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THERE ARE NO KNOWN WRECKS WHOSE NAMES BEGIN WITH THE LETTER X
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YAKIMA
Other names : none
Official no. : 27630
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1889, Quayle & Son, Cleveland
Specs : 279x41x21, 1986gt 1658nt
Date of loss : 1905, Jun 13
Place of loss : on Stag Island
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : nav. error/fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She missed the channel and grounded, then caught fire before she could be released. Her remains were later refloated and dismantled. Owned by J.C. Gilchrist of Detroit
Sources : ns1,mv,nsp,mpl
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YANKEE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1853, Toledo
Specs : 79x19x7, 91 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Oct 25
Place of loss : at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 10
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She missed the harbor entrance coming in during a storm and dropped anchor in nearby shallows. One anchor cable soon parted and second anchor could not hold. She drove onto the breakwater and started to go to pieces. Her crew made it to the breakwater and were rescued by rowboat from shore.
Sources : bb,wnhs,wmn,wl
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YANKEE
Other names : none
Official no. : 27625
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1884, J. Huxtable, Sand Beach, Mich
Specs : 38x12x4, 12gt 11nt
Date of loss : 1893, Sep 17
Place of loss : off Port Elgin, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : light
Detail : She went ashore along with the barge BAHAMA and was wrecked in a gale. Both had been in tow of the tug JESSIE. YANKEE could not be released and was abandoned the next year. Owned by Mills Transit Co., Port Huron, Mich.
Sources : phr,mv,slh,lhdc,wb,hgl,nsp,es
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YANKEE BLADE
Other names : none
Official no. : 27516
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, B. B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 130x26x10, 256g 243n
Date of loss : 1883, Sep 1
Place of loss : near Skillagallee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 507 t.ron ore
Detail : Bound St. Ignace, Mich., for Elk Rapids in a fresh wind and heavy sea, she sprang a leak 8 miles south of Skillagallee and foundered a short time later. Her crew was just able to abandon her in time, and made their way to Cross Village, Mich. in the smallboat. Two crewmen had deserted just before she sailed, saying she was unseaworthy. She went down in 15 fathoms of water. Master: Capt. O’Donnell. Owner: Messrs. Beckwith.
Ashore and given up for lost at Jacksonport, Wis., in April, 1882.
Sprung a leak and was quickly beached to prevent her sinking near St. Clair, Mich., Sep, 1867.
Sources : hgl,wmn,nsp,bb,mv
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YANTIC
Other names : known as IX-32, 1921-26
Official no. : none
Type at loss : screw bark warship, NIPSIC class
Build info : 1864, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia
Specs : 180x30x12, 900 t. [displ]
Date of loss : 1929, Oct 22
Place of loss : Detroit
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Unserviceable since the turn of the century, she sank at her dock at the foot of Townsend Street and was abandoned by the Navy. She caught fire in 1930 and was partially destroyed. Later dismantled in place.
Underwent an extensive rebuild at the Oades shipyard, Detroit, in the spring of 1901.
She was reportedly designed to be Abraham Lincoln’s yacht, and served with the Navy on the both the Atlantic (during the Civil War) and the Pacific. In 1898 she was loaned to the Michigan Naval Militia and the newspapers gleefully reported all of the many mishaps she had along the way from the Atlantic. When she arrived she looked a shambles. She was re-engined by the Detroit Shipbuilding company the following year. She served with the militia as a clubhouse until 1917, then served as a training ship on the lakes until after WW1. She had been deemed “overaged” since about the turn of the century and moored at Detroit most of the time. The bar which formed outside of her hull came to be called “Chickenbone Reef” due to the decades of garbage dumping that the boat had done there. There were periodic local efforts to have her removed.
Image from GLMD
Sources : mv,is,mpl,danfs,nsp
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YELDAH II
Other names : none
Official no. : C112196
Type at loss : gas propeller (barge or tug), wood
Build info : 1921, J. Hadley, Chatham, Ont.
Specs : 78x18x5, 73gc 49nc
Date of loss : 1944, spring
Place of loss : near Point Edward*
Lake : Huron*
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was reported wrecked and lost in the ice break-up.
*Official document gives “Lake St. Clair near Point Edward.”
Owned by W. F. Hadley, Hull, Que.
