Canadian vessel
Rebuilt in 1870
Sources : rp,rsl,wl,nsp
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JAMES H. HALL
Other names : none
Official no. : 76553
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1885, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 92x22x7 100g 95n
Date of loss : 1916, Nov 7
Place of loss : near the mouth of Thunder Bay R., S of Alpena
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She burned to a total loss and was abandoned. One source says she struck a stone pier prior to burning.
She was equipped with an auxiliary gas engine, which is suspected of contributing to her loss.
Owned by D. Seavey of Escanaba.
Sources : stb,mv,mpl
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JESSIE HALL
Other names : none
Official no. : C70288
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1867, G. Notter (with VanSlyke), Buffalo US# 13300
Specs : 84x17x9, 57gc 29nc
Date of loss : 1936, Oct
Place of loss : near Thunder Bay, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered in her 69th year of operation.
Sold Canadian in 1874
Major repair in 1880.
Sources : mv,mmgl,csv,
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JOHN E. HALL
Other names : none
Official no. : 76790
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1889, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 139x29x11 343g 279n
Date of loss : 1902, Dec 14
Place of loss : N of Main Duck Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 9[all]
Carrying : coal
Detail : Towing barge JOHN R NOYES(qv), she was caught in a NE blizzard-gale. After days of struggle, she lost her barge, then ran for shelter. She swamped and foundered before she made it. NOYES was also lost. Bound Charlotte, NY, for Deseronto, Ont. Owned by T.D. Donovan, Oswego, NY. Master: Capt. Timothy Donovan(d).
Rebuilt, 1899.
Sources : sol,is,ns1,mv,osdo,mpl,rp,bbas
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MARCIA A. HALL
Other names : built as ADA; also seen as MARIA A. HALL, MERCIER E. HALL, M. A. HALL, MERCIE E. HALL, MAURICE A. HALL
Official no. : C71135
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1860, Cornell, Port Dover, Ont.
Specs : 76x16x7, 72 t.
Date of loss : 1895, Jul 21
Place of loss : not reported
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : This small schooner foundered in a squall. Her crew made it away in her yawl, but the oars were lost when that capsized. The men were finally picked up the next day by the tug EVELYN. Official document surrendered in 1897 marked “Lost in 1895”
The captain/owner got the D.Ts, took a young crewman and went over the side in the yawl in 1880, claiming when rescued to have been accosted by pirates.
Rebuilt in 1872, 74, major repair in 1882.
Sources : polk,mmgl,wl,clu,hgl,wmn
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MINNIE HALL
Other names : none
Official no. : C90696
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1869, Simpson, St. Catharines Ont
Specs : 68x14x7 42gc
Date of loss : 1902, Jul 2
Place of loss : Mouth of Magnettawan R., near Byng Inlet
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by fire
Registered out of St. Catharines.
Rebuilt 1882.
One source says she was renamed MINITAGA in 1898.
Sources : mmgl,is,h,win,glmd
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STEPHEN C. HALL – See W.H. RITCHIE
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W.B. HALL – See ST. ANDREW
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R. HALLARAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 110434
Type at loss : schooner-barge, 3-mast built as a bark
Build info : 1880, J. Bailey, Toledo
Specs : 189x37x16 698g 663n
Date of loss : 1900, May 2
Place of loss : off Stannard Rock, 35 mi from mainland and 8 miles from the rock
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 1600 t iron ore
Detail : Bound Two Harbors for Conneaut, OH., she was lost from tow of the steamer M.M. DRAKE(qv) in heavy seas. DRAKE stood by and picked up her crew with great difficulty, then loitered in the area until the HALLARAN drifted off into the fog and presumably went down. Owned by James Corrigan, McKinney & Co of Cleveland. Master: Capt. C. H. Marsden.
Rebuilt the winter of 1899-1900.
Sources : is(1-71),gwgl,ns1,mv,nsp
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HALLIWELL, HALLOWELL – See HELLIWELL
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WILLIAM F. HALLSTEAD
Other names : none
Official no. : 81414
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood, fish
Build info : 1892, Buffalo as a yacht
Specs : 44x14x6, 18g 12n
Date of loss : 1906, Dec 8
Place of loss : near Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire and burned to a total loss. Out of Sandusky, Ohio
Variously described as a fish tug, towboat and passenger boat.
Sources : mv,hr,wmhs
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HALSTED
Other names : also seen as HALSTEAD
Official no. : 95260
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1873, T. Spears, Little Sturgeon Bay, WI as 3-mast schooner
Specs : 171x33x12 497g 472n
Date of loss : 1913, Nov 11
Place of loss : near Washington Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered in the “Big Storm” of 1913 and reported as a total loss. Later recovered, rebuilt in 1917 and abandoned in 1933.
Built as a lumber schooner.
Sources : sol,is,h,mv,mpl,glmd
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HAMILTON
Other names : built as merchant schooner DIANA. Often seen as just GENERAL HAMILTON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : armed schooner, wood, military vessel, 10 gun
Build info : 1809, Henry Eagle, Oswego, NY
Specs : 112 ft, 76 t.
Date of loss : 1813, Aug 8
Place of loss : N of the mouth of the Niagara R.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : many
Carrying : none
Detail : This warship foundered in a gale while lying at anchor with her fleetmate SCOURGE(qv), awaiting better weather to attack Toronto. The exact loss of life is unknown. Her wreck is considered to be one of the most significant in the Western Hemisphere, in terms of ship architecture. In command of Lieut Winter.
Discovered by sonar in 1975 and title transferred from the U.S. Navy to Canada in 1979. She was the subject of an experimental satellite TV show by Robert Ballard in 1990. The Cousteau organization has also been down on her.
An organization out of Port Dalhousie has spent years trying to raise the money to bring her up.
Sources : is(4-82,1-83),tv,hgl,mpl
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HAMILTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 11286
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, Crockett, Oswego, NY
Specs : 205g 157n?
Date of loss : 1873, Nov 14 or 15
Place of loss : 40 miles off South Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Overwhelmed by a storm and pounded to pieces well offshore after a struggle of several hours. Her cargo kept her afloat long enough for her crew to abandon her in the small boat, then she fell completely apart. The crew fought the storm for 33 hours before finally coming ashore. Master: Capt. H. L. Burch.
She was with the “Red Bird” line and reportedly had “a peculiar rig.”
Major repairs in 1860 after wrecking near Kingston, Ont., in 1859.
Sources : osdo,mv,nsp,rsl
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LILLY HAMILTON
Other names : also seen as LILY HAMILTON
Official no. : C71271
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1874, G. Pontine, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs : 137x26x11, 321gc 321nc
Date of loss : 1885, Aug 21
Place of loss : 20 mi SE of Cana Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 8
Carrying : 680 t. salt
Detail : Bound Kincardine for Milwaukee, she filled and foundered in a gale. Her crew worked hard to keep her afloat, but she went down shortly after they abandoned her in her yawl. Crew was adrift for 6 hours. Home port: Port Burwell. Owned by W.Y. Emery or Sutherland. Master: Capt. Stalker.
Major repairs in 1880 after sinking in Welland Canal.
Sources : win,clu,nsp,mmgl,hgl,hr,wgts
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GEO. HAMILTON – See JULIA SMITH
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HAMILTONIAN
Other names : built as steamer CHAMPION, renamed in 1946
Official no. : C103975
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, excursion
Build info : 1897, Geo. T. Davie & Co., Levis, Que.
Specs : 144x26x8 482 t.
Date of loss : 1952, Aug 30
Place of loss : foot of James St., Hamilton, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire and burned to a total loss. Remains scrapped at Hamilton in 1954.
A popular excursion steamer around to Hamilton & Toronto areas.
Sources : sol,h,csv,mmgl,hcgl,glmd
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NELLIE HAMMOND
Other names : none
Official no. : 130124
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1877, DePere, WI
Specs : 69x17x6 48g 45n
Date of loss : 1897, Oct 8
Place of loss : near mouth of White Lake, 10 mi N of Muskegon
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : wood slabs
Detail : She foundered just offshore in storm.
Also sunk off Racine, Apr 4, 1888.
One life was lost when she struck the breakwater at Muskegon in a gale Oct 28, 1892.
Sources : h,mv,nsp,hgl,usls
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HAMONIC
Other names : none
Official no. : C122553
Type at loss : propeller, steel, passenger steamer
Build info : 1909, Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ont. Hull #22
Specs : 350x50x24 5265gc 3295nc
Date of loss : 1945, Jul 17
Place of loss : at CSL dock at Pt Edward, near Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire from a burning dock and destroyed after 36 years as a popular cruise liner. Passengers and crew were rescued a few at a time by a dock crane after her skipper moved her away from the dock to keep her from catching fire. To no avail, as the blaze later destroyed her. Remains were later sold for scrapping at Windsor.
Owned by Canada Steamship Lines
Image from HCGL, photo at launch
Sources : mmgl,slh,sol,h,is,csv,win,mpl
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HAMPTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 11305
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1845, Asa Wilcox, Three Mile Bay [Pillar Pt.], NY
Specs : 115x23x9, 174 gt.
Date of loss : 1873, Sep 20
Place of loss : 8 mi off Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She waterlogged and fell to pieces offshore in a storm, a total loss. Her crewmen survived by building a makeshift raft and drifted for 12 hours until picked up by the passing schooner JO VILAS (qv). Out of Milwaukee. Master: Theodore Lane.
Also driven ashore and wrecked 4 miles S of New Buffalo, MI on Nov 21, 1857. Owned by E.K. Bruce at that time.
She was one of the largest vessels on the lakes when built
Sources : nsp,hgl,net,bb,mpl,mv,wgts,hr
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C.C. HAND
Other names : built as steamer R.E. SCHUCK, renamed in 1904
Official no. : 110860
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, Quayle & Son, Cleveland
Specs : 266x42x19 1868g 1524n
Date of loss : 1913, Oct 7
Place of loss : Big Summer Isl. off tip of Garden Peninsula, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 14
Carrying : coal
Detail : She stranded on Big Summer in fog, but was able to pull herself off and came to anchor nearby. Soon it was realized that she was afire, and burned to a total loss despite the efforts of her crew. She burned out and sank in 30 feet of water. Owned by F. C. Hackett, Detroit.
Sources : eas,ns2,lmdc,mpl,wgts
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GEORGE HAND
Other names : none
Official no. : 10998
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1868, Hitchcock, Buffalo
Specs : 35x13x6 25g 12n
Date of loss : 1888, Jun 9
Place of loss : in harbor at Oscoda, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss in the harbor. Owners: George Hand, plus Gratwick, Smith & Fryer Lumber Co.
Working over the wreck of Canadian prop ALGOMA(qv) at Little Schooner I. off Isle Royale, when she was blown ashore on Aug 9, 1886. Abandoned to underwriters, but later recovered.
Tug GEO. R. HAND(qv), often confused with this one, lasted much longer.
Sources : nsp,irs,sbs,mv,phr,lss,polk
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GEORGE R. HAND
Other names : none also seen as GEO. R. HAND [official]
Official no. : 85663
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1881, C. Gibson & Co., Buffalo
Specs : 60x16x9, 35g 17n
Date of loss : 1908, Jan 3
Place of loss : at Detroit
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire at the Great Lakes Engineering Works shipyard and burned to a total loss. Dismantled later that year, with her engine going into the new tug ECORSE.. Document surrendered at Port Huron 3/31/1908, annotated “burned, total loss.”
Sources : phr,mv,polk,glmd
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HANDY BOY
Other names : none
Official no. : 95682
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”
Build info : 1883, W.E. Hall, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs : 105 ft., 136g 107n
Date of loss : 1888, Sep 4
Place of loss : at Huron, OH, where she was sheltering
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lime
Detail : Caught fire while upbound, she was run to shore to save the crew, but burned to a total loss in the shallows. Spontaneous combustion in the cargo of lime probably caused the fire. Owned by Kelley’s Island Lime and Transport Co.
Sources : mv,ledc,nsp,hgl,mpl
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AUGUSTUS HANDY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 126x26x11, 338 t.
Date of loss : 1861, May 5
Place of loss : near Spectacle Reef, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 16,000 bu wheat
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo, she was caught in a gale and stranded on Spectacle Reef. Her crew was rescued by the prop CLEVELAND. HANDY later broke up. Owned by Rice, French & Co., Cleve. or R.H. Harmon
Sources : slh,hgl,ssm,mpl,wl,nsp
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T.P. HANDY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1849, Wm. Jones, Black R., OH
Specs : 117x24x9, 234g [om]
Date of loss : 1860, Oct 14
Place of loss : just S of Kenosha, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wagon wheels or light
Detail : She stranded and went to pieces south of the piers.
Also reported as heavily damaged in a fire in 1851.
Sources : lmdc,hgl,bb,hr,wls
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HANLAN
Other names : also seen as HANLON
Official no. : C80952
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1880, W. Redmond, Picton, Ont. *
Specs : 89x20x8, 104gc 97nc
Date of loss : 1895, Oct 9
Place of loss : off Bushy Island, near Belleville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She caught fire and burned to a total loss.
Out of Kingston, owned by Craig, Ritchie & Co., Belleville.
*built on the hull of the schooner MARY FOX, b. 1867, Dog Lake, Ont. by J. Harris
Sources : jb,clu,mmgl,wl,hgl,nsp
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D.R. HANNA
Other names : none
Official no. : 203676
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1906, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH hull# 346
Specs : 532x56x31, 7023g 5491n
Date of loss : 1919, May 16
Place of loss : 6 mi NNE of Thunder Bay Light
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none of 31
Carrying : grain
Detail : This big freighter collided with the steel steamer QUINCY A. SHAW, capsized and foundered. One of the largest vessels ever lost on the Lakes and the largest monetary loss up to that time. HANNA’s crew was rescued by SHAW. She sank in 90 ft of water. Out of Cleveland.
Sources : mv,eas,slh,sol,gsgl,ns2,lhdc,mpl
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HOWARD M. HANNA, Jr
Other names : later GLENSHEE(’15), MARQUETTE(’26), GODERICH(’27), renamed AGAWA in 1963, finished her career as LIONEL PARSONS, given that name in 1968.
Official no. : 134511
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1906, American Shipbuilding, Cleveland hull# 442
Specs : 480x54x30 5667g 3789n
Date of loss : 1913, Nov 11
Place of loss : Port Austin Reef, near Pte Aux Barques
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Driven on the reef by the “Big Storm” of 1913. Declared a constructive total loss immediately, but sold Canadian as a wreck and pulled off by Canadian salvager James Reid in 1914. Repaired at Collingwood and renamed GLENSHEE (C#134511). Sailed for many more profitable seasons until scrapped in 1983 at Thunder Bay, Ont.
Sources : eas,slh,lh,mol,gsgl,sol,is,mh,nsp,hcgl
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LEONARD HANNA
Other names : none
Official no. : 15832
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1872, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 190x34x14, 694g 660n
Date of loss : 1889, Oct 20
Place of loss : near NW side of S. Fox Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fog
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ore
Detail : Struck bottom in a dense fog and foundered. Hull and cargo worth $13,000. Owned by Hanna & Co., Cleveland.
Also reported ashore, wrecked and a total loss on Lake Michigan Oct 8, 1887.
Sources : mv,gwgl,lmdc,wb,hgl,sb,hr,wmn,jm,mr
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W.R. HANNA
Other names : also seen as WILLIAM R. HANNA
Official no. : 26669
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, W. Hanna, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 86x22x6 103g
Date of loss : 1886, Nov 14 (Oct 14?)
Place of loss : on Kelley’s Island’s north bay
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : limestone blocks
Detail : Caught in one of the great storms of the 1880’s she was driven shore by wind gusting to 60mph and wrecked, a total loss. She was owned by L. J. Seek, ice dealer of Toledo, and skippered by Capt. Frank Provonsha.
