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LUCY RAAB
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood,2-mast
Build info : 1858, P. R. Beaupre, Sheboygan, Wis.
Specs : 114x26x10, (ca. 250 t.) 14,000 bu capacity
Date of loss : 1862, Nov 1(?)
Place of loss : Middle Island Reef
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : (grain)
Detail : She drove ashore on the reef in a storm. The big wrecking tug WINSLOW was sent from Detroit to rescue her, but by the time she arrived, there was little except her outfit left.
Built at Sheboygan, WI, as other “Raab” vessels were
Sources : slh,hgl,nsp,bb
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JOHN RABER
Other names : built as brig GENERAL WORTH. Renamed after 1871
Official no. : 10150
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1848, Wm. Treat, Euclid, OH (or Cleveland) as a brig
Specs : 118x25x10, 224g 212n
Date of loss : 1895, Sep 29
Place of loss : near Whiting, Ind [Dane Park]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : Lumber
Detail : Caught in a storm while approaching Chicago, the old. Worn-out schooner began to go to pieces. Her crew worked the pumps until she went into the shallows, but her skipper was still drowned while going ashore to get a tug to try to save her. The balance of her crew was rescued by U.S. Lifesavers. Master: Capt. Andrew Johnson (d).
On the 10th of the same month, while bound Pine Lake [Charlevoix, MI] for Milwaukee, she ran aground in dense fog and a SE gale, 1 mi from shore and 4 mi S of Ahnapee. Her crew abandoned and the schooner later reportedly broke up, but apparently not, as she was wrecked later the same month.
She was heavily damaged and expected to be a total loss in a storm of Dunkirk, NY, in November, 1867. Seven lives lost.
Sources : hgl,mv,nsp,h,wb,rsl,wmn
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RACER
Other names : none
Official no. : 21189
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, B.B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 258 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Nov 17
Place of loss : Hammond Bay, Straits
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound Marquette for Cleveland, she stranded and broke up in a terrific gale. Valued at about $13,000.
Homeport: Cleveland, owned by J. Lundy and Capt. G Hearnes.
Major repair in 1863
Sources : mv,slh,nsp,hgl,rsl,mdwl
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RACINE – See also ALGOMA
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RACINE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1844, (S. Doolittle), Oswego, NY as a propeller
Specs : 95x20x10, 175 t. (as a prop)
Date of loss : 1849
Place of loss : near Rondeau, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Capsized and lost in a light gale.
She was considered top-heavy as a propeller and was converted to a schooner in 1846. After the conversion she was still known as a “tender” boat.
Sources : lhl, nsp,wl,hgl
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RACINE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1856, Luther Moses, Cleveland OH as a passenger steamer
Specs : 193x30x13, 715 t.
Date of loss : 1864, Aug 10
Place of loss : off Rondeau, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 8
Carrying : flour, passengers
Detail : Fire on board, originating near her boiler, quickly destroyed the ship. One crewman was killed during the lowering of a lifeboat and 7 others died when that boat swamped. The propeller AVON and the smallboat from the bark J. S. Austin, becalmed five miles distant, saved the rest of the passengers and crew. The AVON towed the burning wreck into shallow water, where she was consumed to the water line. Owned by the Western Transportation Co.
The hull was raised in fall, 1866 and rebuilt to a bark [US#21708]. Rebuilt to a barge after another accident, 1873. Not abandoned until 1908 or 9.
Stranded in the Straits in the fall of 1863 following a collision, and off the mouth of the Sheboygan R. the same November.
Major repairs in 1862
Sources : msv,hgl,osdo,lhl,gsgl,ledc,nsp,mpl,rsl,nsp,eas
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RACINE
Other names : none
Official no. : 21183
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1853, Justice Bailey, Racine, WI as a brig
Specs : 214 t.
Date of loss : 1868, Oct 30
Place of loss : off Port Austin, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : grain
Detail : She was driven into the shallows in a gale. The wrecking tug DISPATCH was sent from Detroit to rescue her, but came back a few days later with just her rigging and outfit.
Out of Chicago.
Also wrecked near Racine in 1855.
Sources : nsp,mpl,mv,hgl
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RACINE
Other names : none
Official no. : 21184
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1844, Sanford & Moses, Cleveland
Specs : 106x24x10, 168g 160n
Date of loss : 1892, Jul 3
Place of loss : Whiskey Harbor Reef, NW of Port Hope, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was downbound when reported stranded and lost. US Lifesavers rowed out through a gale and brought in her crew, later salvaging much of her outfit and cargo as well.
Rebuilt, 1872
Ashore with heavy damage near Madison, OH, in Nov. 1846.
Probably the vessel reported capsized and lost in a storm NE of Milwaukee Oct 19, 1855, and later spotted 25 mi SW of Grand Haven, MI.
Major repair in 1862
Sources : mv,slh,mv,lhdc,wb,hgl,usls,nsp
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RACINE
Other names : none
Official no. : 21708
Type at loss : scow or scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1867, Tonawanda, NY
Specs : 195x30x12, 534g 508n
Date of loss : 1893, Aug 19
Place of loss : near the harbor entrance at Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : stone
Detail : Sank, no detail.
Out of Port Huron
Sources : mv,h not in mmgl
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RADIENT or RADIANT
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ca. 1856 [described as “new” in articles reporting her loss]
Specs : ? [described as “not of the largest class,” meaning she was probably less than 130 feet in length]
Date of loss : 1857, Nov 20?
Place of loss : unknown
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 10 [all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Left Toledo for Oswego on the 18th, she never arrived at the Welland canal. She was presumed to have foundered in a general gale that swept the lake on the 20th. Master: Capt. Carey(d).
Sources : hgl,gs,nsp not in mmgl
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JOHN RAE – See DUNCAN CITY
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R.H. RAE
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1857, Donaldson &Andrews, St. Catharines
Specs : 136x23x11, 344 t.
Date of loss : 1858, Aug 3 or 4
Place of loss : S of Pt. Traverse
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wheat
Detail : She capsized and sank in a “white squall” off Duck’s Creek. She went down slowly enough for her people to abandon in her smallboat. They were later picked up by the propeller COLONIST. There was a big effort to salvage her the next summer, but to no avail. She was a total loss of $20,000. Owned by Rae Bros. & Co., Hamilton, Ont. Master: Capt. Bowman.
She was reportedly built for the trans-Atlantic trade and looked more like a seagoing schooner.
Named after and owned by a well-known arctic navigator of the time.
Wreck is in very good condition. The famed Cousteau organization lost a diver on her in 1980.
Sources : is,hgl,do2,sol,sagl,pdw,rnc ,wl
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RAINBOW
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : “small”
Date of loss : 1837, Aug 21
Place of loss : near Put-in-Bay, S. Bass Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked, but her crew made it to shore.
A 2-mast schooner of this name existed at this time out of Cleveland: 51x16x5, 33 t.
but she was still extant in 1841. Built 1834, Avon, OH
Sources : ledc,hgl,wl not in mmgl
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RAINBOW
Other names : none
Official no. : 21300
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, F.N. & B.B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 125x27x10, 257g 244n
Date of loss : 1894, May 18
Place of loss : off the mouth of the Chicago River
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Her sails ripped out by a terrific storm, she was driven along the beach until she finally capsized and broke up. Four of her crew were rescued by the tug MOLLIE SPENCER. 3 others, adrift on a hatchcover raft, were saved by brave bystanders from shore. Master: Capt. John Pugh, Out of Milwaukee.
Rebuilt in 1875-6
Sources : mv,is(2-92),h,lmdc,nsp,wbm,hgl,rsl
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RAINBOW
Other names : none
Official no. : 206179
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1904, Morris Hts, NY as a gas yacht
Specs : 52x10x5, 23g 16n
Date of loss : 1927, Jun 10
Place of loss : Peche Isl.
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire in the river, was beached on the island to save her crew, and burned to the waterline. Owned by Daniel W. Smith, Detroit.
Sources : mv,ledc
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RALEIGH
Other names : none
Official no. : 21138
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1848, Sandford & Moses, Cleveland
Specs : 212 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Oct 31
Place of loss : Portage Bay, N of Manitous
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Oswego, she drove ashore in gale and was reported a total loss. However, she was pulled off the next spring and reportedly repaired at Milwaukee.
Owned by McElligott & Richardson, Chicago, Capt. McElligott being her skipper.
Also reported as a Canadian lost near Manitoulin Isl., Lake Huron.
Major repairs in 1861, 66 and 70.
Sources : hgl,slh,nsp,mdwl
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RALEIGH
Other names : none
Official no. : 110154
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1871, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 227x34x15, 1206g 1105n
Date of loss : 1911, Nov 30
Place of loss : 5 mi E of Port Colborne, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : pulpwood
Detail : She broke her rudder in a gale. Helpless, she was driven ashore and pounded to pieces on Schisler Point. Out of Detroit, Owned by Henry Wineman, Jr. Master: Capt. Harry Beauvais.
Sources : ns2,h,mv,ledc,win,mpl,do,eas,ewe
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RALPH – See E.H. MILLER
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P.J. RALPH
Other names : none
Official no. : 150460
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1889, A. Anderson, Marine City
Specs : 211x37x14, 695g 659n
Date of loss : 1924, Sep 8
Place of loss : E side of S Manitou Isl., in harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber or pulpwood
Detail : Sheltering in a gale, she dropped anchor for the night, but later slipped it and drove ashore before her crew could get up steam. She lies .5 mi N of the Coast Guard Station.
Bound for Muskegon
Sources : sol,is,ns3,h,mv,nb,mpl,eas
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JANE RALSTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 12790
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, Linn & Craig, Gibraltar, MI
Specs : 137x26x11, 261g 248n
Date of loss : 1910, Jul 21
Place of loss : W end of lake
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sprang a leak in bad weather, waterlogged and foundered. The hulk was later raised and towed into Sandusky, but wasdeclared a constructive total loss.
Builder also given as Roderick Calkins
Major repair, 1883
Sources : polk,mv,ns2,ns2,www,mpl
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RAMBLER
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1847, Benjamin Flint, Black River, OH*
Specs : 89x22x8, 137 t.
Date of loss : 1865, Oct
Place of loss : east shore
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (all hands)
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was reported ashore and a total loss . Some sources say she “went missing.”
Owned by P. Dunne, Racine.
One source gives Lake Ontario as place of loss.
Reported ashore and wrecked in early June of 1855 near Michigan City, IN. Later stripped and abandoned as a total loss. She was purchased as a wreck in July of ‘55 and finally refloated in September.
Major repair in 1860
*also given as Conrad & Reed
Sources : hgl,h,nsp,wl,rsl,mbw
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RAMBLER
Other names : none
Official no. : 110155
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1873, Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo
Specs : 57x15x8, 43g 24n
Date of loss : 1891, Aug 24
Place of loss : near Bayfield, WI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned to the waterline. The fire was later regarded as arson, and the insurance was never collected.
Sources : lss,mv,polk
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HOMER RAMSDELL
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1853, F.N. & B.B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 119x26x10, 276 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Nov 6
Place of loss : off Twin River Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber, steam pump valued at $1,400
Detail : This “clipper schooner” went ashore on North Manitou Island, Lake Michigan on October 24, 1856. She was pulled off by the tug JOHN BERRYMAN out of Chicago on the 5th and was on her way to that port when leaks from hull damage overwhelmed the large Worthington pump which was placed aboard to keep her afloat. She went down in deep water, a total loss. Out of Detroit, owned by Strong & Goodnow. Master probably James D. Robinson.
She broke loose from Dutton’s pier in a storm and drove up against Waterman’s pier, Racine, in May of 1855, where she was expected to go to pieces. Her final registration document was signed the same day as the storm, but she was actually recovered soon after.
Sources : nsp,hgl,wl,wmn,blu[1856],wls,mbw
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H. RAND
Other names : also seen as HANSON RAND
Official no. : 11185
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1856, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, WI as 2-mast schooner
Specs : 107x24x8, 125g 119n
Date of loss : 1901, May 24
Place of loss : off Sheboygan, WI [Racine also given in error]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4 [all]
Carrying : hardwood slabs
Detail : She capsized and sank in a gale. Her captain always sailed her short-handed, and had often been warned that a small crew couldn’t handle her in a storm. His daughter, the cook, was among the lost. She had been bound Coyne (Boyne?), MI, for Milwaukee. Master and owner: Capt. Ralph Jefferson(d), Racine. The schooner was later towed to the beach 15 miles north of Racine and blown up.
Rebuilt, 1875, enlarged in 1879, major repair, 1880
Image from Ralph Roberts Collection
Sources : ns1,h,mv,polk,nsp,mpl,bb,wls
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JOHN RANDALL
Other names : none
Official no. : C117121
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1905, Shelby & Youlden, Kingston, Ont.
Specs : 116x22x11, 194t
Date of loss : 1920, Nov 17
Place of loss : Schoolhouse Bay, Main Duck Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Oswego, NY for Belleville, Ont., she sprang a leak and sank (may have broken in two first). The crew made it to Main Duck, where they stayed with the lightkeeper for nine stormy days before it was known that they were safe.
Sources : csqw,csv,ns3,mmgl,gsg,mpl,do
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RANGER
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, freighter
Build info : 1853, A. Cantin, Montreal
Specs : 137×24, ca.260g 144n
Date of loss : 1866, Aug 9
Place of loss : 7 mi W of Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : RR iron
Detail : Sprung a leak off Tyrconnel in a southerly gale. Her crew worked the pumps for hours to save her, but she was finally run ashore when it was apparent that she would sink. Total loss. She had been bound Toledo for Montreal. Master: Capt. Gaskin.
Described in some insurance lists as a “riverboat.”
Sources : csv,hgl,globe,rsl,nsp,rnc
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MARY ANN RANKIN
Other names : none
Official no. : 16329
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, W. Callister, Charlotte, NY
Specs : (108 t.) 126 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 31
Place of loss : Sugar Loaf Point, near Port Colborne, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : ?
Detail : She stranded and broke up. One member of the crew was washed overboard and 3 would-be rescuers died when their small boat capsized. The balance of the crew was rescued by crewmen from the schooner HIPPOGRIFF.
Out of Buffalo
Foundered near Buffalo in November, 1867. Raised and rebuilt locally.
Major repair in 1863
Sources : nsp,hgl,mpl,rsl
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HARVEY RANSOM
Other names : none
Official no. : 95912
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1887, J. Minter, South Haven, Mich
Specs : 59x16x5, 28g 27n
Date of loss : 1913, Nov 1
Place of loss : Burnt Bluff, near Fayette, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was sheltering from a storm under the bluff when a wave picked her up and dropped her on a pound net stake, puncturing her hull and causing her to sink. Owned by Dan Seavey, out of Grand Haven, Mich.
Sources : mv,hr,wgts,glmd
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RAPHAEL
Other names : none
Official no. : 266980
Type at loss : bulk freight barge, steel
Build info : 1954, Kingston, NY
Specs : 107x42x14, 643 g
Date of loss : 1966, Jul 12
Place of loss : 25 miles off Fairport Harbor, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm?)
Loss of life : (25)
Carrying : steel goods
Detail : Tow of the “G tug” SUPERIOR, she sank when she capsized due to a cargo shift. One source says no lives were lost, while another says 25 died (excessive for a barge). Owned by Reliance Marine Construction and Transportation, NY, NY.
Sources : is,ledc,jk,eas not in mmgl
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RAPID
Other names : also seen as RAPIDAN
Official no. : C33581
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, VanSlyke & Notter, Buffalo
Specs : 131x27x10, 191 t.
Date of loss : 1872, Sep 27
Place of loss : 10 mi E of Rondeau, Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 of 8
Carrying : staves
Detail : She capsized in a gale and foundered. Her one survivor spent 60 hours adrift before being picked up by the schooner PARAGON. Owned by Shickluna and others; homeport – Quebec.