Sources : mmgl,hr,csv
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YONKERS
Other names : built as MILWAUKEE, renamed in 1902
Official no. : 91150
Type at loss : unrigged barge, self unloading bulk freight and construction
Build info : 1879, Thos. Quayle, Cleveland
Specs : 264x37x16, 1209g 1195n
Date of loss : 1917, Oct 4
Place of loss : at Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (navigational error)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : bulk freight
Detail : She was under tow when she stranded on a bar at Ashtabula. Left in place to be salvaged the following spring, her hull was damaged beyond repair by the elements. Abandoned, the hulk was destroyed by fire June 5, 1918.
Converted from a package freighter to a bulk freighter in 1902, from a steamer to a barge in 1911.
Sources : eas,ns3,hcgl
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YORK
Other names :
Official no. : British
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1792, Toronto
Specs : 80 gt
Date of loss : 1799, Dec
Place of loss : Devil’s Nose, near site of Pultneyville, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reported sticking on a rock by other vessels, with no prospect of getting her off.
Sources : rp,hgl,wmn
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YORK
Other names : ?
Official no. : probably Canadian
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : early
Place of loss : off Salt Point, 25 mi W of the Soo
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sank off the mouth of Grant’s Creek.
Sources : gwgl
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YORK PACKET or PACKETT
Other names : also seen as YORK
Official no. : none [British]
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1798, Apr 7
Place of loss : near Presqu’ile, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm/sabotage
Loss of life : none
Carrying : passengers, general freight
Detail : According to sworn statements given to a justice of the peace, the captain and mate deliberately ran her ashore in a storm and allowed her to wreck. Her crew and passengers made it ashore in a smallboat, while the culprits absconded with valuable portions of her cargo. She had been bound Genesee R. [Rochester] for York [Toronto]. Owned by S Heron and A Miles of York. Master: Capt. Murray.
This and YORK (above) are probably the same vessel.
Sources : wl,wmn
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YORK STATE
Other names : none
Official no. : 27514
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, F. N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 303gt 288nt
Date of loss : 1886, Oct 20
Place of loss : on Giant’s Tomb, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : grain
Detail : She went ashore and filled and was later wrecked by the swelling of her cargo. Bound Chicago for Midland, Ont. Owner: A. J. Sheel, Chicago.
Rebuilt in 1869 at Ashtabula
Rebuilt, 1883
Sources : nsp,mv,polk,slh,hgl,wl
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YOSEMITE
Other names : none
Official no. : 27541
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1867, G. Fordham, Sandusky , OH
Specs : 152x29x10, 310 gt 229 nt
Date of loss : 1892, Apr 30
Place of loss : off Emerson, MI, Whitefish Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light, barge attached
Detail : She was lying at anchor with her barge RYAN when she caught fire and burned to a total loss. The crew narrowly escaped to the RYAN. Owned by Estes, et. al, Sandusky. Master: Capt. Miller.
Major repairs in 1874, 83,84; rebuilt in 1886
Sources : mv,polk,lol,lssc,is,www,lss,hgl,nsp
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YOU TELL
Other names : none
Official no. : 65020
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1866, W. Gangulon, Detroit
Specs : 56x17x5, 38 gt.
Date of loss : 1872, Sep 26
Place of loss : near Washington Isl., Isle Royale
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : hay
Detail : Bound Thunder Bay, Ont., for Ashland, WI, she struck a shoal in a storm and foundered.
Owned by L. Tenney of Duluth
Sources : mv,irs,lss,bb,wl
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YOUNG AMERICA
Other names : none
Official no. : 27515
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1853, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo, NY
Specs : 139x26x11, 359 t.
Date of loss : 1873, Oct 20
Place of loss : near Oak Orchard, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 150 passengers
Detail : Her propeller’s over-revving while out of the water during a storm disabled her engine, causing her to be blown ashore 2 mi W of Yate’s Pier. Later she pounded to pieces.
Owned by Northern Transportation Co.
Engine & boiler recovered the next year
Date also given as Sep 2, 1874 & Sep 2, 1873.
Major repair in 1864
Sunk at Alexandria Bay, NY, St. Lawrence R., in July of 1854
Sources : lhl,eas,nsp,is,mpl,wl,rsl
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YOUNG AMERICA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Geo. Rogers, Oswego, NY
Specs : 124x25x10, 331 t. om
Date of loss : 1855, Sep 23
Place of loss : NE of Racine
Lake : Mich
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : 17,000 bu. corn
Detail : Bound Chicago for Oswego, she collided with the schooner BLACK HAWK and sank in about 200 feet of water. Monetary loss was high – maybe more than $25,000. Out of Oswego,owned by Clemow & Bloore. She had already run several round trips Oswego for Chicago, that season, with salt going west and corn east.