On Nov 5, 1880, bound Prentiss Bay for Toledo with 1,600 tamarack RR ties, she battled a storm for hours until she finally broached to 5 mi above Sand Beach. Lying on her beam ends with her crew clinging to the main rigging, she drifted by the Sand Beach breakwater only 500 feet offshore, but those who heard their cries for help could not see her in the dark. Finally, at first light, the propeller H. LOUELLA WORTHINGTON braved the dying storm and recued the crew. Owned by her skipper, Capt. Bedford, at this time. Thought to be a total loss, but soon purchased by Capt. Dix and recovered.
Bound Saugatuck for Chicago, she capsized in a squall off Milwaukee in mid-November, 1870. Her crew was rescued by the schooner TWO CHARLIES while the vessel herself was towed into Milwaukee harbor on her beam ends by the U.S. Revenue Cutter ANDREW JOHNSON. While lying in the harbor she was struck by the bark CLYDE and damaged further. Reported in newspapers as a total loss, she was later recovered. Owned out of Port Huron by A. H. Peer, her skipper.
Sources : sagl,www,hgl,rsl,wl,sip,nsp,gmw,ski,ewl
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JOHN W. HANNAFORD – See SHAMROCK
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HANNAH
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1836, Oswego, NY
Specs : 23 t.
Date of loss : 1844, Oct 18
Place of loss : 20 mi down from Malden (Amherstburg), Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : general merchandise, iron
Detail : Blown ashore in a gale with a cargo of valuable merchandise. She was upbound Oswego for Detroit at the time. 30 tons of cargo and some of her running gear was recovered. Out of Oswego.
Sources : rp,hgl,nsp,hr,jm
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PERRY HANNAH – See HANNAH PERRY
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HANOVER
Other names : none
Official no. : 11142
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1852, C. Stevens, Silver Creek, NY
Specs : 237 t.
Date of loss : 1867, Nov 7
Place of loss : Fish Creek, Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : light
Detail : She was reported ashore and total loss near Strawberry Reef. She was stripped and abandoned the day after stranding. The reef at the site is still named “Hanover Shoal”
Major repairs in 1865
Sources : nsp,rsl,hgl,jm,wmn,hr,wgts
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ANNA O. HANSON
Other names : none also seen as ANNIE O. HANSON
Official no. : 1811
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info : 1869, Sorensen, DePere, WI
Specs : 113x26x9 186g 177n
Date of loss : 1902, Mar 30
Place of loss : near Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore by ice floes and wrecked. She had tried an early-season run to take advantage of high sale prices for her cargo. Owned by C & J. Schulz of Two Rivers, WI.
Rebuilt, 1881. Major repair in 1870 after wrecking near Long Point Gut in November, 1869.
Image of vessel aground from GLMD
Sources : is,ns1,mv,mpl,hcgl,wmn,jm
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GEORGE HANSON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1851, St. Joseph, Mich
Specs : 53x15x5, 38 t. om
Date of loss : 1857, Apr 1
Place of loss : off Kenosha
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4 [incl. 3 Nichols brothers]
Carrying : wood
Detail : After a storm masts were discovered sticking out of the water off Kenosha and determined to be from this vessel, which was out in the storm and had not reported anywhere. She apparently capsized after leaving Racine. Out of Chicago.
Sources : hgl,wmn,bb,hr,wls
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J. HANSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 13761
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1867, Hanson, Detroit
Specs : 57x18x3, 31g
Date of loss : 1872, Jul 5
Place of loss : Port Huron, Mich
Lake : St. Clair R.
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 12,000 brick
Detail : She was lying at the Waterworks Dock, Port Huron [1.5 miles S of Lake Huron], when the steamer TOLEDO veered to avoid two tugs that were racing in the river. TOLEDO caught her propeller in an anchor line, lost her steering and rammed HANSON. Cut through amidships, the scow turned turtle and sank quickly. Document surrendered at Port Huron 11/3/1877, annotated “wrecked in 1872.”
Sources : phr,mv,wl,jb
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HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Cleveland
Specs : 36x10x5, 14 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Oct 13
Place of loss : at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ?
Detail : While trying to make Chicago harbor in a storm, she missed the piers and went on the breakwater 2 miles to the south. Most of her small crew were able to make their way to the breakwater, but one member, a boy, was washed back into the lake and drowned. The little schooner soon broke up, a total loss of $2,100.
Sources : blu[1856],wmhs,wl,wmn
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HARBINGER
Other names : none
Official no. : 211160
Type at loss : scow, steam piledriver
Build info : 1913, Erie, PA
Specs : 56x18x4, 33g 23n
Date of loss : 1928, Dec 9
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : ?
Detail : Destroyed by fire, no further detail.
Sources : h,mv,wmn,jm
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J. HARBRIDGE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1847, Sackett’s Harbor, NY
Specs : 94x21x10, 160 t.
Date of loss : 1862, Oct
Place of loss : near Kewaunee, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : She stranded in a storm and became a total loss. Out of Chicago.
Rebuilt in 1854 after burning at Oswego in a citywide fire the previous year. Enlarged at that time from 149 t.
Ashore in Maumee Bay, 1851; ashore near Genessee R. mouth, Dec., 1854; ashore and damaged in 1856; damaged in collision on L. Mich. in 1860; damaged in another collision off Grosse Point, L. Mich., in Jul, 1862
Sources : wmn,jm,wl,hr,wmhs,rp
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ANN HARKLEY
Other names : built as the propeller NICOLET, renamed I. L. or J. L. TUCKER about 1859, renamed NICOLET again about 1861; last name in 1865 also seen as ANN HARTLEY
Official no. : C53287
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1855, Calio or Calis, Nicolet [Three Rivers], Que. as a propeller
Specs : 195 t. [100x22x9, 234gc 158nc as a propeller]
Date of loss : 1866, Oct 11
Place of loss : off Cove Island
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 170 bbl whiskey, 50 bbl coal oil
Detail : She had stranded at Saugeen, Lake Huron, on the 2nd, but was “got off” with little damage. However, on the way to Owen Sound she struck a sunken rock near the Cove Island lighthouse and was holed. Her cargo was thrown overboard and drifted ashore without loss, but the vessel broke her back and became a total wreck. A month later the vessel’s mate accused her captain and owner of wrecking her on purpose, but he was later cleared. In May of 1867 the remains of the wreck washed up on Rabbit Island. Owned by Capt. Harkley, Toronto or Collingwood.
Rebuilt as a schooner in 1865-6
Sources : nsp,wmn,clu,csv
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HARLOW – See PRESTON
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EDWIN HARMON
Other names : none
Official no. : 8190
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1867, Shayler, Ashtabula, OH
Specs : 126x30x11, 285gt 268nt
Date of loss : 1887, Nov 9
Place of loss : Point Abino, near Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She broke away from her tow steamer OSWEGATCHIE(qv) and pounded to pieces on the point, a total loss. She had been in tandem with CHARLES HINCKLEY(qv). Homeport: Alpena. Owner: Gilchrist.
Sources : nsp,phr,mv,win,hgl,wes,wl,mr
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R.H. HARMON – See WAVETREE
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HARMONIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 11285
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1858, A Gaulet, Winebago, MI
Specs : 71x17x4, 39 t.
Date of loss : 1876, Jan 28
Place of loss : near Whitehall, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : unknown
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : ?
Detail : Went missing in a late winter run, South Haven to Racine, Wisconsin. In late March she was found washed up on the beach near Whitehall, completely encased in ice. Master and owner: John McDonough(d), South Haven
Sources : jb,nsp,mv,rsl,mb,md
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HARMONY
Other names : none
Official no. : 95191
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1872, A. A. Turner, Trenton, Mich
Specs : 152x28x12, 332 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Sep 16
Place of loss : Chicago harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : After being lost from the propeller CHARLES REITZ, she was driven around the end of the north pier in a storm and onto the recent wreck ONONDAGA. She sank to her decks and was pounded to pieces by the 20th. Her cargo and her own timbers mingled in a slurry on shore, and only part were saved. Owned by Reitz Lumber Co, Chicago.
Rebuilt at Chicago, 1874-5
Sources : nsp,hr
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ARTHUR B. HARMS – See RECORD
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HAROLD
Other names : none
Official no. : 96114
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info : 1891, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City hull # 45 as 3-mast schooner
Specs : 190x34x13 718g 683n
Date of loss : 1915, Nov 18
Place of loss : Nesterville, Ont., North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She caught fire while loading a lumber cargo and was scuttled off a nearby island, where she reportedly still lies.
Owned by Win Schlosser of Milwaukee
Image from Ralph Roberts collection
Sources : eas,vbs,mv,nsp,ns2,mpl
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JOHN HARPER
Other names : none
Official no. : 76879
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City hull #33
Specs : 298x40x21 1951g 1632n
Date of loss : 1914, Sep 29
Place of loss : at Sandwich, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire and was completely gutted, a constructive total loss. She was heavily damaged near Windsor in early August when she settled at her dock with her stern overhanging deep water and it broke off. She was being scrapped at the time of the blaze. Owned by Capts Willoughby and Baxter of Windsor. Formerly a well-known local coal-hauler at Windsor.
Sources : ns2,mv,vbs,mpl,hcgl,oo
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HARRIET ANN
Other names : (none)
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : (1856, Sheboygan, WI)
Specs : (115 t?)
Date of loss : 1859
Place of loss : off Ninemile Point, Eastern Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sunk, no detail available. Possibly recovered.
A vessel of this name was built on the hull of the schooner ROBERT BRUCE on Main Duck Isl., Lake Ont., in 1856 by Dyer and Walters.
Sources : csqw,slh,hgl,wmn,jm,wl not in mmgl
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HARRIET B
Other names : built as the carferry SHENANGO #2; renamed MUSKEGON, 1898; renamed PERE MARQUETTE 16, 1901
Official no. : 116695
Type at loss : unrigged barge, wood
Build info : 1895, Craig Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, OH
Specs : 298x54x17, 2340g 2072n
Date of loss : 1922, May 3
Place of loss : off Two Harbors, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pulpwood
Detail : Rammed by the steel freighter QUINCY A. SHAW (see D.R. HANNA) and sunk while anchored in the fog. She had been in tow of the steamer C.W. JACOB. Known as a hard-luck boat which had had many accidents, even in her days as a carferry.
Converted to a bulk freight steamer in 1918, and to a barge in 1921 after beaching with heavy damage near Ludington..
Sources : eas,mv,glc,gwgl,ns3,lss,mpl,hcgl
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HARRISON – see also GENERAL HARRISON
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C. HARRISON
Other names : often seen as CALEB HARRISON and that may have been her name earlier in her career
Official no. : 4569
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, Caleb Harrison or E. Euniack, Milwaukee
Specs : 94x24x8, 137 g.
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 30
Place of loss : Whitefish Bay, Wis., entrance to Sturgeon Bay canal
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : loading lumber
Detail : “Swept out of existence” during a storm while loading lumber at Whitefish Bay. She had attempted to put out to sea when the storm was seen approaching, but was driven ashore instead. Had recently been purchased for $50 from her original owner, Caleb Harrison.
Date of loss also given as Oct 16, location as “314 miles west of Bailey’s Harbor”, putting it near St. Paul, MN[!]
Sources : jb,hgl,umr,wl,mpl,wgts,nsp
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J.C. HARRISON
Other names : none
Official no. : C (?)
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1862, W. Crosthwaite, Buffalo US#12718
Specs : 47 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 29
Place of loss : near Sturgeon Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : With the tug COMPOUND, she was attempting to free the stranded schooner WELLS in big seas when the towline broke and became tangled in her screw. The tug became unmanageable and began to sink. Her crew made it to the COMPOUND, with the skipper abandoning only just before she went down. Master: Capt. Deusenbury.
Maybe sold Canadian, 1869
Sources : csv,hgl,rsl,nsp,lhl
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JAMES C. HARRISON
Other names : also seen as J.C. HARRISON
Official no. : 75285
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1870, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 186x31x8, 518g 492n
Date of loss : 1885, Oct 20
Place of loss : Fish Pt., S of Oscoda, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : Iron ore
Detail : Bound Marquette for Detroit, she grounded on Fish Point in a gale while trying to make Tawas Bay for shelter. Sank in 13 feet of water and later broke up. Her crew were in the rigging all night the 20th. Part of the Bradley Fleet out of Cleveland. Master: Capt. C. A. Dubois.
Rebuilt in 1878.
Sources : mv,slh,nsp,hgl
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WILLIAM H. HARRISON
Other names : also seen as GENERAL HARRISON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1839, Maumee [Perrysburg], OH
Specs : 154x22x10, 363 gt, 326 nt.
Date of loss : 1854, Jul [also given as June, 1851]
Place of loss : off Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded [storm?]
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She went on a bar a short distance south of Lake View House, and broke her back. Stripped and abandoned in early August. She was a total loss of $5,000.
Sources : nsp,lhl,hgl,eh,wl
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HARSEN
Other names : none
Official no. : C138572
Type at loss : barge, wood, sandsucker
Build info : 1916, Marine Iron Works, Duluth as a bulk freight barge* [US#166328]
Specs : 157(oa)x40x11, 561 t.
Date of loss : 1926, Sep 4
Place of loss : Pelee Passage, 3 mi N of Passage Isl. light
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : sand
Detail : The HARSEN sprung a bad leak just after starting for home, and the water came in so fast that the crew of ten men was forced to abandon her, but they had ample time to seek safety aboard a tug which was towing the craft.. Some time later the HARSEN turned completely over and floated bottom up. Her tug stood by for days until a buoy could be placed over her, as she lay in the main shipping channel. She was later towed away and abandoned. The boat was valued at $50,000. Owned by Cadwell Sand and Gravel Co. of Windsor, Ont.
*reportedly built of pine
Sold Canadian in 1919
Sources : ns3,h,win,mpl,oo
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HART – See also JUDGE HART
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A. E. HART
Other names : also seen as ASA HART, ASA E. HART
Official no. : 384
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1857, F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 141x30x12, 336 t. (445 t. [om])
Date of loss : 1869, Nov 18
Place of loss : near Hammond Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sank in a big gale, a total loss.
Homeport:Cleveland
An anchor with the name A.E. HART inscribed was found aboard the wreck of the schooner ARABIA(qv) near Tobermory in 1971.
There was also a tug ASA E. HART afloat at the same time (perhaps named JOHN GORDON by this time)
Sources : slh,mv,nsp,hgl,mpl,wl,rsl,mdwl
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C. HART
Other names : none
Official no. : 125589
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1877, Hart, Cheboygan
Specs : 60x14x6, 27g 26n
Date of loss : 1890, (Nov)
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered Nov 20, 1890, annotated “wrecked, total loss.”
Major repairs in 1881
Sources : phr,mv,polk
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EUGENE C. HART – See NORLOND
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FRANK W. HART – See SPARTA
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HARRIET A. HART
Other names : built as bulk freighter R.C. REID, renamed CITY OF LOUISVILLE in 1896, last renamed in 1902
Official no. : 110824
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1889, Jas. Elliott, Saugatuck, MI
Specs : 178x32x19, 554g 451n*
Date of loss : 1905, Jun 15
Place of loss : 3 mi S of Detour Light
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Mackinac Isl. for Detour, she caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank. Owned by Green Bay Transportation Co. of Green Bay. Master: Capt. Joseph Corrigan. Her machinery was purchased and recovered by Hackett Wrecking Co. for installation in the tug FRANK B. HACKETT.
She was owned by the Graham and Morton line when she burned January 18, 1901 at Benton Harbor. Her watchman died fighting the fire, which nearly destroyed her.
*built as a 129x26x10 460g 337n steambarge, lengthened, converted to passenger & pkg freighter in 1896.
