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LA BELLE – See MAROLD II
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FRANK LA FARGE
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1901
Place of loss : Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and broke up.
Not shown on official records.
Sources : slh,nsp
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M. LA LONDE
Other names : none
Official no. : C74203
Type at loss : barge, wood, unrigged [St. Lawrence R. barge]
Build info : 1875, M. LaLonde, Coteau du Lac, Que.
Specs : 131x26x9, 340g 250n
Date of loss : 1884
Place of loss : Lake Ontario
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered in a gale.
Owned by Paradie of Montreal.
Sources : clu,win,mmgl
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LA PETITE
Other names : none
Official no. : 15100
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1866, J. Ketchum, Huron, OH as a brig
Specs : 119x24x8, 172g 165n
Date of loss : 1903, Sep 7
Place of loss : off Sturgeon Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : crockery, wood slabs
Detail : She sprang a leak well offshore. She put up a distress signal and was picked up by the tug SYDNEY SMITH but foundered on the way in. Owned by Theo. Plathner of Milwaukee.
Capsized with some loss of life and declared lost on L. Huron in 1871, rebuilt after recovery.
Ashore and wrecked off Big Sable Point, Lake Michigan, in November of 1874. Four lives lost.
Sources : is(2&3-70,1&2-76),slh,ns1,lmdc,nsp,mpl,wgts
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JULES LA PLANTE*
Other names : also known as JULIE PLANTE
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : none
Specs : none
Date of loss : 1800’s
Place of loss : “Lac de Ste. Claire”
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all but 1
Carrying : not stated
Detail : A French-accented poem “The Wreck of the Jules LePlante,” depicting the loss of a scow and its occupants, is possibly based on the loss of the scow-schooner EMILY(qv) in 1830. The poem is also seen with Julie Plante as the name.
*a ficticious craft, but the poem was probably based on a real incident.
Sources : sol,mol,lm
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LA RABIDA
Other names : built as JESSE WINTER, renamed in 1903
Official no. : 75850
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1876, Laughlin, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 75x16x6, 56g 54n
Date of loss : 1906, Nov 25
Place of loss : near Naubinway, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : 10,000 Christmas trees
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale. Her crew made it to shore after much difficulty, and spent a frigid night on the beach.
Owned by Capt. A. E. Dow, Manitowoc and sailed by him.
Sources : nsp,mpl,eas,mv
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LA SALLE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1835, Parsons, Huron, Ohio
Specs : 83x24x10, 167 t. om
Date of loss : 1849, Sep 22
Place of loss : 12 mi off Racine
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 of 9
Carrying : grain
Detail : Bound Chicago to her homeport of Milwaukee, she was struck by a squall and capsized, drowning nearly all aboard her. May have been recovered. Out of Milwaukee, owned by Mitchell & Davis. Master: Capt. A. N. Scott(d).
Rebuilt, 1846. Last known enrollment 10/1846, annotated with a mention of her sale in Mar., 1848.
Sources : wmn,hgl,hr,wl,wmhs,whs
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LAC LA BELLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 15803
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1864, Ira LaFrinier, Cleveland as a passenger & package freighter
Specs : 218x36x12, ft., 1187 t. (872 t. when built)
Date of loss : 1872, Oct 13
Place of loss : 20 mi off Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8
Carrying : grain
Detail : She opened her seams and foundered in a violent storm. Though they got away from the boat after the boiler fires were drowned, eight crew died when their lifeboat capsized. Master: Capt. W. H. Thompson. Owner: Engleman Transportation Co., Racine.
On Nov 23, 1866, she was carrying barrels of ores & package freight when she collided with the steamer MILWAUKEE in the St. Clair R. and sank with loss of 2. Converted to a bulk freighter after her recovery in 1869.
In 1865 she had gone ashore & was abandoned while upbound with treaty goods on L. Superior. Repaired for $5000.
She was twin engined and boilered, being the first or one of the first propellers on the lakes to have twin stacks.
Sources : eas,gwgl,ks,sol,nsp,hgl,st,mpl,wls
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LACKAWANNA
Other names : none
Official no. : 140930
Type at loss : propeller, steel, package freight
Build info : 1888, Cleveland Shipbuilding, Cleveland, hull# 1
Specs : 260x39x22, 2016g 1595n
Date of loss : 1906, Oct 27
Place of loss : north of Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : misc. freight
Detail : She collided with N breakwall and sank. The Lifesaving Service rescued her crew in a daring exploit. Owner: John McWilliams, Buffalo. Master: Capt. George Grasser. Declared a total loss, but soon recovered. She was sold for saltwater use in 1916, scrapped about 1930.
Sources : slh,mv,ledc,nsp,
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LADY ANN
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sloop, wood (or schooner)
Build info : 1849, Kenosha, WI
Specs : 48x17x6, 30 t. om
Date of loss : 1855, Sep 18
Place of loss : near Kenosha, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Drove ashore in a gale and pounded to pieces near the north pier, the pier light being out. Her crew made it to shore safely. Owned by David Youngs.
Sources : nsp,hr,wls
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LADY BAGOT
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1842, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ont.
Specs : 87x18x8, 111 t.
Date of loss : 1852, Nov 11
Place of loss : near the mouth of the Welland Canal
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She went ashore in a gale and was expected to be recovered, but shows in records as a total loss.
Out of Hamilton, Ont.
Sources : mmgl,hgl,nsp
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LADY COLBOURNE – See THAMES
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LADY DUFFERIN
Other names : none
Official no. : C?
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, salvage vessel
Build info : 1872, L. McDermott or McDermand, Port Burwell
Specs : 135x24x11, 356 gc
Date of loss : 1886, Oct 24
Place of loss : Georgian Bay, near Cabot Head
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was lost from the tow of the prop W.B. HALL and went ashore on the point of land now called Dufferin Point. She became a total loss.
Heavily damaged in a wreck on Caribou Island, Lake Superior in 1884.
She reportedly carried an unusual spritsail as late as 1882.
Sources : nsp,is,lh,lhdc,mmgl,lss,do,es
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LADY ELGIN
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1851, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo
Specs : 231x33x12, 819 t
Date of loss : 1860, Sep 7
Place of loss : off Winnetka, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 297 of 400
Carrying : none
Detail : The luxurious passenger boat collided with the 2-mast schooner AUGUSTA (see COLONEL COOK) in darkness and heavy weather and went to the bottom from a gaping hole in her engine room. The damaged AUGUSTA ran for Chicago, not knowing steamer’s wound would be fatal. Passengers included hundreds of excursionists, a Milwaukee militia group, a group of Milwaukee policemen, two newspaper publishers and a member of the British Parliament. About 100 from the LADY made it to shore on wreckage or in lifeboats. She had been a darling of the lakes for her entire career and her comings and going were reported often in the newspapers of the time, though her insurance rating had slipped in years recent to the loss. Master: Capt. Jack Wilson(d).
Wreckage was located in 1989, much litigation followed.
She suffered a significant fire on Lake Superior in 1856.
Ashore near Copper Harbor, Lake Superior in the summer of 1858. Thought to be a hopeless case, but removed after several days.
Engraving of collision from MHGL
Sources : eas,is(1-60),ms,lm,glss,sol,is,lmdc,hgl,nsp,mpl,wl
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LADY ELGIN
Other names : ?
Official no. : US?
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
Specs : “small”
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 23
Place of loss : 1 mi above Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : She drove ashore in a gale the 23rd and was reported broken up by the 26th. Reported ashore and abandoned in early Nov.
Reportedly out of Sand Beach, Mich.
Capsized in a gale on Nov 12, 1882 and lost all 3 hands near Chantry Island, Southampton, Ont..
Sources : rp,nsp,hgl,jb,es3-1
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LADY ESSEX – See JAY BIRD
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LADY FRANKLIN
Other names : none
Official no. : 14827
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1861, J.W. Banta*, Chicago as a propeller
Specs : 138x27x11, 302g 288n
Date of loss : 1895, Sep 30
Place of loss : Hammond Bay, near Cheboygan, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : RR ties
Detail : Caught by a storm while sheltering, she dragged her anchors until she parted her chains, was driven ashore and wrecked. She was later stripped by thieves. Owned out of Algonac by Abram Smith
Rebuilt to a schooner after a major fire on the Detroit R. in Sep, 1876, in which one crewman died and the vessel burned to the bilges. Master: Capt. Geo. Tucker. Document surrendered in 1877, reinstated in 1882 after the rebuild.
*Built by Edwards Bros. at Banta Shipyard.
Heavily damaged in a grounding in Neebish Channel, St. Mary’s R, in October, 1872.
Converted from a passenger vessel to a steambarge about 1872.
Sources : nsp,slh,h,lhdc,lhl,phr,mpl,es,rsl
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LADY HILLIARD – See CASPIAN (1866 loss)
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LADY MACDONALD
Other names : often seen as LADY MCDONALD
Official no. : C71278
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, G. H. Pontine, Port Burwell, Ont
Specs : 135x23x11, 284gc 284nc
Date of loss : 1892, Jul 16
Place of loss : near Fair Haven, N.Y.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore by near-hurricane force winds and wrecked, a total loss. Out of Kingston, Ont.
Ashore near Salmon Point, Ont., in 1877 and damaged.
Wind-driven, she crashed into a bridge at Oswego, NY in 1888, causing heavy damages to both herself and the bridge and stimulating a number of international lawsuits.
Sources : nsp,wl,mmgl
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LADY MOULTON
Other names : built as G.J. WHITNEY, probably renamed in 1862
Official no. : C33574
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, D. Rodgers, Charlotte, NY
Specs : 77x18x7, 79 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Jun 2 or May 31
Place of loss : 5 mi off Pt. Petre
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : She foundered in a collision in fog with the bark SIR EDMUND W. HEAD (qv). She had been bound Alexandria Bay, NY, for Clearville, Ont. for a cargo of staves. The HEAD struck her amidships and ran her bowsprit through the schooner’s foresail. While the two crews were struggling to disentangle the mess of rigging, it was discovered that the LADY was sinking. Her crew came aboard the head and the schooner went down.. Registration was closed in March of 1880. She may have been recovered, as she still shows on 1871 insurance list, but at the time of her loss, she was reported to have gone down in 250 feet of water. However another report says she was later found floating in 25 feet of water. Hailed from Montreal. Master: Capt. Keith.
Sold Canadian in 1862.
Sources : tel.,mmgl,h,nsp,clu,hgl,rsl,wl,mdwl,rnc
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LADY OF THE LAKE – See also QUEEN CITY
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1813, Sacket’s Harbor, NY as an armed schooner, 89 t. displ.
Specs : 49 t. (also given as 230 t.)
Date of loss : 1826, Dec 13 or 15
Place of loss : off Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7
Carrying : ?
Detail : Left York bound for Oswego and was never heard from again – presumed to have foundered. The only piece of her that was ever found was a small chunk that washed up on Ford’s Shoal. The following year the hulk was reported 3 miles off Oswego, in deep water. Master: Capt. John Rogers(d).
Built as a 5-gun armed schooner for the American Great Lakes navy for the War of 1812. Converted to a merchantman after the war.
Sources : is,asn,rp,wmn
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : (1835, Vermilion, OH)
Specs : 73x20x6, ca. 80 t.
Date of loss : 1838, Nov 5
Place of loss : near Buffalo, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wheat, flour
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale and destroyed. The previous day she had been found to be leaking and part of her cargo had been transferred to another vessel. Owned by her skipper, Capt. Sheppard of Vermilion, OH, and others
Sources : nsp,hgl,wl
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1843, Detroit
Specs : (8 t.)
Date of loss : 1847, Aug
Place of loss : near Oak Orchard, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore and pounded to pieces.
Another LADY OF THE LAKE was reported lost near the Manitous [L. Mich] Oct 14 of the same year.
Sources : is,nb
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1846, S.W. & A.A. Turner, Cleveland
Specs : 141x24x10, 326 t.
Date of loss : 1859, Mar 26
Place of loss : 1/2 mi. off Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : flour, wine, pork, wheat. hams, eggs, etc.
Detail : A boiler explosion blew her stern off, sinking her quickly in 17 feet of water. Bound Cleveland for Dunkirk, she had stopped at Fairport for bad weather and was just returning to her route. Owned by Northern Transportation Co.
Her safe was recovered the following July.
Sources : eas,nsp,is,sol,lhl,hgl,wl
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast*
Build info : 1853, Harvey Stevens, Ohio City [Cleveland], OH
Specs : 139x23x11, 317 t. om
Date of loss : 1862, Oct 4
Place of loss : near Pt. Betsie , Michigan side or SW of Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : grain [chinaware also given]
Detail : She drove ashore in a gale and became a total wreck. Her crew remained in her rigging for 36 hours until the storm blew itself out.. Owned by Elon W. Hudson of Detroit.
*Perhaps changed from 3-mast to 2-mast schooner shortly after building, but described in newspapers as a bark.
Sources : hr,wl,hgl,nsp
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names : none
Official no. : 48296
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, Pine River, MI
Specs : 38x10x3, 7g
Date of loss : 1882 or 83?
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/15/83, annotated “wrecked,” shown in 1884 Merchant Vessels as “lost or otherwise out of service.”
Out of Bay City.
Sources : mv,phr
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names : none
Official no. : C111854
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1902, Thornbury, Ont.
Specs : 70x15x5, 47 t.
Date of loss : 1911, Nov 15
Place of loss : SW of Christian Isl., near Penetanguishene
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : general cargo including flour and feed
Detail : Bound on her regular route between Owen Sound and points east, she sprang a leak from unknown causes. The rising water put out her fires and she soon capsized and sank. The captain and his brother, the only crewman, barely made it to her boat before she sank. Owned by Capt. F. Henman, Thornbury, Ont.