MAY have been recovered – registration not closed until 1881.
Sold Canadian in 1863
Sunk May 19, 1862 in a collision near Point Pelee, L. Erie, with her towmate, the schooner NARAGANSETT, with the loss of the life of the skipper.
Rebuilt, 1862
Sources : nsp,pdw,wl,mmgl,wmn
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RAPID CITY
Other names : none
Official no. : C85528
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1887, Oakville, Ont.
Specs : 39 t.
Date of loss : 1917, Aug 31
Place of loss : 8 mi ESE of Toronto
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : some
Carrying : ?
Detail : She went down under Scarborough Bluffs. Master: Capt. Andrew Henderson(d).
Sources : win,tfgl,h
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RAPPAHANNOCK
Other names : none
Official no. : 111083
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1895, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City, MI hull# 66
Specs : 308x43x21, 2380g 1192n
Date of loss : 1911, Jul 25
Place of loss : near Jackfish Pt., Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound for Duluth with the big barge MONTEZUMA in tow, she was put on the beach in an attempt to save her from a terrific 75 mph storm and fog, but pounded to pieces anyway. She later drifted into 80 feet of water and sank. The wreck was later clamshelled to remove her cargo.
Sources : gwgl,ns2,vbs,lss,mpl,eas
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E.W. RATHBUN
Other names : none also seen as E.W. RATHBURN and RATHBURNE
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, J. Tait, Mill Pt. Ont.
Specs : 149 ft, 200 t.
Date of loss : 1886, Oct 19
Place of loss : off Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She foundered in a westerly gale. The crew clung to her rigging until rescued by a “government boat”. Out of Napanee. Owned by Leo.
Sources : nsp,clu,slh,h,lhdc,wb,hgl,win,mr not in mmgl
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H. B. RATHBUN
Other names : also seen as H B RATHBURN, RATHBUNN
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1841, L. Goler, Cape Vincent, NY
Specs : 149 t.
Date of loss : 1878, Sep 8
Place of loss : at Port Burwell
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Dresden, Ont. for Buffalo, she was driven ashore by a gale while trying to make the harbor entrance. Cargo reported a total loss, but there was some hope of saving her. Later declared a total loss.
Out of Napanee, Ont.
Sources : es,wl,hgl,clu,wmn
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ANNIE C. RAYNOR
Other names : also seen as ANNA C. RAYNOR
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1858, D. O’Connor, Buffalo
Specs : 363 t.
Date of loss : 1863, Nov 19
Place of loss : on Middle Island
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Chicago, she grounded in a gale and pounded to pieces. The tug KATE WILLIAMS stripped her of her sails and gear at the end of the month.
Out of Buffalo in 1861
Sources : slh,hgl,nsp,umr
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WM. RAYNOR
Other names :
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, Port Nelson, Ont.
Specs : 180 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Oct (ca. 20th)
Place of loss : near Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : ?
Detail : Capsized and wrecked near Oswego with all hands lost, including one man found dead lashed to her rigging.
Owned by R Moody, out of Toronto
There was a later vessel of this name (see below).
Sources : nsp,clu,wmn
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WILLIAM RAYNOR
Other names : none
Official no. : 26673
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1862, Shupe, Milan, OH
Specs : 120x25x11, 227 t.
Date of loss : 1883
Place of loss : off Lexington, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She foundered and was declared total loss, but was later recovered. Registered out of Marine City
Out of commission about 1895.
Sources : hgl,polk,phr,slh
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RAZAL BROS.
Other names : also seen as RAZEL BROS.
Official no. : 259751
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel, fishing
Build info : 1949, Burger Boat Co., Manitowoc
Specs : 39x11x5 20g 17n
Date of loss : 1986, Aug 20
Place of loss : just W of Whiskey Isl., N of Charlevoix. MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collison
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : none
Detail : She was run down or swamped by the wake of the big Yugoslav package freighter JABLONICA. Her crew may have been asleep when the accident happened. At the time it was expected that she would be recovered quickly, but according to local sources she still lies where she went down. Owned by Ed Perkins and Russell King of Naubinway, Mich., both of whom perished. Both vessels were found to be equally at fault in the collision.
Sources : dfp,tgc,mpl,hh,gn,mv
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REBECCA
Other names : none
Official no. : 21141
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1853, Gilmore, Toledo, OH
Specs : 112x23x10, 193 t.
Date of loss : 1872, Sep
Place of loss : near Alabaster, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She had stranded near Detour the previous year. She had been removed and was being towed south by a tug when she was torn loose in a gale and thrown ashore. She was thought to be a total loss and is often reported as such, but two Bay City Captains bought and recovered her in 1873 and put her back in service. Gone from registry by 1883.
Ashore on Kelley’s Island for five weeks in 1868.
Also sunk after striking a rock in Detour Passage in May of 1860. Repaired the following year.
Sources : phr,slh,nsp,hgl,rsl
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REBEL
Other names : none
Official no. : 110083
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1871, Notter, Buffalo
Specs : 54x15x8, 29g 15n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 25
Place of loss : off Two Harbors, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She was towing a scow from Superior, WI for Pork Bay when she was overtaken by a storm. Her crew took to the scow as she foundered, and were later picked up by the steamer CITY OF LONDON.
Major repair in 1878
Sources : polk,hgl,gwgl,lss
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RECIPROCITY
Other names : none
Official no. : 21185
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, J. Wolverton, Detroit
Specs : 124x27x11, 237 g
Date of loss : 1880, Oct 15
Place of loss : Foscoro, near Stoney Creek, Wis., N of Algoma
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cedar posts, telegraph poles
Detail : She was driven ashore by the gale known as “The ALPENA Storm,” but her crew managed to get ashore in her yawl. Owned by Capt. E. D. Wilson, Chicago.
Also ashore at Two Rivers Point in 1864 and at Kewaunee in 1869.
Damaged in a collision in 1863.
Sources : bb,mv,nsp,hgl,wl,wgts,whs
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RECORD
Other names : renamed ARTHUR B. HARMS in 1946, CATHY ANN in 1965
Official no. : 110667
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel
Build info : 1884, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland
Specs : 68x17x8, 60g 30n
Date of loss : 1902, Nov 7
Place of loss : Duluth, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : none
Detail : Run down by the steamer BRANSFORD and sank. Recovered and lasted until scrapped in 1975!
Rammed and sunk at Duluth by steamer R.L. FULTON, Jun 2, 1898. 3 died.
Rammed and sunk at Duluth by steamer JAS. B. NEILSON, Oct 8, 1899 with loss of 1 life.
Sources : mv,gwgl,lss,irs,is,nsp,hgl,mpl
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RECOVERY
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1812
Specs : 90 t.
Date of loss : 1820
Place of loss : near Ft. William, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was reported wrecked and broken up on the beach.
Another schooner of this name and about 100 tons was built on Lake Superior for Hudson’s Bay Company in 1823, in ’28 ran the Soo rapids and was later lost near Buffalo (date not given).
Sources : hgl,gwgl,lss,nsp
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RED BIRD
Other names : none
Official no. : C72960
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1870, R. McPherson, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs : 65x17x4, 39gc 39nc
Date of loss : after 1900*
Place of loss : 12 NE of Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sank. No detail
*NAC record closes in 1919, annotated “out of commission.”
Sources : hgl,polk,mmgl,ledc
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RED BOTTOM
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1876
Place of loss : Middle Island Reef
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked on the reef.
Sources : hgl,slh
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RED CLOUD
Other names : none
Official no. : 110578
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1883, S. Gibson, Ashtabula
Specs : 62x16x9, 40g 20n
Date of loss : 1899, Sep 3
Place of loss : on Cedar Point, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She was bound back to Lorain, Ohio after delivering the whaleback barge 132 to Sandusky, when she lost her bearings and ran into the government jetty on Cedar Point. She pounded heavily and threw out her boiler and – even though she was in only five feet of water, she became a toal loss. Owned by Great Lakes Towing.
Location of build also given as Buffalo.
Sources : mv,ledc,www,wl,nsp
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RED JACKET
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1864, Buffalo
Specs : 21 t.
Date of loss : 1866, Jun 18
Place of loss : at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : none [brig MARY in tow]
Detail : While entering the Chicago River and pulling up beside her tow, the brig MARY, to stop it, she was wrecked by a boiler explosion. The tug was reported totally destroyed by the blast. Two of the three aboard were killed, and several aboard the brig were injured. Master: Capt. Rufus Greene(d).
Sources : lhl,hgl,nsp
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RED RIBBON
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1877, W. Morris, Port Huron
Specs : 46x12x5, 20g
Date of loss : 1877, Sep 16
Place of loss : at Port Huron, Mich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to the water’s edge, a total loss.
First registered in June, document surrendered in September.
Sources : phr,nsp
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RED, WHITE & BLUE
Other names : none
Official no. : 21301
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1863, Bailey Bros, Madison Dock, OH as a bark
Specs : 157x31x13, 447g 425n
Date of loss : 1895, Oct 10
Place of loss : Whaleback Shoal, Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Driven on the reef by a gale, she was wrecked and broke up. Tow of the steamer OTEGO (qv), she was bound Toledo for Green Bay. Owned by N. C. Alten of Lorain, OH. Master: Capt. Titus.
Rebuilt in 1875-6
Sources : hgl,nsp,lmdc,mv,wb,mpl,wgts
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C.E. REDFERN
Other names : none
Official no. : 126609
Type at loss : Diesel screw, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City, hull #65, as a schooner
Specs : 181x35x14, 726g 494n
Date of loss : 1937, Sep 19
Place of loss : 4 mi off Pt. Betsie
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pulpwood
Detail : Outbound from Frankfort, she foundered in a heavy gale. Her crew was rescued by the carferry ANN ARBOR #4 and the Coast Guard cutter ESCANABA. Bound Nahma for Filer City, MI. Owned by Capts. Angwall and O. T. Olson of Marinette, WI. Capt. Olson sailed her.
A 1937 REDFERN wreck reported on Lake Huron refers to this loss.
Converted from schooner to crane-equipped motor vessel at J. Davidson shipyard, W. Bay City, in 1926.
Sources : vbs,sol,ns4,lmdc,mv,nsp,mpl
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ELIZA J. REDFORD
Other names : none often seen as E.J. REDFORD
Official no. : 135493
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1881, Brower Morgan, Oswego, NY
Specs : 59x15x8, 35g 18n
Date of loss : 1893, Nov 16
Place of loss : Oswego harbor
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm/explosion
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : none
Detail : She went to the rescue of the sinking schooner FLORA EMMA, lost her way in the blizzard and rammed a pier at Fort Bank. She exploded and sank, a total loss. Master: Capt. Featherstonehaugh(d).
She was built side-by-side with the tug M. J. CUMMINGS. The two were launched the same day and were lost he same day. The CUMMINGS burned at Cape Vincent, NY, on the St. Lawrence R., 11/16/93.
Image from GLMD (on left with FLORA EMMA)
Sources : is,mv,wb,osdo,hgl,mpl,rp
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REED – See also REID
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CHAS. REED
Other names : also seen as CHARLES REED, CHAS. is official
Official no. : 205606
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood, fish
Build info : 1908, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 68x17x7, 44g 22n
Date of loss : 1922, Mar 16
Place of loss : Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Reg out of Erie, PA
Sources : mv,www
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JAMES H. REED
Other names : none
Official no. : 77589
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1903, Detroit Shipbuilding, Wyandotte, MI hull# 154
Specs : 448x52x29, 5598g 4125n
Date of loss : 1944, Apr 27
Place of loss : 20 mi N of Conneaut, OH, off Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 12
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound Superior, WI, for Erie, PA, she was rammed broadside dead amidships by the 550-foot steel freighter ASHCROFT and sank quickly. She was later dynamited to level her wreckage.
Owned by Interlake Steamship, Cleveland
Some information provided in 1999 by Doyle C. Rogers, who was a 17 year-old crewman aboard REED.
Included on lists of U. S. World War II war losses.
Sources : do2,mv,sol,sagl,h,ledc,mpl,dcr,ewe,ww2
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PAUL REESE II – See VERANO
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C. REEVE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1853, F.N. & B.B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 119x26x10, 280 t. om
Date of loss : 1862, Nov 22
Place of loss : off Oak Orchard, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn
Detail : Bound Chicago for Oswego, NY, she had almost made it when she collided with the schooner EXCHANGE in a snow storm and sank in a few minutes. Her crew saved themselves by clambering aboard the EXCHANGE before the REEVE went down in deep water. Wreck located in 2009 near Oak Orchard.
Owned by W. H. Goodnow of Detroit. Master: Capt. Donahue or Donyhugh.
Location also given as Devil’s Nose – location above is from newspapers local to the wreck.
Sailed to Liverpool with black walnut lumber in July, 1858 and returned in October with a cargo of crockery.
Sources : nsp,wl,hgl,rnc,jmk,bb,wmn,jk,mbw
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KITTY REEVES or ERMA B. REEVES
Other names : ? also seen as IRMO B. REEVES
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1870, Nov 7*
Place of loss : Tawas Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : copper ore
Detail : Downbound with cargo of high-grade ore, she came into Tawas Bay for shelter. She was sunk while at anchor. Her crew abandoned and landed near Pt. Lookout, 18 miles to the south, two days after.
No official documents have ever been located on a KITTY REEVES, US or Canadian. There is much debate over whether she existed at all, though there are reports of a copper wreck in the Bay. In 1900 a salvage company from Chicago reported finding a copper-laden wreck in the Bay while looking for the schooner SUMMIT. Another copper-laden wreck was reportedly found off the Charity Islands [near Pt. Lookout], in August, 1897, having sunk in 1861.
*1880 also given
Sources : is,slh,rkr,atb,stender,
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REGINA
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines*
Specs : 75 ft, 118 t.
Date of loss : 1881, Sep19**
Place of loss : 4 mi SE of Cove Isl. Lighthouse, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 of 4 [at first all were reported lost]
Carrying : salt
Detail : Bound Goderich for Owen Sound, she was overwhelmed by a storm and sunk. Owned by William Foster of Owen Sound. Master: Capt. Amos Tripp(d).
** Date often given as Oct 22, but her rigging was already being recovered by Sep 22..
*builder also given as McLeod.
Sources : slh,is,h,lhdc,win,mmgl,hgl,clu,es,eas,nsp
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REGINA
Other names : none
Official no. : C124231
Type at loss : propeller, steel, package freight “canaller”
Build info : 1907, A. McMillen & Sons, Dumbarton, Scot. hull# 419
Specs : 269x43x23, 2957gc 1956nc
Date of loss : 1913, Nov 10
Place of loss : off Port Sanilac, Mich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 20 [all]
Carrying : steel pipe, gen frt
Detail : This steamer was overwhelmed by the 1913 “Big Storm.” Before foundering she met up with the freighter CHARLES S. PRICE (qv) or her wreckage, as dead crewmen from the PRICE washed ashore wearing REGINA life jackets. Master: Capt. E. H. McConkey(d).
Located in 1985. Two Ohio sport divers lost their lives on her in August, 2000, when their gear became entangled in the wreck.
Sources : mmgl,is(3-71),slh,gsgl,ns2,is,lhdc,csv,win,mpl,eas
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REGULATOR
Other names : none
Official no. : 21186
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, F N Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 121 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 16
Place of loss : 19 mi S of St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : general merch
Detail : Bound White Lake, MI for Chicago, she was stranded and pounded to pieces by a gale. Thieves stole her cargo from the beach while her crew was freezing in the rigging. The survivors were finally rescued by a local farmer. The vessel was later recovered from her position, only to break loose from the wrecking tug LEVIATHAN and go ashore nearby, a total loss. Master: Capt. E. Halberson.
Registered out of Chicago
Also burned at Detroit in Sep, 1871.