Image as steambarge at her launch from GLMD
Image as passenger vessel, same source
Sources : lssc,slh,is,ns1,nsp,mpl,es
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HARTFORD
Other names : none also seen as H. HARTFORD
Official no. : 95229
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Linn & Co., Gibraltar, Mich. Master Carpenter: Morgan.
Specs : 138x26x11 323g 307n
Date of loss : 1894, Oct 11
Place of loss : Mexico Bay, E of Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 [all]
Carrying : 22,000 bu. wheat
Detail : Bound Detroit for Cape Vincent, NY ,she foundered in 40 feet of water. Later broken up by waves, ice, and the swelling of her cargo. An expedition was sent to raise her was sent the next spring, unsuccessfully. She was carrying a big cargo – reported in the press as a “bulkhead load.” The dead included the captain’s wife and child. Owned out of Clayton, NY by C. H. McKinley. Master: Capt. William O’Toole(d).
Sources : nsp,hgl,ledc,sol,h,osdo,rp,usls,es
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J. HAZARD HARTZELL
Other names : also seen as J. H. HARTZELL, some articles at the time of her launch called her REV. J. HAZARD HARTZELL
Official no. : 12714
Type at loss : schooner, wood 2-mast
Build info : 1863, H. J. Williams, Buffalo
Specs : 252 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Oct 16
Place of loss : 1 mi S of Frankfort, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 of 8
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound for Frankfort from L’Anse, she dragged anchor and was driven into the shallows in the “ALPENA Storm.” Her crew was rescued from the rigging by Pt. Betsie Lifesaving Service crew, except for the stewardess, who died in the foremast trees. Master and owner: Capt. W. A. Jones.
Rebuilt 1868 and 78
Sources : h,is,nsp,hgl,usls
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HARVEST HOME
Other names : none
Official no. : 11211
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1862, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs : 325 t.
Date of loss : 1876, Sep 7
Place of loss : 25-6 miles off Grand Haven, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm/hull failure
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : scrap iron
Detail : She sprung a leak after damaging her rigging in mid-lake and foundered. The nearby schooner GRACE M. FILER picked up her crew, but they refused to go on her to Chicago, and all but one rowed 25 miles to the Michigan shore. There were later accusations by part of the crew that the vessel was left to sink unnecessarily, that she could have been saved. Owned by Capt. Crowl of Cleveland. Master: Capt. James Niland.
Major repairs in 1875
Sources : nsp,mv,rsl,wmn
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HARVEST QUEEN
Other names : none
Official no. : 11201
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1863, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs : 299 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Sep 14
Place of loss : 25 mi SE of Presque Isle, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : hull failure?
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound Marquette for Lake Erie, she sprung a leak and foundered in deep water. Her insurance companies looked askance at the facts of her foundering in good weather, in a deep portion of the lake with no obstructions nearby. Homeport: Erie, PA and owned by her skipper, Capt. William Christie.
Also had major damage in stranding in 1871
Sources : mv,slh,hgl,rsl,nsp
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A.F. HARVEY – See CEDARVILLE
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J. M. HARVEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 77227
Type at loss : gas screw schooner
Build info : 1896, Chicago
Specs : 55x14x5, 22g 17n
Date of loss : 1908, Nov 23
Place of loss : at Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : vegetables
Detail : Stranded and wrecked. Out of Milwaukee, owned by Oswald.
Sources : mv,rs,whs
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J. S. HARVEY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, P. Beaupre, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 299 t.
Date of loss : 1865, Dec 8
Place of loss : near Little Salmon River
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4 of 9
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Chicago for Ogdensburg, NY, she became unmanagable and went ashore near dark. By the time a boat could be fetched from Port Ontario and pulled out to her, two of her crew had frozen to death, and two more later died of exposure. Part of her cargo was salvaged, but the HARVEY was a total loss.
She was also damaged by a collision in 1861.
Sources : nsp(rp),rsl,hgl,wmn
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LIZZIE HARVEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 165742
Type at loss : barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1914, I. Bushey, Brooklyn, NY
Specs : 110x30x12, 426g 426n
Date of loss : 1937, Nov 11
Place of loss : off Barcelona, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : sulfur
Detail : Sank from unreported causes. Three other sulfur-laden barges had been lost in the same area nine days earlier. Owned by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, New York, NY
Sources : h,ledc,mv,eas
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HARWICH
Other names : also seen in error as “Hairburch”(!)
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1846, Johnson & Tisdale, Ohio City, OH
Specs : 80x15x7, 74 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1858, Oct 18
Place of loss : just above False Presque Isle
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : lumber
Detail : The schooner INDUSTRY saw her near shore and in peril in a storm, and put in to assist, but by the time she arrived the vessel had gone to pieces with no survivors. She had been bound for Chicago. Out of Clayton, NY, owned by her skipper, Capt. W. W. Curran(d).
Sources : slh,hgl ,wl,nsp,wmn
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WILLIAM A. HASKELL – See JOYLAND
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WILLIAM M. HATCH
Other names : built as USCE tug #84, later EUGENIA A. MORAN
Official no. : 222457
Type at loss : oil propeller, steel
Build info : 1919, H. Wheeler, Brooklyn, NY
Specs : 81x27x10, 102g 72n
Date of loss : 1935, Oct 3
Place of loss : 12 mi off Pte Aux Pins, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered
Out of Detroit
Sources : ledc,mv,eas,wmn,jm,
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HATTIE – See also MARY HATTIE
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HATTIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 95692
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger excursion
Build info : 1882, G. W. Friend, Fair Haven, MI
Specs : 84x19x6 67g 53n
Date of loss : 1906, Jan 14
Place of loss : Courtright, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : ?
Detail : She burned at her dock, a total loss
Crushed against a dock by the steamers MASCOTTE and ROCHESTER, in Aug, 1903. Heavy damage.
Sources : nsp,mv,hcgl
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HAVANA
Other names : none
Official no. : 95116
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1871, A. Miller, Oswego, NY
Specs : 135x26x11 306 t.
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 3
Place of loss : 1 mi out, N of St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 of 7
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Overloaded, she foundered in a gale. The survivors climbed the rigging of the mainmast as she went down. This came loose and shot 25 ft. into the air, but the tug HANNAH SULLIVAN was there to take them off. SULLIVAN’s crew got lifesaving medals for their heroic efforts. The wreck was located by a crew looking for prop CHICORA(qv) in 1895. Owned by A. P Read of Kenosha. Master: Capt. John Curran(d).
Major repair in 1883.
Also ashore near Forester, MI, in July, 1885.
Sources : nsp,eas,osdo,sol,lmdc,wb,hgl,usls,sb,mpl,sip,jk,es3-1,lotl
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HAVRE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood. 2-mast
Build info : 1836, Jared Lockwood, Grand R. [Richmond] OH
Specs : 80x23x8, 135 t.
Date of loss : 1845, Nov 2
Place of loss : off Middle Isl. N of Thunder bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sunk, a total loss of $5,000. Owned by E. R. Hugunin, South Port, Wis., Master: Capt Fosdick.
Sources : slh,lh,hgl,wl,whs,bb
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M.C. HAWLEY – see CITY OF GREEN BAY
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R.K. HAWLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 110213
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1873, Lafrinier, Cleveland
Specs : 53x14x6 27g 14n
Date of loss : 1899, Dec 12
Place of loss : off Huron, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : hull failure?
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Sank while under tow of tug OSCAR STEADMAN bound Huron for Lorain, Oh. – may have already been disabled. STEADMAN took her crew off before she want down. Owned by Great Lakes Towing Co.
Rebuilt 1880, major repair 1882.
Sources : is,mv,wmn,jm,nsp
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DAN HAYES
Other names : none
Official no. : 35041
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1868, R. Hayes, Fairport, OH
Specs : 112x24x7 146g 139n
Date of loss : 1898, Aug 3
Place of loss : 12 mi out of Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : bark
Detail : She sprang a leak off Fox Point and, despite a five-hour battle by her crew, became waterlogged. The crew abandoned ship, and the schooner was towed in by the lifesaving crew and the tug SIMPSON. She was later dismantled in place. Out of Manistee, Mich., owned by her master, Capt. Oleson.
Rebuilt, 1882
Sources : h,mv,hgl,mpl
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KATE HAYES
Other names : also seen as KATE HAYS
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, E. K. Bruce, Buffalo
Specs : 130 ft., 349 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Jul 14
Place of loss : Spectacle Reef, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Oswego, NY., she struck the shoal and foundered on a calm and clear night. Her skipper claimed that his chart was in error, which apparently was the case. Her crew threw her cargo overboard to try to lighten her off, but she remained fast and broke up over the following few weeks. Her $34,000 loss – equivalent to $750,000 today – was cited as one justification for building the expensive Spectacle Reef Light. Owner: Lake Navigation Co.
Sources : gsgl,lhdc,hgl,nsp,ssm,mpl, blu[1856]
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R.B. HAYES
Other names : none
Official no. : 110338
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1877, Linn & Craig, Gibraltar, MI
Specs : 170x34x14, 669g 635n
Date of loss : 1893, Apr 21
Place of loss : inbound route for Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was lost or cut loose from the steamer A.P. WRIGHT, began to sink and was abandoned by her crew. She was later seen by the steamer ATLANTA, making good weather of it all by herself, but somewhere out on the lake she foundered, exact location not known – some say 15 mi SE of Kenosha. Out of Cleveland, owned by J. C. Gilchrist, et. al.
Sources : mv,nsp,polk,wb,hgl,mpl,sip,wls
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A.L. HAZELTON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1851, Chaumont, NY
Specs : 111 ft., 226 t.
Date of loss : 1860, Sep 8
Place of loss : about 10 miles off Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : staves
Detail : Bound Toledo for Buffalo, she became waterlogged and capsized in a gale while trying to run for Cleveland. Her crew clung to her overturned hull for five hours until rescued by the prop MARQUETTE.. Master: Capt. Sam Hastings.
Sources : sagl,nsp,hgl,nsp
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HEAD – See SIR EDMUND W. HEAD
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JOSEPH HEALD
Other names : colloquially called “Joe Heald”
Official no. : 75543
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1873, Pearsons, Ferrysburg, Mich.
Specs : 67x15x8 44g 22n
Date of loss : 1894, Sep 20
Place of loss : on White Lake, at Whitehall, Mich.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire at night when her crew was temporalily ashore, burned through her hawsers and drifted out into the lake. The USLS spotted her and towed her to shore where she burned to the waterline. Her homeport was White Lake, owned by C. Wakeman of Marinette, Wis.
Sources : h,mv,nsp,hgl,usls
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G.P. HEATH
Other names : none
Official no. : 85216
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”
Build info : 1872, McMillan, Saugatuck, MI
Specs : 94x22x8, 135g 117n
Date of loss : 1887, May 2 (1889 also given – in error)
Place of loss : off Sheboygan, WI [later towed in and abandoned near Black River]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 1 or 3
Carrying : hay
Detail : Bound Chicago for Kewaunee, WI, she was consumed by a fire which began in her cargo. Her wheelsman drowned while attempting to swim for shore. Owner: Eichmeyer, Sheboygan.
Rebuilt at Lockport, IL, in 1876 and in 1880 after stranding near St. Joseph, MI in Sep, ’79.
Sources : mv,h,lmdc,hgl,usls,mpl,bb,jd,nsp,hr
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CHARLES HEBARD
Other names : none
Official no. : 126491
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “lumber hooker”
Build info : 1888, J. Oades, Detroit
Specs : 184x34x14 764g 614n
Date of loss : 1902, Nov 29
Place of loss : Point Maimanse, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Downbound from W. Superior, WI, she was driven ashore and wrecked on the rocks. She had released her tow barges ALOHA, JOHN A. FRANCOMB and G.H. WARMINGTON before the loss. Two crewmen made it to shore in a small skiff and jury-rigged a breech’s buoy and saved the rest. HEBARD pounded to pieces where she sat. Master: Capt. George D. Ryan. Owner: Luther P Graves, Buffalo.
Sources : nsp,lssc,gwgl,lss,is,ns1,mpl,bbas
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HECTOR – See also ERIE BELLE
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HECTOR
Other names : built as GLENORA, renamed 1896
Official no. : C80699
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1882, Montreal Trans. Co., Kingston
Specs : 170x36x12, 576g 539n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 23
Place of loss : behind Nicholson Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : coal
Detail : She was in tow of the steamer JAMES A. WALKER(qv) with her sister KILDONAN, when all 3 foundered in a storm and were declared total losses. KILDONAN was later recovered but salvagers abandoned the fight to save HECTOR on November 8. Skipper of HECTOR, Capt. LaFrance, went down with his ship. Owner: Montreal Transportation Co., Montreal.
Sources : nsp,mmgl
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HECTOR
Other names : none
Official no. : 95816
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1884, Bay City, MI
Specs : 51x14x6 36g 34n
Date of loss : 1903, Aug 24
Place of loss : mouth of Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : abandoned in a sinking condition in a gale on Aug 21, 1903 – last seen drifting above Harbor Beach, MI on Aug 24.
Registry changed back and forth from commercial vessel to yacht.
Late in her career she was used as a training vessel by the Bay City and Saginaw Naval Militia.
Sources : vbs,nsp,slh,phr
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BETTY HEDGER
Other names : none
Official no. : 169369
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1925, Kingston, NY
Specs : 113x30x13, 460g 460n
Date of loss : 1937, Nov 2
Place of loss : off Barcelona, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : sulphur
Detail : Foundered along with barges AMERICAN SCOUT and AMERICAN SAILOR, the tow of the tug BALLENAS. Owned by New York Scow Corp., New York City, in 1934. She was located 4-5 miles offshore in the summer of 2001
Not much info on this seeming disaster.
Sources : h,bwb,mv
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R.R. HEFFERD
Other names : none
Official no. : 21827
Type at loss : tug, wood
Build info : 1868, T. W. Notter, Buffalo
Specs : 13 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Jun 14
Place of loss : Buffalo, NY, harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : explosion/fire
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : none
Detail : Suffered a boiler explosion, then burned to the waterline. Though later raised, she was considered to be of no further value.
Homeport: Buffalo. Master: Capt. Hand(d).
Sources : is,wl,nsp
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HEG – See COL. H. G. HEG
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JOHN HEISMAN – See DUNCAN CITY
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HELEN
Other names : none
Official no. : 95651
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1881, Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee*
Specs : 90x23x7 120g 114n
Date of loss : 1886, Nov 18
Place of loss : 3 mi N of Muskegon
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 (3)
Carrying : (lumber)
Detail : Bound Chicago for White Lake, MI, she was driven on a reef, capsized and wrecked. She was only a hundred yards from the beach, but most of her crew still perished. The dead included the captain, whom the the papers described as “a character in his way” and his wife.
Out of Muskegon. Master: Capt. John Von Thadden(d).
*May have been built as ULSTER at an earlier date, just rebuilt in 1881, but official number is for an “H.”
Sources : mv,nsp,h,lmdc,hgl,usls,mpl,hcgl
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HELEN B.
Other names : none
Official no. : 209397
Type at loss : gas screw fish tug, wood
Build info : 1905, Manitowoc, Wis.
Specs : 33x9x3, 11g 7n
Date of loss : 1936, Oct 11
Place of loss : off Gull Island 20 mi SE of Manistique, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none [four fisherman rescued by the freighter]
Carrying : 1800 pounds of whitefish and trout, and 18 boxes of nets
Detail : Run down by the steel freighter ALEX B. UHRIG [ex-CENTURION] of the Reiss Fleet, Sheboygan, WI. The tug splintered and sank immediately, but her crew was picked up by the UHRIG. Master and owner: Capt. Felix Pearson, Seoul Choix, Mich. and homeport at Soo, Mich. The accident was reported by Capt. W. C. Pringle of the UHRIG at Sault Ste Marie.