Sources : slh,h,mmgl,win,mhgl
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LADY WASHINGTON
Other names : none built as WASHINGTON, renamed in 1797
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1797, Presque Isle, near Erie, PA
Specs : 80 t.
Date of loss : 1803, Nov 11
Place of loss : off (Eight or 18)-mile Creek near Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : chinaware
Detail : Went missing – last seen at location above. Master: Capt. Murray(d).
After her building she was carried on wheels to the lake, some miles away. Sold Canadian and hauled down the Niagara escarpment on skids in the winter of 1797-8.
Wreck located and identified in the summer of 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/17/great-lakes-shipwreck-found-new-york-washington
Sources : hgl,h,osdo,mpl,jk
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LADY WASHINGTON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood,2-mast
Build info : 1816, Sacket’s Harbor, NY
Specs : 60x18x5., 50 t.
Date of loss : 1828, Oct 19 or 16
Place of loss : off Sturgeon Pt., near Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : salt and dry goods worth more than $10,000.
Detail : She stranded on and a reef, the pulled free and foundered in 18 feet of water, a total loss. She was reported to be unseaworthy.
One source says she was lost off Sturgeon Pt. Lake Huron, in error.
Sources : slh,is,ledc,hgl,nsp,wl,rp
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LADY WASHINGTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 140241
Type at loss : propeller, wood, packet (former tug)
Build info : 1877, Kirby, Grand Haven, MI
Specs : 72 x20x8, 76gt 47nt
Date of loss : 1890, Sep 14
Place of loss : near Seul Choix Pt.*, E of Manistique
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : gen frt
Detail : Struck bottom and sank in a NW gale while on her usual run between St. Ignace and Manistique, Michigan. Total loss of about $10,000.
*often pronounced in Michigan as “shoe-shwa,” called by sailors “sole choice,” which is the name’s literal translation from French. The lighthouse was completed on the point the following year.
Sources : eas,hgl,polk,mv,slh,h,lmdc,wb,sb,nsp
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LAFAYETTE
Other names : none
Official no. : 141657
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1900, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH hull# 310
Specs : 454x50x29, 5113 t.
Date of loss : 1905, Nov 29
Place of loss : Encampment Isl., near Two Harbors, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : light
Detail : Rammed from behind by her towbarge MANILA(qv) in a terrific gale, she was rendered helpless and thrown against the cliffs of the island. Broke in two, the front portion quickly going to pieces while the crew huddled in back part. Only the engine was salvaged from the almost-new steel ship. Pittsburg fleet member. Master: Capt. D. P. Wright.
Stereo view of wreck from MHGL
Image of vessel as a wreck from GLMD
Sources : eas,gwgl,mol,is,sol,mv,lss,nsp,mpl
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LAFRINIER
Other names : none
Official no. : 14665
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1862, I. Lafrinier, Cleveland as a bark
Specs : 157 ft., 415g 395n
Date of loss : 1886, Nov 9
Place of loss : Hog Island Shoal, Beaver Islands
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She struck the shoal in a gale and was wrecked. Her crew suffered great hardship before their rescue. Stripped on the 11th and pounded to pieces soon after, a total loss of about $15,000. Out of Cleveland. Owned by Becker, et. al.
Major repair in 1879
Sources : mv,nsp,eas,slh,h,lmdc,wb,hgl,sb
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LAGRANGE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1826, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs : 74x20x8, 101 t. om
Date of loss : 1835, Nov 17
Place of loss : on Pt. Pelee [1895 nsp: 3.5 mi SSE of the spit at Pt. Pelee]
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2 or more
Carrying : wine, brandy and Swedish iron
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Detroit she pushed out of the harbor in ice, was driven ashore in a storm and reported a total loss [but this or another another LAGRANGE was reported lost on Pelee in 1847]. Master: Capt. Cashing or Cashaway(d).
Owned by Oliver Newberry of Cleveland. An 1895 newspaper article says her wreckage was struck by the steamer J.C. LOCKWOOD.
Sources : nsp,hgl,wl
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LAGURE, LAGUIRE – See LIGURE
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LAKE BREEZE
Other names : none also seen in error as LAKE BRUZE
Official no. : C71259
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger and freight
Build info : 1868, J. Bailey, Toledo [US#15572]
Specs : 122x22x8, 301gc 198nc
Date of loss : 1878, Nov 26
Place of loss : at Leamington, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was destroyed by fire and sank at her dock. She was raised in 1880, but the hull was deemed to be worthless. Owned by Capt. J. Laframboise, Leamington, Ont and ran Windsor, Leamington, Pelee Island. Her boiler was salvaged in the the spring of 1879 and went into the steamer ADA E ALLEN. The rest of her machinery and metal gear were all removed in the spring of 1881 and sold to an American company.
Sold Canadian, 1875.
Sources : mmgl,nsp,letter,h,csv,win,es,jb
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LAKE ERIE
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, canaller
Build info : 1873, M. Simpson, St. Catharines, Ont.
Specs : 136x23x17, 464cg
Date of loss : 1881, Nov 24
Place of loss : near Poverty Isl., mouth of Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ?
Detail : Collided with the steamer NORTHERN QUEEN in a fog and blizzard. Quickly declared a total loss, but later recovered, though she does not appear on records again. QUEEN picked up her crew and passengers. One crewman died enroute to shore from being scalded during the sinking. Both vessels owned by New England Transportation Line. Master: Capt. J. M. Johnson.
One source gives “Pte Aux Barques” as location, probably referring to the one on the Garden Peninsula, to the north of the wreck site.
This is official, but hgl says “burned, 1890.”
Sources : sol,is,h,csv,mmgl,win,hgl,rp,wgts
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LAKE GROGAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 217529
Type at loss : propeller, steel, 3-island “Laker Class”
Build info : 1919, Detroit Shipbuilding, Wyandotte, Mich
Specs : 251x44x26, 2592g 1604n
Date of loss : 1926, Nov 10
Place of loss : near Port Colborne, Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She was in tow of the Ford Motor Co. tug BARRYTON and manned by a temporary crew when she broke loose in a storm and went ashore on Morgan’s Point, 4 1/2 miles west of Port Colborne. The boat immediately started to break up and her crew had to be rescued with a breeches’ buoy by Buffalo Coast Guardsmen. LAKE GROGAN was in the process of being transferred to the Ford Motor Company and was being towed to Detroit for scrapping. She was later scrapped in place by Ford workers. Owned by the U. S. Shipping Board. Master: Capt. William Lamb.
LAKE GROGAN was a member of a class of small (2,500 ton) ocean freighters built in Lakes shipyards to ease the Allied shortage of cargo ships during World War I. More than 320 of the ships were built between 1918 and 1921. After the war was over many of the ships were leased to private companies, but it was later decided not to flood the market with cheap ships and the U. S. Shipping Board decided to scrap many of them. 200 were purchased by Ford Motor Company on the condition that all be cut up for scrap. LAKE GROGAN was the only Laker-class ever lost on the Lakes.
Sources : mv,hcgl,oo,mhgl
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LAKE ONTARIO – see CHARLES C. RYAN
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LAKE SERPENT
Other names : sometimes seen as SEA SERPENT
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1821, (John Burtis?), Cleveland
Specs : 47x15x4, 27 t.
Date of loss : 1829, Sep 29
Place of loss : Lake Erie Islands
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 [all]
Carrying : stone
Detail : Bound Put-in-Bay for Cleveland, she was struck by a storm soon after leaving the harbor. No tidings came until the bodies of her owners and crew washed up on shore days later. Owned by 2 Wright brothers of Rockport, Ohio, Capt. Ezra Wright was the master..
Bilged and sunk after running aground on Pt. Pelee in May, 1826.
Sources : gmw,nsp,wl
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LAKE SHORE – See ALTADOC
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LAKELAND
Other names : built as CAMBRIA, renamed in 1910
Official no. : 126420
Type at loss : propeller, iron, package and automobile freighter
Build info : 1887, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland
Specs : 280x40x20, 1878g 1378n
Date of loss : 1924, Dec 4
Place of loss : off Sturgeon Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none [a diver was lost on the wreck in 1999]
Carrying : new automobiles
Detail : She sprang a leak when some of her hull plates buckled in a storm and foundered. Several crewmen and her skipper stayed aboard to try and save her but were finally evacuated by the carferry ANN ARBOR No. 6 which stood by and blew her whistle to encourage the six to leave.
Foul play (insurance fraud) was suspected in her loss, but was never proven.
1st vessel on lakes over 300′ overall and 1st vessel on lakes with a triple-expansion engine.
Built as a bulk freighter, later a passenger/freighter, last configuration in 1919.
Image of her sinking from GLMD
Sources : ml,gsgl,sol,is,ns3,h,mv,lmdc,mpl,eas,wgts,hcgl
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LAKESIDE – See JOSEPH L. RUSSELL
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LAKETON
Other names : none
Official no. : 14826
Type at loss : propeller, wood, package freighter
Build info : 1868, H C Pearsons, Ferrysburg, MI
Specs : 95x17x8, 147g 74n
Date of loss : 1888, Nov 8
Place of loss : 5 mi NE of Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber camp supplies
Detail : She drove ashore in heavy weather. The Lifesaving Service rescued her crew. Though reported as a total loss, the vessel later was saved as well. Reported as “out of commission” in 1893
Rebuilt to a schooner at some point and back to a propeller at Bay City in the spring of 1887.
Sources : gwgl,h,lhl,phr,wb,hgl,eas
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H.A. LAMARS
Other names : also seen in error as H.H. LAMARS, H.A. LAMAR
Official no. : 42218
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, S. M. Lane, Fairport, OH
Specs : 96x22x5, 88 t.
Date of loss : 1881, Nov 13
Place of loss : near Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : capsized
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood
Detail : She attempted to come into the harbor on the 12th, but failed and lay-to in the gale for the night. The next day a tug picked her up, but while she was being towed into the harbor she capsized and sank 600 feet off the north pier. By the 17th she was reported broken up.
Ashore and heavily damaged near Marblehead, OH in Oct of 1880.
Sources : hgl,sagl,h,usls,mv,wl,nsp,hr
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L.L. LAMB
Other names : none
Official no. : 15609
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1869, Williams, Erie, PA
Specs : 120x26x11, 254g 241n
Date of loss : 1902, Aug 16
Place of loss : off Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : large riprap stone
Detail : She foundered in heavy seas while in tow of the steamer McCORMICK(qv), which rescued her crew. Owner: J. B. Donnelly, Buffalo
Wreck lies 1 mi NW of Fairport E pier light, in 28 ft of water.
Rebuilt at Oswego, winter of 1874-5.
Sources : glp,nsp,is,ns1,ledc,rp,ew,bbas
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R.T. LAMBERT
Other names : also seen as “R.J. Lambert”
Official no. : 110106
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1873, Lambert & Davis, Bay Port, MI
Specs : 50x15x4 23g 22n
Date of loss : 1873, Oct
Place of loss : off Caseville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Almost brand new at the time when she wrecked near Pte Aux Barques. Declared a total loss but later recovered and rebuilt.
Rebuilt at Sebewaing, MI, 1883. Abandoned in 1909.
Sources : slh,mv,vbs,nsp
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LAMBTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 48551
Type at loss : scow- schooner, wood
Build info : 1885, Detroit
Specs : 133g 125n
Date of loss : 1895, Sep 30
Place of loss : near New Baltimore, MI
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : crushed stone
Detail : In tow of the tug FARRAGUT near Huron Point, she struck a rock and sank right in the vessel track in 10 feet of water. Her master marked her location with a fender, and she was probably removed soon after.
Sources : nsp,hr,wmn
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LAMBTON
Other names : none
Official no. : C126409
Type at loss : propeller, lighthouse tender [Canadian]
Build info : 1909, Sorel, Que.
Specs : 108x25x13 323cg 182nc
Date of loss : 1922, Apr 19
Place of loss : somewhere between Caribou Isl. and Whitefish Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 22 [all]
Carrying : gear, passengers
Detail : She was carrying relief keepers to various Canadian lighthouses when she disappeared in a spring gale. Several freighters spotted the boat and later wreckage near Caribou Island. A Georgian Bay paper company’s tug G. R. GRAY searched for her for more than a week. The lost included two young sea cadets from Soo, Ontario. Master: Capt. Alex Brown(d).
Though always a government tender, she was somewhat yacht-like, with tinted, shuttered windows on her main deck, large plate-glass windows in the wheelhouse, many brass fittings and a relatively narrow beam for her length..
Sources : is(2-79),mmgl,lssc,gwgl,lss,is,wms,h,csv,win,mpl,fg
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LAMBTON
Other names : built as GLENAFTON, renamed LAMBTON in 1925, named SALVUS in 1930.
Official no. : C150234
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1921, Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ont.
Specs : 252x43x21, 1866gc 1056nc
Date of loss : 1927, Dec 8
Place of loss : on Parisienne Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2 of 20
Carrying : grain
Detail : Stranded on the island northwest of the Soo and heavily damaged. She was recovered the following year and rebuilt as a barge.
Registration closed in 1952.
Sources : mmgl,csv,lss,lssc,gwgl,sol,is,h,s,win
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GEORGE LAMONT
Other names : also seen as GEORGE L. LAMONT
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1875, Pentwater, Mich.*
Specs : 5 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Mar 14
Place of loss : off Pentwater, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 [all]
Carrying : none
Detail : She was participating in a tug race when she was struck by a blizzard and overwhelmed. Her skipper and that of the tug GEM had bet $25 on which tug could reach Ludington first, starting at Pentwater. The GEM made it to the far port and back by 2 p.m., but the LAMONT never reached Ludington. The GEM went back out into the storm to search for her, and found her capsized two miles off Pentwater. The captain, his 13-year old son, and the engineer died. Master: Capt. Charles Lamont(d).