Sources : bb,wmhs,wl,rp,wmn,wls
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YOUNG AMERICA
Other names : none
Official no. : 27508
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1853, F. N. Jones, Buffalo as a brig
Specs : 130x25x10, 243g 231n
Date of loss : 1880, Aug 20
Place of loss : near Kelley’s Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : stone
Detail : She foundered in shallow water. Declared a total loss, she was recovered in 1883.
Abandoned in 1900.
Sunk and reported broken in two at Dunkirk, NY, in Nov, 1875.
Dismasted and heavily damaged in a collision with the schooner SURPRISE off Chicago, Jun, 1858
Sources : phr,polk,mv,eas,h,nsp,bb
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YOUNG LEOPARD
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1836, J. B. Hamblin, Avon, OH
Specs : 58x18x6, 53 t. om
Date of loss : 1856, Nov 22
Place of loss : “Toronto bar,” Toronto
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal and salt
Detail : This schooner dragged her anchors while riding out a storm, went on the Toronto bar opposite Queen’s Wharf and capsized. For some time it was expected that she would be released, but she finally broke up by Dec 5. Out of Oswego, NY.
Sources : nsp,wl,wmn,blu[56]
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YOUNG HICKORY
Other names : none
Official no. : 27540
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, steam barge
Build info : 1864, G. Fordham, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 82x20x4, 59 t.
Date of loss : 1877, Oct 31
Place of loss : off Claybanks area, near Port Burwell, Ont. (also reported as “off Bar Pt.”)
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : wood
Detail : She foundered in a gale. The schooner PORTER rescued her people, which included another full crew that the HICKORY had previously rescued. The wreck was abandoned the next year.
Described in one report from her homeport of Sandusky as “the only old-fashioned sternwheeler on Lake Erie,” still other newspaper sources describe her as a “steambarge” (i.e. propeller).
Sources : www,lhl.mv,h,usls,es,nsp,wmn
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YOUNG LION
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1830, Buffalo, NY*
Specs : 73x25x8, 83 t. om
Date of loss : 1836, July 6
Place of loss : 12 mi from Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 of 8
Carrying : RR iron and lumber
Detail : She opened her seams in a heavy blow and sank quickly with just her topmasts left above water. Five crew saved themselves by clambering up them and were later rescued by the schooner NEW YORK. Bound Buffalo for Toledo. Owned by Smith, Macy & Russell of Buffalo. Master: Capt. Moran.
*also given as 1827, Black Rock
Sources : nsp,hgl,wl,hr
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YOUNG LION
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1862, Donaldson & Andrews, Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Specs : 98gc 62nc
Date of loss : 1874, Nov 23 or 28*
Place of loss : off Port Credit, Ont [near Toronto]
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : The tug was being run to Toronto for layup after being recaulked at Port Dalhousie, when she caught fire around her boiler. Her crew abandoned her in a small boat which they had aboard accidentally and made it to Toronto in a half-gale. The tug burned to a total loss.
Capt. Frank Jackman of Toronto was her owner
*also given as Jan 21, ‘75. This may be date document was surrendered.
Sources : is,csv,win,mmgl,clu,slh,es,go,es,hgl
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YOUNG LYON
Other names : ?
Official no. : (65018)
Type at loss : schooner, wood (perhaps a canalboat #65018)
Build info : ?
Specs : (117 t.)
Date of loss : 1874
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : foundered or fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail
(out of Rochester, NY)
Sources : hgl,slh,hr
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YOUNG PHOENIX
Other names : ?
Official no. : none (British?)
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1818, Sep 14
Place of loss : off Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reportedly foundered quickly.
Sources : le,mpl,eas
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YOUNG ZION
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : steamer
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1881, Jun 13
Place of loss : off Walnut Creek, E of Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : RR iron, cash
Detail : She reportedly foundered 2 mi off shore.
not in 69 mv,lhl,hgl,
Sources : h,ledc
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ANNIE YOUNG
Other names : none
Official no. : 1760
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1869, Campbell & Owen, Detroit as a package freighter hull# 9
Specs : 157x32x13, 1006gt 793nt
Date of loss : 1890, Oct 20
Place of loss : off Lexington, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 9of 22
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Gladstone, MI, she caught fire, burned to the waterline and went down. Nine crewmen were lost when their lifeboat swamped after being launched while the YOUNG was still under way – the rest were taken off by steamer EDWARD SMITH (see ZILLAH) in a rising storm. Capt. Mitchell of SMITH received a Lifesaving Medal for his efforts. Former Anchor Line steamer owned by Lake Superior Transit Co. Master: Capt. Miller. She was auctioned off as a wreck in July, 1891 and her machinery was removed by the buyer.