Sources : slh,hcgl,paf,mv,nsp
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HELEN C
Other names : built as QUEBEC, renamed F.E. SPINNER in 1886, renamed HELEN C in 1902
Official no. : 120654
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1874, Simpson & Chisholm, Chatham, Ont. C# 71212
Specs : 186x35x12 1003g 778n
Date of loss : 1922, Oct 14
Place of loss : Thunder Bay, near Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She foundered in a storm, was later raised but abandoned as a constructive total loss.
Built as a passenger & package freight propeller, converted to bulker in 1900 at Collingwood.
Stranded & wrecked on Magnetic Reef, Geo. Bay, 1885, rebuilt.
Sank in the Devil’s Gap, St. Mary’s R. in July, 1885. Recovered the next summer and was being towed Collingwood to Detroit by the Canadian tug INTERNATIONAL when she was struck by a storm and was put ashore near Presque Isle, Michigan, to save her. Because of U.S./Canadian towing laws, the Canadian tug was unable to extricate her from U.S. waters and she was sold U.S. where she lay, and thoroughly rebuilt. Sank again near the same spot in the St. Mary’s R. in Oct, 1900, and raised from 125 feet of water, one of the deepest successful salvage operations to that time. The 1886 salvage was also the deepest salvage of THAT era.
Sources : mv,eas,ns3,mmgl,slh,is,mpl,es
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HELENA – See OCEAN, AMBOY
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HELENA
Other names : none
Official no. : 95970
Type at loss : propeller, wood, floating grain elevator
Build info : 1888, Rieboldt and Wolter, Sheboygan, Wis
Specs : 275x40x20, 2083g 1578n
Date of loss : 1918, Sep 17
Place of loss : Hen & Chicks Reef
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none of 22
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Toledo, she struck the reef and jammed fast, with heavy damage to her bottom. She was released by the wrecker PHILETUS SAWYER a month later, and was towed to Toledo, where she was declared a constructive total loss. Her hull was later filled in for a dock at Toledo.
Rebuilt from a bulker to a floating grain elevator at Chicago in 1913.
Image as grain elevator, same source
Sources : hcgl,mv,gls,wr,hr
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HELIGOLAND
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1851, Lafrance(sic) & Stevenson, Ohio City, OH
Specs : 83x19x8, 109 g
Date of loss : 1865, Oct 30
Place of loss : near Muskegon
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore at the mouth of the Muskegon R. and wrecked, a total loss.
Owned by Burke of Kenosha, WI
Sources : nsp,wl,hgl,rsl
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HELLIWELL
Other names : also seen as HALLOWELL, built on the hull of the 1843 American steamer NEW YORK
Official no. : C
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1854, St. Catharines, Ont
Specs : (NEW YORK’s hull was 152 t.)
Date of loss : 1855, Dec 2
Place of loss : head of Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 from another vessel
Carrying : lumber and supplies
Detail : Went ashore while bound for Chicago. Capt. and two crewmen from the schooner LOWLAND LASS lost their lives trying to rescue her crew. HELLIWELL’s crew survived.
Out of St. Catharines
Sources : nsp,wmn,lhl
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E. HENDERSON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1845, G. Barber, Milwaukee
Specs : 105 t.
Date of loss : 1861, Aug
Place of loss : off Waukegan, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : “lost”
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail. Out of Chicago
Sources : is,hgl,wmn
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HENNEPIN
Other names : built as steamer GEORGE H. DYER, renamed in 1898
Official no. : 86016
Type at loss : propeller, wood, self-unloading bulk freighter
Build info : 1888, Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs : 209x35x22 1372g 1086n
Date of loss : 1927, Aug 18
Place of loss : a few mi off South Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sank in a storm while in tow from Chicago to Grand Haven, Mich. The wreck was located in the summer of 2006.
Burned at a dock fire at Buffalo Jul 2, 1901 and declared total loss, but rebuilt and converted from a package freighter to a bulker.
She was converted to a self-unloader during her career, reportedly the first such conversion on the lakes.
Sources : ns3,mv,nsp,hcgl
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ANNA HENRY
Other names : none
Official no. : 1801
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1867, Erie, PA
Specs : 214 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 4
Place of loss : midlake off Racine
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm/hull failure
Loss of life : none of 8
Carrying : 350 t. pig iron
Detail : Left Chicago for Hamilton, Ont. on the 2nd, and ran into a stiff gale off Little Sable Point. She put about and ran for Racine, where she had her sails and other damage repaired. Out again on the 4th, she began to leak heavily. Within an hour her crew abandoned ship for the schooner GEORGE STEELE, which had been standing by. She sank in deep water. Out of Erie, PA, owned by Shepard & Henry and sailed by Capt. A. F. Shepherd.
Sources : nsp,hgl,hr,wls
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PATRICK HENRY
Other names : none
Official no. : 150235
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1881, Smith & Murphy, Cleveland
Specs : 65x16x8, 35g 18n
Date of loss : 1887, Aug 12
Place of loss : abreast of Vermilion, OH, near lighthouse
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : unknown
Loss of life : 1 of 4
Carrying : barge in tow
Detail : She sank while towing the unfinished barge JOSEPH P. FARNAN.(qv). Raised on Sep 2, but lost again in a squall. Raised a third time on Sep 7 and towed to Vermilion, where her machinery was removed and the hull abandoned. Out of Cleveland, owned by L.P. & J.A. Smith.
Sources : mv,nsp,h,hgl,usls,es3-1,hr
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WILLIAM HENRY
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
Specs : small
Date of loss : 1855, Jul 21
Place of loss : midlake between St. Joseph and Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : staves
Detail : Capsized in a squall or storm while bound St. Joseph for Chicago. Her two crewmen and the ship’s dog escaped in her small yawl and drifted for five days. When picked up by the scow SACHEM, the men reported that they were just on the verge of eating the dog.
Sources : nsp,wmn
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HERALD
Other names : none
Official no. : 11183
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1847, Wm. Jones, Black R. OH
Specs : 108x24x9, 174 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Nov 17
Place of loss : near Grand Haven, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood
Detail : She drove ashore in a gale and was wrecked near the north pier at Grand Haven. Her insurance ocmpany quickly settled up for $4,000 of the vessel’s $5,000 value, then sold her off the beach for $1,000. Master: Capt. G. Hallerson. Out of Chicago.
She capsized in a gale a few miles N of Chicago and drifted ashore near Waukegan on Sep 11, 1853. The crewmen, who had lashed themselves to the rigging, were rescued by people from Waukegan. Declared a total loss but recovered, perhaps not until several years later.
Maybe the same vessel which went ashore in Oswego harbor in Nov, 1855 with a cargo of rye.
Sources : nsp,hgl,mv,wl,rsl,jb,cbt
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HERALD
Other names : built as prop JENNIE BRISCOE(qv), renamed before 1876
Official no. : C61138
Type at loss : propeller scow, wood
Build info : 1870, Campbell & Owen, Detroit US# ?
Specs : 94×22, 73 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Nov. 2
Place of loss : 1 mi off Port Stanley, Ont. or off Lachine, Ont [St. Lawrence R.]
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sank following a collision with the propeller OCEAN. A judge later decided that the steamer was at fault.
Rebuilt after sinking in a gale near Port Stanley, Apr 15, 1876 & relaunched 1877.
Rebuilt in 1873 [sunk in a collision with the prop DUNKIRK, L. Huron, in July – 1 life lost], and enlarged.
Canadian records say she was sold Canadian in 1871, but she was owned and mastered by Richard Hawley, Jr., Detroit, at the time of the 1876 wreck.
Sources : mmgl,h,csv,win,nsp
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GEORGE HERBERT
Other names : none
Official no. : 162471
Type at loss : scow-barge, wood
Build info : 1902, Duluth
Specs : 362 t.
Date of loss : 1905, Nov 28
Place of loss : near Two Islands, Ont., North Shore
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 of 5
Carrying : none
Detail : She was enroute with provisions for a shoreside lumber camp, in tow of the tug F.W. GILLETT when wrecked in a storm. The two had been sheltering at anchor for 10 hours when the HERBERT broke her anchor cable and drove ashore. This storm is known as the “Big Blow of 1905” or “The MATAAFA Storm.”
One source says she was enroute to lighten the propeller FAVORITE.
Sources : eas,gwgl,mol,is,sol,h,mv,lss,wmhs
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HERCULES
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1815, Sandusky Bay, OH
Specs : 54x18x7, 60 t.
Date of loss : 1818, Oct 3
Place of loss : mouth of Calumet R. [IL]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 [all]
Carrying : barrelled whiskey and general merchandise
Detail : She was driven on the beach and wrecked by gale. Bodies of the crew and the one passenger were reportedly devoured by wild animals. In the summer of 1825 her upside-down hull washed ashore near Chicago. Master: Capt. Ebenezer Church(d).
One source says she was the 1st decked vessel regularly operating on Lake Michigan and another that she was the first large vessel wrecked on the lake.
Reports of this vessel’s loss mention another small schooner lost to Indian attack at Chicago in 1812.
Sources : mol,is,sol,lmdc,hgl,nsp,wl
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HERCULES
Other names : ?
Official no. : (42217)
Type at loss : barge (or scow)
Build info : (1867, F. Martin, Algonac)
Specs : (139x25x8, 195 t. or 120 t.)
Date of loss : 1870
Place of loss : mid-lake
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : ?
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail. Document of 42217 was surrendered in 1879, annotated “vessel lost.”
A scow-schooner of 90 t. ,out of Chicago, #11853, is in ’69 MV, along with the Algonac barge above. Lasted to 1895 at least. See below (1883) for barge above
There is speculation that this vessel was the 1843 propeller HERCULES, rebuilt at Algonac in 1867.
Sources : mv,slh,(is),hgl,hcgl
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HERCULES
Other names : none sometimes seen as HERCULES NO. 2
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, tug and freighter
Build info : 1858, H. Roney, Garden Island, Ont.
Specs : 172x26x12, 331 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Dec 19
Place of loss : at Garden Isl., Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 1 between the two vessels
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was destroyed by fire while lying to at the Calvin Shipyard, alosng with the steamer HIGHLANDER.
See also HIGHLANDER.
Registered out of Kingston.
Sources : mmgl,clu,csv,hgl,dmt
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HERCULES
Other names : none
Official no. : 42217
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1843, Carrick & Bidwell, Buffalo as a propeller
Specs : 139x25x8, 195 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Jun 6
Place of loss : in south bend of St. Clair R., near Algonac
Lake : St. Clair R.
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was upbound under her own sail when the prop CLARION(qv), overtaking, collided with her in broad daylight. She drifted to the bank, capsized and sank. CLARION was found to be at fault. She was in shallow water, but the vessel was 40 years old at the time and there is no record of her recovery. Owned by J. M. Jones, Detroit
Rebuilt from a propeller to a schooner barge at Algonac, Mich, in 1867. She was reportedly the 2nd propeller to ply the lakes, after the VANDALIA. Early in her career her hull was painted in a red, white and blue checkerboard pattern to match the shoreside store of her owners, the Hollister Bros. of Detroit..
Sources : st,wmn,nsp,edd
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HERCULES
Other names : none
Official no. : 11853
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Joseph Jenkins, Detroit
Specs : 85x24x7, 90g 85n
Date of loss : 1886, Jul 14
Place of loss : near Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : bark
Detail : Bound for Milwaukee, she capsized and wrecked near shore in a violent summer storm. Her crew was rescued by the tug SHEBOYGAN. Wreck came ashore at South Pt.
Owned out of Cheboygan, MI
Sources : mv,nsp,eas,h,lmdc,wb,nb,hgl,hr,wl
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HERCULES
Other names : none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1863, A.M. Robertson, Hamilton, Ont. as a brigantine
Specs : 106x23x11, 222 t.
Date of loss : 1892, Nov 7
Place of loss : 100 ft. from the lighthouse at Michael’s Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Penetanguishene for Sarnia, she went ashore and wrecked – the only casualty was the woman cook. Location is on west shore of Manitoulin Isl. Master: Capt. Joe Glass. Out of Sarnia, owned by Finlay McGibbon or W. Y. Emery.
Built on bottom of 1857 schooner VICTORIA
Sources : mmgl,clu,slh,h,nsp,win,jb,nsp
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HERCULES
Other names : none
Official no. : 95271
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1866, Tripp, E. Saginaw as a sidewheel tug
Specs : 78x15x7, 62g 32n
Date of loss : 1893, Spring
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Destroyed by fire at an unreported site. Owned out of Port Huron.
Converted from sidewheeler to propeller in about 1884.
Sources : vbs,phr,polk,hgl
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HERCULES
Other names : none
Official no. : 162227
Type at loss : dredge, wood
Build info : 1904, Detroit
Specs : 115x40x12, 559gt, 495nt
Date of loss : 1932, Dec 23
Place of loss : north of Tawas Light, near Au Sable Pt.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : gear
Detail : No detail. Owned by M. Sullivan Dredging, Detroit.
Sources : eas,slh,mv
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PAT HERNER
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 125 ft.
Date of loss : 1854
Place of loss : Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She burned to a total loss in the harbor. Later stripped, towed out and scuttled 2 miles out.
Wreck reportedly located in 1976.
On little eveidence except that this vessel doesn’t appear on any reliable lists, I suspect that she is the brig or former brig PATRICK HENRY, built 1846, Euclid, Ohio, and drops off registry in 1849.
Sources : lmdc,web,wmhs
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HERO
Other names : none
Official no. : 11300
Type at loss : schooner, wood,2-mast
Build info : 1848, Cleveland
Specs : 96x19x7, 59 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Aug 6
Place of loss : 2 mi from piers at Holland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood
Detail : Bound Detroit for Chicago, she was attempting to enter the harbor at Holland, when she went out of control and was driven on the beach . Her crew abandoned in her yawl. The small boat capsized, but they were miraculously able to make it to shore safely.
Out of Chicago, owned and sailed by Ole Johnson
Rebuilt in 1859
Maybe same vessel as reported ashore and total wreck on Long Point, Lake Erie, in Sep. 1848.
Sources : jb,wmn,,mv,wl,rsl,nsp
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HERO
Other names : none
Official no. : C77568
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1878, Girard*, Sorel, Que.
Specs : 127x20x7 342gc 199nc
Date of loss : 1901, Jun 19**
Place of loss : at dock at Belleville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by a fire which was reportedly started by a stroke of lightning [also reported as a boiler or lamp explosion]. Out of Kingston.
A popular passenger & freight boat.
**Also given as June 10 and 14. Official record is illegible.
*builder also seen as Beauchauier et fils, Sorel.
rebuilt 1885, originally 306 t.
Sources : csqw,mmgl,nsp,csv,h,ns1,win,hcgl,jmk
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HERON BAY – See AGAWA
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HERRING KING
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : fishing tug, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : small
Date of loss : 1917, Sep 20
Place of loss : offshore, near Sand Isl., Apostles
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 1 of 2
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire by the backfiring of her engine. One crewman was rescued by the small packet L. GOLDISH (qv)
Sources : is(3-67)
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P.S. HERSORDT
Other names : built as RUTH B. also seen as P.S. HIESORDT
Official no. : C92286
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1887, J. Simpson, Owen Sound, Ont
Specs : 66x16x6, 45gc 31nc
Date of loss : 1937, Dec 5
Place of loss : Thames R. below Chatham, Ont.
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Struck a bridge and sank, a total loss.
Renamed in 1921
Sources : mmgl,h,hcgl
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HERZYNIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 11193
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1864, Cleveland
Specs : 117 t.
