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C. L. ABBELL
Other names :
none also seen as C L ABELL
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1855, Geo. Hardison,
Specs : 64 t.
Date of loss :
1861, Nov
Place of
loss :
Waugoschance Pt., Straits of Mackinac
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
500 half-barrels fish
Detail : Struck bottom in shallows and
wrecked. A group from Mackinac sent to pull her off stripped and abandoned her
instead. Master: Capt. Stoddard. Out of Grand Traverse [
Sources :
slh,hgl,nsp,umr,wmn
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ABBEY
Other names :
also seen as ABBY
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847, Ambrose Morgan,
Specs : 117 t.
Date of loss :
1851, Oct 5
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Ashore and wrecked, a total loss of $3,500.
Out of
Also wrecked on
Jan. 1 of the same year near
.Sources :
hgl ,wmn,rp,nsp,wl,wmhs
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ABBIE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
106407
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1886, Ludington
Specs : 88x22x6
88g 83n
Date of loss :
1905, Nov 8
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
bark
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked. Crew
of 4 saved by lightkeeper and Manistee
Lifesaving Service. Went to pieces in a few hours. Bound Beaver Isl. for
.Sources :
nsp,h,mv,ks,eas,lss
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GEORGE M. ABEL
Other names :
built as brig JOHN YOUNG, renamed by 1864. also seen as GEORGE M. ABELL
& ABLE
Official no. :
10219
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1852, J & J Abbey, Pt. Robinson, Ont. as a brig
Specs : 146t
Date of loss :
1871, Aug 29
Place of
loss :
near Port Burwell, Ont
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Went on a reef and broke up.
Hailed from
May have been
recovered. Reported as receiving repairs in 1871.
Sometimes
reported as still a brig at this time.
.Sources :
nsp,sagl,h,win,hgl,rsl,wl
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ABELL - see
ABBELL
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ABEONA - entry
(1877) removed - vessel recovered by tug ANDREW SMITH and operating into the
1880's
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ABERCORN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
105361
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
"rabbit"
Build info :
1873, Morley & Hill,
Specs : 126x26x11
261g 191n
Date of loss :
1904, Sep 5
Place of
loss :
At Goderich, Ont.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Burned at dock while unloading.
She reportedly caught fire from the explosion of signal lamp. Her remains were
abandoned in place, but one source states that the hulk was sold Canadian in
1905..
Owned by
.Sources :
nsp,phr,slh,ns1,h,mv,mpl
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C94924
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "rabbit"
Build info :
1894, J.Tait, Picton, Ont.
Specs : 100x22x9
142gc
Date of loss :
1918, Mar 11
Place of
loss : At Picton, Ont.,
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned in harbor, at the
"Ways," Hepburn Shipyard. Part of the large Hepburn Fleet.
Year of loss also
given as 1917.
Sources :
mmgl,ns2,h,csv,hgl,hcgl
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ABERNETHY
Other names : none
Official no. : C130386
Type at loss :
wooden dredge
Build info :
1910, Amherstburg, Ont.
Specs : 86x26x6,
260 t
Date of loss :
1914, Oct 24
Place of
loss :
Pelee Isl., Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned, probably in the harbor
Sources :
win,h,bb
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ABIAH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner or brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1848,
Specs : 134x27x11,
353 t [om]
Date of loss :
1854, Sep 1
Place of
loss :
about 10 miles off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail :
Bound
.Sources :
bb,nsp,hgl
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ABIGAIL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
368
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1849, T.L. Lyons,
Specs : 99x23x8,
178 t.
Date of loss :
1892
Place of
loss :
Main part of
Type of loss : "lost"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
none. Not in 1884 or 92 MVUS,
possibly lost before Jul 1.
Major repair in
1862
Ashore and
damaged in a storm at
Sources :
(hgl,mv),slh+,wl,rsl,nsp
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
107221
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1896, Jas. Davidson, W.
Specs : 285x44x19
2037g 1916n
Date of loss :
1917, Oct 18
Place of loss :
Tecumseh Reef, near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
While bound
Nearly lost in
a storm near
.Sources :
sbs,vbs,ns2,mv,eas,mpl ,hcgl,svb,ewe
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ACACIA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C126424
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1873, W. O'Mara, Smith's Falls, Ont. as a schooner
Specs : 102x24x9, 188 t
Date of loss : 1903,
May 2
Place of
loss :