Hull may have been recovered and used in the building of the tug MAX FISHER in 1881.
Reported sunk on Lake Erie, in 1877.
*date approximate
Sources : sol,nsp,mmo,bb
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LANCASTER
Other names : none(?)
Official no. : C?
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : (1872, A Stuhler, Lancaster, Ont.)
Specs : (125x23x9, 270 t.)
Date of loss : 1907
Place of loss : Bayfield Sound, E side of Geo. Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : “lost”
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail
Rebuilt in 1882
Vessel shown was a St Lawrence River barge.
A LANCASTER [136x27x11] was built by Bidwell & Banta at Buffalo in 1856.
Sources : polk,slh,(mmgl)
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LANGELL BOYS
Other names : none
Official no. : 141067
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, S. Langell, St. Clair, MI
Specs : 151x30x11, 387g
Date of loss : 1931, Jun 13
Place of loss : near AuSable Pt., 6 mi S of AuSable, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : in ballast
Detail : a fire from unknown causes started in her coal bunker while she was upbound. Despite a desperate effort by her crew to fight it, the vessel was consumed to the waterline. The crew abandoned and was later picked up by the Tawas Coast Guard. Master: Capt. Bert Payea.
Rebuilt in 1921
Sources : mod,slh,ns4,mv,phr,mpl,eas
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SIMON LANGELL
Other names : none
Official no. : C138373
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1886, S. Langell, St. Clair, MI [US# 116091]
Specs : 195x35x14, 845g 678n
Date of loss : 1936, Nov 23
Place of loss : Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : St. Clair R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire and burned to the waterline at her layup dock. She was raised in 1937, towed out into Lake Huron and scuttled.
Some sources say the loss occurred at Kingston or Portsmouth, Ont., Sarnia is official.
Sold Canadian in 1919, retired in 1927.
Sources : slh,ns4,h,mv,csv,win,mpl,eas not in dfp
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LANGHAM
Other names : built as TOM ADAMS, renamed in 1902
Official no. : 145481
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1888, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City, MI hull #36
Specs : 281x41x20, 1810g, 1452n
Date of loss : 1910, Oct 24
Place of loss : Bete Grise Bay, Keweenaw Pen.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Sheltering from a storm, she caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank. She was a total loss.
Changed her name in mid-voyage in 1902, causing much confusion among ship reporters.
Sources : lss,gwgl,is,ns2,vbs,mpl,eas
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H. LANGLEY
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss : 1867, Oct 15
Place of loss : Put-in-Bay harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : mechanical failure/storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stone
Detail : Her rudder was found to be insufficient to control her while she was entering the harbor in heavy seas. She went out of control, drove ashore, and in a short time became a total wreck. Out of Detroit
Sources : nsp,wmn
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J. W. LANGMUIR
Other names : reportedly built on hull of schooner HANNAH
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1865, David Tait, Picton, Ont. as a brig
Specs : 88x21x9, 116 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Oct 7 or 8
Place of loss : Galloo Island
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound for Oswego from Picton, she reached within 8 miles of that port, then began to fill and became unmanageable. She was driven back to the shoal at the head of the island and grounded, then broke up. Her crew made it to shore in her yawl. She was later stripped and relieved of her cargo by the schooner SASSACUS and tug WHEELER. Owned by Spencer, Picton. Master: Capt. Walters.
Major repair in 1868, proabaly converted from a brig to a schooner at that time.
Sources : nsp,wl,rsl,hgl
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H. L. LANSING
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast [also recorded as a bark]
Build info : 1852, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo
Specs : 362 t. om
Date of loss : 1865, Oct 27
Place of loss : near Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : coal
Detail : She was stranded and destroyed in a gale. Owned by Whitaker & Co., Detroit.
Stranded in a storm near New Buffalo, MI, in early December, 1856. The tug SALVOR out of Chicago got a pump on her, but gave up due to weather. Declared a total loss, but rescued the following spring.
Aground and heavily damaged on Colchester Reef in November of 1864.
Major repairs in 1853.
Sources : nsp,hgl,rsl,blu
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LARK
Other names : none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1855, Lafrinier & Stevenson, Cleveland
Specs : 138x26x11, 388 t.
Date of loss : 1872, Nov 10
Place of loss : near mouth of Carp River, near Leland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and went to pieces in a storm.
Wreckage is reportedly still visible from shore.
not in 1869 mvus
Some sources shows a schooner of this name lost on L. Mich in Nov., 1857, a total loss of $13,500.
Sources : ssb,hgl,nsp,blu[57]
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JULIA LARSON
Other names : also seen as JULIA LARSEN
Official no. : C116363
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1874, P. Larson, Manitowoc, WI [US#75719]
Specs : 70x19x6, 60g 57n
Date of loss : 1912
Place of loss : SE corner of Thunder Bay Isl., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Downbound in a gale, her steering gear became disabled and she reportedly stranded and broke up, a total loss. Crew of 2 men, a woman cook and a boy were taken off by Lifesaving Service crew. She was reportedly later recovered and registration not closed until the 1930’s, but I can find no specific reference to her after this.
Sunk in a gale near Grand Marais, Michigan, in October, 1901.
Rebuilt in 1877
Sold Canadian in 1904.
Sources : gwgl,mv,stb,rep,mpl,rb
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LAURA
Other names : none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, H. Jenking, Walkerville, Ont.
Specs : 140x23x12, 348gc 348nc
Date of loss : 1893, Aug 13
Place of loss : 15-25 mi from Charlotte, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : While bound Oswego for Toronto with coal, she foundered in a NE gale, sinking in 600 feet of water. Her crew of nine escaped in her yawl. Master: Capt. Markeson. Owned by J. & T. Mathews, Toronto.
Sources : mmgl,wb,nsp
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LAUREL
Other names : also seen as LAURA
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1871, O’Mara, Oliver’s Ferry, Ont
Specs : 67x16x5, 45 t.
Date of loss : 1876, Aug 22
Place of loss : 15 mi from Oswego
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : 60 t. iron ore
Detail : Began to leak and foundered off Big Sandy Creek while bound Kingston for Charlotte or Fair Haven, NY, in a storm. Her crew made it to shore in her yawl with the help of local fishermen. Out of Kingston, owned by her skipper, Capt. Staley and his father
Sources : nsp,wl,mmgl,hgl,rp,wmn
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BELLE LAURIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 3042
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1876, Laurie, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Specs : 60x16x6 36g 34n
Date of loss : 1894, Aug 10
Place of loss : Garrett Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : Cedar posts
Detail : Foundered. Owned by Wm. Manney, Egg Harbor, Wis. May have been recovered.
Name is 1st/last compound name, not descriptive.
Sources : h,mv,wbm,glmd
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LAURINA
Other names : none
Official no. : 15875
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1872, Frederickson, Chicago
Specs : 72x19x5, 55g 53n
Date of loss : 1893, Apr 20
Place of loss : 2.5 mi N of Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She drove into the shallows in easterly gale when the Milwaukee breakwater, behind which she was sheltering, gave way and allowed full force of waves to strike her. Dragged her anchors and went ashore. Lifesaving Service rescued her crew.
Sources : h,mv,wb,hgl,mpl
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LAVINIA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1847, Sanford & Moses, Ohio City, OH [Cleveland]
Specs : 108x22x9, 199 t. om
Date of loss : 1858, Sep
Place of loss : near Port Washington, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : cobblestone
Detail : She stranded and became a total loss.
Also stranded near Sheboygan in 1852.
Sources : hr,wl,hgl,whs
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LIZZIE A. LAW
Other names : none
Official no. : 140133
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info : 1875, E. Fitzgerald, Port Huron
Specs : 196x34x13, 747g 710n
Date of loss : 1908, Oct 19
Place of loss : Traverse Isl. E. side of Keweenaw Pen.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Tow of steamer EDWARD HINES, broke her towline and drove ashore where she quickly went to pieces. Bound for Duluth. Crew took to lifeboat and survived.
Collided with the schooner-barge DAVID VANCE [qv] in Pelee Passage in July, 1893, and sank. Recovered at great cost.
Rebuilt 1882
Image of vessel on the bottom in 1893 from same source
Sources : gwgl,lss,ms,ns1,mv,nsp,mpl,eas,hr
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E. J. LAWAY, Jr
Other names : none
Official no. : 212765
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1914, E. J. Laway, Cheboygan, Mich
Specs : 73x21x6, 70g 48n
Date of loss : 1929, Apr 19
Place of loss : off Chippewa Point, Drummond Island
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : coal
Detail : Foundered while bound to Burnt Island to deliver a load of coal to a fishing camp. A total loss, her document was surrendered 8 days later, though her owner made an attempt to salvage her in 1937.
Owned by E. J. Laway, Sr., Cheboygan, Mich
Sources : eas,hcgl,mis
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LAWRENCE – See H.N. JEX
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A.W. LAWRENCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 105948
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1880, Capt. J. Gregory, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Specs : 72x16x9, 51g 24n
Date of loss : 1888, Oct 31
Place of loss : off North Point, near Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 4 of 6
Carrying : none
Detail : Her boiler exploded, sinking the tug and killing most of her crew. None of their remains was found. The tug J. B. MERRILL rescued her cook and single passenger. Owners: John McCoy and James Bannan, Milwaukee. Master: Capt. Sullivan.
Sources : mv,h,nsp,hgl,mpl,hr,wl
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GEORGE LAWRENCE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1847, D. Merrill, Milwaukee
Specs : 120 ft, 284 t.
Date of loss : 1850, Apr 10
Place of loss : Straits of Mackinac, 1 mi W of St. Helena Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 11,000 bu. wheat
Detail : Bound Milwakee for Buffalo, she was cut by ice and sank in 48 feet of water. Out of Milwaukee, she was a loss of $17,500.
The wreck may have been salvaged in 1880’s, her anchors and chains were taken off in 1882.
Sources : slh,is,ssm,nsp,bc
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H.C. LAWRENCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 95529
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1878, Bay City
Specs : 35x12x3, 10g 9t
Date of loss : 1897?
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered at Port Huron, Jun 14, 1897, annotated “Wrecked.”
Rebuilt 1881, Sebewaing
Sources : phr,vbs,mv
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JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 12976
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Farman & Barber, Milwaukee
Specs : 83x22x7, 88 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Oct 16
Place of loss : near Bailey’s Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore .5 mile east of the Bailey’s Harbor range lights. Over the next few months she sank down into the sand was was finally declared a total loss.
Run down by the propeller FAVORITE and wrecked near Manitowoc in August, 1872
Also wrecked in an accident in 1854.
Sources : wgts,mv,hr,mv
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IVER LAWSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 12436
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1869, Miller, Chicago
Specs : 116x25x8, 149g 142n
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 19
Place of loss : Horseshoe Bay of Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : (lumber)
Detail : She was driven ashore in a huge storm which wrecked many other vessels, being driven so far on the beach that visitors could walk completely around her. Despite several years of salvage attempts, she ended up being dismantled on the beach in 1908.
One newspaper gives the location as Egg Harbor, near Sturgeon Bay.
Rebuilt and shortened 2 feet in 1882.
Image of vessel ashore from GLMD
Sources : nsp,ns1,mv,mpl,wgts*
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CLARENCE E. LE BEAU
Other names : built as steamer CITY OF HOLLAND, renamed MELBOURNE in 1913, renamed in 1920
Official no. : 126967
Type at loss : propeller, wood, package freight
Build info : 1893, R. Rogers, Saugatuck, MI
Specs : 147x30x8, 275g 57n (sic)
Date of loss : 1922, Jul 11
Place of loss : Maumee River at Toledo, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her home dock.
Rebuilt and converted to a bulk freighter at Bay City (by Davidson) in 1913, converted to a crane-equipped package freighter in 1920
Sources : eas,ns3,mv,mpl
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LE GRIFON – See GRIFFIN
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LE BLANC HENRI
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : frigate, wood, 3-mast
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1764, Jun 17
Place of loss : off Wolfe Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked on a spit. Reportedly carrying over $100,000 in gold & silver bullion.
French Naval vessel.
Sources : h,do2
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LEADER
Other names : none
Official no. : 14714
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1856, Winfield S Lyons, Black R, Oh.
Specs : 134x26x11, 247g 236n
Date of loss : 1899, Aug 9
Place of loss : head of Belle Isle at Detroit
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : navigational error/collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 500 t. coal
Detail : Sheered off from her tow, the steamer POINT ABINO, after colliding with the barge DUNSMORE, in tow of BANNOCKBURN. She struck bottom a half-mile off the head of the island and settled. She was quickly determined not to be worth salvaging and was abandoned – a total loss. In October of the following year she was blown up as a hazard to navigation. Owned by N. R. Mills, Marysville, Mich.
Sources : nsp,mv,wl,hcgl,mbw
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LEADER
Other names : none
Official no. : 14195
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1882, Algonac, MI
Specs : 58x16x4, 32g 30n
Date of loss : 1902, May 22
Place of loss : below St. Clair Flats
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal,charcoal
Detail : She would not obey the helm in a squall, struck the entry pier of the flats canal, drifted downstream and sank. Capt. Yax, the only crewman, saved his wife & children, asleep below.
Sources : nsp,mv,polk,hgl,phr
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LEADVILLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 140367
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1879, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs : 136x26x12, 345g 326n
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 13
Place of loss : E side of Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 20,000 bu wheat
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked in a very destructive gale. Her crew was taken off by the propeller ROANOKE. Document surrendered in 1884. Master: Capt. Griffin. Owned out of Oswego by M. J. Cummings, who also owned the BLAZING STAR, which went ashore right beside LEADVILLE with heavy damage.