Date of loss : 1867, Oct 12
Place of loss : near Port Stanley
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : hickory lumber
Detail : This little sail craft waterlogged during the night, 15 miles off New Glasgow, Ont. Her crew eventually had to abandon ship in a leaky lifeboat, but made it ashore near New Glasgow and was aided by the people there. The hulk eventually came ashore 4 mi W of Port Stanley. Out of Cleveland. Master: Capt. W. P. Holley.
Alos ashore and expected to be a toal wreck at Collamer, Ohio in June of 1866.
Sources : nsp,wl,jk,wmhs,mv
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HESPER
Other names : none
Official no. : 96054
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, Ship Owner’s Dry Dock, Cleveland
Specs : 250x42x20 1858g 1540n
Date of loss : 1905, May 3
Place of loss : reef near Silver Bay, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Driven on reef by winds reported as reaching 60 mph, she broke in two and later slid into deep water. Bound for Two Harbors. High winds were complicated by heavy snows, but her crew made it to shore in her yawls, though one capsized in big rocks. Member of Bradley Fleet, Cleveland. Master: Capt. Heaton.
Sources : nsp,gwgl,is,ns1,mpl
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HERMAN H. HETTLER
Other names : built as steamer WALTER VAIL renamed in 1913
Official no. : 81263
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City hull# 34
Specs : 210x35x13 789g 536n
Date of loss : 1926, Nov 23
Place of loss : Trout Pt., W side of Grand Isl., near Munising, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : table salt
Detail : Heading for the shelter of Grand Island in a gale when she hit a reef and was wrecked. She broke up under the pounding of waves soon after. The wreck was later dynamited to level her.
Lengthened 10′ ft. at Duluth, 1906, formerly 726g 641n
Sources : eas,vbs,mv,ms,smgl,sol,is,ns3,h,net,mpl
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HIAWATHA – See also CABOTIA, OSPREY
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HIAWATHA
Other names : none
Official no. : 11181
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, F N Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 123x26x11, 308 t.
Date of loss : 1866, Oct 14
Place of loss : off Big Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : wheat
Detail : She collided with the propeller ONEIDA while bound Chicago for Buffalo and sank quickly, a loss of $32,000, vessel & cargo.
Out of Chicago and owned by Becker & Co.
Major repair in 1862.
This vessel is still listed on later official lists, but that may just be a clerical oversight, as her last document was from July, 1866.
Sources : nsp,rsl,hgl,wmn,mv,wmhs,glmd
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HIAWATHA
Other names : none
Official no. : C96904
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1890, T. Brian, Garden Isl. Ont
Specs : 170x30x12, 539gc 518nc
Date of loss : 1917, Sep 20
Place of loss : 8 mi off Yorkshire Isl. Ducks group
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 of 9
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Oswego for Montreal in tow of tug MAGNOLIA with barge HILDA, she foundered in a SW gale. While still in the tow-line, she started to fill, but her distress signal could not be heard by the others. The crew took to her yawl, while the skipper cut the towline and took to a hatch cover. Two women and a 4-month old baby were included in the lost, the skipper was only survivor.
Sources : csqw,mmgl,nsp,lodc,win
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W.B. HIBBARD
Other names : none
Official no. : 26234
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 119x26x10, 294 t.
Date of loss : 1867, Nov
Place of loss : near Southampton, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and broke up, a total loss. Out of Cleveland.
Lake Ontario is also given as the site of loss.
Also ashore near Racine with a cargo of iron ore in Dec, 1856 and declared a total loss. Pulled off the following spring.
Sources : slh,hgl,nsp,tol,blu,wls,wmhs
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HIBOU
Other names : built as quarantine vessel ALICE, renamed, 1928
Official no. : C122260
Type at loss : propeller, steel motor, pass. & package freight
Build info : 1907, Bertram Engine Works, Toronto
Specs : 122×26 559 gc
Date of loss : 1936, Nov 21
Place of loss : 4 mi out of Owen Sound, Ont., near Squaw Pt.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : cargo shift/storm
Loss of life : 7 of 17
Carrying : flour, gen merch
Detail : Her cargo shifted in high waves, causing her to fill and sink. Master: Capt. Norman McKay(d). She was recovered in 1942, rebuilt and sold foreign.
Foundered off Tocapila, Chile, Mar. 1953.
Rebuilt and shortened 4 ft in 1927.
Sources : mmgl,eas,is(4-59),lol,mol,slh,h,csv,nsp,win,mpl
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PAULINE HICKLER
Other names :
Official no. : 150610
Type at loss : propeller freighter, wood
Build info : 1892, Hickler, Buffalo, NY
Specs : 55x17x7, 50g 37n
Date of loss : 1921, Nov 26
Place of loss : north of Huron Lightship
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sank north of Port Huron, Michigan on Corsica Shoal. She was probably in tow at the time as she had no crew aboard. Owned by J.G. Mullen, Amherstburg, Ont, in 1919.
Sold Canadian in 1901(C111801), resold American in 1903, sold Canadian again in 1912, and American, probably for the last time in 1917. Vessels moving back and forth between two nations usually keep the official number assigned when they were first built and first moved.
Image from GLMD
Sources : mv,hr,wmn,wl,csv,mmgl,glmd
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HICKORY STICK
Other names : none
Official no. : 267265
Type at loss : salvage derrick-barge, steel
Build info : 1944, New Rochelle, NY
Specs : 110x30x8, 260 t.
Date of loss : 1958, Nov 29
Place of loss : off Avon Point, E of Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : concrete block
Detail : Foundered in a gale in 15-foot waves and 75 mph winds after being left at anchor by the tug BLACK MARLIN (qv). Wreck lies 1.75 mi, 23 degrees from the tank at Avon Pt. in 42 feet of water. The pair had been laying concrete block over an underwater cable. Owned by Dyche Salvage Co., Cleveland.
Image from Alchem Inc. Shipwreck Page
Sources : eas,glp,h,ledc,mpl,ja,ew
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C. HICKOX
Other names : none
Official no. : C103817
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1873, Henry Root, Black R. [Lorain], OH US# 125133
Specs : 131x25x9 208gc 141nc
Date of loss : 1906, Dec 2
Place of loss : near Main Duck Island
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She ran aground, then caught fire and was destroyed. Bound from Oswego for her homeport of Belleville, Ont. Master and owner: Capt. Smith.
Sold Canadian in 1906.
Sources : csqw,nsp,csv,mv,h,ns1,win,mmgl,do
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LEN HIGBY
Other names : none
Official no. : 14801
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1865, A.C. Stokes, Sheboygan, WI [or Cheboygan, MI]
Specs : 83x17x5 53g 50n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct
Place of loss : off Frankfort, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Drove in shallows in a storm and wrecked.
Though small, she was a well-known vessel on the lakes; she sailed for over 30 years. There is a well-known Lakes poem about her.
Some Official records say she was built at Cheboygan, MI
Rebuilt, 1880
Sources : phgl,mv,mpl,wl
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MARY L. HIGGIE – See HATTIE ESTELL
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HIGHLAND CHIEF
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1840, J. Randall, Port Credit
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1873, Sep 27
Place of loss : Toronto Harbor
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : stone
Detail : Wrecked while attempting to go through the “Gap” in a storm and sank near the 1856 wreck of the steamer MONARCH. This report is from an 1895 record of harbor clearance, but she is also shown on a 1873 wrecklist.
Sources : wmn,clu,nsp
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HIGHLAND MAID
Other names : none also seen as “Island Maid”
Official no. : 95575
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1879, W. McBurnie, Buffalo
Specs : 50x12x5, 17gc
Date of loss : 1885, Nov 26
Place of loss : off Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She capsized off Cleveland in a storm. At first her crew, consisting of the captain and his two sons, was reported drowned, but they later showed up in port. Master: Capt. Oliver. Owner: Fresney
She had been sold Canadian in 1883 (C#71237) and was returned to U.S. registry after drifting away from Rondeau, Ont., capsizing and being abandoned off Cleveland just a month before her final accident.
Sources : nsp,wmn,mmgl,hr,mr
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HIGHLANDER
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1843, St. Catharines
Specs : 100 t.
Date of loss : 1844, Oct 18
Place of loss : near Port Stanley
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : salt and merchandise
Detail : She foundered in the biggest gale of the year while bound for Port Stanley. Her skipper, Capt. Jacques(d), was a newlywed.
Owned by Ranney of St. Catharines.
Sources : hr,jm,hgl,pdw
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HIGHLANDER
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1850, A. Cantin, Montreal
Specs : 173×40, 320 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Dec 9
Place of loss : at Garden Island, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 1 between the two vessels
Carrying : ?
Detail : Lying to at Garden Island, she caught fire and was destroyed, along with the steamer HERCULES(qv), a $30,000 loss.
Registered out of Prescott, Ont.
Rebuilt in 1865
Sources : mmgl,clu,csv,dmt,wl,nsp
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HILDA H.
Other names : none
Official no. : 204456
Type at loss : gas screw fish tug, wood
Build info : 1906, Ludington
Specs : 31x9x4, 10g 8n
Date of loss : 1913, Oct 27
Place of loss : at Ludington
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : gear
Detail : The fishing boat was lying at her dock on the peninsula when she was rammed by the maneuvering carferry PERE MARQUETTE 19 and badly damaged. Appears on the 1914 Merchant Vessels list of total losses. Owned by Axel Holmstrom, Ludington.
Sources : mv,nsp,hr
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CECELIA HILL
Other names : none
Official no. : 127154
Type at loss : propeller fish tug, wood
Build info : 1896, L. L. Hill, Fish Creek, Wis
Specs : 93x20x8, 44g
Date of loss : 1906, Apr 7
Place of loss : at Fish Creek, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire at her dock and burned to the waterline – cause unreported. The hulk was towed out and abandoned on the beach of Horseshoe Island and later moved to Sturgeon Bay, where she was stripped.
August 27 also given as the date of the fire.
Sources : wgts, hr,mv
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CHARLES B. HILL
Other names : built as DELAWARE (qv) renamed in 1888
Official no. : 6961
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1878, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 252x36x16 1732g 1527n
Date of loss : 1906, Nov 22
Place of loss : on beach near North Madison, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 21
Carrying : hard coal
Detail : She was bound Buffalo for Fairport, OH with the barge COMMODORE in tow. She dropped the barge in a gale and stranded. Master: Capt. Coleman. Owner: John J. Boland, Buffalo. Broke up the next spring.
As DELAWARE she was caught in a storm and stranded near Hammond Bay, Michigan [Straits] and declared a total loss, Oct 23, 1887. Rebuilt to HILL at a cost of $20,000. Possibly two DELAWAREs were wrecked in the fall of 1887. Several sources show a schooner lost Nov 25 on Lake Ontario. Date of this accident also given as Nov 25.
Sources : nsp,h,mv,ns1,mpl ,sb,usls,jb,ewe
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CLARA HILL
Other names : none
Official no. : 125753
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1879, Fairhaven, NY*
Specs : 45x12x5, 16g 15n
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 30
Place of loss : off Big Sandy lifesaving station
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : coal and salt
Detail : Bound for Oswego, NY, she attempted to come into Big Sandy Creek for shelter from the gale. Heavily iced, she struck bottom and drifted toward the beach. The USLS took her crew off just before she rolled over and broke up. Master: Capt. F. J. Rose. Out of Fairhaven, NY.
*converted from a yacht and relaunched in 1879
Sources : usls,mv,wmn,rp
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FLORA M. HILL
Other names : built as lighthouse tender DAHLIA, sold for private use and received this name, 1910
Official no. : 206265
Type at loss : propeller, iron, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1874, Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, PA
Specs : 131x26x20, 623g 353n
Date of loss : 1912, Mar 11
Place of loss : Chicago Harbor near 4-mile crib
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : brass auto headlamps
Detail : Caught in an ice floe, she burned, was crushed and sank.
Sold by the U.S. Gov’t to Hill Steamboat Line in 1909, converted to passenger/package freight prop in 1910.
Owned by Northern Michigan Transportation Co.
Sources : eas,mv,ns2,lmdc,mpl
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FRED. HILL
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, J. M. Jones, Milwaukee
Specs : 109x28x9, 268 t.
Date of loss : 1863, Nov (27)
Place of loss : N. Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber, salt
Detail : Bound Saginaw for Milwaukee and Chicago, she ran ashore and was abandoned. Master: Capt. J. D. McGraw. Supposedly she was to be rescued in the spring, but there is no evidence that she ever ran again.
She went high on the beach at Rondeau, Ont., L. Erie in October of the same year.
Sources : nsp,hgl,is
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JOHN J. HILL
Other names : none
Official no. : 13719
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1864, J. J. Hill, Pultneyville, NY
Specs : 91 ft., 90g 85n
Date of loss : 1885, Jun 22
Place of loss : near harbor entrance at Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : limestone
Detail : She ran against a pier while entering the harbor and stove a large hole in her bottom. She sank quickly in 18 feet of water. Owned by Peterson, Cleveland.
Sources : mv,h,hgl,wl,es,mr
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MARIA HILLIARD
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1844, Jas. Averill, Chicago
Specs : 112x24x8, 195 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Oct
Place of loss : Death’s Door, mouth of Green Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded on a bar and wrecked.
Sources : gsgl,is,hgl,wl,blu
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HINCKLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 96578
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “rabbit”
Build info : 1901, F. Phelps, Chaumont, NY
Specs : 114x24x11, 211gt 177nt
Date of loss : 1929, Jul 29
Place of loss : near Stony Point, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 375 t. coal
Detail : Bound Fairhaven, NY for Gananoque. She sprang a leak and stopped at Oswego for pumps. After she got underway again, the leak still increased and she was put ashore to keep her from sinking. Unsalvageable, she broke up a week later despite efforts to save her. Out of Oswego, owned for her entire career by Capt. A. R. Hinckley
One of the last wooden freighters to be built.
Sources : mv,lodc,ns3,osdo,mpl,rp
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CHARLES HINCKLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : 4365
Type at loss : barge or schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1862, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 137x26x12, 325 t.
Date of loss : 1887, Nov 9
Place of loss : Point Abino
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She stranded and became a total loss. She was the towmate of the barge EDWIN HARMON(qv) behind the steamer OSWEGATCHIE(qv). Owned by F.W. Gilchrist, out of Alpena.
Foundered and recovered on Lake Huron near Ossineke, MI, the previous November.
Shown as unrigged barge in ’84 mvus.
Major repair in 1878
Sources : mv,nsp,slh,phr,win,hgl,wmn
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HOMER H. HINE
Other names : none
Official no. : 42421
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1871, Fairport, Oh
Specs : 150 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Oct 30
Place of loss : off Sand Beach, Mich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was caught in a violent gale and began to sink. When she was up to her decks her crew was rescued by the schooner CLARA PARKER and the vessel abandoned. A few days later the hulk washed ashore below Pine Point, near Kincardine, Ont., where she became a total loss.
Probably out of Sandusky, Oh
Wrecked at Lorain, Oh, earlier the same season.
Sources : nsp,wmhs,hgl,polk
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FRANCIS HINTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 120754
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1889, Hansen & Scove, Manitowoc
Specs : 152x31x11 417g 331n
Date of loss : 1909, Nov 16
Place of loss : off Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 11
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Stranded and broke up close to Two Rivers.
Wreck located in 1985
Sources : eas,mv,ns1,h,lmdc,mv,mpl
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HIPPOCAMPUS
Other names : none
Official no. : 11819
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1867, St. Joseph, MI
Specs : 152 t.
Date of loss : 1868, Sep 8
Place of loss : off St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 25 or 26 of 41
Carrying : passengers and 7 or 8,000 baskets and boxes of peaches
Detail : Bound Benton Harbor for Chicago, she capsized at 3 a.m. and foundered in a gale. The survivors, most of whom had accumulated into a drifting group during the following day, were rescued by the scow TRIO after 24 hours adrift. The size of her cargo was hotly debated as it’s weight on the upper decks may have made the vessel top-heavy. Out of St. Joseph, Mich. Master: Capt. H. M. Brown. The wreck was located in 100 feet of water of St. Joseph in 1877.