Major repair in 1882
Sources : polk,mv,lmdc,nsp,hgl,wmn,lotl
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CONRAD REID
Other names : also seen as CONRAD REED
Official no. : 4369
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1862, H D Root, Black R., OH
Specs : 82x23x8, 121 t.
Date of loss : 1875, around Oct 31
Place of loss : 20 mi SW of Port Stanley
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : ?
Detail : Left Cleveland for Port Stanley Oct. 29 in company with the schooner ELIZA ALLEN when she ran into a gale. The ALLEN ran for shelter, but the REED pressed on. She was apparently never seen again. A spar found protruding from the lake 20 miles off Port Stanley the next week was thought to be hers. Out of Cleveland. Master and owner, Capt. Wm. Gibson(d).
There was a later CONRAD REID, b. 1881, Lorain
Sources : es,wl, nsp
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FRANK REID
Other names : also seen as FRANK REED
Official no. : C92281
Type at loss : propeller steam fish tug, wood
Build info : 1886, A. Morrell, Meaford, Ont.
Specs : 60x12x6, 34gc 23nc
Date of loss : 1899, Oct 18
Place of loss : near Barrie Isl., North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked, no detail.
Out of Owen Sound
Sources : mmgl,slh,h,win
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JAMES REID
Other names : built as steamer GENERAL BURNSIDE, last name in 1882
Official no. : 10234
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood, salvage
Build info : 1863, J. Monk, Sandusky
Specs : 90x17x9, 123 t.
Date of loss : 1887, Jun 10
Place of loss : W side of Sturgeon Bay canal, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 2 scows in tow
Detail : Bound “Bay de Noque” for Chicago with two scows laden with cedar when she caught fire and was abandoned. With her machinery removed, the hulk was towed out into Green Bay and sunk in deep water in October. Hailed from Alpena. Owner: D. N. Runnell, Port Huron. Master: Capt. Cusick.
Built as 87x17x8, 114 t. tug.
Sources : polk,phr,www,nsp,lhl,wgts
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JAMES REID
Other names : built as tug PROTECTOR, last name in 1905
Official no. : C116399*
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, iron
Build info : 1875, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Del US# 150050 as a fire tug
Specs : 118x23x10, 158g 79n (181cg)
Date of loss : 1917, Aug 21
Place of loss : 2 mi S, 1/2 mi E of Gas buoy, Byng Inlet
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : While picking up sawmill logs in Georgian Bay in heavy weather, she was discovered to be foundering by her belowdecks crew. The thirteen men abandoned very quickly and, after a desperate struggle, made it to shore on a small island. They were later discovered by local fishermen and a boat was sent for them. It was later speculated that a ballast tank gave way and flooded her, but some crewmen thought that the unlucky number of men aboard was reason enough.
Wreck located in late ’70’s
*also given as 116398
Wrecker James Reid purchased her in New York in May, 1893 for the purpose of towing three caravels – Spanish-built replicas of Columbus’ exploration ships – from New York to Chicago for the Colombian Exposition. Reid reportedly sold the tug to Edmund Hall of Detroit in 1894, then repurchased her in 1905, after his wrecking operation moved to Sarnia.
Sold Canadian in 1905. Out of Sarnia.
Sources : csv,mv,win,do2,slh,h,lhdc,mpl,nsp,wmn,hcgl,mmgl
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KATY REID
Other names : also seen as KATE REID
Official no. : 14255
Type at loss : sidewheel tug, wood
Build info : 1867, DePere, WI
Specs : 101x25x10, 103 t.
Date of loss : 1873, Oct 20
Place of loss : Saginaw River at Salzburg, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire while laid up for the night and burned to a total loss. Her crew barely escaped with their lives. Her boiler and some steam gear was later salvaged and installed in the tug A.H. HUNTER in winter, 1873-74. Owned by Geo. Campbell, Bay City
Sources : phr,vbs,slh,nsp,hgl,mpl,wes
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R.C. REID – See HARRIET A. HART
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R.P. REIDENBACH
Other names : renamed CONNEAUT (1941)
Official no. : 207693
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel
Build info : 1910, Great Lakes Towing, Cleveland
Specs : 69x17x11, 71g 37n
Date of loss : 1929*, Oct 28
Place of loss : in harbor at Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : capsized
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : none
Detail : She capsized and sank, probably in a towing accident. Later recovered.
*also given as 1939
A “G-tug” from build until scrapped in 1965.
Sources : mv,rkr,sol,is
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REINDEER
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : ?
Build info : ? (Clayton, NY?)
Specs : ?
Date of loss : ? (1838?)
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : all
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail.
Hgl shows a vessel of this name capsized and lost on L. Erie in 1838. Mpl shows same as schooner, has her built at Clayton, NY.
Sources : hgl,mpl
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REINDEER – Former entry deleted (1842 loss) as probably erroneous
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REINDEER
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1835, Conneaut, OH
Specs : 61x18x7, 70 t.
Date of loss : 1855, Nov 17
Place of loss : .5 mi N of the piers, Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : bricks
Detail : Went ashore in a gale and “probably a total loss.” Drops off registry at this time. Owned by her skipper, plus Capt. Gilmore, and Benj. Phelps of Milwaukee. Master: Capt. Ludlow. Out of Chicago
Capsized between Huron, Oh and Sandusky in June, 1838.
Sources : nsp,wl,rnc,hgl,wmn
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REINDEER
Other names : built as steamer COMMERCE(qv) renamed in 1850
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer [“polly-wog”], wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1848, Portsmouth, Ont.
Specs : 136×24, 67gt
Date of loss : 1857, Oct 19
Place of loss : 8 mi N of Big Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 23 of 25
Carrying : wheat, barreled flour, tallow
Detail : Bound Chicago for Kingston, Ont., via St,. Joseph, MI, she was caught by a gale accompanied by tremendous seas. Her cabins were destroyed and fires were doused by boarding waves and the disabled steamer was shoved into the shallows where she was overwhelmed and broke up. Her engine and boiler were in shallow water and were probably recovered. Owned by Holcomb and Henderson, Montreal, homeported at Kingston. Master: Capt. George Patterson(d).
rebuilt, 1851
Sources : mmgl,clu,csv(s1,2),hgl,bb,rnc,mmo
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REINDEER
Other names : ?
Official no. : (21962)?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ? (1857, D. Barclay, Richmond, OH)
Specs : “small” (67x16x3, 34 t.)
Date of loss : 1879, Nov 3
Place of loss : off Lincoln Park, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was caught in a blizzard-gale, capsized and sank. USLS rescued her crew of 2. By Nov 5, she had been given up as a total loss.
The only lakes sail vessel of this name shown in 1877mv is Oct 1895 loss, below.
Sources : h,(is),usls,(hgl,wl),nsp
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REINDEER
Other names : none
Official no. : (21940)
Type at loss : schooner, wood (3-mast)
Build info : (1870, Campbell & Owen, Detroit, hull# 11)(1860, Clayton)
Specs : (134x26x12, 306g 291n)(191g)
Date of loss : 1895, May
Place of loss : off Cleveland or Black R., OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : in ballast
Detail : abandoned in a storm and foundered.
Sources : (atl),ledc,hgl,mv
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REINDEER
Other names : none
Official no. : 21194
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1860, J. Oades, Clayton, NY
Specs : 111x24x11, 191g 181n
Date of loss : 1895, Oct 8
Place of loss : off 40-mile Point, above Rogers City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cordwood
Detail : She was driven ashore by a NE gale while loading at Crawford quarry dock. She soon broke up on the rocky shore, but her crew was rescued.
Sources : nsp,slh,wb
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PEGGY REINAUER – See B.B. McCOLL
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J.L. REISS – See SIDNEY E. SMITH, Jr.
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WILLIAM A. REISS
Other names : built as prop FRANK H. PEAVY, renamed in 1916
Official no. : 121187
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1901, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH hull # 309
Specs : 430x50x29, 4498g 3472n
Date of loss : 1934, Nov 14
Place of loss : off S. pier at Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She grounded in a moderate gale, but after lightering she was found to be heavily damaged. She was declared a constructive total loss in December and cut up for scrap the next year.
Name is pronounced “rice.”
Sources : rkr,mv,ns4,kys,mpl,eas
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RELIABLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 110435
Type at loss : propeller, wood, sandsucker
Build info : 1880, T. Davis, Detroit, MI as a schooner
Specs : 91x23x6, 97 gt
Date of loss : 1913, Aug 16
Place of loss : 2.5 mi SE of Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : sand
Detail : She capsized and sank due to a shift of her cargo in a gale. Her crew had fought rising water in her hold for many hours, but when she finally started to list, the end came in just minutes. Her boiler exploded as she sank, blasting her to pieces. The crew made it away in her yawl, but for a while it appeared that her skipper had gone down with her, in full view of his two young sons. He was later rescued by the Goodrich steamer CHICAGO, along with the rest of her crew. Master: Capt. Wm. Krumer.
Built as a schooner, later a schooner-barge and converted to a tug and sandsucker about 1890. As a schooner she was sunk near Bar Point in October, 1887.
Sources : mv,is,bb,eas,nsp
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RELIANCE – See also NELLIE LYON
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RELIANCE
Other names : none
Official no. : C97115
Type at loss : propeller, wood, tug and cargo vessel
Build info : 1892, Collingwood Dry Dock, Collingwood, Ont.
Specs : 124×23 311 t.
Date of loss : 1922, Dec 15
Place of loss : Lizard Island, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : lumberjacks,oildrums
Detail : Bound Puckasaw, Ont., for the Soo, she grounded in a storm. The crew and passengers endured a gale and temperatures as low as -18 before rescue. Still, four died of exposure.
Recovered in 1924, broken up in 1947.
Sources : csv,ns3,is(4-61),mmgl,mpl
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RELIANCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 211720
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood, fish tug
Build info : 1913, H. B. Burger, Manitowoc, Wis
Specs : 34x10x4, 13g
Date of loss : 1943, Dec 11 or 12
Place of loss : northern Lake Michigan
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 [all]
Carrying : fishing gear
Detail : Reportedly carrying an overload of fuel and gear, this fish tug left Fairport, Michigan and was last seen off Point Detour. She never made it to the fishing grounds near the Fox Isalnds, and no trace of her was ever located, despite a search by fellow fishermen and the Coast Guard. Owned by Rudolph Tallman, Fayette, Mich, father of two of the lost crew.
Sources : wgts,mv
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RELIEF
Other names : (none)
Official no. : (none)
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1865, Detroit
Specs : 10 t.
Date of loss : 1867, Jun 22
Place of loss : Saginaw River
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire/explosion
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by an explosion and fire.
Sources : slh,nsp,lhl
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RELIEF
Other names : none
Official no. : 21133
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1855, VanSlyke & Notter, Buffalo
Specs : 128x25x12, 267 t.
Date of loss : 1884, Jul 18
Place of loss : 1 mi off Starve Island, near Put-in-Bay
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none, several injured
Carrying : none
Detail : Large tug caught fire in her forward compartment from unknown causes and burned so quickly that her crew barely had time to jump overboard. She was a total loss. The flaming hulk was towed to a point near Kelley’s Island, where she burned out and sank.
Owned out of Vermilion by Capt. Gilchrist and a number of others including her skipper, Capt. C. E. Chilson..
Major repairs in ’76, ’82. She was built for Buffalo Mutual Insurance Co. as a wrecker, stationed out of Buffalo.
Sources : eas,mv,polk,wl,nsp,wmhs
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RELIEVER
Other names : built as prop GERMANIC, renamed in 1909
Official no. : C122417
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1888, J. Davidson, W. Bay City hull# 17 US# 85911
Specs : 216x36x19, 1131g 892n
Date of loss : 1909, Nov 3
Place of loss : Methodist Point, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : logs
Detail : She was loading off the beach when she caught fire and burned to a total loss. Her registry was closed Mar, 1910. Her machinery was later recovered and installed in the new tug D.S. PRATT [1911].
See clip file for wreck of GERMANIC.
Sold Canadian 1909.
Sources : csv,vbs,ns1,mmgl,h,mv,nsp,win,mpl
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REMBHA
Other names : built as yacht HINDA, renamed 1902
Official no. : 95882
Type at loss : propeller passenger vessel, composite
Build info : 1886, Woodhall & Co., Baltimore, MD
Specs : 75x15x7, 47g 22n
Date of loss : 1917, Dec 15
Place of loss : Chicago River
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reported foundered at Chicago in 1919 Merchant Vessels. Confirmed by other sources.
Reboilered in 1898. Converted to passenger vessel in 1902
Sources : mv,glmd,wmn,hr
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REMORA
Other names : none
Official no. : 110573
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1883, Cooper, Detroit
Specs : 100x20x14, 184g 119n
Date of loss : 1892, Aug 3
Place of loss : at St. Ignace, Mich, Straits
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire and was destroyed at anchor in the harbor and sank in 6′ of water. She had been laid up there a week prior to the accident and only skipper and a watchman were aboard. Her machinery was later recovered and sold at auction. Master: Capt. Vosburgh.
Sources : ssm,hgl,polk,mv,slh,hdm,mpl,nsp
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WILLIAM P. REND
Other names : built as steamer GEORGE G. HADLEY, renamed in 1903
Official no. : 86026
Type at loss : barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1888, J. Davidson, W. Bay City hull# 22
Specs : 288x40x24, 2323g 1697n
Date of loss : 1917, Sep 22
Place of loss : off North Point, Thunder bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stone
Detail : She was driven ashore by a storm and pounded to pieces.
She collided with and sank steel whaleback steamer THOMAS WILSON(qv) Jun 7, 1902 in a passing mishap. WILSON was unrecoverable, a total loss. HADLEY was repaired but suit was brought against the rebuilders because she “inclined to run in a circle” afterwards.
Converted from steamer to towbarge in 1916.
Sources : vbs,tbs,slh,is,ns2,,mv,lhdc,mpl,eas
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RENVOYLE
Other names : built as GLENLEDI, renamed in 1926
Official no. : C148133
Type at loss : propeller, steel, package freight
Build info : 1925, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England hull#1271
Specs : 379x44x27, 3571gc 2172nc
Date of loss : 1967, Jun 1
Place of loss : at Port Huron [Pt. Edward]
Lake : St. Clair R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Collided with the American freighter SYLVANIA, which was docked at Peerless Cement Co., sinking her. After temporary repair she was laid up at Kingston, Ont., and never sailed again. Surrendered to U.S. court and ordered sold for scrapping. Scrapped at Fairport, Ohio, beginning December, 1967.
Owned by Canada Steamship Line.
Built as a “canaller” sized vessel and came to Canada with a prefabricated midsection packed in her hold. Lengthened by Midland Shipbuilding after arrival.
Sources : mmgl,hcgl,mpl
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REPUBLIC – See also MARQUETTE
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REPUBLIC
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1848, S & A Turner, Cleveland
Specs : 173x24x11, 460 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Oct 3
Place of loss : at Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : RR rolling stock, livestock, foodstuffs
Detail : Caught fire at the New York and Erie RR Line dock, where she burned to a total loss of $15,000, plus $18,000 cargo. Part of the adjacent dock and warehouse was also destroyed. Owned by Ludlow & Burt, Cleveland, chartered to the NY & Erie RR.
Sources : eas,lhl,hgl,wl,wmn,bb
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REPUBLIC
Other names : none
Official no. : 21124
Type at loss : schooner, wood,
Build info : 1853, F. N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 126x27x10, 370 t. om
Date of loss : 1868, Apr 15
Place of loss : at Springwells, Mich
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : In the early morning hours she was lying alongside the steamer GENESSEE CHIEF (qv) at Clark’s Dry Dock, when the CHIEF was discovered to afire. As fire burned away their line the rwo drifted upstream, thoroughly ablaze. Only a small hand pumper was available to attempt to extinguish the blaze for more than an hour until the Detroit Fire Department was given permission to cross the city limits to reach it. By then the steamer had burned to her decks and the REPUBLIC to a total loss. Homeport,: Toledo.