Also sunk at Port Dalhousie in a storm in Novemeber of the previous year.
Sources : is,nsp,tel,polk,osdo,hgl,mv,rp,es
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LEAFIELD
Other names : none
Official no. : BR97990
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight, “3-island”
Build info : 1892, Strand Slipway Co., Sunderland, Eng.
Specs : 249x35x17, 1454gc 922nc
Date of loss : 1913, Nov 8
Place of loss : 20 mi E of Thunder Bay, Ont., near Angus Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 18 [all]
Carrying : RR rails & equipment
Detail : Overwhelmed by the huge storm [probably the most violent ever recorded on the lakes] and driven on the rocks. Waves ripped up her bottom, then shoved her into deep water.
Off. number also given as 97790
Also tore up her hull and sank on Beausoliel Isl., Ont., Aug 17, 1912.
Sources : is(4-67),mmgl,lol,gsgl,gwgl,sol,ttgl,ns2,h,win,mpl
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LEANDER
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1838, Marblehead, OH
Specs : 85x24x8, 145g 130n
Date of loss : 1857, Nov 17
Place of loss : near Gros Cap, W Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and a total loss, she broke up on the beach a short time later.
Other sources say this was a Canadian schooner out of Quebec or Port Hope.
Sources : slh,ssm,wl,rnc
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DAISY LEE
Other names : none
Official no. : 6207
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1864, F. N. Jones, Buffalo, NY
Specs : 47x13x6, 20 g
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 29
Place of loss : River Rouge, Detroit
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : While towing a barge on the river she caught fire and burned to the waterline. Her documentwas surrendered at Port Huron Jun 30, 1888, annotated “Total loss.” Owned by G. P. Felcher and sailed by his son Capt. Gep. H. Felcher.
Sources : phr,lhl,wl,es3-1,glmd
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FRED A. LEE
Other names : also seen as FREDERICK A. LEE and FRED LEE
Official no. : C134379
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1896, Port Huron, MI US#121019
Specs : 72x16x9, 65gc
Date of loss : 1936, Nov 13
Place of loss : 12 mi N of Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 5 [all]
Carrying : none
Detail : Bound Port Huron for Soo, Ont., in heavy weather, she foundered quickly. Though the ore boat JOHN MUNSON had her in sight when she went down, and arrived at the spot within 15 minutes, there was no trace of her crew left. Master: Capt. Achille Renaud(d).
Wreck was located upright in 200 feet of water in June, 1994. The wreck’s intact boiler disproved the theory that her boiler had exploded. She had run aground the day previous to her sinking, and her hull may just have failed.
Sold Canadian about 1915. Out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Sources : slh,lm,is,sol,h,win,mmgl,mv,nsp
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IDA H. LEE
Other names : none
Official no. : 100058
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1863, Hingston Bros, Buffalo
Specs : 45x10x5, 18 t.
Date of loss : 1874, Apr 23
Place of loss : 2 mi NE of Milwaukee harbor mouth
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : none
Detail : Rammed from astern by the schooner IDA, which she was towing, when she ran afoul of her own towline. She sank quicky, trapping her engineer below.
Sources : lhl,hr,wl,nsp,wls
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J. M. LEE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1852, Wm. Walker, Irving, NY
Specs : 124 t. om
Date of loss : 1866, Jun 18
Place of loss : near Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : After her anchors failed to hold, she was driven ashore in a teriffic but localized gale and became a total loss.
Major repairs in 1859.
Sources : nsp,hgl,rsl,rnc
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JOHN LEE, Sr.
Other names : built as the tug T. KEDDLE*, a most appropriate name for a small steamer
Official no. : C100122
Type at loss : propeller steam excursion vessel, wood
Build info : 1888, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs : 86×21, 88t**
Date of loss : 1913, Aug
Place of loss : at Port McNicoll, Ont., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to total loss.
*Built on hull of tug A.T. KELLEY [C#85705], 56x14x7, 39 t., which had burned in 1885 (qv).
**Built at 61×21, 52t., rebuilt and enlarged in 1895
Sources : slh,csv,mmgl
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LAURA H. LEE
Other names : built as schooner yacht JUNIATA, renamed WAVE CREST [1882], last name 1927
Official no. : C130228
Type at loss : propeller motor tug, wood, tug/lumber hooker/packet
Build info : 1864, Albertson Bros., Philadelphia [US#12667] as a schooner yacht
Specs : 87x24x6 92gc 81nc
Date of loss : 1929, Oct 23
Place of loss : Meldrum Bay, North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at her dock after heavy seas knocked over a kerosene lamp.
Out of Owen Sound, owned by E. P. Lee
Sold Canadian, 1923. Probably converted to motor at that time.
Sources : do2,mmgl,win,mpl
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OLIVER LEE
Other names : built as steamer CANADIAN, see below for name changes
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1844, Niagara Dock Co., Chippawa, Ont. as a sidewheeler
Specs : 160x28x11, 530 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Nov 17
Place of loss : near Old Mackinac Point [E of Mackinac Bridge site]
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : oats
Detail : Downbound, she was wrecked in a gale. Went ashore with LEANDER and two others. Reported to have gone to pieces on Dec 1. Her remaining gear was stripped by the wrecking schooner C.J. MARSHALL in June of 1858.
Seized by U.S. Treas. Dept. & sold at a marshall’s sale to a U.S. buyer in 1850, renamed LONDON (maybe built as LONDON). Became the bark OLIVER LEE in 1856.
Location of loss also given as Gros Cap, L. Michigan.
Rebuilt from sidewheel steamer to bark, 1856.
Sources : ssm,is(2-60),csv,slh,lhl,hgl,nsp
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LELAND
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, S & A Turner, Cleveland
Specs : 110x25x9, 250 t.
Date of loss : 1855, late July
Place of loss : near Pilot Isl., Death’s Door
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Driven ashore and stranded. A tug worked on her, but as of August 2nd had not budged her. Shows as a $2,000 loss in a later annual list, but it’s not known if that represents a total loss. Master: Capt. Hutchinson.
Reportedly brought a locomotive and three tenders to Milwaukee in 1852.
Sources : nsp,jm,wmn,wgts,hr
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LELAND
Other names : none
Official no. : 15917
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1873, McLeod, New Jerusalem, OH
Specs : 148x28x11, 366g, 318n
Date of loss : 1910, Dec 7
Place of loss : Huron, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Destroyed by fire at a dock.
Some sources say she was recovered, rebuilt and later abandoned at Marine City, MI
Severely damaged in another fire, 1888, on Lake Huron. Stranded off Point Pelee in the summer of 1889, with heavy damage to her bottom.
Sources : slh,is,ns2,mv,ledc,hgl,mpl,es3-2
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LELAND
Other names : none
Official no. : 207778
Type at loss : gas screw, wood, fish tug
Build info : 1906, Leland, Mich
Specs : 29x10x3, 12g 11n
Date of loss : 1916, Dec 20
Place of loss : off Leland, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 17 aboard
Carrying : chartered to carry lumbermen to S Manitou Isl
Detail : Caught fire while engine repairs were being done on her several miles offshore. The boat quickly became an inferno but a motorboat carrying the Manitou Island lifesaving crew had been cruising in tandem with her and was able to affect a thrilling and dangerous rescue, saving all of those on board. Out of Grand Haven.
Sources : mv,hr,nsp
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CHARLES LEMCKE – See EASTNOR
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LENNOX
Other names :
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, Isle Tante, Ont.
Specs : 230 t.
Date of loss : 1856, mid Dec
Place of loss : unknown
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : 12 [all]
Carrying : iron, firewood
Detail : Bound Kingston for Toronto, she was reported as missing three weeks after leaving port. A short article in January of the following year states that she was never seen again. Out of Kingston, owned by Jas. Morton
Sources : rnc,clu,wmn
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LEO
Other names : none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : steam launch, workboat & yacht
Build info : (1889, Rocky River?)
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1889, Sep 25
Place of loss : off Rocky River, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm/explosion
Loss of life : 9[all]
Carrying : none
Detail : Pleasure craft/workboat was returning from pleasure trip in a squall when she exploded and sank with all hands.
Sources : is,h,wb,hgl
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LEO
Other names : none
Official no. : 140827
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1886, Chicago
Specs : 68x15x6, 35g 17n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 12
Place of loss : near Cudahy, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Kenosha to Milwaukee in a gale, she sprung leak and was put ashore to prevent her foundering in deep water. The crew of 4 escaped to shore, but the tug broke up quickly. Homeport: Pullman
Sources : hgl,mv,wmn,nsp,hr
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LEOPARD – See EMPEROR
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FLORENCE LESTER
Other names : none
Official no. : 37177
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood (3-mast)
Build info : 1868, Philander Lester, Marine City, MI*
Specs : 136x26x12, 265g 251n
Date of loss : 1889, Oct 1
Place of loss : 1/4 mi SW of Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Blown ashore and wrecked in a NW gale, a total loss.
She was quite heavily built, being iron-strapped and, originally, wire-rigged.
*some sources show her built by T Lester at Saginaw, MI
Sources : mv,vbs,eas,h,wb,hgl,sb,hr,nsp
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T.G. LESTER
Other names : also seen as “Thomas G. Lester”
Official no. : 59196
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1868, T.G. Lester, E Saginaw, MI
Specs : 113x26x9, 205g 191n
Date of loss : 1908, Mar 30
Place of loss : foot of 12th St., Detroit
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none of 1
Carrying : none
Detail : In use as a construction barge in the building of the Michigan Central RR tunnel, she was cut by ice and sank. Later abandoned in place and probably covered over when area was filled in the 20’s. Owner: Butler Bros. – Hoff Co., contractors on the tunnel.
Sources : vbs,ns1,mv,nsp,eas
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LET HER B – See WARRENKO
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LETTIE MAY
Other names : none
Official no. : 140063
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1874, Simeon Vaughan, Ft. Howard, Wis.
Specs : 69x16x6, 45g 42n
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 4
Place of loss : near Skillagallee Light or White Shoal
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : unreported
Detail : Stranded east of the Beaver Islands and became a total loss. Out of Grand Haven, Mich.
Rebuilt and enlarged in 1891; originally 47 ft, 27gt.
Sources : mv,hr,tbms,hcgl
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D. LEUTY
Other names : none
Official no. : 157065
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1882, H. Root, Lorain, OH
Specs : 179x34x12, 647g 551n
Date of loss : 1911, Oct 31
Place of loss : Lighthouse Point, near Marquette
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : She drove ashore in a gale while trying to enter the harbor at Marquette and later broke up. The vessel was a total loss, but after deckhouse was used as a summer cottage nearby until 1965.
Owned by C. Prescott of Cleveland
Sources : mv,eas,gwgl,is,ns2,h,lss,mpl,df
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LEVANT
Other names : none
Official no. : 14670
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Doolittle & Miller, Chicago
Specs : 91x22x8, 115 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Oct 14
Place of loss : off Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 of 6
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was overwhelmed and foundered in a heavy gale. Two crewmen, who were clinging to her emergent rigging with their frozen comrades, were rescued by smallboat from the schooner D.P. DOBBINS, but one died a short time later. Out of Chicago. Master: Capt. Patrick Lyon(d).
Major repairs in 1865.
Sources : nsp,hgl,mv,hr,rsl,wl
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LEVIATHAN
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1868, G. Dakin, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs : 77x19x7, 91nc
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 29
Place of loss : “clay banks” near Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale and was unable to release herself. Broke up and declared lost Oct 31. Perhaps ashore the 25th.
Out of Port Burwell, owned by Ward
May have been recovered, vessel above still on some lists in 1878.
Sources : mmgl,win,clu,nsp,sagl,h,hgl
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LEVIATHAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 14612
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood, wrecking [large]
Build info : 1857, B.B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 126x26x11, 232t.
Date of loss : 1891, Nov 28*
Place of loss : at Cheboygan, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her dock at about midnight. Later stripped, towed out into the lake and scuttled. She was a very famous wrecking tug in the Straits area and Detroit, owned by the Grummond Line of tugs. This was the third vessel that had burned out from under Capt. Laframboise of Amherstburg, Ont. The others were LAKE BREEZE (qv-1878) and STRANGER(qv – 1885).
*Some sources give Nov 12, 21 or 29 as date.
Sources : mv,slh,is,lhl,hgl,nsp,ssm,mpl
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LEWIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 140785
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1884, Duluth
Specs : 39x12x4, 12g 11n
Date of loss : 1904, Sep 2
Place of loss : off Two Harbors, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered in a gale.
Sources : mv,lss,mnhs
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SAM LEWIS
Other names : none also seen as SAMUEL LEWIS
Official no. : C46220
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1861, Godfrey Canter, Detroit (builder also given as G. Canton, A Cantin)
Specs : 63×17, 115 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Nov 12
Place of loss : Cape Croker, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : hay and provisions
Detail : Bound for Michael’s Bay, Manitoulin Isl., with provisions for the winter, she stranded and wrecked, a total loss. Salvagers came up to get her afloat the following spring, but she had disappeared entirely.
Sold Canadian, 1865. Registered out of Montreal.
Sources : mmgl,clu,hdm,slh,h,win,hgl,nsp,rsl
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LEWISTON
Other names : built as SUSAN E. PECK, renamed in 1894
Official no. : 116110
Type at loss : propeller , composite, bulk freight
Build info : 1886, Detroit Dry Dock, Detroit hull no. 75
Specs : 272x38x18, 1808g 1342n
Date of loss : 1923, Apr 12
Place of loss : Kelley’s Isl
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fog
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Detroit for Cleveland, she went into the shallows on the SW side of the island, doing severe damage to her hull. The tug CUSTODIAN pulled her off soon after and towed her to Detroit, but she was declared a constructive total loss and never sailed again. Owner: Richard Baxter, Detroit. Vessel scrapped at Sandwich, Ont., in 1933.