Her name means “sea horse.”
Sources : mv,eas,sol,lhl,hgl,mpl,bcha,nsp
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HIPPOGRIFFE
Other names : also seen as HIPPOGRIFF
Official no. : 11143
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1864, Wm. Crosthwaite, Buffalo
Specs : 137x26x12, 295g.
Date of loss : 1877, Sep 27
Place of loss : 20 mi off Kenosha, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 20,000 bu oats
Detail : She had just left Chicago, bound for Buffalo in fine weather when she collided with the schooner EMMA A. COYNE, though the two had seen each other for some time before the crash. COYNE came alongside and picked up HIPPOGRIFFE’s crew a few minutes before the latter rolled over and dove for the bottom head first. The two vessels’ skippers were brothers. Master: Capt. Noah Sherwood. Owned by the Corrigan Bros., of Cleveland.
Rebuilt in the winter of 1874-5
Her name is for a mythological, half-horse, half-griffin creature.
Sources : nsp,hgl,mv,rsl,wls
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SAMUEL F. HODGE
Other names : none
Official no. : 115763
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1881, Detroit Dry Dock, Detroit hull# 43
Specs : 149x30x13 586g 466n
Date of loss : 1896, Jul 5
Place of loss : midlake off Oak Orchard, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : 600 t. wire
Detail : She caught fire around her stack and burned to a total loss while bound Cleveland, Oh, to Prescott, Ont. As the blaze spread. the men eventually had to jump for their lives, but only one was lost. The balance of her crew was rescued by the prop ST. JOSEPH.
Sources : atl,h,mv,hgl,hcgl,nsp
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HOFFNUNG BROS. – See OSPREY
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KITTY HOIGHT – See KITTY HAIGHT
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HOLIDAY
Other names : none
Official no. : 202892
Type at loss : passenger launch, gas
Build info : 1906, Chicago
Specs : 47x11x3, 10g 9n
Date of loss : 1908, Sep 19
Place of loss : at dock at Holland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : (probably no cargo)
Detail : Burned at dock with nobody aboard.
Sources : mv,rs,
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HOLLAND – See MUSKEGON (1919)
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GRACE HOLLAND
Other names : none
Official no. : 39633
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1880, D. Lester, Marine City
Specs : 189x33x14 629g 598n
Date of loss : 1918, Jul 1
Place of loss : Wheeler’s Reef, near False Detour Passage
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fog
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : ?
Detail : When her tow vessel, the steamer CREAM CITY(qv), went ashore in fog, GRACE HOLLAND was dragged along to disaster. She was a total loss. Out of Marquette.
Sources : eas,mv,vbs,is,ns2,slh,mv,mpl
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ROBERT HOLLAND
Other names : originally ROBERT HOLLAND, renamed NORTHERN QUEEN in 1880, named ROBERT HOLLAND again in 1881
Official no. : 110043
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1872, J.J. Hill, Marine City as a passenger and package freighter
Specs : 156x30x11 424g 340n
Date of loss : 1915, May 11
Place of loss : at Sturgeon Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 13
Carrying : ?
Detail : Destroyed by fire and became a total loss. Out of Chicago, owned by A.A. Bigelow.
Sold Canadian in 1879 [C#71114], back to U.S. in 1881 after colliding with the Canadian steamer LAKE ERIE and sinking. Rebuilt to a bulk freighter in 1882.
A shifting deckload caused her to fill and sink suddenly at Duluth in Jun 1906.
Sources : mv,is,ns2,csv,mmgl,phr,win,mpl,eas
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JOHN HOLLISTER – See OXFORD
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JOSEPH A. HOLLON
Other names : none
Official no. : 45401
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1867, C. Wheeler, E. Saginaw
Specs : 107x25x7 158g 141n
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 30
Place of loss : mid-lake
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She went missing in a storm after being lost from the tug CLEMATIS. Three days later she was found adrift 25 mi WSW of Pte Aux Barques, MI. Three of her crewmen were missing and the 4th was found “lashed to a pump, dead, with his eyes picked out.” Other crewmen were taken off by the bark ONEONTA. The vessel was later towed in to Port Elgin, Ont. .
Returned to service in ’69 mvus as unrigged barge – out of commission in about 1881.
Sources : mv,vbs,slh,nsp,hgl,rnc
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ROBERT HOLLISTER
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1847, Perrysburg, Oh
Specs : 119x26x10, 272 t. om
Date of loss : 1865, Oct
Place of loss : near Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Driven ashore and became a total loss.
Owned by H. D. Braddock & Co, Chicago.
Rebuilt 1861
Sources : nsp,rsl,wl,hgl
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HOLMES – former entry of 1887 deleted, vessel J.A. HOLMES was recovered and lost on the Atlantic in 1917
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GEORGE W. HOLT
Other names : none
Official no. : 10221
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1857, B.B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 137x20x11, 266 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Jul 19
Place of loss : Port Austin Reef, 12 mi NW of Lifesaving Station
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : hull failure/storm
Loss of life : none of 11
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound Marquette for Detroit in tow of the prop IRON AGE, she sprang a leak, parted her towline, and went on the reef to save her. During the night a storm came up and she blew off the reef and went ashore near Port Austin. Broke up completely over the next few days. The crew and 4 passengers made it to the Port Austin lighthouse, only 100 feet away, on their own. Owned in Detroit by her skipper, Capt. B. R. Hoose, and his daughter.
Major repair in 1871 after going ashore near Munising, MI, in the summer of 1870.
Sources : mv,slh,h,hgl,usls,wl,nsp
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J. HOLT
Other names : built as BELLE OF OSHKOSH, renamed in 1871; also seen as JASON HOLT
Official no. : C61150
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1866, Oshkosh, Wis. [US#2244]
Specs : 72x17x 81 gc
Date of loss : 1878, Jun 22
Place of loss : Wallaceburg, Ont
Lake : St. Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss while on her regular route Chatham – Sarnia. Owned by Capt. Bury or Berry.
Sold Canadian, 1871. She had previously run trips Oshkosh, Wis. to Lake Mich. and on the Saginaw River.
Sources : csv,mv,nsp
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E.D. HOLTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 135116
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1874, Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs : 58x14x6 25g 12n
Date of loss : 1927, Aug 31
Place of loss : Houghton, MI, Keweenaw Waterway
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by fire. Owned by F. C. Lapish, Soo, Mich.
Sources : is,mv,hr
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HOME
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1843, Redfield, Lower Sandusky, OH
Specs : 85x24x7, 128 t. om
Date of loss : 1858, Oct 23
Place of loss : off Manitowoc
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : slabwood
Detail : Bound Manitowoc for Milwaukee, she was rammed at night by the schooner WILLIAM FISKE(qv) and sank. Master: Capt. White. Remains are well-known.
Also reported wrecked in 1851.
Sources : hr,nsp,hgl
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HOME
Other names : none
Official no. : 11605
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood , 3-mast
Build info : 1865, Thos. Arnold, Port Huron, Mich
Specs : 106x24x8, 144g
Date of loss : 1897, Nov
Place of loss : Sarnia, Ont
Lake : St. Clair R
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : This little schooner straggled in off the lake in a storm, waterlogged and sank near Sarnia. A few days later, the strong current moved the wreck across the river and downstream to a point 2 miles south of the lower dry dock at Port Huron. In July, 1905, the steamer CASE ran into the wreck and was damaged, and soon after the Corps of Engineers ordered it destroyed. It was flattened by dynamite in October of the same year.
Sources : nsp,wmn,wl,hr
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HOME RULE
Other names : none
Official no. : C97001
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1890, Thorold, Ont.
Specs : 75x17x9 81gc
Date of loss : 1924, Dec 6
Place of loss : Port Colborne, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : towing accident
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Bringing the 6600 t. steel steamer MIDLAND PRINCE into port when the big vessel went out of control and shoved the tug onto a reef, crushing her hull and sinking her. Owned by F. C. Trotter, Amherstburg, Ont.
Sources : mmgl,is,h,csv,win
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WILLIAM HOME
Other names : none
Official no. : 80191
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1871, Johnson, Clayton, NY
Specs : 141x26x11 305g 290n
Date of loss : 1894, Sep 25
Place of loss : Seul Choix Point, western Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 of 7
Carrying : 579 t. pig iron
Detail : Tow of steamer F.R. BUELL with two others and bound Manistique, Mich., for Buffalo, she was overwhelmed by a SE gale and foundered 3 miles off the point, in 90 feet of water. Master: Capt. C. P. Henderson(d). Owned by the captain, his brother and two others. Out of Detroit.
Her cargo was salvaged by wrecking master Baker of Detroit in 1901.
Major repairs in 1880 and 82
Sources : nsp,slh,h,mv,hgl,mpl,usls,jb,es
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HOPE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sloop, passenger & freight
Build info : 1803-4
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1804
Place of loss : St. Joseph Isl., W end of North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : “sank”
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail.
One of the earliest wrecks of a vessel above Detroit.
Sources : slh,hgl
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HOPE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, Ohio City, Oh
Specs : 250 t.
Date of loss : 1855, late Nov-early Dec
Place of loss : Beaver Harbor, Beaver Is.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Reported ashore and a total wreck, a $24,500 loss, vessel and cargo. Owned by Bruce & Mills, Buffalo.
Sources : rnc,hgl,wl,wmn,hr
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HOPE
Other names : ?
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood (3-mast)
Build info : (1842, D. Vaughan, Quebec)
Specs : (107x19x10, 202 t.)
Date of loss : 1858
Place of loss : Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Lost in a Bay squall.
Parenthesized vessel is probably only one of this name at this time, but info is scant.
(rebuilt, 1851)
Sources : (mmgl,clu),slh,hgl,nsp
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HOPE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : (1843, Sandusky, OH)
Specs : (26 t.)
Date of loss : 1867
Place of loss : mid-lake
Lake : Huron*
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sank in a squall.
*May have occurred in Lake Michigan (see below).
This is probably the vessel that went ashore on Middle Bass Island, Lake Erie, in October of 1853, was subsequntly stripped and abandoned as a total loss, and then was recovered in December.
Sources : slh,hgl,nsp
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HOPE
Other names : none
Official no. : 11304
Type at loss : schooner,wood, lumber hooker
Build info : 1861, Olsen, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 51 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Oct 19
Place of loss : north of Frankfort
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : provisions
Detail : Driven high on the shore. Total loss. Out of Milwaukee in 1877.
Reported lost in a storm Nov. 24, 1867, but apparently survived. Also noted in 1874 Merchant Vessels of the U. S. as “lost.”
Sources : nsp,wl,wmn,mv
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AGNES HOPE
Other names : none often seen as “Aggie Hope” and “Agga Hope”
Official no. : C71168
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast, lumber
Build info : 1869, A. Robertson, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs : 120x24x10, 220 t.
Date of loss : 1884, Nov 7*
Place of loss : near Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Belleville, Ont. for Oswego, she stranded on Ford Shoals and broke up, soon after her crew abandoned her. Some sources say she foundered. Registered out of Port Hope, Ont., owned by Clark. Master: Capt. Savage.
* registry closed 1/11/84, according to mmgl
Sources : mmgl,is,h,dmt,pdw
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GEORGE T. HOPE – See CULLIGAN
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J.A. HOPE
Other names : ?
Official no. : (C?)
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1858
Place of loss : near Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded on a reef and total loss.
Sources : sagl,hgl not in mmgl
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A.L. HOPKINS
Other names : none Also seen as AMOS L. HOPKINS
Official no. : 105937
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1880, Morley & Hill, Marine City as a package freighter*
Specs : 171x32x12 757g 640n
Date of loss : 1911, Oct 3
Place of loss : off Ontonagon, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 13
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She began to sink and abandoned by her crew in a gale. Apparently buoyed by her lumber cargo, she drifted up and down the shipping lanes with her decks awash for at least two weeks. Her crew was picked up by the steamer ALVA C. DINKEY after 15 hrs adrift. Owned by Dixon & Brown Trans. Co. of Chaumont, NY. Master: Capt. Alfred Dixon; engineer: L. D. Brown.
*some sources say she was built in 1888
Her engine reportedly came from the steamer MERCHANT, wrecked at Racine in 1875. Rebuilt as a bulk freighter in 1910 at Cleveland
Sources : eas,shmc,ns2,gwgl,mpl,nsp
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MARK HOPKINS – See MYRON
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CHARLES HORN – See also JAMES DEMPSEY, JIM SHERRIFS
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CHARLES HORN
Other names : built as steamer MARION, renamed in 1922. Also seen on official records spelled CHARLES HORNE, but “HORN” appears on her bow
Official no. : 92102
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1889, Rieboldt, Walter & Co., Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 217x35x15 1206g 978n
Date of loss : 1926, May 16
Place of loss : 25 miles off Point Petre, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 17
Carrying : grain
Detail : She caught fire while underway and was totally destroyed. The crew abandoned safely in her boats and were picked up by the Canadian freighter ROBERT J. BUCK.. Master: Capt. Christianson.
As MARION, she collided with the steamer PHILIP D. ARMOUR (qv) and sank her near Milwaukee on Sep 17, 1889.
Sources : ns3,mv,mpl,nsp,jb
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MOLLY T. HORNER
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 160 t.
Date of loss : 1906
Place of loss : near Scarecrow Isl. southern Thunder Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : “sank”
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Her crew made it to shore near Hardwood Point.
Vessel not on usual lists.
Sources : slh,stb,
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HORNET
Other names : none
Official no. : 11284
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast “coaster”
Build info : 1861, Two Rivers, WI
Specs : 60 ft., 40 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Nov
Place of loss : Good Harbor Bay, near Petoskey, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : light
Detail : Driven ashore and broken up by storm. The tug CAROLINE WILLIAMS stripped her in mid-Nov after several failed attempts to pull her off the beach.
Homeport:Cheboygan, MI
Sources : mv,lmdc,hgl,nsp
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ADELAIDE HORTON
Other names : also seen as ANNA HORTON
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : propeller, composite
Build info : 1871, H. Marlton, Goderich, Ont.
Specs : 107x18x8, 125gc 55nc
Date of loss : 1871, Oct 22
Place of loss : Kincardine, Ont. harbor
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She struck bottom while entering the harbor, broached to and was washed up on the beach. She was reported a total loss. Out of Kincardine or Goderich. Master: Capt. Duncan Rowan.
She reportedly pounded to pieces quickly, but was actually raised in 1873, her engine going into the new propeller VANDERBILT (qv). Her hull was reportedly converted into a towbarge at Chatham.
Sources : slh,csv,hgl,mmgl,nsp,rb
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LEWIS HOTCHKISS
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1870, Morrill, Collingwood (or Goderich or Owen Sound)
Specs : 210x40x13, 1001 t.
Date of loss : 1891, Aug 27*
Place of loss : 25 mi W of Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Downbound in tow of the tug WALES, she was cut loose and then wrecked in a gale. Her crewmen were able to escape in her boat and made it to shore near Port Blake, Ont. A large section of her deck washed ashore near Goderich.
Out of Toronto, owned by A. H. Campbell
*also given as Sep 5, but first reports of her loss were on Sep. 2.
She was the largest lumber vessel on the lakes from the time she was built ’til 1886, when the WAHNIPITAE(qv) was built
Sources : clu,slh,h,nsp,win,jb not in mmgl
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H. HOUGHTEN
Other names : often seen spelled H. HOUGHTON in error
Official no. : 96006
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight sandsucker
Build info : 1889, F.W. Wheeler, W. Bay City
Specs : 126x27x8 210g 152n
Date of loss : 1926, Nov 20
Place of loss : 7 mi below Algonac, MI [Harper’s Point]
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She burned to the waterline in the early morning, a total loss.