Sources : nsp,bb,wl
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REPUBLIC
Other names : none
Official no. : 21151
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1854, J. Oades, Clayton, NY as a bark
Specs : 139x26x11, 314g 298n
Date of loss : 1895, Jul 30
Place of loss : off Lorain, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 8
Carrying : 900 t. coal
Detail : Bound for Detroit in tow of the steamer SWALLOW, she waterlogged and foundered in a storm. Her crew was rescued from her rigging by the tug CASCADE. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/30/1895, annotated “wrecked, total loss.” Owned by E.E. Ewing of St. Clair, MI. and sailed by Capt. Christie.
Ashore and abandoned as a total wreck on Williams Isl., near Grand Island, Lake Superior, in 1886. Recovered in December.
Ashore in the Straits of Mackinac with significant damage in November, 1867, then nearly destroyed in a drydock fire as she was being repaired, Apr 15, 1868.
Rebuilt, 1872. Major repairs, 1862, 1880
Sources : phr,mv,polk,wb,hgl,nsp,lss,mpl
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RESCUE – See ALLIE
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RESOLUTE
Other names : none
Official no. : 21136
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, D. Fox, Black R., OH
Specs : 125x26x11, 281 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Nov 15
Place of loss : North side of Long Point near the lighthouse
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : paving stone
Detail : She stranded and wrecked in a gale after her anchors failed to hold. The survivors drifted ashore on wreckage, while two of the crew froze to death. Out of Buffalo, owned by Peter Wex, Jr.
Major repairs in 1863
Sources : win,hgl,mv,nsp,jk,eas,wmn
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RESOLUTE
Other names : none
Official no. : 110057
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1872, Eaton & Plass, Detroit
Specs : 68(oa)x14x8, 23 gt 11nt
Date of loss : 1885, Dec 8
Place of loss : at Green Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire at her dock and burned to a total loss. The fire was speculated to have originated near her furnace. Owned by E. Bosler of Green Bay.
Sources : nsp,hgl,mv,es
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RESOLUTE
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : (1857, G.W. Giles, Port Credit, Ont.)
Specs : (80 t.)
Date of loss : 1887, Mar 14
Place of loss : off Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered. No detail.
(Possibly the barge built 1854, Davison & Goudie, Quebec, registered out of Kingston from 1862 on. 120x25x10, 251 t. However, she was reportedly worth over $12,000 at the time of her loss, which seems unlikely for an old, unpowered ship.)
Sources : polk,h,wb,mmgl,sb not in clu
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RESOLUTE
Other names : later JOHN ROLPH (1908)
Official no. : C88241
Type at loss : propeller, wood, “steambarge”, twin screw
Build info : 1883, W. Evans, Deseronto, Ont.
Specs : 137x28x10x 372gc 262nc
Date of loss : 1906, Nov 22
Place of loss : Western Gap, Toronto Harbor
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6
Carrying : coal, barge in tow
Detail : Bound from Lake Erie for Toronto, she dropped her barge to try to enter the harbor in a gale. She struck bottom and sank. The crew took to the boats, one of which capsized, drowning all aboard. Her barge P.B. LOCKE rode out the gale at anchor. Owned by Haney & Miller, Toronto, contractors. Master: Capt. John Sullivan. Her document was surrendered Dec 31, 1906, but she was later recovered and rebuilt as above.
Sources : nsp,win,mmgl,osdo,es
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RESOLUTION
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, F. N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : ca. 370 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Nov (19)
Place of loss : Penetang Gore, near Inverhuron, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 10 [all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Buffalo, she had been out three weeks before suspicions of her loss were voiced. Wreckage and personal effects later washed ashore near the above point. She was reportedly worth $14,000. Owned by the Lake Navigation Co., out of Buffalo. Master: Capt. O. S. Harper(d).
Sources : nsp,wmn,wl
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RESTLESS
Other names : none
Official no. : 110925
Type at loss : sloop, wood – maybe a yacht but carried freight
Build info : 1889, Jas. McCormack, Cleveland, OH
Specs : 31x12x4, 8g 7n
Date of loss : 1908, Jul 30
Place of loss : off Rocky River, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered. No detail.
Sources : phr,mv,bb
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RESUMPTION
Other names : none
Official no. : 110384
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast, lumber
Build info : 1879, Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee, WI
Specs : 143x29x10, 294g 279n
Date of loss : 1914, Nov 7
Place of loss : off Plum Island, Death’s Door, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She struck bottom and settled in a gale, then was pounded to pieces, despite the comboned efforts of six steamers to save her. Owned by I. Watson Stevenson; out of Marquette.
Sources : ns2,lmdc,mv,mpl,eas,wgts
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REUTAN – (RUTAN) former entry deleted – vessel was soon recovered
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GEORGE W. REYNOLDS
Other names : also seen as G.W. REYNOLDS
Official no. : 10829
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1864, Hoosack, Maumee, OH
Specs : 112x20x6, 124 t.
Date of loss : 1872, Nov 27
Place of loss : at Bay City, MI, near Portsmouth
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at Mason’s Mill dock where she had been laid up for the winter the previous week. She had been running a local route, between Bay City and Pine River. Out of E. Saginaw, part of “English’s Line”, Capt. C. H. English. Master: Capt. Bob Medler.
Rebuilt in 1866 after a fire, and again in 1872, just prior to her loss.
One source (mpl) sats she was lost in 1877, but document was surrendered in ‘72.
Sources : phr,mv,modoc,slh,lhl,nsp,hgl,mpl
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RHEATA
Other names : built as J.H. DeGRAFF, renamed in 1903
Official no. : C116268
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1882, Tonawanda, NY US#76297
Specs : 48x12x6, 27gc 18nc
Date of loss : 1907, Oct 15
Place of loss : in harbor at Midland, ONt.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Sold Canadian, 1903. Out of Midland, Ont.
Sources : win,mv
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RHINE
Other names : none
Official no. : 203483
Type at loss : gas screw, wood, packet (fruit boat?)
Build info : 1904, Manitowoc
Specs : 37x10x5, 12 t.
Date of loss : 1908, Dec 26
Place of loss : off Frankfort, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4 [all]
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered in a gale. Possibly recovered later.
Sources : mv,is,bb
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D.P. RHODES
Other names : later renamed ARTHUR(1911)and ARTHUR MORGAN(’11)
Official no. : 6697
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1871, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs : 217x35x15, 938g 891n
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : near Cheboygan Pt., Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal*
Detail : Tow of steamer JOSEPH S. FAY, she broke loose and was driven ashore. Declared total loss, but she was later recovered. Bound for Chicago.
*some divers say her cargo was iron ore, but this seems unlikely, considering her route (Lake Erie – Chicago)
Scrapped in 1938.
Sources : ns3,polk,mv,nsp,mpl
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ROBERT R. RHODES
Other names : none
Official no. : C131109
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1887, Quayle & Sons, Cleveland US#110732
Specs : 246x40x19, 1594gc
Date of loss : 1921, Oct 24
Place of loss : Welland Canal
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She struck the upper gate abutment of Lock #3, Welland Canal, and sank. She was later raised to clear the channel, but was declared a constructive total loss and sold for use as a breakwater on the New York shore of Lake Ontario.
Sold Canadian in 1912
Sources : ns3,mv,mmgl,mpl
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JOHN RICE
Other names : none
Official no. : 12783
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1860, Rice & McDole, Newport, MI
Specs : 107x23x8, 154g 147n
Date of loss : 1893, Jul 3
Place of loss : 40 mi off Thunder Bay Isl
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : trap-net stakes
Detail : In fine weather, the old schooner suddenly began to leak and then capsized 40 miles offshore. Her crew and a woman and two children who were on board clung to the wreck until recued by the Union Line steamer H. J. JEWETT soon after. The hulk was later recovered after pirates had stripped her of everything of value, and was towed to Port Huron, but there is scant evidence that she ever sailed again. Owned by Richard Collins, Alpena.
Sources : phr,slh,mv,nsp
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R.N. RICE
Other names : none
Official no. : 21191
Type at loss : barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1866, Campbell & Owen, Detroit as sidewheel steamer hull #20
Specs : 247x32x13, 593 t.
Date of loss : 1888, Sep 30
Place of loss : 4 mi N of Holland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 600,000 board feet lumber
Detail : She became waterlogged in a storm. Her crew worked at the pumps for hours, but she was finally abandoned, then drifted ashore and pounded to pieces. The crew was picked up by the steamer HURON CITY, which had been towing the RICE. Owner: Patrick O’Day.
Converted from steamer to barge after a major [$42,000] fire at Detroit in June, 1877. Her engine went into the new composite steamer CITY OF DETROIT, which replaced her.
Rebuilt again in 1883
Sources : mv,atl,is,hdm,lmdc,h,less,lhl,nsp,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,es,eas,jb
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ANDREW J. RICH
Other names : also seen as A.J. RICH
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo
Specs : 138x26x11, 374 t.
Date of loss : 1864, Nov 10
Place of loss : near Kincardine, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : 17,000 bu wheat
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked. The tug DISPATCH tried to rescue her, but she was abandoned on the 14th and reported broken up on the 28th.
Sources : slh,lhdc,hgl,nsp,do
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C. RICH
Other names : none
Official no. : 33676
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Green & Haywood, Richmond, OH
Specs : 67x17x4, 32 t.
Date of loss : 1879, Nov 19
Place of loss : near Marblehead, above Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Sandusky for Port Huron, she was driven ashore and pounded to pieces. The crew came ashore with the help of the Lifesaving Service. Owned in Detroit.
Rebuilt in 1872
Not in ’69 mvus or hgl
Sources : www,is,h,usls,wl,rsl.mv
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RICHARD H.
Other names : none
Official no. : 225353
Type at loss : propeller, steam fishing tug
Build info : 1923, I. H. Larsen, Marinette, Wis.
Specs : 44x12x5, 19g
Date of loss : 1940, Nov 11
Place of loss : S end of L. Michigan
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : none
Detail : Disappeared in the 1940 “Armistice Day Storm” along with fish tug INDIAN(qv). The two vessels had just left South Haven on the 1st day of trout season when they were struck by a violent storm. Neither were ever seen again. Owned by Capt. John McKay, South Haven.
Link to detailed story of the loss
Sources : ml,h,lmdc,bb,msra
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RICHARD R.
Other names : none
Official no. : 257017
Type at loss : gas fishing tug
Build info : 1936, Erie, PA
Specs : 33x10x4, 8 gt
Date of loss : 1953, Dec 21
Place of loss : 17 mi NW of Conneaut
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : gear accident?
Loss of life : 3 [all]
Carrying : fishing gear
Detail : Went out to pull nets in good weather, but never returned. Speculation at the time was that her nets were heavy loaded and she overbalanced and capsized as they were pulled up. A more recent theory is that she snagged the nets on the remains of the carferry MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO. 2 (qv). A Coast Guard search from Cleveland, Ashtabula and Erie and the cutter KAW failed to locate her until Jan 5, 1954. She was recovered Jan 16. Master: Capt Frank Rogala(d). Owner: Daniel Rogala Fisheries of Erie, PA. Dan Rogala was father of two of the victims, including the captain.
Sources : nsp,bs (new-Bob Saxton),hr
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RICHARD W. – See PALMBAY
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HENRY C. RICHARDS
Other names : none
Official no. : 95257
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, H. Burger, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 189x33x13, 700g 665n
Date of loss : 1895, Oct 27
Place of loss : about 15 miles off Little Sable Pt.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered after release from the tow of the disabled steamer H.C. TUTTLE in a gale and blizzard. Her people were rescued by the White Lake Lifesaving Service crew. Owned by Capt. Benham, et. al, Cleveland. She was reported at the time to lie in 500 feet of water.
Built as a grain-carrier
Image with tug ARCTIC from GLMD
Sources : polk,hgl,nsp,sol,h,mv,rkr,wb,mpl
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J.S. RICHARDS
Other names : also seen as JOHN S. RICHARDS
Official no. : 75151
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1869, Keith, Cleveland*
Specs : 138x26x11, 273g 260n
Date of loss : 1900, Aug 1
Place of loss : near Walkerville
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : pig iron
Detail : The steamer JOHN W. MOORE sheered in the channel and sank her while she was downbound behind the tug CRESSELL. Two crewmen were crushed as they slept in the foc’sl. Owner and master was Capt. Anthony T. May, who was almost financially wiped out by the disaster. Wrecking master H. W. Baker, raised her but then let her go in the channel off Belle Isle when it was apparent that May wouldn’t pay the bill. He was later forced by a court to remove her. Despite being struck by other vessels as she lay in the river, the RICHARDS was later recovered, abandoned in 1911.
*also given as Keath, Conneaut
Sources : mv,polk,h,ns,nsp,es
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JOHN RICHARDS
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1830, Erie, PA
Specs : 58x17x5, 43 t. om
Date of loss : 1842, May 10
Place of loss : Detroit R. 2 mi below Detroit
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6
Carrying : cut stone
Detail : She capsized and sank when struck by a sudden squall, causing her heavy cargo to shift. She sank on an even keel with her masts out of the water, but across the current. When the current pushed her over again, all but one of the crew drowned. Master: Capt. James B. Molan(d). Owner: Clamton, Marblehead, Ohio. She was raised later in the year and returned to service, but was reported lost at Cherry Creek, Detroit River, in May of 1858.
She also capsized in a squall while entering Buffalo harbor in 1836. She drifted onto the reef at the head of the Niagara R and became a total wreck.
Sources : nsp,wl,hgl,wmn
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MAY RICHARDS
Other names : none
Official no. : 91283
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1880, J. Richards, Manitowoc
Specs : 162x27x15, 531g 511n
Date of loss : 1906, Oct 7
Place of loss : N. Bass Isl
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : coal
Detail : Tow of steamer BENTON with H.C. COBB(?), she was driven ashore and pounded to pieces in a gale. Owner: Capt. W. J. Willoughby.
Perhaps built on the hull of the Luther Moses-built str SUSQUEHANNA of 1858
Sources : mv,ns1,nsp,mpl
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RICHARDSON
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, Mitchell & Robinson, Kingston, Ont.
Specs : 92x23x9, 162 t.
Date of loss : 1881, Oct 5
Place of loss : in harbor at Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : barley
Detail : She collided head-on with a pier while entering the harbor after the marker bouy’s light had gone out and she had lost her way. The skipper mistook a streetlight for the marker. Bound Kingston for Oswego. Out of Kingston, owned by Richardson & McKee. Master: Capt. William McKee [owned 1/3].
Sources : mmgl,win,clu,is,h,osdo,usls,rp,nsp
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R.R. RICHARDSON – See J.M. JENKS
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W.C. RICHARDSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 81816
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1902, American Shipbuilding, Cleveland, hull# 411
Specs : 324x48x28, 3818g 2481n
Date of loss : 1909, Dec 9
Place of loss : Waverly Shoal, near Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 of 19
Carrying : flax
Detail : Bound Port Arthur, Ont. for Buffalo, she struck the shoal in a storm, causing her cargo to shift. She took on green water due to a severe list and sank. Four crewmen launched a lifeboat against orders and were drowned, as was a woman cook who was washed overboard. The other 14 crew were rescued by the steamer WILLIAM A. PAINE. Master: Capt. E. J. Burke. Owner: W. C. Richardson et. al. Wreckers worked for years to raise her, but to no avail. Wreck probably dynamited in 1913.
Sources : ns1,gs,sol,h,ledc,mv,mpl,ewe,wmn
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RICHLAND STAR – See OAKWOOD
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RICHMOND – See DUKE OF RICHMOND
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RICHMOND
Other names : built as CONNEAUT PACKET
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1840 (1827?), Sandusky or Conneaut, OH
Specs : 51 ft, 87 t.
Date of loss : 1841 or 2
Place of loss : Canadian side
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked. No detail.