Originally 231x38x19, 1399g, lengthened at Chicago in 1897.
Sources : mv,hcgl,wl
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LEXINGTON
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : (scow-)schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info (1836, Manchester, MI or 1835, Sacket’s Harbor)
Specs : (70x17x6, 54 t. [om] or 80x20x8, 118 t. [om]) 53 t.
Date of loss : 1846, Nov 19
Place of loss : 4 miles off Pt. Mouillee, MI*
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 13 [all]
Carrying : barrelled whiskey, coal, 2 new boilers
Detail : She foundered in a gale. Of 110 barrels of whiskey aboard, 100 washed ashore within the following few days. Sorry. Master: Capt. James L. Pier(d). Out of Algonac, MI
*Newspaper articles also give “Lake Erie Isls.” and “5 to 10 miles off Huron (OH)” as locations of loss.
Sources : sol,le,h,ledc,lsp,hgl,nsp,(hr,wl),eas
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LEXINGTON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info : 1838, F.N. Jones, Black R. [Charleston], OH
Specs : 162x23x11, 363 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1850, Jun 15
Place of loss : at Port Washington, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and lost
Sources : lhl,is(NilesReg), wl,eas
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LIBBY
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : “small”
Date of loss : 1872, Nov 24
Place of loss : off the old Northwester Hotel site, Marquette
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Torn from her dockside moorings, she was driven ashore and dashed to pieces. Total loss.
Sources : lss,is, not in 1869-71 mv
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LIBERATOR
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1846, E. Sawyer, Dover, OH
Specs : 68x17x4, 45 t. om
Date of loss : 1858, Jul 11
Place of loss : Milk River Point, near the head of the Detroit R
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood
Detail : Running down the lake under a standing jib only, the vessel capsized near the head of the river, and her hull and her cargo drifted down the river, causing much consternation to river traffic. Her hull eventually came to rest on Fighting Island, below Detroit, and about 18 miles from where she capsized. Most of her cargo was found at the head of Belle Isle. Her crew was was picked up by a barge in tow of the tug DISPATCH, though they had not been heard from for several days. Owned by Mary Desrochers of Mt. Clemens, and mastered by Capt. Francis Desrochers, her husband.
Last registry document probably May, 1858.
Sources : nsp,wl,wmn
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LIBERTY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1818, Buffalo [Two Mile Creek]
Specs : 47x14x4, 23 t.
Date of loss : 1829, Nov 23
Place of loss : Pelee Island
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron
Detail : This little schooner struck a bar about 2½ miles off Pelee Island in a storm and wrecked. Her crew came ashore on the island and camped overnight, intending to get the boat off in the morning. By dawn she had rolled off the bar and sunk in 25 feet of water, a total loss. Master: Capt. Roswell Mackabee; owned by him and Jared Z. Jennings. Out of Sandusky, Ohio.
Sources : nsp,wl,wmn,wmhs
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LIBERTY
Other names : none
Official no. : 14805
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1837 [or ’33], Avon Point, Oh
Specs : 72x18x6, 54t.
Date of loss : 1872, Apr 14
Place of loss : Milwaukee harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm/collision
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : wood
Detail : She was coming into the harbor at around midnight in a gale when she struck on the cribwork of a government pier which was then being erected, but which was not lighted. As the LIBERTY was breaking up, the local lightkeeper was able to get a line to her and all but one of her crew managed to get ashore. The lost sailor, who was also part owner of the vessel, fell between the pier and the wreck and was crushed. Owned out of Sheboygan by Capt. James Gunderson and Nicholas Thompson. Gunderson was her skipper, Thompson, the skipper’s brother-in-law, perished.
Amazingly, the moldering hulk washed up on the beach during a powerful storm in October, 1898.
Rebuilt in 1845 and 1870. She was one of the eldest vessels on the lakes at the time.
Sources : nsp,mv,wl,bb,hr
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LIBERTY
Other names : none
Official no. : 14672
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1861, L. Larned, Cottrellville, Mich
Specs : 82 g
Date of loss : 1879, Dec 16
Place of loss : near Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : She iced up in a storm and became unmanageable, finally being driven ashore on South Point, where she broke up. Probably out of Chicago, owned by Halsted and others
Sources : wls,glmd
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LIBERTY
Other names : none
Official no. : 141011
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1889, C.C. Fowles, Ft. Howard, WI as a paddle steamer
Specs : 97x18x5, 168g 100n
Date of loss : 1919, Jul 6 [Sep 23 also given, in error]
Place of loss : Grand Marais, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss in the harbor. Out of Duluth.
Sources : mv,is,lss,mpl,eas,hr,wgts,bb,mnhs
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LIEUT.-GENERAL U.S. GRANT
Other names : none also seen as GEN U. S. GRANT
Official no. : 14663
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1865, S. C. Fowler, Ft Howard, Wi
Specs : 113x24x9, 156 t.
Date of loss : 1878, Sep 18
Place of loss : near the pier at Pentwater, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : wood
Detail : Outbound Pentwater for Chicago, she stranded off the harbor and called for tugs to assist. Two tugs were unable to budge her and gave up. Then the vessel went to pieces and two crewmen were lost. She came ashore in pieces. Out of Chicago, owned by Sands, Maxwell and the vessel’s unnamed captain.
Sources : usls,mv,wl,mmo,nsp
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LIGHTSHIP #82
Other names : none
Official no. : #82
Type at loss : lightship, steel
Build info : 1912, Racine-Truscott-Shell Boat Co., Muskegon, MI
Specs : 80 ft., 187 t.
Date of loss : 1913, Nov 12
Place of loss : Waverly Shoal, off Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 [all]
Carrying : none
Detail : Overwhelmed by “Big Storm” of 1913 after battling it out for 3 days. Sank quickly after apparently springing a leak. Master: Capt. Hugh H. William(d). Located with difficulty and recovered by Reid Towing in summer, 1915. Repaired & converted to a tender at Detroit.
Popularly known as the “Buffalo” because that was painted on her flank in large letters, indicating her station.
Sources : is(1-75),nsp,s,is,ml,gsgl,ttgl,ledc
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LIGURE
Other names : also seen as LAGURE, LIGUIRE, LAGUIRE
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1832, Sandusky, Oh
Specs : 65x17x7, 63 t.
Date of loss : 1842, Nov 18
Place of loss : near Pt. Abino
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6
Carrying : $2,500 worth of supplies
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked in a powerful gale which destroyed a number of other vessels. 12 other vessles were ashore in the same vicinity. A couple weeks later only her stern was visible, and much of her cargo had washed ashore. Out of Detroit, owned by Thos. L. Packer. Master: Capt. David M. Smith..
Rebuilt the previous spring.
Sources : hr,rj,wmn,wmhs,wl
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CHARLES W. LIKEN
Other names : none
Official no. : 125812
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1880, F. Wheeler, W Bay City, MI hull# 6
Specs : 73x17x5, 34g 23n
Date of loss : 1905, Aug 13
Place of loss : Saginaw R. at Bay City, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to the waterline and a total loss.
Rebuilt from 63x17x5, 37g 27n in 1898.
Sources : vbs,slh,sbs,mv,phr
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JOHN C. LIKEN
Other names : also seen as J.C. LIKEN, J.C. LICKEN
Official no. : 75507
Type at loss : propeller, wood, package and bulk freight
Build info : 1873, Geo. Carpenter, Sebewaing, MI
Specs : 90x21x5, 79g, 58n
Date of loss : 1890, May 2
Place of loss : Hammond bay, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood lath, gen frt
Detail : Bound Cheboygan, MI, for Toledo, where she was to go into her normal trade. She was caught in a storm a little way from port and foundered in fifty fathoms of water. Her crew escaped with difficulty and made it to shore in her smallboat. Document surrendered at Cleveland May 15, endorsed “vessel lost.” Owned by Capt Doville of Cleveland, who had purchased her from B. B. Inman of Duluth just a few days before.
Rebuilt, 1884, recent repairs and renovations.
Sources : vbs,slh,h,lhdc,wb,hgl,sb,ssm,nsp
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JOHN LILLIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 13872
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, John Lillie, Chicago [Gross Pt.]*
Specs : 96 t. 82n
Date of loss : 1870, Nov 10
Place of loss : at Grand Haven
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She struck a beakwater while entering the harbor and was torn to pieces, a total loss.
Homeport: Holland, MI
*One source says she was built at Wallaceburg, Ont., in 1859.
Ashore in the harbor at St. Joseph in the great gale of November, 1869.
Sources : is,mv,hgl,nsp,rsl,wl
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LILLY MAY
Other names : none
Official no. : 15301
Type at loss : lighter scow, wood
Build info : 1869, C. Parker, Algonac, MI as 3-mast scow-schooner
Specs : 150x28x9, 300g 285n
Date of loss : 1905, May 16
Place of loss : upriver from Detroit
Lake : Detroit
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : dunnage
Detail : Sunk under the weight of a heavy cargo and abandoned. Later dynamited as a hazard.
Reported lost on two separate occasions in 1895.
Originally 120x27x8, 181g, rebuilt to the dimensions above and rig changed to 2-mast scow-schooner prior to 1893 (1889?).
Major repair at W Bay City, 1882
Sources : ns1,mv,nsp
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LILY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1858, Barringer, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 58x13x4, 29g
Date of loss : 1862, Jul 7
Place of loss : 10 mi off Vermilion, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ?
Detail : On a short hop Vermilion for Toledo, she capsized in a squall. Her skipper drowned, but the crewman and a boy sat on her upturned skiff for 18 hours until finally rescued.
Out of Toledo
Sources : www,hgl,nsp
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LILY E.
Other names : Built as LOUISA McDONALD, renamed in 1883. Also seen as LILLIE E., LILLY E.
Official no. : 15872
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1869, J. Hanson, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 192g 182n
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 11
Place of loss : off Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 8
Carrying : sacked oats
Detail : In tow of the tug WILLIAMS and inbound to Manistee, she struck a bar in a heavy SW gale and limped in close to shore before sinking. Lifesaving Service saved her crew by breeches’ bouy. Bound Milwaukee for Manistee. Out of Grand Haven (or Manistee). By the 26th she had been stripped and a channel was dredged to her and she was refloated. As she was being towed away a storm blew up and she was scuttled to save her. On the 27th she was again raised during a lull in the weather, but had to be scutted again. She was raised for a third time on the 30th and towed in. Both times the Life-saving Service had to rescue those aboard, 28 in all. The whole venture had cost much more than the vessel and her cargo were worth, but she was eventually returned to service. Turned into a floating clubhouse for the South Shore Yacht Club, Milwaukee, in 1914, reported wrecked near Milwaukee in 1922.
Ashore near Chicago in May of 1883 and rebuilt that summer.
Sources : mv,nsp,h,g8s,hgl,usls,mpl,hr,eb,wl
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LINA
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1866, A. Cantin, Montreal
Specs : 88x18x9, 114g* 28nc
Date of loss : 1868, Jul 14
Place of loss : at Trenton, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire and burned, reportedly to a total loss. Some newspapers indicated that she may have been recovered.
Owned by Cantin of Montreal
*note: American tonnage per clu
Sources : csv,mmgl,clu,rnc
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LINCOLN – See also PREMIER
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LINCOLN
Other names : later LILLIE SMITH(1888) and MARY BATTLE(1914)
Official no. : C88638*
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”
Build info : 1872, M. Simpson, St. Catharines, Ont.
Specs : 131x24x12, 347gc 247nc
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 19
Place of loss : Little Pike Bay, near Fishing Isls., Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : RR ties
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked in a gale. She was heavily damaged and declared a total loss. Her crew was rescued by a fishing boat. Master: Capt. Duncanson. Homeport: St Catharines. Owner: J. Norris.
Later recovered and the hull used to build the new vessel LILLIE SMITH.. Renumbered C94911.
*given this number in 1872.
Sources : is,lhdc,slh,ns2,csv,win,hgl,mmgl,es3-1,wl,mr
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A. LINCOLN
Other names : none also seen as ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Official no. : 1122
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1860, Chas. Desha, New Baltimore, MI
Specs : 75x19x7, 68g
Date of loss : 1872, Sep 29
Place of loss : at AuSable, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Tow of the tug ZOUAVE with several others, she broke her towline off Pte Aux Barques and drifted over 40 miles to shore. Declared a total loss, but later maybe recovered. Not on 1883 lists and noted in 1874 Merchant Vessels of the U. S. as “wrecked.”
Sources : slh,mv,nsp,rsl
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JENNY LIND
Other names : none
Official no. : 12716
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1848, DeGrote, Cleveland
Specs : 100x21x9, 111g 105n
Date of loss : 1883, May 21
Place of loss : Just south of the Chicago waterfront.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Inbound from Muskegon, she capsized and sank quickly in a gale after setting her anchors to ride out the storm instead of attempting to enter the harbor. Lifesaving Service rushed to her aid, but four crewmen had already drowned. Owned by her skipper, Capt. John Anderson(d). Shown in 1884 Merchant Vessels as “lost or otherwise out of service.”
Major repairs in 1859.
A schooner of this name is in Canadian records (C#83025), built in U.S.A. (“Wolf Isl.!”) in 1861, 72x19x7, 59gc/nc, reported wrecked about 11/20/1883 on Lake Huron. (mmgl,polk).