Campbell & Owen’s (later Detroit Dry Dock) 1st bulker.
Rebuilt, 1878
Sources : mv,polk,hgl,atl,nsp,sol,slh,is,es
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EMMA YOUNG
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1871, Aug 21
Place of loss : near Algonac, MI
Lake : St. Cair R.
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reported sunk in a collision, probably with the steamer MILTON D. WARD. No report that she was recovered.
Sources : nsp,st,hgl
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HENRY YOUNG
Other names : none
Official no. : C74070
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1866, Burns, Lakeport, MI (or J. Schaller, Port Huron, MI) US#11759
Specs : 64x18x5, 40gc 40nc
Date of loss : 1881
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : “Wrecked.” No detail. Also sunk on L. Erie in 1870.
Sold Canadian, 1879. Out of Windsor.
Sources : mmgl,phr,wl
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WILLIAM YOUNG
Other names : none
Official no. : 26230
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1863, Bailey, Madison Dock, Oh
Specs : 139x26x12, 343g 326n
Date of loss : 1891, Oct 5
Place of loss : Straits of Mackinac, E of Mackinaw Bridge site
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 600 t. coal
Detail : She was bound for Racine in tow of the propeller NASHUA when struck by disaster. Caught in a storm, the vessel broke her towline and began to sink. Her crew was able to rescue the vessels sails and rigging and escape in her boat before the YOUNG went to the bottom. Owned by Capt. D. B. Millen, J. R.. Nostrand and J. J. McLain, all of Detroit Master: Capt. A. S. Parker. The Nashua had lost the schooner THOMAS PARSONS(qv) earlier in the same trip. The wreck was found in August, 2002, during a search/recovery effort under the Mackinaw Bridge, and identified by her official number, which was still visible on her main beam. She lies in 117 feet of water.
Rebuilt in 1889-90 after burning in 1889.
Sources : so,mv,wmhs,wl,wmn,bb,nsp
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WILLIAM A. YOUNG
Other names : none
Official no. : 62866
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info : 1883, D. Lester, Marine City, MI
Specs : 165x30x11, 435g 413n
Date of loss : 1911, Nov 17
Place of loss : just N of Thunder Bay Isl., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Tow of the steamer ISABELLA J. BOYCE, she swamped and sank in a storm.
Built as a 3-mast schooner.
Has the number of unrigged barge
Sources : mv,polk,phr,hmc,stb,slh,ns2,h,mpl,eas
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YUKON
Other names : none
Official no. : 27656
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info : 1893, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City hull# 101 as 3-mast schooner
Specs : 270x42x18, 1602g 1523n
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : 3 mi off Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She filled and sank in a gale. Her crew was rescued by the tug THOMAS WILSON. The hulk was blown up as an obstruction to navigation in July, 1906. Gilchrist fleet member. Master: Capt. Bangs.
Sources : mv,vbs,slh,gs,sbs,is,ns1,mpl,eas,ewl
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ZEALAND
Other names : built as CITY OF CHATHAM, renamed in 1875
Official no. : C71152
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1872, A Robertson, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs : 132x24x12, 651g 403n
Date of loss : 1880, Nov 7 or 6
Place of loss : off Long Point, S of Prince Edward Bay, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 14 or 16
Carrying : wheat and flour
Detail : Bound Toronto for Montreal, she opened her seams and foundered in a storm, apparently very quickly. Her skipper, the famous Capt. Edward Zealand, had saved for his entire career to purchase and rebuild her prior to the accident. He was lost with her. It was not known that she had been lost until the schooner MAY TAYLOR came upon a field a flotsam and her smashed lifeboat on the 9th. The vessel was a loss of $43,000.
Salvagers found her hull W of Nicholson Isl. while searching for the tug JAMES A WALKER (qv) in 1899.
Burned at her dock at Hamilton, Ont, in Jun, 1873, nearly to a total loss.
Rebuilt, 1879
Sources : csqw,mmgl,csv,slh,sol,h,nsp,dmt,es
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ZENITH CITY
Other names : none
Official no. : 28129
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1895, Chicago Shipbuilding, Chicago
Specs : 388x48x23, 3850g 3429n
Date of loss : 1916,
Place of loss : Hammond Bay, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sank in a storm. Initially declared a total loss, but later was recovered and lasted until 1947.