Out of Saginaw, appears often in the lore there.
Another report mentions a schooner of this name lost on L. Michigan in 1844.
Sources : nsp,hgl,www
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C.Y. RICHMOND
Other names : perhaps F.S. RICHMOND or C.T. RICHMOND
Official no. : 4275
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1846, Sanford & Moses, Cleveland
Specs : 170 t. [230 t. om]
Date of loss : 1870, Nov 1
Place of loss : off Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : limestone
Detail : Bound for Dunkirk, she went ashore in a gale which destroyed many vessels on the lakes and became a total loss. Her crew was rescued from shore by local sailors. The wreck was located in 1902.
Out of Buffalo.
Sources : nsp,hgl,rsl,mv
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C.Y. RICHMOND
Other names : none
Official no. :
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1867, H. S. Williams, Buffalo
Specs : 39 t.
Date of loss : 1868, Apr 28
Place of loss : off Scarecrow Isl., SE of Alpena
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She was on her first trip, Buffalo to Chicago, when she ran aground in the shallows around Scarecrow Island. Soon after, she was discovered to be afire, and a few moments later her steam chest exploded, making it impossible to extingush the flames. Her three crewmen made it to the islands, and two days later were picked up by the steamer HURON. She was raised and towed to Bay City in June for possible rebuilding. Owned by Wm. Curtis, Buffalo.
Sources : (mv),nsp,www,hgl
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DEAN RICHMOND
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, Cleveland
Specs : ca. 140 ft, 363 gt. [om]
Date of loss : 1855, Oct 21
Place of loss : 5 mi N of Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal & lumber
Detail : Driven ashore by a gale and declared a total loss. Out of Chicago where she was bound at the time.
Another DEAN RICHMOND [379 t.] was launched in 1856. In 1857, she was sailed direct from Chicago to Liverpool with a cargo of wheat and staves, and there was sold to British parties. This is reported as the first American Great Lakes vessel to carry a cargo directly to Europe. See also C.J. KERSHAW.
Sources : nsp,gsgl,is,hgl,bb,wls
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DEAN RICHMOND
Other names : none
Official no. : 6102
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1864, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 238x35x14, 1432g 1257n
Date of loss : 1893, Oct 14
Place of loss : off Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 17 of 18 crew plus 3 volunteers who died the 16th while searching for bodies
Carrying : zinc ingots, copper, 1500 bbl whiskey and a large consignment of flour
Detail : This large propeller broke up offshore in huge waves and foundered. The hull was located in 1896 and most of the cargo recovered. Owned by Bottsford et.al. of Port Huron Master: Capt. G. W. Stoddard(d).
Burned to near-total loss in the St. Mary’s R., Oct, 1871, 1 died. Owned by Union Steamboat Company at that time.
Rebuilt 1873
Sources : nsp,polk,hgl,mv,eas,gsgl,gs,is,sol,ledc,mol,phr,wb,mpl,ewe
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KATE RICHMOND
Other names : none
Official no. : 14038
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, Roderick Calkins, Cleveland
Specs : 127x26x11, 240g 228n
Date of loss : 1885, Dec 5
Place of loss : about 4 mi N of Lexington, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She went ashore in a storm. The crew escaped in her yawl. Efforts were made to salvage her in ’86, but were abandoned. The hulk was later burned.
She had spent two years out of service after sinking in a storm in 1869.
Rebuilt, 1866. Major repairs in 1863, 72. Heavily damaged [a near-total loss] by going ashore in a storm near Waukegan in Nov, 1856.
Sources : mv,nsp,slh,phr,polk,hgl,blu[56]
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OLIVE RICHMOND
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1842, Wilbur Reed, Richmond, Ohio
Specs : 94x24x9, 168 t.
Date of loss : 1854, Apr 27
Place of loss : at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ? worth $2,350
Detail : She was driven on the breakwater in a powerful spring gale and within several days was pounded to pieces, a total loss.
Probably rebuilt at Chicago, 1846
Sources : hgl,wmn,wl,wmhs
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RICKARTON
Other names : built as schooner CHIPPEWA, renamed in in 1912
Official no. : C111967
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1890, M.P. Lester, Marine City, MI [US#126623]
Specs : 222x36x22, 1234gc 1114nc
Date of loss : 1928, Nov
Place of loss : 3 mi N of Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered in 90 feet of water. Owned by Canada Steamship Line.
Sources : mpl,mmgl,mv
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CHARLES RIETZ
Other names : none
Official no. : 125088
Type at loss : propeller, wood, lumber hooker
Build info : 1872, A. A. Turner, Trenton, MI
Specs : 127x26x10, 246 gt 169 nt
Date of loss : 1895, Dec 11
Place of loss : near Pentwater, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was the last lumber boat operating that season when she was driven ashore in a gale-blizzard. A life-saving crew from the station, which was closed for the season, was hastily assembled and took the crew off. As of later that day she was expected to go to pieces. Owned by Rietz Bros. [North Branch Lumber Co.], Chicago.
Still listed later in a couple sources, but this was probably her end.
Major repair in 1880.
Sources : nsp,hgl,mv,polk,bb
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RINGAS – See FRANCISCO MORAZAN
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RIO GRANDE
Other names : none
Official no. : 21473
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1856, Ogdensburg, NY as a brig
Specs : 116x26x12, 223g
Date of loss : 1877, Sep 6
Place of loss : Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She and her towmate DUBUQUE, part of a four-barge tow of the tug BURNSIDE, were let go in a storm and went on Long Point. At first it was thought the two were in no danger, but within the week they were stripped and abandoned to break up. Document surrendered at Port Huron Sep 12, 1877, annotated “wrecked, total loss.”
Went ashore in a gale at Presque Isle, PA in late Nov. of 1871. Declared unsalvagable, but pulled off 10 days later.
Rebuilt in 1858 and at Port Huron, 1874. Major repair in 1864
Sources : phr,mv,osdo,rsl,nsp
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RIPPLE
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1863, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs : 15 t.
Date of loss : 1872, Nov 4
Place of loss : E of Port Bruce
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all [2-4]
Carrying : lighter in tow
Detail : She had just left Port Bruce when her machinery broke down. Helpless, she was driven ashore, along with her lighter, reportedly with the loss of all hands. The lighter she had in tow was also lost.
Sources : nsp,csv,clu
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RIPPLE
Other names : none
Official no. : C90522
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1884, H. Taylor, Chatham, Ont.
Specs : 44x10x4, 15gc 11nc
Date of loss : 1905, Sep 9*
Place of loss : 2 mi SE of Lyal Isl. light
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Struck a reef, foundered and broke up.
*also given as Oct 1904
Out of Chatham, owned by W. McRae
Sources : mmgl,csv,do
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RISING SUN
Other names : built as prop MINNIE M, renamed in 1913
Official no. : 91674
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1884, Oades, Detroit
Specs : 133x26x11, 448g 296n
Date of loss : 1917, Oct 29
Place of loss : just S of Pyramid Point, Sleeping Bear area
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 18
Carrying : fence posts, produce and workers from High Island, and a number of school girls
Detail : Bound High Island for St. Joseph, MI, she was driven ashore by a violent storm after her propeller and rudder were lost on a rock and her boiler fires were put out. She broke up in place. Owned by the House of David religious sect, Benton Harbor. Master: Capt. Chas. Morrison.
Wreckage is still visible from atop the bluff.
Sources : rkr,mv,polk,sol,ns2,lmdc,sb,nb,mpl,eas
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FRANCIS P. RICHIE
Other names : built as MARGUERITE, later NANCY, last name in 1925
Official no. : 92011
Type at loss : gas propeller, wood, twin screw
Build info : 1888, Boston, Mass as a schooner yacht
Specs : 87x20x11, 86g 56n
Date of loss : 1931, Aug 29
Place of loss : Chantry Island Reef, off Southampton, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : 3 disassembled trucks, 4,000 gal gasoline and personal belongings
Detail : Bound Chicago for Miami, Florida, when she encountered a gale. She tried to put in at Southampton, but her rudder was ripped off in the process. At the mercy of the waves, she was then thrown on the reef, where she broke up. The men aboard – her two owners and three of their friends – were rescued by fishermen form Southampton. Owned by Ralph & Matthew Pellar, Chicago
Converted from schooner yacht to gas screw after 1910
Sources : eas,wmn,go,mv
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JOHN RITCHIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 45799
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1870, A. Smith, Algonac, MI
Specs : 125x27x8, 205gt 191nt
Date of loss : 1888, Jun 26
Place of loss : near Toledo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sprang a leak and went to pieces in a storm after being lost from the steamer MICHIGAN. MICHIGAN took her back in tow, but she broke up and sank before reaching a port. Owned by Smith & Martin of Cheboygan. Master: Capt. Gallerno.
Sources : nsp,phr,polk,mv
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W.H. RITCHIE
Other names : built as prop STEPHEN C. HALL, renamed in 1921
Official no. : C130432
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight, grain transfer
Build info : 1880, D. Robinson, Grand Haven [US#115729]
Specs : 161x30x12, 447g 342n
Date of loss : 1921, Sep 27
Place of loss : at Port Arthur, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ? (probably none)
Detail : She caught fire and was destroyed while sitting at the dock with nobody aboard. Her wreckage was removed in 1961.
Stranded with serious damage near Sand Beach, MI, in 1884.
Sold Canadian in 1912.
Converted from straight bulker to crane-equipped ves. in ’21
Sources : polk,ns3,csv,mmgl,h,is,mv,win,mpl
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RIVAL
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, Buffalo
Specs : probably about 350 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Oct 27
Place of loss : upper reef, Niagara River
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : nnone
Carrying : wheat
Detail : She went on the reef in a rainy storm and grounded tightly. Two weeks later she was pushed further down the river by the current and a large effort was begun to get her off. This was not accomplished until the following summer, but newspapers questioned whether she would ever sail again. There is apparently no further record of her. Owned by Lake Navigation Co.
Sources : blu[1856],wmn,wl,jm
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RIVAL
Other names : none
Official no. : 56229
Type at loss : scow, wood (unrigged?)
Build info : 1861, Bedford, Port Huron, Mi
Specs : 65x17x6, 48 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Sep (15)
Place of loss : Grimm’s Pier, N of Kewaunee, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : nav error/ storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : wood
Detail : She struck a reef while departing the pier and hung up. A storm that followed shortly thereafter tore out her bottom. Tugs sent to her aid were unsuccessful in pulling her off and she was abandoned as a total loss.
Sources : nsp,bb,wgts
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RIVAL
Other names : none
Official no. : 21737
Type at loss : schooner(-scow), wood
Build info : 1866, Bangor (by F. Trudo?)
Specs : 31x12x5, 19t
Date of loss : 1879, Nov 25
Place of loss : Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sank in about 30 feet of water and became a total loss. Her crew were saved.. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/5/1880.
Out of Bay City
Sources : phr,vbs,mv,nsp
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RIVAL
Other names : none
Official no. : 21693
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, H. N. Throop, Alexandria Bay, NY
Specs : 127x25x11, 205g
Date of loss : 1899, Nov 25
Place of loss : Brest Bay, just N of Monroe, Mich., light
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Detroit, she sprang a leak off the mouth of the Detroit River and began to founder. Her crew worked at the pumps for a full day before running her into the shallows and abandoning her. They were rescued by the fish tug FRED L. of Monroe, Mich. Her outfit was removed and sold by U. S. Marshals in April, 1900.
Out of Cleveland, owned by Charles Hernes and mastered by Capt. J. Hernes.
Sources : nsp,bb,mv,wmn,jm,wl
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RIVERSIDE
Other names : none
Official no. : 21937
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1880, A. Miller, Oswego, NY
Specs : 137x26x11, 314g 308n
Date of loss : 1893, Oct 13*
Place of loss : off Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4 or 6* *
Carrying : 760 t. stone
Detail : Foundered in a gale while bound Kelley’s Island for Tonawanda, NY. Owned by J. M. Jones & Co, Detroit, but had a Canadian crew. Master: Capt. D. G. Farrington(d).
*also given as Nov., csqw gives this date. Location is also given as Lake Ontario, near Oswego and various other places.
**Official sources say none were lost, but at least Capt Farrington, his wife, and a father and son named Hargreaves, both sailors, all of South Bay, Ont, died. All of them list their homes officially as Detroit.
Also ashore on Pilot Island, Lake Michigan, in Oct, 1887 and released in the fall of 1888.
Sources : is,polk,csqw,mv,osdo,slh,h,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,eas,jb,wgts,nsp
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RIVERTON – See L.C. WALDO
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ROAMER
Other names : none
Official no. : 247108
Type at loss : gas screw fish tug, wood [trolling boat]
Build info : 1928, Bayonne, NJ
Specs : 33x9x4, 9g 8n
Date of loss : 1949, Jul 3
Place of loss : Munising West Channel
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : none
Detail : Swamped and sunk in a sudden squall.
Out of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.; owned by Ferdinand Lukowski.
Sources : ms,mv
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ROAMER
Other names : none
Official no. : 234923
Type at loss : propeller diesel tug (wood), fishing
Build info : 1936, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Specs : 38x12x5, 23g 16n
Date of loss : 1975, Jul 9
Place of loss : Port Wing, WI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed when a fishhouse fire spread to her dock and set her ablaze. Owned by Norman and Harris Johnson.
Sources : is,lss,hh,bb,mv
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ROANOKE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1843, Wm. Treat, Euclid, OH
Specs : 92x23x8, 161 t. om
Date of loss : 1866, Oct 27
Place of loss : in Thunder Bay, near Alpena
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was blown down [i.e. capsized] and sunk by high winds. She soon broke up. Owned by her skipper, Capt. Harrison Fellows of Racine.
Also wrecked near Muskegon in 1854 with loss of 4 lives.
Rebuilt at Milwaukee in 1864. Repaired in 1865.
Sources : hgl,slh,stb,wl,nsp
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ROANOKE
Other names : none
Official no. : 21145
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1867, I. Lafrinier, Cleveland
Specs : 217x31x12, 1070g 937n
Date of loss : 1894, Aug 7
Place of loss : 20 mi off 14-mile Point, NE of Ontonagon, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : salt
Detail : Bound Port Huron for Duluth, she caught fire from a lamp in her engine room in fine weather and burned to a total loss offshore. She sank in 202 fathoms of water. Her crew abandoned and were picked up by the passing steamer GEORGE SPENCER. The fire was attributed to the explosion of an engine room lamp. Master: Capt. Alonzo (Lon) Cox. Owned by W. F. Botsford and C. D. Thompson of Port Huron and Capt. J. W. Martin of Milwaukee [the Port Huron & Washburn Line].
Also burned at Detroit on July 4 of the previous year, and was stranded at Grand Haven on Feb 3, 1892.
Sources : phr,gwgl,is,h,mv,wbm,nsp,lss,hgl,mpl,es
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ROB ROY
Other names : none
Official no. : 21795
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, Knapp & Bailey, Perry, Ohio
Specs : 98x23x7, 97g 92n
Date of loss : 1908, Apr 27
Place of loss : 2 miles off Masonville, Mich. [Little Bay de Noc]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Menominee, Mich, for Masonville, she was caught by a storm, dragged her anchors ashore and broke up. Owned by her skipper, Capt. E. Halgren.
Ashore at Waukegan, Ill., and expected to become a total loss in November, 1877.
Sources : nsp,wgts,bb,mv,wmn
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ROB ROY
Other names : none
Official no. : C94925
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1897, A. Hepburn, Picton, Ont.
Specs : 144x31x10, 470 t.
Date of loss : 1916, Sep 17
Place of loss : 3 mi NE of Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Tow of the tug HOME RULE, she foundered off Erie while attempting to come about in a gale. She was trying to return to Cleveland – where she had originated – for shelter. She had been bound for Port Colborne, Ont. Her crew was rescued by the tug. Probably owned by Canada Steamship.