Sources : mv,mmgl,polk,h,lmdc,hgl,usls,wl,rsl,es,nsp,mr,oo
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LINDA E
Other names : built as LE CLAIR BROS.
Official no. : 236906
Type at loss : propeller fishing tug, gas
Build info : 1937, Burger Boat, Manitowoc
Specs : 40x13x6, 29g 20n
Date of loss : 1998, Dec 11
Place of loss : off Ozaukee Co., WI, SE of Port Washington
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : unknown (probable collision)
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : 1,000 lbs chub
Detail : This tug went missing in good weather on a trip between Milwaukee and Port Washington, WI after setting 14 fishing nets. A massive search by hundreds of professional and volunteer searchers and the Coast Guard had turned up no trace of her until she was located by two U. S. Navy minesweepers which diverted from a Great Lakes training and recruiting tour to search for her. She was found in 260 feet of water SSE of Port Washington, on June 18, 2000 by the Coast Guard minesweeper DEFENDER. Earlier speculation that she was run down by some passing ship was supported by the fact that the wreck of the tug showed extensive collision damage. Master: Capt. Lief Weborg(d).
Built with a Diesel engine.
Sources : ns,nsp,bb,mjs
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LINDEN
Other names : none
Official no. : C141667
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1895, Jenks Shipbuilding, Port Huron, MI hull# 10 US#141370
Specs : 206x34x14, 894g 708n
Date of loss : 1923, Nov 28
Place of loss : at Tawas City, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She caught fire at her dock, then drifted out into the bay and sank. Her remains were removed for scrap value in 1930.
Also sunk near Sarnia, Ont., in 1911 and near Sans Souci, MI, St. Clair Flats in 1905.
Sold Canadian in 1921 – may have been resold American just before the 1923 accident.
Sources : slh,sol,ns3,lhdc,mv,mmgl,mpl,eas
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WILLIAM R. LINN
Other names : later named J.S. WESCOAT (1940)
Official no. : 81597
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1898, Chicago Shipbuilding, Chicago hull# 32
Specs : 400x48x24, 4328g 3196n
Date of loss : 1918, Nov 4
Place of loss : just N of Pt. Edward, S end of the lake
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered well offshore. Declared a total loss, but an expensive salvage operation brought her back to the surface.
Converted to tanker WESCOAT in 1940. Scrapped overseas in 1964
Sources : slh,s,glmd,hcgl
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L’IROQUOISE – see WILLIAMSON
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LISGAR
Other names : none
Official no. : C83150
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1872, Abbey & Son, Port Robinson, Ont.
Specs : 139x26x11, 360gc 323nc
Date of loss : 1899, Sep 3
Place of loss : 30 mi from Cove Isl., Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 of 7
Carrying : coal
Detail : She was in tow of the prop CLINTON with the barge GRIMSBY when a northerly storm hit. When LISGAR began to fill, the tow was cut apart and LISCAR went down almost immediately. Her crew was visible on her floating cabin roof for a short time, then disappeared. Speculation at the time was that with a steamer in from and the heavy GRIMSBY astern, the old LISGAR – in the middle – was pulled apart when the weather got heavy. Most of the crew were reported to have perished, but the captain and a sailor were picked up after 91 hours adrift. Registered out of St. Catharines. Master: Capt. Richard Freeman.
Sources : mmgl,slh,h,win,go,nsp
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LITTLE BELT
Other names : built as the commercial schooner FRIENDS’ GOOD WILL
Official no. : none
Type at loss : armed schooner [cutter], wood, military vessel
Build info : 1810, Black Rock, NY
Specs : 96 t. (built at 60 t.)
Date of loss : 1813, Dec 31
Place of loss : Black Rock, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire [military action]
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : A private American schooner captured by British Navy at Mackinac in 1812 and converted to a 3-gun armed schooner, she was recaptured by U.S. Navy at Put-in-Bay and later burned to prevent her capture.
Sources : asn,hgl,mpl
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LITTLE EASTERN
Other names : none
Official no. : 15647*
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info : 1859, J. Elliot, Detroit
Specs : 55x15x5, 38 t.
Date of loss : 1861, Jun 29
Place of loss : Saginaw R.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : She collided with the sidewheeler FOX and sank. Reported as a total loss, but recovered several weeks later and returned to service.
Converted to a sidewheel tug in 1873. Abandoned about 1881.
*number assigned in 1869
Sources : hsc,hdm,lhl,phr,wl,rsl
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LITTLE ERIE – see ERIE (1844 loss)
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LITTLE GEORGY
Other names : sometimes seen as LITTLE GEORGIE, LITTLE GEORGE, LITTLE GREGORY
Official no. : 15806
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1870, Frank Hamilton, Sheboygan, WI*
Specs : 82x18x6, 52g 50n
Date of loss : 1912, Oct 9
Place of loss : near Bois Blanc Isl. light, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered in a gale. No detail.
Burned to near-total loss off Milwaukee, Oct 24, 1882, when her cargo of lime caught fire.
Scuttled off Holland, MI, Oct, 1873.
Stranded near Manitowoc, 1901.
*builder also given as Olsen
Sources : nsp,mv,slh,mv,hgl,mpl,hr,wgts
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LITTLE NELL
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer
Build info : 1857, (Detroit)
Specs : “small”
Date of loss : 1863, Aug 29
Place of loss : Saginaw R., probably at Saginaw
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : passengers, freight
Detail : Caught fire and burned to a total loss. Her engine was recovered.
Exploded, burned and sank on the Saginaw River, killing her skipper and several passengers in September, 1862.
Sources : slh,nsp,hgl,glmd
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LITTLE WESTERN
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1834, Chatham, Ont.
Specs : 60 t.
Date of loss : 1842
Place of loss : near Bar Pt.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She caught fire and was destroyed while approaching Detroit. Total loss.
Sources : le,is,hgl,nsp not in mmgl
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LITTLE WISSAHICKON
Other names : built as schooner-barge EDWARD D. KEANE, renamed in 1882
Official no. : 36351
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1869, P. Keane & Rogers, Marine City, MI
Specs : 146x29x12, 377g 358n
Date of loss : 1896, Jul 10
Place of loss : 22 mi S of Rondeau Pt. [35 mi NE of Pt Pelee]
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : coal
Detail : In tow of steamer J.P. DONALDSON with 4 other barges and bound Buffalo for Saginaw, she sprang a leak and sank after a struggle of several hours to keep her afloat. Part of her crew abandoned in a raft and were picked up 6 hours later by the big steamer TUSCARORA. Another was rescued by the following barge T.G. LESTER, which was found the next morning, still tethered to the hull of the submerged craft. Owner and master: Capt. George McKay(d).
Wreck later placed 33 to 35 miles E 3/4 N from Pt. Pelee.
Sources : nsp,hmc,h,ledc,phr,hgl,ew,jm,wmn
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LIVE YANKEE
Other names : none
Official no. : 14709
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, E. Bates, Milan, OH
Specs : 115x24x10, 213 t. [260 t. om]
Date of loss : 1869, Nov 5
Place of loss : High Island Reef, Beaver Islands
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Buffalo, she struck shore and sank to her decks. Her crew and a 14-year old girl passenger made it to shore in her yawl, where Indians took care of them. The steward later died of exposure. The grain cargo swelled, burst her hull and caused her to become a total loss. Master: Capt. Locher. Owner: E. Whitaker, Detroit.
Driven ashore in a gale just west of Toronto in December, 1856
Sources : lmdc,nsp,mv,hgl,rp,rsl,mdwl,ec
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LIVELY
Other names : none
Official no. : 14608
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, S. Ruggles, Milan, OH
Specs : 121x25x11, 208 t. [294 t. om]
Date of loss : 1878, Nov 3
Place of loss : 6 mi above Sand Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : 400 t. coal
Detail : Bound for Chicago via Bay City, she went ashore and was wrecked, despite the efforts of the big wrecking tug OSWEGO.
Homeport: Buffalo
Major repairs in 1870.
Sources : slh,hgl,mv,rsl,wl,ec,wmn
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LIVERPOOL – See JOHN A. MARSH
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LIVERPOOL
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1838, Oswego
Specs : 127 t. om
Date of loss : 1855, Oct 26
Place of loss : near mouth of Grand River, Michigan
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : probably lumber
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked, a total loss. Five other schooners went ashore near the same place at the same time, but all of them were recovered.
Built for the Welland Canal trade, even though she had a standing keel. Most schooners in the trade had drop keels.
Out of Oswego in 1854, Chicago in 1855. Disappears from registry and insurance lists after 1855.
Sources : hr,wl,hgl,mhgl
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WILLIAM J. LIVINGSTONE, Jr.
Other names : none
Official no. : 80411
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1874, Port Huron Dry Dock, Port Huron
Specs : 132x26x13, 292 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Oct 4
Place of loss : off the mouth of Sturgeon Bay Canal, near Bailey’s Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : equipment failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : barges in tow
Detail : Upbound from Chicago with barges in tow, she broke her shaft when the engine froze. The broken shaft slid out of its sleeve, allowing the lake to enter. Despite heavy effort on the part of the crew, the vessel began to founder. She was taken in tow by the tug FAVORITE of Menominee, but sank before reaching shallow water. She was just returning from repairs at a Chicago dry dock. Owned by Peshtigo Lumber Co. Master: Capt. Nicholson.
At the time of her launch she was touted as the largest tug in the world.
Sources : nsp,wmhs,mpl,hgl,hr,wgts
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LIZZIE BELLE – See LIZZIE BELL
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LOCH LOMOND – See JOHN WALTERS
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LOCHIEL
Other names : built as THREE SEAS, renamed before 1854
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1852, R. Steel, Port Sarnia, Ont.
Specs : 105x20x9, 165 t.*
Date of loss : 1865, Sep 8
Place of loss : 15 mi NE of Genesee, NY lighthouse
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 9,000 bu wheat
Detail : Westbound from Dundas, Ont, she was caught in a gale and foundered near dawn. Her crew were able to escape in her yawl, but saved nothing from the ship. Out of Dundas, Ont. Master: Capt. Scott.
*tonnage from official sources. Most other sources say she was 233 t.
Rebuilt in 1861
Sources : rsl,clu,mmgl,hgl,rnc,jm
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CORA LOCK
Other names : none
Official no. : 5977
Type at loss : sidewheel tug, wood
Build info : 1869, Hossack, Perrysburg, OH
Specs : 92x33x5, 95 t.
Date of loss : 1881
Place of loss : (Huron)
Lake : (Saginaw River?)
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by fire. Document surrendered at Port Huron Dec 15, 1881, annotated “burned.”
Built as a passenger vessel.
Sources : phr,mpl,wl
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P.B. LOCKE
Other names : none
Official no. : 20416
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1873, Bailey Bros., Toledo
Specs : 136x26x11, 285g 271n
Date of loss : 1912, Nov 1
Place of loss : 3 mi off Port Hope, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Tow of the steamer JUNO, she foundered in a gale under Scarborough Bluffs. Out of Toronto. Master: Capt. D. M. Vicker.
Sources : tfgl,ns2,mv,win,wmn
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C.B. LOCKWOOD
Other names : none
Official no. : 126650
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, Quayle’s Sons, Cleveland
Specs : 285x45x19, 2139g 1733n
Date of loss : 1902, Oct 13
Place of loss : off Fairport, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 10 of 19
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound for Buffalo, she foundered in a gale, her crew abandoning in two lifeboats. One was picked up by the steamer NISBET GRAMMER, the other was found upside-down on a nearby beach. Owned by Gilchrist Trans., Cleveland. Master: Capt. Casius M. Saph.
Sunk with heavy damage at Lime Kiln Crossing, Detroit R in 1895 and again in 1900. Stranded with heavy damage at Milwaukee in 1901.
Sources : sol,is,ns1,h,ledc,nsp,mpl,ewe,es,bbas
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J.K. LOCKWOOD
Other names : none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1869, C.P. Girden, Alpena
Specs : 102x27x7, 150g
Date of loss : 1870, Sep (1)
Place of loss : on Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : marble
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Cleveland, she went ashore in heavy weather and later broke up. Document surrendered 12/1/1877, annotated “wrecked in 1870.”
Out of Alpena.
Sources : phr,nsp
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JAMES C. LOCKWOOD – See also CASE
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LODI
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1834, Burton Parsons, Huron, OH
Specs : 64x19x6, 65gt
Date of loss : 1855, Nov 21
Place of loss : off Grand Haven MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound Chicago for Grand Haven, she drove on to the Grand Haven Bar and broke up. Her crew was rescued from shore by Capt. Smith and crew in the “Government Lifeboat.” Owned out of Chicago at the time of her loss.
Also driven ashore and wrecked by a gale on L. Erie Nov 20, 1838. Shown as total loss, but recovered. the following spring.
Also sunk in collision with the steamer CHAUTAUQUA in October, 1842 off Sturgeon Pt., NY. Later raised.
She was an original member of large Newberry fleet of Detroit, purchased as a wreck at Conneaut in 1838.
Sources : is(4-60),slh,net,hgl,wb,nsp
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ELIZA LOGAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 7312
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, B.B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 131x28x11, 265 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Oct 19
Place of loss : 12 mi off Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2 of 8
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Toledo for Buffalo, she foundered in a gale and came to rest with just her topmasts above water. Six crewmen clung to them for more than 24 hours until rescued by the passing schooner EMMA. Her skipper, Capt. Lawson(d), who owned her with a partner, was one of the lost. Out of Buffalo.
Heavily damaged in a collision in 1861.
Rebuilt in 1871
Sources : nsp,mv,hgl,wl
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LONDON
Other names : none?
Official no. : British
Type at loss : armed brig, military vessel
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1756
Place of loss : at Oswego
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : battle loss
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Lost in armed conflict with the French during the Seven Years’ War.