Sunk in a collision at the S end of L. St. Clair Sep 9, 1902 with a cargo of stone – two lives were lost.
Converted to a sandsucker in 1920.
Sources : eas,h,mv,ns3,mv,ledc,vbs,sbs,phr,hgl,mpl
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GEORGE G. HOUGHTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 85374
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs : 137x26x12 333g 316n
Date of loss : 1907, Sep 10
Place of loss : NNW of Bar Pt., SE of Detroit
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : ?
Detail : Opened her seams and sank in a storm. Lay in relatively shallow water, obstructing the edge of the channel, so she was removed the next year.
Sources : eas,ns1,mv,mpl
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HOWARD
Other names : built as ADMIRAL D.D. PORTER renamed 1889
Official no. : 980
Type at loss : propeller, wood, tug
Build info : 1864, Archibald, Wilmington, Del.*
Specs : 115x22x10 195g 98n
Date of loss : 1921, Jun 13
Place of loss : Victoria Isl off Cloud Bay [S of Thunder Bay]
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : stranded/fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Bound Thunder Bay for Cloud Bay, Ont., when she stranded in fog, then burned to a total loss.
Sold Canadian in 1877 [C#74376], returned to US reg in 1889 after a fire at Port Huron.
One source: she was the oldest vessel on L Sup. when lost.
*other reliable sources say she was built at Philadelphia
Rebuilt 1878, major repairs, 1882, 1904. Former navy gunboat and transport
Sources : eas,is,h,mv,lhl,win,clu,lss,mmgl,mpl,do
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CHARLES HOWARD
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1845, Huron, OH
Specs : 100x21x8, 104 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1856, Dec 9
Place of loss : near Lake View House, Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Went ashore in a gale, along with a number of other vessels. A quickly assembled group of rescuers were able to remove her crew. The rescuers included 3 ship captains and the famous shippers N.K. Fairbanks and Charley Bissell. Master: Capt. Mahoney.
Ashore at Racine and declared a total loss in Sep, 1850
Sources : nsp,hr,bc,wls
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FLORENCE HOWARD
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1859, Tait, Belleville, Ont.
Specs : 126 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 21
Place of loss : 4 mi NW of Salmon Pt.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 5,000 bu barley
Detail : Bound Wellington for West Point, Ont., she sprung a leak shortly after leaving port. While her crew worked the pumps to keep her afloat, she made for Weller’s Bay. Before she made it, the inflow of water overwhelmed her pump’s capacity and she sank.
Owned by Savage of Belleville, Ont.
Thoroughly rebuilt, 1880
Sources : nsp,hgl,polk,eb
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HATTIE HOWARD
Other names : none
Official no. : 11760
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, Fitzgerald & Stewart, Port Huron, MI
Specs : 132x26x11 273g
Date of loss : 1879, Nov 16 (1878 also given)
Place of loss : near the lighthouse at Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Inbound from Port Hope in a gale, she broached to, struck the W pier, stranded and broke up. Her crew was rescued by the Lifesaving Service.
Owned by Henry Howard of Port Huron.
Sources : is,h,phr,osdo,usls,mpl,nsp
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HENRY HOWARD
Other names : none
Official no. : 11610
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”
Build info : 1867, Fitzgerald & Stewart, Port Huron
Specs : 137x26x10 261g 217n
Date of loss : 1884, Sep 10
Place of loss : Harsen’s Isl. mouth of St. Clair R.
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound for St. Ignace with barge GEORGE WORTHINGTON in tow. Caught fire in transit, beached on the island, where she burned herself out.
Out of Port Huron, owned by J. Miner [wife of skipper] and B. Hoose
Sources : mv,phr,ledc,lhl,hgl,st,mpl
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R.L. HOWARD
Other names : also seen as R.S. HOWARD
Official no. : (C)
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1856, McSwain, Dunnville, Ont.
Specs : 77×14 ft, 65 t.
Date of loss : 1867, Oct. 24
Place of loss : off Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : towing 3 wood scows
Detail : Bound Toronto fro Port Dalhousie, she sprung a leak and sank about 15 miles from Port D. She was reportedly in poor condition. The scows of her tow were rescued by the small tug YOUNG LION.
*year also reported in error as 1868, 69
Sources : csv(s2),mmgl,clu,rsl,rnc
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A. HOWES
Other names : also seen as ABNER HOWES and just HOWES
Official no. : 1495
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1858, Irwin, Detroit
Specs : 70x20x5, 65 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Sep 22
Place of loss : at Ahnapee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : supplies
Detail : She was trying to ride out a storm off Ahnapee when she dragged her anchor and came in, wrecing on the north side of the north pier. She was owned at Racine.
Capsized on Lake Erie in 1866.
Sources : wgts,bb,mv,hgl,wmn,whs,hr
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THOMAS H. HOWLAND
Other names : none
Official no. : 24978
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1872, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 139x26x11 299g 284n
Date of loss : 1900, May 12
Place of loss : off Windmill Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Tow of the tug DANFORTH, she had made it less than four miles out of Buffalo when she was discovered to have been cut through by ice. Her crew safely escaped in her yawl and the boat went down fifteen minutes later. Master: Capt. Jacob Jacobson. Though in fairly deep water, she was later raised and towed into Buffalo but it was found that the wreckers who raised her had damaged her considerably in removing her cargo. Court cases followed and it was months before it was decided that she could be repaired. Abandoned in 1921.
She sprung a leak after leaving Manitowoc and made a run for St. James Bay, Beaver Island in a storm in November, 1872. She began to sink and her skipper (Capt Griffin) and mate went ashore for help. The local lightkeeper set out with the mate in a small boat to rescue the crew, but both were drowned in the attempt. Both the HOWLAND and the remainder of her crew survived.
Major repairs, 1881 & 83
Sources : nsp,nl,hr,lt
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JESSE HOYT – See MARY D. AYER
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HUBBARD
Other names : none
Official no. : 11179
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, Dibble, Port Clinton, Oh
Specs : 131x26x11, 253g
Date of loss : 1875, Oct 30
Place of loss : off Little Black Lake, near Muskegon, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Chicago, she was driven ashore by a very destructive gale. Three local men rescued her crew by rowboat, despite great difficulties. By Nov 12 the schooner was declared a total loss and was being stripped of what little of value was left. Out of Chicago, owned by Andrew McGraw.
Sources : nsp,mv,wl,wmhs,wmn,cbt
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BELA HUBBARD – former entry eliminated in favor of HENRY HUBBARD, below
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HENRY HUBBARD
Other names : some sources say her name was BELA HUBBARD
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1833 or before
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1845, Jun 8
Place of loss : near Thunder Bay Island, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : all
Carrying : ?
Detail : Capsized and foundered, no detail. Master: Capt. Pearson(d). Future iron magnate Peter White was part of her crew according to some later accounts. No further registrations of the vessel have been located, but there is a report that she was wintering at Detroit in 1845-6. Maybe the vessel built 1842 by D.M. Hagedon at Port Huron, MI., 59x17x6, 53 t., but this vessel was still extant in 1846.
Sources : slh,hgl,(wl),le,lsp,wmn,wmhs
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J.C. HUBBARD
Other names : none sometimes seen as J.G. HUBBARD
Official no. : 75075
Type at loss : propeller, wood, ferry
Build info : 1871, S. J. Tripp, Bay City
Specs : 45x9x4, 8g
Date of loss : 1889, Oct 29
Place of loss : Saginaw R.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (collision)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : This little ferry was sunk in the river. There is no record of her use or recovery afterwards.
Sources : vbs,nsp
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NEHEMIAH HUBBARD
Other names : usually seen as N. HUBBARD
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1832, Amasa Savage, Ashtabula, Oh
Specs : 72x20x7, 93 t.
Date of loss : 1842, Nov 18
Place of loss : off Conneaut, Ohio
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7
Carrying : ?
Detail : Arrived in the offing at Conneaut, but was unable to enter the harbor and sank in a storm outside. When the wreck was examined, her boat was missing, so her crew may have survived, but it was not reported so in the papers. Her regular captain was absent, and the vessel was run by the mate as master and a saltwater skipper as mate. Master: acting Capt. Olney Hatch(d) [regular master ashore].
Sources : nsp,wmn,wl,hr,rj
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NEWELL HUBBARD
Other names : none
Official no. : 18473
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1867, S Lancaster, Detroit
Specs : 76x20x5, 56g 53n
Date of loss : 1912, Sep 25
Place of loss : between Bar Point and Bois Blanc (Bob-Lo) Island
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : gravel
Detail : Bound Pelee Island for Detroit, she suddenly sprung a leak and foundered in 25 feet of water. Her crew escaped. She was stripped and towed close to the Canadian bank by Oct 7 and was blown up four days later. Owner and master: Capt John Denstead. Out of Detroit.
Sources : eas,mv,nsp,hcgl
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R.B. HUBBARD – entry (1862) removed. Vessel lasted until at least 1878
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H.S. HUBBELL
Other names : also seen as H.S. HUBBLE
Official no. : 95699
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1882, H. DeRoot, Lorain, OH
Specs : 142x30x11, 399g 365n
Date of loss : 1888, Nov 12
Place of loss : 20 mi ENE of Poverty Isl, Little Bay de Noc
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : An exploding galley lantern caught her afire and she burned quickly to a total loss. She was abandoned by her crew, who were picked up by the steamer NEW ORLEANS. Owned by John Spry, et.al. of Chicago.
Sources : mv,lmdc,nsp,hgl,mpl,wgts
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L.M. HUBBY
Other names : also seen as L.M. HUBLEY
Official no. : none
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1855, Cleveland
Specs : 398 t.
Date of loss : 1855, Aug 8
Place of loss : off Point Betsie
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 10 of 11
Carrying : in ballast [listed as 80 tons of sand]
Detail : She capsized in a gale and sank in about 30 minutes. Four men launched her boat and tried to save the others, but the boat was pushed away by heavy wind. One from the boat was the only survivor, having made a 3-day trek from the shore opposite the wreck site to a settlement in Sleeping Bear Bay. Master: Capt. Roberts(d).
Sources : sagl,nb,hgl,nsp
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HUDSON – Schooner loss (1854) removed – vessel reregistered in 1857
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HUDSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 95953
Type at loss : propeller, steel, package freight
Build info : 1888, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte hull# 82
Specs : 288x41x23 2294g 1853n
Date of loss : 1901, Sep 16
Place of loss : west of Eagle River, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 25 [all]
Carrying : 22,500 bu flaxseed, 69,000 bu wheat
Detail : A ship was seen to have foundered 3 miles off shore on the date above, but it was three days before the loss was confirmed and the ship identified as the HUDSON. Her cargo probably shifted in big seas [as flaxseed especially was prone to do] and she capsized and sank in a teriffic gale. She had fore & aft tandem stacks and a green & grey paint job which made her one of the most recognizable boats on the Lakes. Sister of steamer HARLEM. Outbound from Duluth. Master: Capt. A. J. McDonald(d).
Sources : nsp,atl,is(1-71),lss,gwgl,irs,sol,wms,ns1,h,mv,mpl
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BRUCE HUDSON
Other names : renamed COASTAL CLIFF(1952), WITCROIX (1970)
Official no. : C158658
Type at loss : propeller, steel, tanker built as tanker-barge
Build info : 1935, Horton Steel Works, Fort Erie, Ont.
Specs : 164x30x15, 452gc
Date of loss : 1943, Jul 27
Place of loss : East Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : loading gasoline
Detail : She caught fire while loading gasoline and exploded. Her skipper, Capt. Ross Hindman, his 16-year old son and two crewmen were killed when the vessel exploded. Owned by Lloyd Tankers, Ltd., Toronto. She was later recovered towed to Muir Shipyard, Port Dalhousie, and rebuilt .
Capsized July 13, 1935 on Lake Ontario and towed to Toronto upside-down.
Lost from tow and abandoned on Lake Ont. in Nov of 1935. Recovered by the steamer BRULIN.
Converted to a steamer in 1939. Lengthened in 1946 and 1957.
Size in 1967:246x30x15 1319g 933n
Sources : csqw,sol,lb,sca not in mmgl
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HENDRICK HUDSON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger
Build info : 1846, G.W. Jones, Cleveland or Black R., OH
Specs : 205x32x12, 750 t.
Date of loss : 1860, May 21
Place of loss : at Cleveland at Otis & Co. Rolling Mill Dock*
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She was totally destroyed by fire and sank after being struck by lightning. Vessel had been lying idle at her dock for several years and was of low value. Owner: F. G. Stone, Cleveland.
Wreck removed in August of 1869.
*also seen as Buffalo.
Sources : lhl,hgl,nsp,wl
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SARAH E. HUDSON
Other names : also seen as S. E. HUDSON, E. K. HUDSON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1862, Detroit
Specs : 362 t.
Date of loss : 1863, Oct 18
Place of loss : off Point Abino
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : 18,000 bu wheat
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Buffalo, she came in collision with the propeller ECLIPSE at 4 or 5 am and sank quickly in 18 fathoms of water. Preparations were made to raise her, but they were foiled by a storm, and she was left for the winter. The wreck, reported as a new vessel, was visited by the Coast Wrecking Co. tug RESCUE in the summer if 1871 for possible recovery, but there is no record that she was ever recovered. Owned by Elon W. Hudson, Detroit Master: Capt. James Harvie
Sources : nsp,wmn,wmhs
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JAMES HUGHES
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, Ohio City
Specs : 100x24x8, 166 t.
Date of loss : 1855, Nov (late in the month)
Place of loss : near Muskegon
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : Ashore and total loss near Muskegon. She was stranded with heavy damage just a couple weeks before at Pentwater. Owner: Charles Mears, Chicago.
Sources : hgl,wmn,hr,wl,nsp
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HUGUENOT – See MATOA
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MARY ANN HULBERT
Other names : none
Official no. : 90618
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1873, Bayfield, WI
Specs : 62g 58n
Date of loss : 1883, Dec 14
Place of loss : off St. Ignace Isl., 40 mi NE of Thunder Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 20*
Carrying : rr supplies,workers
Detail : In tow of steamer KINCARDINE (qv), she was overwhelmed and foundered in a heavy gale. She had been bound for Michipicoten Isl. from Port Arthur, Ont. In terms of loss of life, this is the worst sailing ship disaster in Lake Superior history. Master: Capt. Martin O’Malley.
*Crew of 5 plus 15 railroad workers as passengers.
Sources : gwgl,is,h,lss,mv,usls,nsp
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HUMBOLDT
Other names : none
Official no. : 11855
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood [reportedly had a flat bottom, but a sharp bow]
Build info : 1857, J. Chapman, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 87x26x6 103g
Date of loss : 1868
Place of loss : Chicago harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision(?)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sank, no detail. May have been recovered.
Out of Chicago
Sources : mv,www,hgl,nsp,rsl,wmn
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THOMAS HUME
Other names : built as schooner H.C. ALBRECHT, renamed in 1883
Official no. : 95135
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1870, J. Hanson, Manitowoc
Specs : 132x26x9, 210g 199n
Date of loss : 1891, May 21
Place of loss : along Chicago-Muskegon route
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : 6 [all]
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound Chicago for Muskegon, she disappeared with all hands in heavy weather. Though rewards were offered for information about her loss, no trace of the vessel or crew was ever found. A vessel thought to be her was discovered off New Buffalo in 1905. Owned by Hackley & Hume of Muskegon. Master: Capt. Harry Albrightson(d).
Major repair in 1884
Sources : mv,nsp,gs,glss,sol,sagl,wb,hgl,sb,usls,hr,eas
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HUMKO
Other names : none
Official no. : 250957
Type at loss : oil screw, wood
Build info : 1944
Specs : 128 t.