Also wrecked in a storm 4 mi off Erie on Sep 17, 1912, and again in Erie harbor Nov 22, 1915. Erie must have been a hex for the boat (or at least she made a lot of trips there).
Built for the Hepburn Fleet.
Sources : ns2,csqw,mmgl,nsp,gmw
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ROBERT
Other names :
Official no. : C
Type at loss : propeller fish tug, steel
Build info :
Specs : 50 ft.
Date of loss : 1982, Sep 26
Place of loss : 5 mi off Erieau, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : fish
Detail : She collided with the fish tug B. M. CABRAL during the net-setting process and sank quickly. Her 4-man crew abandoned by jumping on to the other tug and were rescued without getting their feet wet. The CABRAL was reportedly on auto-pilot with no watch set..
Owned by S. Aikens, Blenheim, Ont.
Sources : do,ew,gn
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ROBERT K.
Other names : none
Official no. : C126648
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1917, J. Paasch, Port Dover, Ont.
Specs : 69x17x7, 57gc 37nc
Date of loss : 1935, Jun 23
Place of loss : Golden’s Dock, Tobermory, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire at her dock, burned through her hawsers and drifted to nearby rocks.
Engine, from another vessel, was built in 1881.
Sources : mmgl,slh,h,lhdc,win,do
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ROBERTA
Other names : none
Official no. : 110772
Type at loss : private yacht and tug
Build info : 1888, Mt. Clemens, as a private yacht
Specs : 71x13x4, 31g 21n
Date of loss : 1900, Jul 27
Place of loss : between Monroe, Mich., and Sister Islands
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Was returning from Monroe to Put-in-Bay to arrange the tow of a yacht fleet, when she caught fire in her coal bunkers. Though her crew tried hard to save her, her pine decking went up quickly. The crew escaped in her two smallboats. Owned by C. L. Lawrence, Detroit, and chartered to Capt. Jarriat for the season.
Had recently been purchased for conversion from a private yacht for use as a passenger vessel by a railroad, when she caught fire and was gutted at McSweeney’s Dock, Mt. Clemens, Sep 22, 1898. Owned by C. H. Lawrence, Mt. Clemens (Det. & St. Clair R. RR). Rebuilt and remeasured in 1899.
Built as a private yacht for E. R. Egnew, Mt. Clemens.
Sources : jb,hcgl,nsp,bb
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E.K. ROBERTS – See MICHIPICOTEN
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G. R. ROBERTS
Other names : also seen as GEO. R. ROBERTS
Official no. : 10210
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, H. Varton or Norton, Madison Dock, Oh
Specs : 79x21x7, 82 t.
Date of loss : 1876, Sep 25
Place of loss : Big Sister Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was unable to hold her anchors against a northwest gale and was driven ashore, a total loss. Owned by Martin Johnson & Calvin Gray, Milwaukee
Rebuilt, 1868
Sources : nsp,mv,wl,bb,wmn,wgts
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MARY R. ROBERTSON – See SIMCOE
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ROBERVAL
Other names : none
Official no. : C125672
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight “rabbit”
Build info : 1907, Polson Iron Works, Toronto hull# 91
Specs : 128x24x8, 344gc 157nc
Date of loss : 1916, Sep 25
Place of loss : 12 mi off Oswego, NY near Big Sandy Pt.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2 of 9 (6 also given)
Carrying : 248,000 bd ft lumber for matchsticks
Detail : Bound Cape Vincent for Oswego, NY with a full hold and a tall deckload of lumber, she was overwhelmed by a storm and sank slowly, a total loss of $15,000. Her crew struggled greatly to escape the damaged ship, one group finding the only undamaged lifeboat and another escaping on a makeshift raft. One crewman was trapped in the vessel and another was drowned by falling debris. Owned by Hill & Eligh, Ltd. Master: Capt Peter Eligh
Sources : csv,ns2,mmgl,h,win,m&h,dmt,tis,jk
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ROBINSON – See also CHIEF JUSTICE ROBINSON
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MARY ROBINSON
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : propeller
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : unreported
Place of loss : 7 miles off Michigan City, IN
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned and sank, no detail.
Sources : lmdc
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S. ROBINSON
Other names : also seen as SAMUEL ROBINSON
Official no. : 22347
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1853, Lafrinier & Stevenson, Cleveland
Specs : 127x26x12, 235 t. [309 om]
Date of loss : 1872, May 24
Place of loss : 40 mi E of Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none of 8
Carrying : 16,000 bu. corn
Detail : The downbound schooner was intercepted in heavy fog by the passenger propeller MANISTEE, running out of Pentwater, Mich. Though each vessel heard the other’s fog signal, neither could see well enough to avoid the collision. MANISTEE struck ROBINSON square amidships, cutting her 2/3rds of the way through. The schooner’s crew only just had time to launch her yawlboat before she went down. She had been headed for Kingston, Ont. Owned by Finnegan & Roach, Chicago. Master: Capt. Finnegan.
Built as a canaller in only two months for Hanley, Warner & Co., Cleve. Rebuilt in 1870
Sources : nsp,wl,rsl,hgl,mv
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GEORGE W. ROBY
Other names : none
Official no. : 86031
Type at loss : barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1889, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City, MI as a propeller. hull# 45
Specs : 281x41x20, 1843g 1470n
Date of loss : 1906, Nov 14
Place of loss : near Lime Kiln Crossing
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She caught fire while upbound and was nearly gutted near the Crossing. The fire was put out, but reignited Nov 19, whereupon she was scuttled by tossing a stick of dynamite in her bilges. Owner W. H. Becker of Cleveland abandoned her after this fire.
The hull was later removed.
Damaged in an accident in 1904 and converted to a barge upon rebuilding, her machinery going into the steamer F. L. ROBBINS.
Heavily damaged in very similar fire in Sep, 1905, near the same place. In that incident the coal fire aboard burned for more than a week.
Sources : nsp,vbs,eas,ns1,mv,mpl,es
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ROCHESTER – See also SYDNEY C. McLOUTH
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ROCHESTER
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1837, Jared Lockwood, Richmond City [Fairport], OH, as sidewheeler
Specs : 158x28x12, 472 t.
Date of loss : 1852, Nov 8
Place of loss : 8 mi E of N Girard, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked. Enrollment surrendered at Buffalo Feb 2, 1853, endorsed “wrecked.”
One source (eas) says she was actually wrecked on Feb 2, 1853.
Rebuilt to a barge after 1849.
She was reportedly equipped, in 1844, with the first steam whistle ever used on the lakes.
Sources : hgl,lhl,ledc,mpl,wl
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ROCK QUEEN
Other names : ?
Official no. : C152591
Type at loss : steamer(?)
Build info : ?
Specs : 94 t.
Date of loss : 1956, Nov 18 or 1856
Place of loss : 10 mi N of Port Sanilac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : (none)?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She struck a submerged object and sank.
Out of Toronto
Sources : slh,h,win
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ROCKAWAY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1852, A.S. Pruyn, Gibralter, MI
Specs : 66x20x5, 53 t. om
Date of loss : 1858
Place of loss : offshore from Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
Owned by D. O’Callaghan of Detroit.
Sources : hgl,slh,wl
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ROCKAWAY
Other names : none sometimes seen as RAE KAWAY(!)
Official no. : 21475
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, B. Morgan, Oswego, NY
Specs : 106x24x7, 164g 156n
Date of loss : 1891, Nov 18
Place of loss : off South Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Manistee for Benton Harbor, she came to in front of Saouth Haven to ride out a storm on the 18th. After a hard fight, she foundered on the 20th in heavy seas. Owned by Capt. O. Thompson, Chicago and Muskegon parties, and worth $3,500.
She ran on a piling in Lake Ontario in October, 1873 and drove it up through her hull and deck. Her skipper cut the piling off below the water and patched over it, then continued his voyage.
Wreck located in 1983, surveyed in 1984 by K.R. Pott, et.al.
Sources : mv,nsp,osdo,mh,lmdc,h,is,wb,sb,mpl
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ROCKAWAY
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : propeller tug, (steel), fishing [net boat]
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1945, Jul 3
Place of loss : off Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4 [all]
Carrying : none
Detail : She was sunk by a sudden, very violent, NW squall. May also have exploded.
Sources : gwgl,lssc,lss,gn
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FRANK ROCKEFELLER – See METEOR
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ROCKET
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, Peck & Masters (also given as Bidwell & Banta), Buffalo
Specs : 181x29x12, 611 t. om
Date of loss : 1860, Nov 20
Place of loss : 10 mi off Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 20,000 bu wheat
Detail : Downbound, she was sunk in a collision with the bark OCEAN WAVE and went down in 60 fathoms of water. Her crew was able to make it onto the OCEAN WAVE before the ROCKET sank. The wreck was located in 1983.
Owned by H.C. Walker of Buffalo.
Sources : hgl,slh,is,mpl,wl,nsp,rnc
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ROCKET
Other names : none
Official no. : 21144
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1857, Peck & Masters, Cleveland, as a passenger steamer
Specs : 184x30x10, 371g
Date of loss : 1877, Nov (3)
Place of loss : at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was overwhelmed by a storm while approaching Buffalo harbor and was drifted near shore just south of the lighthouse pier, where her skipper/owner scuttled her to try and save her. Despite efforts to extricate her over the next two years, she was abandoned as a total loss. Owned by Bradley & Doville, Cleveland, and sailed by Capt. Ed. Doville.
Ashore on St. Joseph’s Island, Green Bay in May of 1874
Rebuilt from a propeller to a bulk freight barge in 1877.
Sources : hgl,mv,wmn,bb
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ROCKET
Other names : none
Official no. : 56542*
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1879, Sand Beach, MI
Specs : 57x16x3, 19g
Date of loss : 1882, May 30
Place of loss : off Frankfort, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She waterlogged and capsized offshore, becoming a total loss. Her crew clung to the wreck until rescued by the steamer ARAXES and then taken ashore by the Pt. Betsie lifesaving crew. Document surrendered at Port Huron Jun 18, 1885, annotated “wrecked and out of commission.”
*also seen as 56142
Sources : phr,mv,nsp,wl
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LESTER R. ROCKWELL
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1845, C. Shepardson, Milwaukee
Specs : 84x20x8, 116 t.
Date of loss : 1855, Dec
Place of loss : near Muskegon
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail.
Sources : hgl,is,wl,bb
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ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Other names : also seen as ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-brig or scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1837, H. H. Tiebout, Green Bay, Wis.*
Specs : 101x28x10, 243 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Nov 21
Place of loss : north of Racine
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was reported driven ashore and probably wouldn’t be saved because she was “an old and crazy craft,” according to newspaper accounts. Owned by C. D. Spaids, Chicago.
* May have been built 1852, Black River, Ohio, though that would hardly qualify her as old. However, the Black River craft [123 t.] was registerd out of Chicago from 1853 on.
Ashore near Grand Haven in 1854 and on Beaver Island in 1856.
Sources : hgl,wmn,hr,wl,wmhs,wls,glmd
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E.A. ROE (INA ROE?)
Other names : none
Official no. : C (?)
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1899, Oct 18
Place of loss : Braddock Pt. NW of Rochester, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She struck bottom and foundered in storm.
May have been recovered and rebuilt.
Loss year also given as 1889.
Sources : h, not in mmgl,clu
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EMILY A. ROELOFSON
Other names : also seen as EMILY A. ROLOFSON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1854, Geo. S. Weeks, Buffalo
Specs : 136x26x12, 385 t. om
Date of loss : 1855, Sep
Place of loss : 6 mi. from Eagle Harbor, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 300,000 bd. Ft. lumber
Detail : She was driven ashore and reported wrecked, her crew escaping to a nearby island. Later newspaper articles show her as having been recovered, while some sources state this was the end of her. There is no further official record but local sources say she was towed to Milwaukee and abandoned in the river without rebuilding. Out of Detroit, owned by Nichols, Whitcomb & Armstrong.
Sources : nsp,bb,wgts,wls
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MARQUIS ROEN
Other names : none
Official no. : 221243
Type at loss : propeller, wood, small freighter
Build info : 1921, R. Ranger & J. Roen, Charlevoix, MI
Specs : 84x24x7, 97g 66n
Date of loss : 1932, Dec 7
Place of loss : Saginaw River at Bay City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She caught fire and was gutted. Owned by John J. Roen, Charlevoix. Her hull was used as a barge for awhile and plans were made to rebuild her, but they never came to anything. The hulk was finally abandoned to rot on the riverbank where it was burned in the 1950’s.
Sources : rkr,mv,slh,is,mpl,eas
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ALIDE J. ROGERS
Other names : also seen as ALIDA JANE and ALIDA JANE ROGERS, and A. J. ROGERS
Official no. : 1552
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1862, Bailey Bros., Madison, OH*
Specs : 138x26x12, 340g 322n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 9
Place of loss : 4.5 mi N of tip of Old Mission Pen., Traverse
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She struck a reef and foundered near the lighthouse in shallow water. Before her crew could patch her up, she blew into deeper water, where she went to pieces. Her crew escaped to the lighthouse. Master: Capt. Frank Coulsin.
*one reliable source gives Charlotte, NY as build site, other sources say Conneaut, OH
rebuilt, 1878
Sources : mv,polk,is,lmdc,nsp,hgl
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GEORGE ROGERS
Other names : none
Official no. : 86064
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1889, John Avery, Toledo, OH
Specs : 77x18x8, 64g 34n
Date of loss : 1914, Aug 29
Place of loss : Cathead Point, S of Grand Traverse Light
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank. Out of Grand Haven, Mich
Sources : lmdc,mv,hr
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POLLY M. ROGERS
Other names : also seen in press [erroneously] as POLLY M. MAYERS and MOYERS
Official no. : 20406
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1870, Hardison, Charlotte, NY
Specs : 132x26x4, 346g 328 n
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 24
Place of loss : 1/4 mi SW of Pigeon I. light, 6 mi E of Scotch Bonnet
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Charlottown, NY for Ogdensburg in tow of the tug WILSON, she broke her tow line and drove ashore in a gale. The crew and the captain’s wife and small child clung to rigging until rescued by the tug WALKER 15 hours later. Registered out of Cape Vincent, NY. Master: Capt. Laflamme.
Sources : polk,mv,h,nsp,osdo,wb,win,sb,dmt
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ROLAND
Other names : none
Official no. : 110678
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “rabbit”
Build info : 1885, J. Monk, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 109x23x6, 124g 92n
Date of loss : 1892, Oct 24
Place of loss : 5 mi W of Green Island
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Owned by Kelley’s Island Lime & Transportation Co., Sandusky
Sources : mv,www,hgl,hcgl
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ROLLO
Other names : none
Official no. : 208819
Type at loss : gas screw, wood, fish tug
Build info : 1911, Bois Blanc Island, Mich
Specs : 34x11x4, 15g 13n
Date of loss : 1919, Nov 28
Place of loss : near Bois Blanc Island, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and wrecked, a total loss. No further detail. Owned in Grand Haven, Mich.
Sources : mv,hr
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JOHN ROLPH – See RESOLUTE
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ROMAN
Other names : built as propeller OSWEGO, renamed in 1853
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1842, Doolittle, Oswego, NY as a steamer
Specs : (120x20x7 as OSWEGO)151 t.
Date of loss : 1858, about Oct 10
Place of loss : unknown
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 9[all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Detroit for Oswego, she went missing and foundered in a gale with all hands. Master: Capt. Wm. Wheeler(d). Owner: A. A. Adkins, Oswego.
Sank at Oswego and abandoned in 1853 [her surrendered document was annotated that she was “worn out”], then raised and rebuilt to this craft.
Also sunk in a collision with the steamer AMERICA in 1852, near the steamer G. P. GRIFFITH(qv).
OSWEGO was one of the first propeller-driven vessels on the lakes.