Sources : is,mpl
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LONDON
Other names : ?
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1852, D.D. Calvin, Garden Island, Ont.
Specs : 132x22x11, 318 t.
Date of loss : 1858, Oct 20
Place of loss : near Big Sodus, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound for Oswego from a Canadian port, she stranded and became a total loss. Master: Capt. Griggs.
Sources : csv,hgl,nsp,mmgl
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LONDON
Other names : none
Official no. : C72584
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1852, H. Roney, Garden Isl. as a bark
Specs : 263 t.
Date of loss : 1886, Oct 2
Place of loss : near Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Torn loose from the tug FERRIS and driven ashore in a gale. Total loss.
Registered out of Kingston.
Rebuilt in 1870.
Sources : mmgl,rsl,wl
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LONE STAR
Other names : none
Official no. : 140454
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1881, Mud Creek, OH (also seen as Muck Creek)
Specs : 55x16x3, 21g 20n
Date of loss : 1892, Sep 26
Place of loss : Quarry Docks, near Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She went ashore and was wrecked in gale. She had been bound Mud Creek to Turtle Creek, Ohio. Her crew of three made it to shore on their own.
Sources : mv,h,wb,hgl,usls
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LONE STAR
Other names : none
Official no. : 214428
Type at loss : gas screw, wood, freighter
Build info : 1916, St. James, Mich
Specs : 48x16x6, 33g 28n
Date of loss : 1921, Dec 4
Place of loss : Pine Lake [Lake Charlevoix], Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
Detail : Caught fire at Eveline Orchards and burned to a total loss. Out of Grand Haven, Mich
May have been converted to steam before her loss. Shows in 1922 Merchant Vessels as both a steamer and a gas screw.
Sources : mv,hr
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ANN LONG – See W.E. GLADSTONE
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JOHN J. LONG
Other names : none
Official no. : C100944
Type at loss : propeller, wood, mail and passenger boat
Build info : 1894, Collingwood, Ont.
Specs : 98×20, 201 t.
Date of loss : 1901, Sep 3
Place of loss : Meldrum Bay, North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : mail, passengers
Detail : Burned to a total loss. The source of the fire was never determined, but the vessel was a total loss of $12,000. She had been bound Sault Ste. Marie for Owen Sound. Owned by Capt. Cleland, Collingwood. Master: Capt. Geo. Watson.
Hull resurrected in 1902 and served as basis for the new propeller IROQUOIS [C#116364]
Sources : mmgl,slh,csv,jmk,nsp,glmd
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LOOKOUT
Other names : none
Official no. : 14675
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1855, G. Hardison, Buffalo
Specs : 127x28x10, 226g 215n
Date of loss : 1897, Apr 29
Place of loss : 3 mi north of harbor at Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : light
Detail : She drove ashore and was wrecked in a northeast spring gale. She had been bound Chicago for Green Bay and went ashore on a quicksand-like bottom, which made it too expensive to pull her off. Mater and owner: Capt. John Olson.
One source gives December as the month, in error.
Rebuilt 1876, major repair, 1871, 1882
She was considered by many to be a particularly beautiful schooner.
Image of vessel ashore from GLMD
A Lake Michigan schooner of this name figures in an 1874 folk song originating on Beaver Island, Mich. And supposedly based on fact. In the song, two brothers named Gallagher and their friend Toomy Boyle set sail for Beaver fron Traverse City despite dire gale warnings. The empty vessel later washes ashore on Beaver.
Sources : h,lmdc,mv,wb,hgl,nsp,mpl,wl
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B.R. LOOMIS
Other names : most often seen as B.R. LUMMIS – LOOMIS [official] is probably actually a misspelling
Official no. : 2240
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, D. Rogers, Sodus, NY
Specs : 158n
Date of loss : 1872, end of Aug
Place of loss : Grand Traverse Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1 (also reported as “all but 1”)
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered following a collision with the steamer CITY OF FREMONT.
Homeport: Racine [1869]
Major repair in 1861, 65
Sources : mv,slh,hgl,rsl,wl,nsp
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EDWARD E. LOOMIS
Other names : built as WILKESBARRE, renamed in 1920
Official no. : 81733
Type at loss : propeller, steel, package freighter
Build info : 1900, Union Dry Dock, Buffalo hull# 92
Specs : 382x52x30, 4153g 3311n
Date of loss : 1934, Nov 21
Place of loss : off Harrisville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She collided with the bulk freighter W.C. FRANZ(qv). FRANZ sank with some loss of life but LOOMIS was able to pick up part of her crew. She was able to limp to Port Huron with a badly crushed bow, but was later declared a constructive total loss at Buffalo. Lay idle until scrapped in 1940. Out of Buffalo; owned by Great Lakes Transit Co.
Sources : slh,mv,nsp,glmd
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LUTHER LOOMIS
Other names : maybe named LIZZIE for some part of her existence
Official no. : 141018*
Type at loss : steam propeller, wood, tug
Build info : 1889, Chicago
Specs : 55x13x6, 29g 14n
Date of loss : 1913, May 14
Place of loss : at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 8
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Homeport: Chicago
An earlier tug built at Chicago named LIZZIE shares this number. LOOMIS may be a rebuild of her or LIZZIE never went into service and number was re-issued.
Sources : mv,hr,wmn
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LORA – See MANISTEE
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LORD ELGIN
Other names : built as U.S. steamer SYRACUSE
Official no. : C33457
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer,* wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1845, G. S. Weeks, Oswego, NY (or 1841)
Specs : 116x21x12, 345 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Dec 2
Place of loss : on Lake Ontario’s Long Point [Also shown in error as Lake Erie’s Long Point]
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 2,000 bbl flour
Detail : Bound Toronto for Montreal, she was driven ashore in a gale and became a total wreck.
Sold Canadian, 1851, owned by Hooker, Pridham & Co. of Toronto
*US registration of 1845 says she was a “propeller of the Erikson Plan,” maybe converted to sidewheeler later, shows as stp on Canadian record.
Sources : osdo,mmgl,csv,nsp,wl,rnc
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LORD NELSON – See SCOURGE
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JARVIS LORD
Other names : none
Official no. : 75499
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1873, W. Morley, Marine City
Specs : 178x33x18, 771g 641n
Date of loss : 1885, Aug 17
Place of loss : Manitou Passage, E of Manitou Isls.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound St. Ignace, Michigan for Chicago, she picked up a log in her propeller and forced it through her hull planking. Water sloshing in her hull washed a slurry of iron dust into her engine, disabling it. She sank quickly, while her crew took to her small boats and made it to Glen Arbor. Out of Cleveland, owned by Moore and Barbour. Master: Capt. Richard Neville.
Had suffered a collision with a schooner in June of the same year and it was implied that she was unseaworthy following but there is no evidence to that effect. She had been inspected following the first accident.
500 hp engine
Sources : mv,nsp,sb,nb,hgl,mpl
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LORETTA
Other names : also seen as LORETA
Official no. : 141238
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1892, Carpenter Bros., Sebewaing, MI as a schooner
Specs : 140x31x9, 395g 284n
Date of loss : 1896, Oct 8
Place of loss : at Black River, Mich., S of Thunder Bay*
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : chain
Detail : The northbound ship put into this small harbor with a broken prop. While she was waiting for a tow she caught fire under her boailer. Her crew was unable to stop the flames and the vessel was towed out into the lake by the tug WESTCOTT, where she burned to a total loss. The fire spread from the boat to the dock of Alger Smith & Co., where more than a half million board-feet of lumber was also burned. Owner: Herman Endress, Bay City. Master: Capt. C. H. Woodgrift.
*Location also given as Lorain, Ohio (on the Black River), in error.
Driven ashore with heavy damage on Pt. Lookout, Lake Huron, May 19, 1894.
After her 1st year as a schooner she was considered structurally weak and was strengthened and rebuilt as a prop at Bay City.
Sources : phr,vbs,mv,hgl,wmn,nsp,ade
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LORNA P. – See JENNIFER
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LOS MAYAS – See FRANCISCO MORAZAN
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LOTHAIR
Other names : none sometimes seen as “Lotnair” in error
Official no. : C71170
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”*
Build info : 1872, M. Simpson, St. Catharines Ont.
Specs : 130×23, 413 t.
Date of loss : 1893, Jan 13
Place of loss : Windsor, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire around her engine and coal bunker and burned at McKee’s dock. Thought to be a total loss, but the hull later was recovered and rebuilt to an unrigged barge. Owned by R. Thompson & Co., Windsor. Her hull was eventually abandoned as breakwater near the town of Colpoy’s Bay, Ont., NE of Wiarton.
*also shown as a tug, in error
Rebuilt and enlarged, 1877, originally 351 t.
Story and images of her present location from Colpoy’s Bay history site.
Sources : mmgl,is,csv,smf
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LOUISA
Other names : also seen as LOUISE
Official no. : 15420
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, J. M. Jones, Detroit [as a scow-bark]
Specs : 118x26x7, 119g
Date of loss : 1884, Oct 26
Place of loss : at Manistique, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : 150,000 brick
Detail : She struck the west pier of the harbor entrance while inbound, broke in two and sank. She was soon abandoned as a total loss. Owner: Charles Chamberlain, Detroit
Sources : wgts,mv,hr,nsp
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LOUISA
Other names : none
Official no. : C88636
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1856, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ont.
Specs : 129x23x11, 250gc 233nc
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 13
Place of loss : Magnetic Reef, near Cockburn Isl. Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was the tow of the tug BRUNO, when both went on the reef in a storm on Nov 4. LOUISA broke up in another storm on the 13th Out of St. Catharines
See also BRUNO
Major repair, 1863, 1880
Sources : mmgl,h,sol,win,hgl
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LOUISA
Other names : none(?)
Official no. : 140127
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1874, M. Heblar, Bangor, MI
Specs : 61x17x5, 39g 37n
Date of loss : 1897 (probably – see below)
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : (Superior)
Type of loss : “lost”
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered at Marquette, Jun 18, ’97, endorsed “vessel lost”, does not appear in 1895 MVUS.
Sources : rkr,vbs,
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LOUISE – See also HUNTER WILLS
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LOUISE
Other names : none
Official no. : 140710
Type at loss : propeller, wood, yacht and packet
Build info : 1884, Detroit
Specs : 57x21x5, 35g 26n
Date of loss : 1902, Sep 5
Place of loss : off Kincardine, Ont. [60 mi NE of Sand Beach]
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : n/a
Detail : Caught in a storm and foundered. Those aboard abandoned her in a gale and were picked up by steamer H.W. FISK. In use as a pleasure yacht at the time. Master: Capt. Ed. Kelly. Owner: J. W. Post, Sandusky.
Sources : nsp,is,mv,bbas,glmd
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LOUISE
Other names : none
Official no. : 227010
Type at loss : gas screw fish tug, wood
Build info : 1925, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Specs : 33x9x14, 11g 7n
Date of loss : 1946, Mar 22
Place of loss : Detroit Harbor, Wisc.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss in Detroit Harbor, on the SW side of Washington I.
Out of Milwaukee; owned by Clarence Lind.
Sources : h,mv
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LOUISIANA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info : 1846, Buffalo
Specs : 777 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Oct 20
Place of loss : near Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Green Bay – her homeport – for Buffalo, she attempted to put in to Port Burwell for bunker wood in a gale. Stranded and pounded to pieces near the harbor entrance. Declared a total loss the 24th.
Sources : lhl,hgl,nsp,blu[57]
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LOUISIANA
Other names : none
Official no. : 140882
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1887, Morley & Hill, Marine City, MI
Specs : 267x40x20, 1753g 1259n
Date of loss : 1913, Nov 11
Place of loss : Washington harbor, Washington Isl., WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm/fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Heavily battered by the famed “Big Storm” of 1913, she sought shelter in harbor night of the 10th while bound for Escanaba, but caught fire early the next morning and burned to a total loss.
Sources : gsgl,ttgl,sol,mh,ns2,is,mv,lmdc,nsp,mpl,eas,wgts
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LOUISVILLE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & freight
Build info : 1853, G.S. Weeks, Buffalo
Specs : 137x26x11, 366 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Sep 29
Place of loss : off Calumet, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 1 (some sources say none)
Carrying : flour, grass seed, hops
Detail : Fire was discovered in her cargo hold approximately amidships. Even though she had to be abandoned quickly, of her crew and the fifteen passengers aboard, only one died, a fireman who was lost when one of her lifeboats capsized. She burned to a total loss. The Northern Transportation Liner was bound Chicago for St. Joseph, MI.
Also heavily damaged by fire on St. Lawrence R. the previous year.
Sources : sol,lmdc,lhl,hgl,nsp,mpl,eas
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L’OUTAOUAISE – see JOHNSON
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SARAH LOW – See SARAH CLOW
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LOWELL
Other names : none
Official no. : 14666
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1848, F. N. Jones & Bagnell, Buffalo
Specs : 122x24x9, 202 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Sep 22
Place of loss : Cove Island, mouth of Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven aground by a storm and stuck fast. The tug THOMAS QUAYLE worked to release her for some time, but could only save her outfit. She broke up in October. Homeport: Chicago.
Heavily damaged in an accident on Lake Michigan in 1857.
Also damaged in storms on Lake Michigan in 1852 and 70. Major repair in 1861.
Sources : slh,mv,hgl,nsp,mpl,wl,rsl,mbw
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LOWELL
Other names : none
Official no. : 14655
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steam barge”
Build info : 1865, Ira Fafrinier., Cleveland as a package/passenger freighter [Quayle & Co. also given as builder]
Specs : 136x26x11, 344g 255n
Date of loss : 1893, Nov 10
Place of loss : abreast of St. Clair, MI
Lake : St. Clair R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : (lumber)
Detail : Caught fire while underway and burned to a total loss.