Date of loss : 1956, Jul 22
Place of loss : 6 mi off Two Rivers Point, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire, destroyed and sank.
Date also given as 1856 in error.
Sources : eas,h,lmdc,mv
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GEORGE M. HUMPHREY
Other names : renamed CAPTAIN JOHN ROEN (1945), ADAM E CORNELIUS (1948), CONSUMERS POWER (1958)
Official no. : 226276
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1927, American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH
Specs : 586x60x32 8217g 6440n
Date of loss : 1943, Jun 15
Place of loss : Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She collided with 5,500 ton steamer D.M. CLEMSON in fog and sank. Her recovery was the most expensive salvage job up to that time. Included on lists of U. S. World War II war losses.
Converted to a self-unloader in 1948, reengined in 1955
Sources : scan(31/1),eas,slh,lm,sol,le,h,ww2
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HUNGARIAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 11177
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1853, Asa Wilcox, Three Mile Bay, NY as a bark
Specs : 363 gt
Date of loss : 1880, Oct 18
Place of loss : Whitefish Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : wood
Detail : She was driven on a rocky shore by a gale and became a total loss. Her outfit was later recovered, and the vessel was abandoned Nov 1, her document being surrendered at Chicago, Nov 15. Owned by David Dall of Chicago. Master: P. W. Costello.
Rebuilt in 1871
Sources : nsp,osdo,hgl,rsl,wl
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S. D. HUNGERFORD
Other names : none
Official no. : 22553
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, L. Reed, Stoney Cr., NY
Specs : 137x26x11, 267 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 25
Place of loss : E of Hungerford Point, Manitoulin Isl
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was cut loose from the tug GLADIATOR after the tug developed engine trouble in a gale. She dropped her anchors in a futile effort to remain in deep water. She finally struck W of Owen Island and sank, but her crew was able to make it ashore, where they survived the rugged coast for 19 days.
Wrecked with the loss of three lives at Port Maitland in 1874.
Sources : do,hgl,phr,fw,nsp
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HUNTER
Other names : none
Official no. : 11139
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1857, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo as a propeller
Specs : 590 t. (192x31x12, 680 t. as a steamer)
Date of loss : 1872, Sep 28
Place of loss : near Greenbush, S of Harrisville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal or lumber
Detail : Upbound, she was driven ashore and broke up after being lost from tow of prop DETROIT (qv).
Rebuilt from a propeller to a barge in 1870 after sinking in a collision with the prop COMET(qv) in 1869 on the Detroit R. The engine went to convert the sidewheel steamer DETROIT (US# 6189) to a propeller. This is the same DETROIT that was towing her at the time of her loss.
Major repair in 1862 after a major fire at Chicago. Two lives were lost.
Sources : lhl,slh,,(is),mv,nsp,hgl,eh,rsl,wl,mdwl
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HUNTER
Other names : none
Official no. : 11301
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast sand scow
Build info : 1855, Smith, Kelley & Lockwood, Milan, OH
Specs : 101x25x7, 132g
Date of loss : 1887, Jul 12
Place of loss : Milwaukee harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : loading error
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : sand
Detail : She capsized at a dock while unloading and sank, along with a steampump and boiler that were on deck. She was later raised, but never used again.
Owned by Milwaukee Tug Co.
Sources : hr,mv,ec,wls
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HUNTER
Other names : none
Official no. : 95933
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1887, Menekaunee, WI
Specs : 50x13x3, 21g 20n
Date of loss : 1893, Oct 9
Place of loss : near New Buffalo, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cordwood
Detail : Stranded in a storm and became a total loss while bound Whitehall, Mich., for Michigan City.
Value of vessel and cargo only $278.
Out of Grand Haven or Michigan City
Sources : wb,hgl
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HUNTER
Other names : none
Official no. : 95471
Type at loss : propeller, wood, pas. & pkg freight “coaster”
Build info : 1877, Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia
Specs : 134x20x7 225g 181n
Date of loss : 1904, Oct 4
Place of loss : in harbor at Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : stranded/fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : gen merch
Detail : Stranded in the harbor, caught fire and destroyed before she could be released. Owned by Booth Packing Co.
Sources : gwgl,is,ns1,lss,nsp,mv,mpl
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ELVIRA HUNTER
Other names : none
Official no. : 136367
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1893, Hammond’s Bay, MI
Specs : 48x14x4 24g 24n
Date of loss : 1895, Oct 1
Place of loss : mid-lake
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : foundered – no detail
Sources : slh,mv,hgl,wmn
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MAGGIE HUNTER
Other names : built as JOHN S. CLARK, renamed, 1876
Official no. : C72954
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1862, W. Jamieson, Mill Pt. Ont.
Specs : 104x24x9, 169gc 169nc
Date of loss : 1876, Oct 9
Place of loss : probably off Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 [all]
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Oswego for Toronto, she sailed into a gale and foundered. Wreckage which washed ashore the 11th, including an oval cabin window, was unidentified for quite some time, but was finally attributed to her. She was reportedly very deep in the water when she left Oswego, many said she was overloaded. Owned by Samuel Hunter of Toronto. Master: Capt. Frank Nixon(d).
Sources : usls,mmgl,rp,nsp
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WILLIAM HUNTER
Other names : none
Official no. : 26671
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1863, Doville Bros., Sodus, NY
Specs : 93x23x9, 124g
Date of loss : 1876, Oct 24
Place of loss : Niagara Reef, near Middle Sister Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : grain
Detail : Bound Toledo for Buffalo, this small schooner went ashore on the reef and jammed tight. Though tugs tried to save her, by the 31st she had broken in two and was abandoned as a total loss. Out of Cleveland, owned by Doville Bros. Master: Capt. Doville.
Still listed in some later sources later (mv), but probably in error.
Sources : nsp,wl,wmn,hr
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HUNTING BOY
Other names : none
Official no. : 95268
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1873, Fred Spencer, Manitowoc
Specs : 57x18x4, 55 t.
Date of loss : 1878, Oct 12*
Place of loss : one end of Sturgeon Bay canal
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : sand
Detail : She was driveen ashore between the piers and wrecked, a total loss. She was destroyed with dynamite in July, 1880. Owned by E. B. Graham of Fish Creek.
Sources : wgts,hr
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CHARLES H. HURD
Other names : also seen as C.H. HURD (also reported as J.L. HURD)
Official no. : 5390
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast (mv shows her as a steamer)
Build info : 1868, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs : 600 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Sep 22
Place of loss : off S. Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 11 of 12
Carrying : corn, posts stowed on deck
Detail : She left Chicago the 21st and sprang a leak and foundered rapidly in a gale the next day. The only survivor was Capt. W.O. Harrison; his wife, children & brother died on the wreck. Owned out of Detroit by her master, Capt. W. O. Harrison, and John Hosmer.
Sources : mv,is(1-61),nsp,nb,hgl
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JOSEPH L. HURD
Other names : none
Official no. : 75154
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1869, Campbell & Owen, Detroit as a package freighter hull# 10
Specs : 171x29x11 459g 459n
Date of loss : 1913, Sep 23
Place of loss : 9 mi NW of Sturgeon Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : crushed stone
Detail : Bound for Manistee from Sturgeon Bay in tow of a tug when she broke loose and stranded. At first thought to be repairable, but finally declared a constructive total loss and scuttled for a dock facing later Owned by Leatham & Smith, Sturgeon Bay. Heavily damaged in a fire June 6 of the same year.
She sank following a collision with the prop CAYUGA(qv) near Skillagallee, May 10, 1895. 1 life lost. Sold off the beach by auction. Her hog braces were removed during the rebuild.
Sad story: jettisoned a deck cargo of 100 kegs of beer during a gale in the Straits in Nov, 1879.
Rebuilt in 1882, 1895. Rebuilt to a bulker from a passenger/package freighter in 1891
Image as package freighter from Walter Lewis website
Sources : (nsp),atl,eas,is,slh,hdm,ns2,sound,mpl,wgts,hcgl
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CHAUNCY HURLBUT
Other names : also seen as CHAUNCY HURLBURT
Official no. : 125238
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk and package freight
Build info : 1873, S. Langell, St. Clair, MI
Specs : 185x32x21 1010g 829n
Date of loss : 1908, Sep 6
Place of loss : near Vermilion Point, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 14
Carrying : stamp sand
Detail : Began to leak badly, she was run ashore to prevent her sinking. Her crew was taken off by lifesavers before she pounded to pieces.
Also heavily damaged in a fire in 1889 at W. Superior, WI.
Rebuilt at Detroit in 1900
Sources : lssc,lss,is,gwgl,ns1,h,mv,mpl,nsp
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HURON – See also COLONIAL, HURONTON
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HURON – former entry (US#11194) deleted. Steamer recovered from 1857, 1861, 1865 accidents, dismantled in 1877
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HURON
Other names : ?
Official no. : C
Type at loss : unreported
Build info : ?
Specs : 25 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Oct
Place of loss : E shore of Bruce Peninsula, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and lost.
Homeport: Saugeen
Sources : h,win
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HURON
Other names : none
Official no. : C85321
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1882, J. Simpson, Owen Sound, Ont.
Specs : 70x15x8, 76gc 38nc
Date of loss : 1883, Aug 30
Place of loss : “the Limestones,” Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : (none)
Detail : Wrecked and declared total loss. No detail. Owned by Dallas of Owen Sound. Recovered in 1886 and rebuilt almost completely (assigned new Official no. – C90569 – but it was later cancelled), broken up in 1905.
Sources : polk,mmgl
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HURON
Other names : none
Official no. : C71202
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1874, D. McMurchie, S. Marysburgh, Ont.
Specs : 123x24x10, 234gc 234nc
Date of loss : 1890, Jul 4
Place of loss : off the “Dummy” light [Pt. Pelee]
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Tow of the steamer LOTHAIR and bound McKellar’s Island for Buffalo, she foundered in a summer storm.
She was owned by Thompson & Co., Windsor, Ont.
Sources : mmgl,hgl,es3-2
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HURON CITY
Other names : none
Official no. : 11579
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”
Build info : 1867, G. Fordham, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 167x29x10 269g 277n
Date of loss : 1917, Sep 21
Place of loss : at Sandwich, Ont. (part of Windsor now)
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : no one aboard
Carrying : probably empty
Detail : She was totally destroyed in a fire. Lay on the riverbank until she was stripped and abandoned the following year.
Sources : eas,www,lhl,phr,mpl,mv
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HURONTON
Other names : built as propeller HURON, renamed in 1920
Official no. : C141664
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1898, Lorain, OH (also seen as Cleveland Shipbldg, Cleve.) US# 96425
Specs : 238x42x26, 1945g 1302n
Date of loss : 1922, Oct 11
Place of loss : near Whitefish Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : Collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Rammed by the 4700 t. prop CETUS (US#200374) in fog. CETUS skipper kept his engine running full ahead and kept the steamer’s nose in the hole caused by the collision long enough for the HURONTON’s crew to scramble aboard. When CETUS was backed away, the other sank quickly, in 800′ of water.
Sold Canadian, 1920.
Sources : mv,is(2-69),mmgl,lssc,lss,gwgl,is,ns3,h,win,mpl
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HURRICANE
Other names : sometimes spelled HURRICAINE
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, Wicks, Buffalo
Specs : 120x26x11, ca. 300 t.
Date of loss : 1860, Nov 23
Place of loss : 8 mi N of St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 9[all]
Carrying : 14,000 bu rye
Detail : The HURRICANE was driven ashore and wrecked in a gale that destroyed or damaged over 60 vessels across the breadth of the lakes. She had been bound Chicago for Buffalo. Owned by Sears & Clark of Buffalo. Master: Capt. Wm. Webb or Welsh(d).
Sources : sagl,hgl,nsp
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HUSTLER
Other names : ?
Official no. : 96219
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1893, Detroit
Specs : 44x11x4, 13g 11n
Date of loss : 1912, Nov 8
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Homeport: Milwaukee
Originally 38x11x4, 9gt
Sources : mv,hr,wl
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C. J. HUTCHINSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 4360
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1846, Samuel Farmin, Milwaukee as a brig
Specs : 136x26x10, 254 g
Date of loss : 1871, Nov 12
Place of loss : at Kenosha, Wisc.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : supplies
Detail : Bound Green Bay for Chicago, she tried to put in to Kenosha to pick up hay. She struck the pier and and was spun about, breaking her back in the process. The tug UNION from Chicago was ordered to her assisitance but was delayed by weather, and by the time shemade Kenosha the schooner was already breaking up. Out of Chicago, owned by Nelson Ludington.
Converted from brig to schooner after 1865.
Sources : wls,hr,wmhs,nsp
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CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON
Other names : built as BUTCHER BOY[US#2149], name changed in 1881, also seen as C.L. HUTCHINSON
Official no. : 125951
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1866, Eaton & Church, Cleveland
Specs : 166x28x8, 297 t.
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 3
Place of loss : 5 mi above Buffalo breakwater
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She broke up and foundered in a SW gale while anchored to ride out a storm. Her crew made it ashore in her boat. Owner: Nelson Luddington. Other accounts saying she was lost near Port Colborne are in error.
Rebuilt, 1881, renamed and renumbered.
Sources : mv,nsp,sol,h,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,es3-1,hr
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CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON – See also KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, WILLIAM C. MORELAND
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GENE C. HUTCHINSON – See WILLIAM C. MORELAND
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JOHN M. HUTCHINSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 75597
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland as a schooner
Specs : 229x37x14 981g 932n
Date of loss : 1905, Aug 17
Place of loss : off 14-mile Point, E of Ontonagon
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She opened her seams and sank in a heavy weather, going down in deep water. The crew were saved by her tow vessel, the steamer CALEDONIA. After the accident members of her crew claimed she was overloaded. Part of the Corrigan Fleet, Cleveland.
Built for Capt. Frank Perew at a cost of $80,000 and was once the wonder of the lakes.
Sources : eas,gwgl,nsp,ns1,mv,lss,mpl,rjo
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H.S. HYDE
Other names : none
Official no. : 42169
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1853, Charles Sappan, Detroit
Specs : 78x18x5, 56 t.
Date of loss : 1883, May 21
Place of loss : off Pointe Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sank off the point in a gale, but her crew was rescued by the local USLS lifesavers. Document surrendered 12/15/83, shown in 1884 Merchant Vessels as “lost or otherwise out of service.” Owned by Mannell Bros. of Port Huron
Sources : slh,phr,hgl,wl,mv,nsp
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HYDRUS
Other names : built as steamer R.E. SCHUCK or SHUCK, renamed after 1910
Official no. : 200315
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1903, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH hull# 327
Specs : 416x50x28 4713g 3384n
Date of loss : 1913, Nov 11
Place of loss : off Lexington, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 28 [all]
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Overwhelmed and sunk by the “Big Storm” of 1913 while making for the St Clair R. & shelter. Winds in the area were reported gusting over 90 mph, with waves over 35 feet high. Master: Capt. James Lowe(d).
Wreck located in Fall, 2015.
Sources : mv,eas,is(3-71),lol,gsgl,glss,slh,sol,ttgl,ns2,mh,mpl
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HYPHEN
Other names : none
Official no. : 11578
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1861, W. Shupe, Milan, OH
Specs : 122x25x11, 216 t. [294 t. om]
Date of loss : 1868, Sep 25
Place of loss : near Point Pelee
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She went ashore on Pt. Pelee about the 23rd in a storm. The tug B. B. JONES succeeded in pulling her off the reef, but she became unmanageable, capsized and foundered when she had only been pulled a mile toward Detroit. Three of her temporary crew, including the engineer manning her pumps, were drowned when she went down. Owned by Valentine Fries, Milan, OH
Sources : nsp,rsl,mv,hgl,ec
Great Lakes Shipwreck Files 