Sources : mv,slh,gwgl,is
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ZENOBIA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, D. M. O’Connor, (Buffalo?)
Specs : 368 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1858, Oct 8
Place of loss : on Pt. Betsie
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 16,000 bu corn
Detail : This schooner was caught in a storm, driven ashore and wrecked, a total loss. The crew clung to the hulk for three days until they were able to make it to shore and report her loss. She had been three days out of Chicago, bound for Buffalo. Owned by E. K. Bruce, Chicago.
Sources : nsp,hgl
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ZEPHANIA
Other names : also seen as ZEPHERINA
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, Haplette Mage, St. Ours, Que
Specs : 144 t.
Date of loss : 1862, Sep
Place of loss : 35 mi E of Niagara
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wheat
Detail : No detail. Vessel worth $3,600, cargo $8,000.
Out of Toronto. Owned by Henderson & Holcomb in 1861
Sources : wmn,hgl,hr,wms,jm,wl
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ZEPHYR
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1808, Cleveland*
Specs : 45 t.
Date of loss : 1820, Nov (10)
Place of loss : ca. 12 mi E of Ashtabula, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 10 to 12 [all]
Carrying : salt, general merchandise,passengers
Detail : Bound Ashtabula for Sandusky, she was driven down the lake and came ashore near the Pennsylvania/Ohio line. All aboard perished. Master: Capt. Napier(d)
*Reportedly the first vessel built at Cleveland.
Sources : nsp,rp,hgl,wmn
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ZEPHYR
Other names : none
Official no. : 28018
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1857, G. Cantair, Detroit
Specs : 101x23x9, 144 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Jun 10
Place of loss : 15 mi E of Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 250 t. coal
Detail : Bound for Detroit from Buffalo and fighting a gale, she sprang a leak and sank. Her crew abandoned in her boat and made it to Grand River, Ont. after a long 18 hour pull. She went down in 25 fathoms (150 feet) of water. Unlikely she was recovered, though she still shows on some later lists.
Sources : nsp,mv,hgl,wl,wmn
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ZILLAH
Other names : built as prop EDWARD SMITH, renamed in 1900
Official no. : 136106
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City hull# 67
Specs : 201x37x13, 748g 583n
Date of loss : 1926, Aug 29
Place of loss : Whitefish Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : limestone
Detail : She began to leak in a summer storm. She coasted in a circle as the crew gathered what belongings they could, then rolled over and sank while steamer WILLIAM B. SCHILLER stood by to take off her people, with help from the U.S. Coast Guard.
Wreck located in 1975.
Image of her sinking from GLMD
Sources : vbs,phr,mv,rkr,lssc,gwgl,lss,ns3,mpl,m&h,eas
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ZIMMERMAN
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info : 1854, L. Shickluna, Niagara, Ont.
Specs : 200x28x9, 475 t.
Date of loss : 1863, Aug 21
Place of loss : Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire at about 2 a.m. and burned to total destruction alongside her dock. The destruction by fire was nearly complete, even the engine and boiler being damaged beyond repair after falling through the hull.
She was a crack steamer, considered the fastest on western Lake Ontario. She was valued at £15,000 when built.
Rebuilt in 1856 at Oswego.
Sources : mmgl,csv,clu,hgl,mpl,ssnr,nsp,rnc
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ZOUAVE
Other names : none
Official no. : 28021
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1861, B.B. Jones, Milwaukee
Specs : 97x20x8, 117g 80nt
Date of loss : 1877, May 10
Place of loss : at Sombra, Ont.
Lake : St. Clair R.
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : no cargo
Detail : Laid up at Sombra when she was run into and sunk by the cross-river ferry DAVID SCOVILLE. She lay abandoned for several years until wrecker Capt. P. Williams purchased her in May of 1881 and towed her to Windsor to remove her machinery for sale. It went into the steambarge C. N. PRATT(qv). Document surrendered at Port Huron, Nov 30, 1881.
Wrecked and sunk by a boiler explosion near the outlet of Lake St. Clair on May 25, 1862, with the loss of 4 lives. Her wreckage was struck by several vessels including the prop CHICAGO, before she was raised a few weeks later. Totally rebuilt and enlarged afterwards.
Major repairs in 1870. She was one of the area’s most powerful tugs after her engine was replaced in 1868.
Sources : nsp,st,rsl,wl,es,bb,wmn,glmd
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