Registered out of Detroit to Jenney & Co.
Rebuilt from a package freighter to a steam barge in about 1880.
Sources : slh,mv,nsp,hgl,lhl,st,mpl
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J.B. LOZEN – See RICHARD BURNS
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LUCERNE
Other names : none
Official no. : 15914
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Parsons & H(umble), Tonawanda, NY
Specs : 195 ft., 728g 692n
Date of loss : 1886, Nov 17
Place of loss : off Chequamegon Pt., near Ashland, WI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 9[all]
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Outbound in NE gale, she foundered with all hands in 40 feet of water. Four crewmen were found frozen to her rigging, the others were never found. Tow of propeller RALEIGH. Probably the wreck shown in Great Lakes Pilot as 1 mi, 113 deg, 30′ from La Pointe light. Out of Cleveland, she was an early member of the Corrigan fleet [just purchased]. Master: Capt. Geo. L. Lloyd.
Sources : mv,glp,nsp,gwgl,sol,lss,wb,hgl,usls,sb,mpl,eas
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LUCILE
Other names : built as steamer PICKUP, renamed in 1886 [not spelled with double L]
Official no. : 150304
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1883, C. King, Marine City, MI
Specs : 80x19x7, 137g 107n
Date of loss : 1906, Aug 8 [Aug 18 also given]
Place of loss : 1 mi E of Turtle Isl. light, near Toledo, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : none
Detail : She foundered after springing a leak in good weather. Her crew abandoned in the lifeboats. Owner: Capt.Fred Brower, Ashland, Wis.
Formerly operated as a riverboat on the Saginaw River.
Rebuilt in 1905 at Marquette after burning to the waterline at Ashland in Aug., 1904.
Sources : ledc,nsp,mpl,eas,hcgl,es,mv
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LUCILLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 140712
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1884, Miller Bros., Chicago
Specs : 100x23x10, 160 t.
Date of loss : 1893, Feb 2
Place of loss : at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm/ice
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : Struck by a storm, she was stove in by wind-driven ice and sank. The following summer there were two attempts to raise her, one being the first use of air-bags in a lift, but the hull broke in two and only her machinery was saved.
Formerly a freighter.
Sources : nsp,wmhs,hr
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CHARLES A. LUCK – See OAKWOOD
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LUCKNOW
Other names : built as WILLIAM H. PRINGLE, renamed INTERNATIONAL in 1885, renamed ONAPING in 1887, last name in 1916
Official no. : C88623
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1871, A. Rust & Arnold, S. Saginaw, MI
Specs : 120x22x9, 236gc 174nc
Date of loss : 1935, Dec 5
Place of loss : at Midland, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Large tug destroyed by fire after an amazing 64 years of service. May have been purposely burned in lieu of scrapping.
Burned at Port Huron in 1877.
Rebuilt and re-engined in 1884, getting the engine from the sidewheel carferry MICHIGAN (qv).
Sold Canadian in 1885, original number US #80176
Sources : vbs,slh,csv,nsp,mmgl,mpl
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LUCKPORT
Other names : built as propeller ST. MAGNUS, renamed MAGNOLIA in 1898, given this name in 1919.
Official no. : C103690**
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1880, A. Robertson, Hamilton Ont, as a passenger vessel
Specs : 126×22, 231 t.+
Date of loss : 1934, Dec
Place of loss : at Midland, Ont., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by fire after 54 years of service. Maybe burned instead of scrapping.
When built she was 180×28, 853 t, rebuilt to 136×21, 367t in ’98, last dimensions in ’18
**originally C77693, renumbered in 1898 after an extensive rebuild following a fire in Sep of 1895. Also rebuilt, ’18
Image of her sunk at dock in 1895 from GLMD
Image as MAGNOLIA from same source
Sources : slh,lhdc,csv,mmgl,mpl
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LUCKY
Other names : ?
Official no. : 257127
Type at loss : (construction) scow
Build info : 1931
Specs : 109 t.
Date of loss : 1951, Sep 22*
Place of loss : off Cordwood Pt., just E of Cheboygan, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : Grounded and went to pieces.
*year also given as 1957.
Sources : slh,h,eas,hcgl
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DUKE LUEDTKE
Other names : built as ALPENA, renamed in 1974
Official no. : 216022
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel, diesel
Build info : 1917, Great Lakes Towing, Cleveland, OH
Specs : 70x21x11, 73g 32n
Date of loss : 1993, Sep 21
Place of loss : 13 mi off Avon Pt., OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 1 [Coast Guardsman]
Carrying : none
Detail : Bound West Harbor, OH for Ashtabula when she sprang a leak for an unknown reason. The Coast Guard responded to her distress call and two of their men were below trying to find the leak when she turned turtle and sank in 70 feet of water. Only one of the two was able to escape. Owned by Luedtke Engineering, Frankfort, MI. Master: Capt. Frank Hannan.
Rebuilt and enlarged in 1957 – originally 69x17x11, 65 gt., with 250hp steam engine
Formerly owned by Great Lakes Towing. As such she was sunk in a collision with the big steamer EDMUND W. MUDGE, June 20, 1943, sinking quickly in 35 feet of water with the loss of one life.
Sources : gmw,nsp,is(1-76),mv
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LULU BEATRICE
Other names : none
Official no. : C97104
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1896, P. Haggblorn, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs : 72x18x6, 48gc 48nc
Date of loss : 1900, Sep 16
Place of loss : near the harbor entrance at Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 (captain’s wife)
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Conneaut for Port Burwell, she missed piers in gale and drove ashore. Owner and master: Peter Haggblom.
Registry closed Nov 15, 1902
Sources : nsp,mmgl,es
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LUMBERMAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 14828
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1862, H. Litchfield, Blendon’s Landing, (Grand Haven), MI as a bark
Specs : 127x24x7, 160g 152n
Date of loss : 1893, Apr 6
Place of loss : just S of Milwaukee, 6 mi off the mouth of Oak Creek
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound Chicago for Kewaunee, WI., she capsized in a squall and sank to her topmasts in 70 feet of water. Crew scambled up the masts as she went down and were rescued by the steamer MENOMINEE after several hours. Out of Milwaukee. Master: Capt. O. Voss. Owners: Mashek & Hanson, Milwaukee.
The wreck was later flattened as a navigational hazard.
Wreck located in 1983 in 80 feet of water.
major repairs in 1871, 78 & 79
Sources : wb,mv,hgl,polk,net,mpl,wl,nsp,es,bb
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LUMMIS – See LOOMIS
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LUNA
Other names : built as schooner NELLIE, renamed in 1901
Official no. : 130224
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger ferry
Build info : 1882, Michael Laprise, Mt. Clemens, Mich
Specs : 105x26x7, 156g
Date of loss : 1903, May 18
Place of loss : at Delray, Mich., near River Rouge
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none [1 injured]
Carrying : none
Detail : She was lying at the People’s Ferry dock at the foot of Chase St., Delray, when she caught fire under mysterious circumstances and burned to the waterline. Owned by Parker’s Chartering Co., Detroit [Clarence Parker, et. al]. She burned to the waterline and was declared a total loss, but her hull was later resurrected and converted for use as a “sand boat.” Abandoned in 1914.
Built as a 156g schooner and converted to a propeller in 1886.
Sources : nsp,wmhs,hcgl*,mv
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LUPUS – See PRINDOC
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LURLINE
Other names : none
Official no. : C90780
Type at loss : steam yacht and cargo vessel, wood
Build info : 1888, W. Lane, Walkerville, Ont.
Specs : 79x16x8, 66gc 40nc
Date of loss : 1907, Oct 26
Place of loss : at Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked while entering the harbor, a total loss.
Sources : mmgl,slh,csv
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J.V. LUTTS – See C.B. WALLACE
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LYCOMING
Other names : none
Official no. : 140416
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1880, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City as package freighter. hull #7
Specs : 251x36x15, 1448g 1119n
Date of loss : 1910, Oct 21
Place of loss : off Rondeau, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Upbound with schooner EMMA G. HUTCHINSON in tow, she caught fire and burned to total loss.
Out of Tonawanda, NY.
Rebuilt from package freighter to bulker after a major fire in 1905.
Image as package feighter from GLMD
Sources : sbs,ns2,vbs,h,ledc,win,mpl,eas,ew,hcgl
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LYDIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 140056
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1874, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 80x20x7, 84g 80n
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : S of Muskegon, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : ?
Detail : Overwhelmed while riding out a storm, she dragged her anchors and was driven ashore and wrecked, a total loss. Her crew was rescued by Lifesaving Service using a breeches’ buoy.
This was one of several major gales in 1905.
Image as ashore from GLMD, USLS lifeboat in foreground
Sources : nsp,gs,sol,mv,mpl,bcha
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LYDIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 211562
Type at loss : propeller fish tug, wood
Build info : 1913, J. Larson, Menominee
Specs : 47x15x5, 26g 18n
Date of loss : 1932, Nov 25
Place of loss : just off Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 [all]
Carrying : fish
Detail : She capsized and sank just off the harbor entrance in violent gale while running for shelter. Owned by Louis Larson of Racine.
Sources : gwgl,lss,lssc,mv,hr
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MARY ANN LYDON
Other names : none
Official no. : C71162
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast*
Build info : 1874, W. Yewell at Pontine shipyard, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs : 121x26x10, 245gc 245nc
Date of loss : 1912, Oct 14
Place of loss : south shore
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore and destroyed.
Ashore at Grand View Beach, near Charlotte, NY, in the fall of 1908 and not recovered until the following spring.
Major repair in 1884
*Some sources say 3-mast, but 2 is official.
Sources : mmgl,ns2,osdo,rp
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E. M. LYON
Other names : also seen as E. M. LYONS, ELLEN M. LYONS
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : before 1849
Specs : 114 t.
Date of loss : 1855, Jun 12
Place of loss : off Black River, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She was reported a total loss of $4,000 in a collision with the propeller DELAWARE when the steamer’s wheelsman mistook the schooner’s masthead light for a lighthouse. Out of Cleveland, owner, R. T. Lyon. Master: Capt. T. A. Burke.
Sources : hr,wl,hgl
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JOHN B. LYON
Other names : none
Official no. : 76199
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1881, T. Quayle & Sons, Cleveland
Specs : 256x39x20, 1710g, 1330n
Date of loss : 1900, Sep 11
Place of loss : off North Girard, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 11 of 16
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Challenged the storm [actually a dying hurricane which had flattened Galveston, Texas], even though nearly all other traffic had left the lakes. She was overwhemed, torn apart and sunk. Member of the Gilchrist Fleet, Cleveland. Master: Capt. A. H. Senghas(d).
Damaged in collisions at both Chicago and Buffalo in 1881. Involved in other damaging collisions in 1882, 1884, 1891.
Sources : sol,ns1,h,ledc,hs,hgl,mpl,ewe
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NELLIE LYON
Other names : built as unrigged lumber barge H.C. SPRAGUE, named RELIANCE in ’06, given this name in ’10
Official no. : C126229
Type at loss : sandsucker barge, wood, former steamer
Build info : 1880, Bailey Bros., S. Rockwood, MI US#42652
Specs : 146x30x9, 384gc
Date of loss : 1911, Apr 9
Place of loss : at Algonac, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss. Owned by O. E. Fleming, Windsor.
Converted to a schooner-barge in 1892, converted to a propeller in 1906, converted to a sandsucker barge in 1910.Sold Canadian in 1910 after capsizing in the St. Clair R. in Dec. 1909.
Sources : mv,ns2,mmgl,mpl
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DANIEL LYONS
Other names : none
Official no. : 6780
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs : 137x25x11, 318 t.
Date of loss : 1878, Oct 18
Place of loss : 5 mi off Wolf River [Foscoro], WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 20,000 bu wheat
Detail : Collided with the schooner KATE GILLETT (see HORACE H. BADGER) and sank in 15 minutes. The two collided at night in heavy seas. Eight crew were rescued by GILLETT. LYONS sank in 18 fathoms of water. Bound Chicago for Black Rock, NYat the time. Owned by Lyons & Goble of Oswego, NY. Master: Capt. Holland.
The wreck was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
She was 128 feet from keel to truck on the mainmast.
Sources : osdo,sol,nsp,tel,hgl,mpl,bb,wgts,hr
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KATE LYONS
Other names : none
Official no. : 14063
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info : 1867, W. Jones, Black R., OH
Specs : 122x26x8, 201g 191n
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : near Holland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : ?(lumber)
Detail : Stranded on a bar after missing the piers, then broken up by waves.
Sources : nsp,eas,gs,slh,ns1,h,lmdc,mv,mpl
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W.S. LYONS
Other names : none
Official no. : 26236
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1866, Black River, OH
Specs : 136 ft., 258n
Date of loss : 1871, Oct 11
Place of loss : White Shoals, near Waugoschance Pt.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She piled onto the reef and wrecked, a total loss. The wrecking tug MAGNET tried for weeks to salvage her, but was only able to remove her masts and some gear before she broke up in November. Homeport: Black River, OH.
Also sunk near Bar Pt., L. Erie, in 1869
Sources : slh,mv,hgl,nsp,ssm
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LYRIC
Other names : none
Official no. : 140903
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1887, Buffalo
Specs : 34x7x4, 12g 10n
Date of loss : 1898, Aug 25
Place of loss : Duluth harbor
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : none
Detail : She was rammed amidships by the much larger tug GEO. EMERSON and sank.
Owned by Witt Towing of Duluth
Sources : gwgl,mv,lss
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