Sources : osdo,lhl,hgl,nsp,is(3-63)
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ROME
Other names : built as passenger steamer CHICAGO, last name in 1901
Official no. : C126048
Type at loss : propeller, wood, package freight
Build info : 1879, T. Quayle & Sons, Cleveland US#125751
Specs : 265x37x16, 2044gc 1164nc
Date of loss : 1909, Nov 17
Place of loss : St. Mary’s R., E of Lime Isl, near Raber, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : hay and cement
Detail : She caught fire while laying to at Lime Island, waiting for the breakup of a traffic jam at the Soo. She burned to a total loss, along with the dock against which she was tied and a pile of lumber.
This was her first year of operation under Canadian owners [out of Port Arthur].
Hull had heavy arch-braces
Sources : mv,ns1,polk,csv,win,mmgl,mpl,hcgl
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ROMEO
Other names : none
Official no. : 56314
Type at loss : unrigged barge, wood
Build info : 1844, D.M. Goodsell, Detroit as a sidewheel steamer
Specs : 100x22x6, 81g
Date of loss : 1869, Sep 11
Place of loss : in Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Downbound, she waterlogged and became unmanageable. Abandoned by her crew and never seen again. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/17/1878, annotated “total loss, 1870.”
Converted from 160 t. steamer to barge or lighter, 1867.
Sources : phr,hgl,lhl,mv,nsp,wl,mdwl
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HENRY RONEY
Other names : none Sometimes seen as HENRY ROONEY
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1868, H. Roney, Garden Isl., Ont.
Specs : 136x25x11, 295 t.
Date of loss : 1879, Oct 24
Place of loss : 3 mi E of Charlotte, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 of 9
Carrying : 300 t. limestone, 1,500,000 pieces lath
Detail : She sprang a leak in high winds under a heavy load and began to sink while trying to make the harbor at Charlotte. When she came in the offing of Charlotte she put up what she thought was a distress signal, but which those ashore thought was a signal for a tug. While waiting for a rescue she foundered Survivors made it to shore in her yawl; the deceased was the cook, who was asleep and forgotten when the crew abandoned ship. Out of Kingston. Master: Capt. William “Harrie” Radford.
Perhaps built on the bottom of the brig LIVERPOOL.
Sources : h,mmgl,usls,wl,nsp,rp
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HENRY ROOP
Other names : also seen as H. ROOP
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1835, Black Rock, NY
Specs : 65x19x7, 80 t. om
Date of loss : 1843, Oct 12
Place of loss : near Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : salt
Detail : She was reported capsized in a squall and a total loss. Bound for Sandusky.
Sources : nsp,hgl,wl
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IDA J. ROOT
Other names : none
Official no. : 12379
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1868, Henry Root, Black R., OH
Specs : 55x18x7, 31g
Date of loss : 1883
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/15/1883, annotated “wrecked,” shown in 1884 Merchant Vessels as “lost or otherwise out of service.”
Out of Alpena
Sources : phr,polk,mv,mbw
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MATT ROOT
Other names : none also seen as MAT ROOT
Official no. : 17207
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, Joel Norton, Richmond (Fairport) OH
Specs : 137x26x12, 450 t. 17,000 bu capacity
Date of loss : 1863, Aug 16
Place of loss : 4 mi off Beaver Islands
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn
Detail : Bound Chicago for a lower lakes port, she foundered in a squall in 480 ft of water. Her crew came ashore in her yawl. Owned by her skipper, Capt. E.L. Horton
Sources : nsp,hgl,nsp,mv
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RUSSEL ROQUE
Other names : built as tug CAMILLA, renamed in 1909
Official no. : C100024
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1890, Roaches Point, Ont.
Specs : 66×13, 39g 27n
Date of loss : 1931, Aug 16
Place of loss : Gore Bay harbor, Manitoulin Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss at the wharf.
Registered out of Toronto
Sources : win,mmgl,slh,h
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ROSA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1841, G. W. Jones, Black R., Oh
Specs : 80x24x11, 177 t
Date of loss : 1844, Mar 17
Place of loss : at St. Joseph, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stone
Detail : Bound for Chicago, she went ashore and was lost in a spring storm. Master: Capt. Whiting
Probably out of Buffalo.
Sources : nsp,wl,hgl,bb,jm
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ROSA BELLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 21302
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1863, L. H. Boole, Milwaukee
Specs : 100x26x10, 132g 125n
Date of loss : 1921, Oct 30 (also given as Oct 20)
Place of loss : midlake off Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 11 [all]
Carrying : lumber, 600 bu potatoes
Detail : Bound High Island for Benton Harbor, she capsized in an easterly gale and fog. Her upturned hulk was discovered by the carferry ANN ARBOR #4. There was speculation by her owners and others at the time of her loss that she had been involved in a collision with a larger vessel, since her stern was virtually ripped off. Other sources say that a gasoline tank, recently installed to run an onboard pump, had exploded. A massive search, headed by the C.G. cutter TUSCARORA, failed to turn up any survivors. She was later towed to the beach near Racine and abandoned. Owned by the House of David Religious sect. Master: Capt. Erhart Gleise(d).
Capsized , drifted ashore and supposed to be a total wreck near Grand Haven in August of 1875.
Some reports also say she was also found floating upside-down in mid-Lake Michigan by a ferry in 1876. All 10 crew were missing and there was no clue as to what had happened to her. Towed in and rebuilt, she was returned to service.
One of the last schooners operating on Lake Michigan
Rebuilt 1874; major repair, 1876
Sources : polk,ns3,h,mv,sagl,mh,mpl,nsp,bcha,eas
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ROSE
Other names : probably none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : (1840, T. Dissett, Prescott, Ont.)
Specs : (88x18x8, 103 t.)
Date of loss : 1851
Place of loss : Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : “lost”
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail.
Sources : (mmgl),slh,hgl
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ROSE
Other names : none
Official no. : C none?
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1869, Chaffey, Kingston, Ont. (or J Carruthers or Thurston)
Specs : 104x23x6, 122gc 92nc
Date of loss : 1887
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail. Harbor tug owned by W. Owens, Stonefield, Ont.
Rebuilt, 1882
Sources : mmgl,clu,csv
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ROSE BUD
Other names : none
Official no. : C80572
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1879, Jerry Duprey, River Ruscom, Ont.
Specs : 76x21x4, 62gc 62nc
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 10
Place of loss : Pelee Island
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore and abandoned. By the end of November she was reported broken up, a total loss.
Out of Windsor, Ont.
Sources : mmgl,es3-1,polk
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FANNY M. ROSE
Other names : none – often seen as FANNIE M. ROSE but photos show it spelled with a Y
Official no. : 120939
Type at loss : propeller, wood, excursion boat
Build info : 1893, Duncan Robertson, Grand Haven, Mich
Specs : 75x14x6, 34g 18n
Date of loss : 1918, Jun 11
Place of loss : Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire and burned to a total loss.
Burned and rebuilt at Grand Haven, in 1901.
Sources : mv,wmn,wl,glmd
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ROSEDALE
Other names : none
Official no. : C95265
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk & package freight
Build info : 1888, Sunderland Shipbuilding, Sunderland, Eng. hull# 147
Specs : 246x35x21, 1507 t.*
Date of loss : 1897, Dec 5
Place of loss : E. Charity Shoal
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 60,000 bu wheat
Detail : She stranded in a NW gale, balanced with a huge rock under her keel amidships. It was at first feared she had broken in two, but that was not the case. Recovered two weeks later, she was towed to Kingston and abandoned to her underwriters, but was rebuilt several years later.
Her 1st cargo was direct from England to a Great Lakes Port.
Built for $75,000 and later lengthened for an additional $30,000. First Canadian reg, 1890.
Returned to saltwater in 1916, sank in the Bristol Channel in 1919.
*originally 174 ft., 1040 t., rebuilt and lengthened in 1890-1
Sources : ns2,csv,hgl,mmgl,slh,wb,lss,rp
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ELLA ROSS
Other names : built under unknown name, renamed GIPSY in 1879, last name in 1887
Official no. : C77589 [received number at rebuild in 1879]
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, composite, pass & pkg freight
Build info : 1876 or 3, W. Webster, Montreal
Specs : 99x28x6, 227gc 125nc
Date of loss : 1912, Jun 5[ca]
Place of loss : Parry Sound, eastern Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned at her dock.
rebuilt 1879-80 (reduced in volume) and in 1907
Sources : hgl,csv,polk,mmgl,h,clu,win,do
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JAMES W. ROSS
Other names : also seen as J. W. ROSS
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1852, Perrysburg, Ohio
Specs : 61 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Oct 1
Place of loss : at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : light
Detail : This small inbound schooner went ashore at the lighthouse pier while entering the harbor and tore her bottom out. She was stripped and abandoned over the next few days.
Sources : hgl,wmhs,wmn,bb, blu[1856]
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LEWIS ROSS
Other names : none
Official no. : C71161
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1874, S. McDermott, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs : 122x24x10, 253gc 253nc
Date of loss : 1889, Sep 6
Place of loss : near harbor at Rondeau, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stone
Detail : She stranded Sep 6 in a storm, and her crew was rescued from shore.. She was considered to be salvageable, but before that could be done another storm pushed her off into deep water the 19th.
Out of Port Hope
Sources : polk,hgl,mmgl,l,ledc,win,wb,sb
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MYRTIE M. ROSS
Other names : none – often seen as MYRTLE M. ROSS, in error
Official no. : 92177
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “rabbit”
Build info : 1890, J. Martel, South Haven , MI
Specs : 113x20x7, 129g 99n
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 22
Place of loss : near Gull Island
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : slack coal
Detail : After she foundered in gale, her crew was rescued by the steamer WALTER L. FROST. She was declared a total loss, but was raised and repaired the next spring.
Also nearly destroyed by fire Jul 10, 1894, at South Haven, with the loss of 3 or 4 lives.
Sunk by the wash of passing freighter at Windsor Aug 1900.
Abandoned by her crew as unseaworthy at Bay City, Dec. 1912 and sank at her dock a short time later.
Abandoned at Cheboygan, MI in 1913.
Sources : hgl,ssm,mv,nsp,ns2,mv,ledc,es
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A. ROSSETTER
Other names : also seen as A. ROSSITER
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1847, Geo. Allen, Chicago
Specs : 120x21x8, 200 t., om
Date of loss : 1855, Oct 11
Place of loss : 25 mi E of Calumet, ILL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was on her regular route – Chicago-St. Joseph, MI – when she stranded and wrecked. Her passengers and crew were able to make it to the beach unaided. Master: Capt. A. J. Napier. Owner: C. H. Dyer, Chicago.
Sources : hgl,msv,eas,is,lhl,nsp,wl
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ROTARIAN
Other names : built as sidewheeler A. WEHRLE, Jr., renamed in 1920
Official no. : 106652
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger
Build info : 1889, J. Monk, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 148x27x9,* 422g 291n
Date of loss : 1931, Sep 28
Place of loss : 12 mi off Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : scuttled
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Out of service in 1929, she was made into a restaurant at Chicago. She was abandoned and then sank in 1931. She was raised by the city, towed out and scuttled in lieu of scrapping Sep 28, 1931.
*48 ft across guards
Sources : mv,hgl,www,lmdc,ns3,mpl
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ROTARY – See B.B. McCOLL
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ROUGH AND READY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1847, Conneaut, OH
Specs : 91 t.
Date of loss : 1847, Jun 10
Place of loss : about 6 mi below Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 4,000 bu wheat, 500 bbl flour
Detail : She was involved in a collision with the steamer CONSTELLATION and sunk. Her crew made it aboard the Constellation before she went down. On Jun 15 the steamer HENDRICK HUDSON reported her masts protruding from the water, with a raft of cargo floating about them. Owner: Thompson, Cleveland and her by her skipper.
Sources : nsp,hgl,wl,jm
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W.H. ROUNDS
Other names : none
Official no. : 80530
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1875, Parsons & Humble, Tonawanda, NY
Specs : 138x26x11, 309g 293n
Date of loss : 1905, May 2
Place of loss : Black River Reef, N of Harrisville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She was driven on the reef and sank 2 miles offshore, a total loss. News of her loss took nearly a week to reach her owners. NOT lost in November storm of the same year, as sometimes stated. Document surrendered at Port Huron, May 8, 1905. Out of Detroit, owned by C.A. Chamberlain.
Sources : mv,phr,polk,is(1-61),slh,ns1,osdo,rp
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ROVER
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, Manitowoc, Wis.
Specs : 35 t.
Date of loss : 1858, Sep 3 [1st capsized]
Place of loss : off Ludington, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : lumber & cordwood
Detail : Bound for Milwaukee, she sprung a leak and partially capsized, throwing part of her deckload into the lake and filling her. Her crew stayed aboard as she drifted about for three days, and finally abandoned her when the Michigan shore came into view. They landed safely near Pere Marquette [Ludington] and lived for three more days on potatoes salvaged from the wreck. The wreck came ashore 3.5 mi N of Portage, Mich. Owned by J. H. Myer of Milwaukee, who was aboard at the time of the wreck.
ROVER foundered in water deep enough that only the tips of her masts showed in early Sep., 1856. She went down off South Point, near Milwaukee. It was the opinion of the papers that neither she nor her cargo of brick would be recovered. She had recently been released and rerigged after a long stay on a nearby beach.
Sources : nsp,wmn,wl,wls
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ROVER
Other names : none
Official no. : 111150
Type at loss : sloop-barge, wood
Build info : 1897, Alexandria Bay, NY
Specs : 36x11x3, 7g 7n
Date of loss : 1915, Nov 19
Place of loss : Galloo Isl., E end of the Lake
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was stranded and wrecked in the shallows.
Sources : mv,is,mv
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ROVER
Other names : none
Official no. : C77637
Type at loss : steam cargo vessel, wood (steam barge)
Build info : 1879, R. Davis, Wolfe Island, Ont
Specs : 48x13x4, 18 cg
Date of loss : 1880, Dec 3*
Place of loss : Cape Vincent, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 130 t. hay
Detail : Bound Wolfe Island for Cape Vincent, she caught fire. She was beached on Knapp’s Point and burned to a total loss. She had no insurance, even though she was almost new. Owned by R. Davis, Wolfe Island.
*also given as Nov 29
Sources : rso,mmgl,nsp,mhgl
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ROWENA
Other names : also seen as ROWAN, ROENA
Official no. : 21785
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, Theron Moore, Sheffield, Oh
Specs : 92x23x6, 115 t.
Date of loss : 1874, Nov 21
Place of loss : near Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reportedly went ashore due to the moving of a pier light to a different location. Stripped by the 25th and expected to become a total loss. There are no known registrations of the vessel after this date.
Out of Chicago
Sources : nsp,mv,wl,umr,wmn
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ROY
Other names : none
Official no. : 110634
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1884, Lester, Marine City, MI
Specs : 79x18x9, 88g 51n
Date of loss : 1895, Dec 16
Place of loss : 1.5 mi E of Stoney Pt., W end of the Lake
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : This tug was cut by ice and foundered while towing the disabled steamer PANTHER with the tug S.C. SCHENCK. Her crew walked to SCHENCK on the ice.
Sources : phr,nsp,hmc,ledc,wb,hgl
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ROYAL ALBERT
Other names : also seen in error as LITTLE ALBERT
Official no. : ? *
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1858, J. Simpson, Oakville, Ont.
Specs : 104x23x9, 165 gc
Date of loss : 1868, Aug 7
Place of loss : 10 mi off Little Sodus, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : loading mishap?
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 235 t. RR iron
Detail : Bound Oswego for Toledo, she split her seams and foundered quickly, her crew barely escaping in her boats. Speculation was that her cargo of RR rails was misloaded, forcing her sides outward. Owned by H.C. Holland of Owsego. Master: Capt. Conley.
*May have had dual registry or recently been purchased, as she shows on both U.S. and Canadian lists
Sources : rp,wl,mmgl,nsp,wmn
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ROYAL OAK – See FABIOLA
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E.P. ROYCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 8912
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, E.P. Royce, Sac Bay, MI
Specs : 124x29x9, 249g 237n
Date of loss : 1893, Nov 26
Place of loss : near Cana Island, mouth of Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cedar posts and ties
Detail : She was stranded on a reef in a heavy SE gale and lost while trying to salvage cargo from the wrecked schooner WINDSOR. Owned by M. McNulty, Chicago.
Rebuilt, 1884
Sources : polk,phr,mv,lmdc,wb,hgl,mpl,wgts
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RUBY
Other names : none
Official no. : 21303
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, Little, Olcott, NY
Specs : 94x20x7, 91 t.
Date of loss : 1868, Sep 26
Place of loss : near Sheboygan, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : lumber
Detail : This small schooner was driven onto a rocky shelf, coming up short near Sheboygan about 3-400 feet from the water’s edge. Part of her cargo was all that was salvaged.
Sources : hgl,wmn,bb,wmhs
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RUBY
Other names : none
Official no. : 56385
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : after 1868
Specs : 31 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Sep 22
Place of loss : near Fighting Island
Lake : Detroit River
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : baled hay
Detail : She and her towmate REGULATOR were in tow of a small tug when they caught fire in the Canadian-side channel east of Fighting Island. The RUBY burned to a total loss. Out of Detroit, owned by John West . . .
Sources : mv,wmn
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J.S. RUBY
Other names : none
Official no. : 76233
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steam barge”
Build info : 1881, Ruby & Friend, Fair Haven, MI
Specs : 107x22x7, 129g 89n
Date of loss : 1891, Nov 10
Place of loss : Stag Island
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound Mt. Clemens, Mich for Tawas Bay, Mich., she caught fire, was beached and burned to a total loss. Owned by Ruby & Flumer, Mt. Clemens. Her remains were fnally removed by Canadian authorities as a hazard to small boats in Sep-Oct, 1958.
Sources : polk,mv,phr,hgl,ledc,is,st,mpl,es,db,nsp
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GRACE A. RUELLE
Other names : built as prop JOHN NICE, renamed before 1894
Official no. : 75977
Type at loss : propeller, wood, pass. & pkg freight “packet” and tug
Build info : 1877, G. Notter, Buffalo as a tug
Specs : 39x12x6, 14g 7n
Date of loss : 1899, Jul 29
Place of loss : near Port Austin, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 1 of 2
Carrying : none – had been engaged in “government work”
Detail : Foundered on Saginaw Bay from unknown causes. The two crewmen aboard made a makeshift raft and drifted on it for 12 hours until the captain decided to swim for help. The captain drowned, but her engineer was rescued by the propeller DAVID W. RUST the following day. Owner: Alexander Ruelle, Jr., Detroit. Master: Capt. Julius Le May (d).
In the 1880’s she was confiscated by the Canadian Government for dumping garbage in Canadian waters after the Detroit Garbage Works burned. The U.S. State Department eventually became involved in the flap that followed.
Sources : mv,phr,polk,slh,jb,wmhs,nsp,es
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RUGBY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1857, James Cameron, Cattaraugus, NY
Specs : 167 t.
Date of loss : 1862, Nov 2
Place of loss : on NY-Penn. state line
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale and wrecked, with the loss of all hands.
Probably owned by T. & H. Walker, Dunkirk
Sources : hgl,wmn,jm,bb
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SAMUEL B. RUGGLES
Other names : often seen as S. B. RUGGLES, also seen as JAMES RUGGLES
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig or schooner, wood, 2-mast*
Build info : 1837, T. H. Cobb, Dunkirk, NY
Specs : 90x25x9, 183 t.
Date of loss : 1851, Nov 16
Place of loss : in the Erie Basin basin at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : 100 t.merchandise, locomotive and tender on deck
Detail : She left Buffalo for Cleveland, but encountered a heavy gale when only 30 miles out. She attempted to run back for Buffalo, but in turning lost overboard the locomotive and tender which was lashed to her deck. She struggled into Buffalo, but missed the pier and went on the beach, where she broke up. Out of Buffalo. Master: Capt. John Montgomery.
Also beached near Erie in November, 1838 when bound Dunkirk for Chicago, and was expected to go to pieces.
Registration documents vascillate as to whether she was a brig or a schooner
Sources : hgl,wmn,bb,wl,wmhs
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RUHR ORE – See CARTIERCLIFFE HALL
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S. S. RUMAGE – See BETTY L
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JENNIE RUMBALL
Other names : none sometimes seen as JENNIE RUMBELL and RUMBLE
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1863, H. Marlton, Goderich, Ont.
Specs : 97x26x8, 110 t.
Date of loss : 1882, Oct 9
Place of loss : 40 mi NW of Goderich in Big Pike Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Providence Bay for Goderich, she was caught by a storm when running close to shore and was unable to tack out. She stranded on a reef 1 mile offshore, then was stripped and later pounded to pieces. Owned by J. D. Dancey & Co., out of Goderich. Master: Capt. Thomas Petrie.
Sources : hgl,slh,mmgl,clu,nsp,mpl,rsl
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JOSEPH E. RUMBELL, Jr.
Other names : built as DICK DAVIS, renamed in 1882
Official no. : 6720
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1871, Brooks, Milwaukee
Specs : 40x11x5, 16g 8n
Date of loss : 1888, Oct 6
Place of loss : Manistee Lake
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : none
Detail : She collided with the tug C. WILLIAMS opposite Davis & Blackers Mill due to a misunderstanding of passing signals and sank in 60 feet of water.
Owned out of Manistee, by the Smith Tug Line.
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H.E. RUNNELS
Other names : none
Official no. : 96230
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1893, Jenks Ship Building, Port Huron hull# 6
Specs : 182x35x13, 862g 694n
Date of loss : 1919, Nov 14
Place of loss : just outside Grand Marais, MI, harbor
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Pulled out of shelter too soon and was smacked by a terrific storm. Local fisherman and crew of a C.G. subchaser sheltering nearby took her crew off just before she went to pieces and sank. She had been upbound. Out of Buffalo.
Burned and sank in Ashtabula harbor in June of 1895.
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RURAL
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1873, Oct
Place of loss : near Caseville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and broke up on a reef.
Not in 1869 mvus. RIVAL?
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RUSH
Other names : none
Official no. : 21138
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, C. Reid, Black R., OH
Specs : 103x25x8, 138 t.
Date of loss : 1876, Nov 2
Place of loss : Buckhorn Dock, near Amherstburg, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : elm stave bolts
Detail : She had just finished loading but was unable to pull away from the dock due to an adverse gale-force wind. As the wind increased she was blown ashore, where she was stripped and abandoned, a total wreck..
Major repairs in 1871. In 1871 she was owned by Fleet, Buffalo.
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RUSSELL 4 – See CORMORANT
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GEORGE D. RUSSELL – see CHECOTAH
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JOSEPH L. RUSSELL
Other names : built as pass. & pkg steamer LAKESIDE, renamed 1920
Official no. : C90778
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1888, W. Lane, Windsor, Ont.
Specs : 121x26x9, 348gc 220nc
Date of loss : 1929, Nov 15
Place of loss : 8 mi S of Colborne, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Towing the loaded barge AUGUSTUS, she was overwhelmed by a storm and foundered. Her crew rescued by CSS steamer GLENELLAH. Registered out of Montreal
When built, she had the largest engine of any vessel her size on the lakes, was considered to be very fast.
Rebuilt and converted to a tug, 1920.
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ROY K. RUSSELL
Other names : built as passenger steamer JAPAN, renamed CITY OF HAMILTON in 1910, CITY OF WALKERVILLE in 1927, JAPAN again in 1928, last name in 1931
Official no. : C126526
Type at loss : barge, iron, fuel tanker
Build info : 1871, King Iron Wks, Buffalo as a passenger steamer. hull# 9
Specs : 220x33x14 1574 t.
Date of loss : 1934, Jul 23
Place of loss : at Port Credit
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : explosion,fire
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ?
Detail : RUSSELL was docked at the Port Credit, Ont. refinery when she was blown loose by a storm. Her anchor would not hold on the smoothe rock bottom and she drifted onto a reef at the moth of the Credit River. After a winter ashore she was recovered by the tug AJAX in 1936. She was found to be not worth repairing and was scrapped the same year. Owned by Lloyd Tankers, Ltd., Toronto.
She was heavily damaged by an explosion and fire in the turning basin at Toronto on July 23, 1936. The fire originated from a welder’s torch in the hold of the barge EN-AR-CO.
Originally one of the luxurious passenger liners known as the “Lake Triplets” with identical fleetmates CHINA and INDIA.
Sold Canadian, 1910; US official number 161767.
Rebuilt to a barge in 1928
Image (furthest from camera) from GLMD
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RUSSIA
Other names : later new vessel EUGENIA VESTA
Official no. : C
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1876, Pearce Neill, Port Credit, Ont
Specs : 99x22x8 133 t.
Date of loss : 1881, Nov 8
Place of loss : off piers at Presqu Isle [Erie], PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : barley
Detail : She was wrecked in the piers in a gale. Out of Toronto, Ont. Later recovered by Americans and rebuilt as EUGENIA VESTA.
Compare with 1889 RUSSIA loss also.
Sources : usls,blu,hr,glmd
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RUSSIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 110063
Type at loss : propeller, iron, package freight
Build info : 1872, King Iron Works, Buffalo
Specs : 232x36x13, 1502g 1335n
Date of loss : 1909, Apr 30
Place of loss : near Detour
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 23 (two sources say 13 were lost)
Carrying : cement,dry goods & thousands of rubber overshoes
Detail : Bound for Duluth on her first trip of the season, her hull fractured in a terrific storm and she sank. Her crew quickly launched a lifeboat and were saved. Owned by C. O. Duncan, Port Huron.
Twin-screw. Sister of SCOTIA, JAVA(qv) & CUBA
Some sources say another vessel of this name was lost near the same spot in 1860.
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RUSSIAN – ENTRY REMOVED, Vessel recovered and lasted to 1908
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A. RUST
Other names : also seen as ALICE RUST, A. RUSH, ALONEY RUST
Official no. : 378
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1858, L. Learned, Cottrellville, Mich.
Specs : 129x29x8, 224 t. (326 t. om)
Date of loss : 1879, Sep 3
Place of loss : at Michigan City, Ind
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Ashore and wrecked in a storm, she was abandoned to her underwriters in a couple of days. Owned by Capt. David Dall of Chicago.
Sunk at White Lake, Michigan, in 1871; ashore on Pilot Island, Lake Michigan, in May, 1878.
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JOHN F. RUST
Other names : none
Official no. : 45636
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1869, Rust & Arnold, E. Saginaw, MI
Specs : 161x29x9, 347 gt
Date of loss : 1873, Oct 19
Place of loss : “a few miles north of Lakeport”
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 440,000 bd ft lumber
Detail : Bound E. Saginaw for Cleveland in tow of str BAY CITY, she broke her towline, went ashore and pounded to pieces.
Sources : vbs,nsp,jb
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RUTH B. – See P.S. HERSORDT
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J.H. RUTTER
Other names : none
Official no. : 75504
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 4-mast
Build info : 1873, D. Lester, Marine City
Specs : 212x36x14, 1224g 1180n
Date of loss : 1878, Nov 1
Place of loss : near Ludington, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : grain
Detail : Her sails were blown out and she was driven into the shallows. 44 crewmen and grain-trimmers were rescued from her rigging by bystanders ashore. The vessel’s bottom was ripped out and she was declared a total loss, but she was recovered the following year. Her skipper, Capt. Jerry Simpson, left lake service after this harrowing experience, later served as a Kansas congressman.
She was chartered for the the Atlantic coast trade in 1898 and never returned to the lakes. She collided with the steamer TEXAN and sank in New York harbor, Oct 23, 1918, a total loss.
Rebuilt 1874, 79, 84.
Image of vessel ashore with her crew clinging to the rigging from GLMD
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A.G. RYAN
Other names : none
Official no. : C72591
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1877, W. Power, Kingston, Ont.
Specs : 93x23x8, 120 gc 112 nc
Date of loss : 1886, Sep 3
Place of loss : off Capt. John’s Isl., Bay of Quinte
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Foundered in a gale while bound for Gananoque, Ont. Little detail.
Reg out of Kingston.
There was another A.G. RYAN, 154 t. b. Kingston by Foster, 1854, rebuilt, 1880.
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CHARLES C. RYAN
Other names : built as LAKE ONTARIO, renamed in 1890
Official no. : 126622
Type at loss : propeller, wood, steambarge
Build info : 1872, Andrews & Son, Port Dalhousie, Ont. (also given as Simpson, St. Cath)
Specs : 137x26x12, 675gc 450nc [as LAKE ONTARIO]
Date of loss : 1890, Jun 12
Place of loss : 20 mi above Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ice, barges in tow
Detail : With barges E. COHEN(qv) and JOURNEYMAN(qv) in tow, she sprang a leak and sank in a storm. The crew, adrift in her dinghy, made a sail of a shirt and a bag, and were picked up the next day by the steamer BRECK. She had been bound Midland, Ontario, for Buffalo. Master: Capt. McCann.
As LAKE ONTARIO, she burned to the point of abandonment on Lake Ontario in December of 1888. The burned hull was purchased by Capt. Thos. Ryan, and she came into U.S. registration, but was reportedly poorly rebuilt. She was registered as CHARLES C. RYAN at Buffalo on May 6, 1890 and lost a month later, her document being surrendered June 30.
Another CHARLES C. RYAN (US#125974) was a tug out Charlevoix, Mich, at this time.
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CHARLES N. RYAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 125110
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, J. Squires, Sandusky (Huron?), OH
Specs : 163x31x11, 412g 391n
Date of loss : 1897, Apr 18 (seen in error as 1887)
Place of loss : N of harbor entrance at Ludington
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven into the north pier and wrecked during an attempt to make Ludington harbor in a gale , while in tow of the steamer E. S. TICE. She washed to the beach, where she broke up over the next few days. Her crew was taken off the boat by Lifesaving Service, but almost perished when the lifeasaving boat capsized enroute to the station. Owned by Perry G. Walker, Sandusky.
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GENEVIEVE RYAN
Other names : built as RICHARD J. FOSTER
Official no. : 167017
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1917, Kingston, NY
Specs : 114x30x12, 418g 418n
Date of loss : 1936, Oct 17
Place of loss : between Erie, PA and Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered, no detail
Owned in 1934 by Ira. S. Bushey, New York City.
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THOMAS M. RYAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 59341
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1873, T. Ryan, Salzburg, MI
Specs : about 200 ft. in length, 438 n
Date of loss : 1874, Nov 3
Place of loss : on Pt. Abino, N of Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm/fog
Loss of life : (none mentioned)
Carrying : (coal)
Detail : She was lost from tow of the propeller NEW YORK in a gale and drove ashore on the point. She broke in half and pounded to pieces. She had been outbound from Buffalo with four other barges.
Owned by Storrs of Buffalo.
Article mentioning her launch says “vessel men have denounced her as a ‘tub,’ although she looks better afloat than on the stocks.”
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E. P. RYERSE
Other names : also seen as S. P. RYERSE, in error
Official no. : 7317
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1861, David Foster, Port Ryerse, Ont
Specs : 96x22x8, 148 t.
Date of loss : 1874, Sep 22
Place of loss : 7 mi SW of Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : paving stone
Detail : She was upbound when struck on the port quarter by the coal-laden schooner BAHAMA, also upbound, and sunk. The two schooners were on the opposite tacks and didn’t see each other in the dark, but it was later established that the RYERSE had the right of way as she was on the starboard tack. RYERSE sank in about an hour, but BAHAMA stood by and picked up her crew. Owned by J. J. Boland of Cleveland or Philo Bemis.
Sold U.S. by 1866.
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