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F.W. BACKUS
Other names :
built as EARL CATHCART, renamed in 1852
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1846, E Bates, Amherstburg, Ont
Specs : 133x25x9, 289 t.[om]
Date of loss :
1866, Nov 25
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none - those aboard included nine passengers
Carrying :
hay, horses and cattle
Detail : Discovered to be afire offshore
and run to the beach, where her passengers and crew disembarked.. The tug DAISY
LEE towed her out while she was still burning, with the intention of scuttling
her, but was unable to do so. After she burned through her towline she drifted
back to shore and burned to the waterline. Her live cargo was pushed overboard
while she was still well out, but they all swam safely to shore.
Master: Capt. J.
Shortell. Probably owned by C.S. Hubbard,
Builder Bates was
from
Seized by
Rebuilt in 1861,
repaired in 1865.
Sources :
hgl,lhl,mpl,bb,rsl,nsp
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MELVIN S. BACON
Other names :
none
Official no. : 90657
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1874, J. Squires, Vermilion, OH
Specs : 182x34x14
615g 584n
Date of loss :
1915, Nov 16
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Rammed and sunk by the steamer
JOSEPH SELLWOOD, abandoned as a total loss.
Owned by W. E. Chapman of
Had operated on
the eastern seaboard for some years.
Burned and
declared total loss after going ashore near
Sources :
mv,mv,nsp,lss,eas,hcgl
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BADGER
Other names : none
Official no. : 3156
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1881,
Peter Johnson,
Specs : 80x21x4,
65g
Date of loss : 1899, Oct 24
Place of loss : off
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cedar ties
Detail :
She was bound for
Sources : wgts,bb,nsp
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BADGER
Other names :
none
Official no. : C138576
Type at loss :
barge, wood*, crane-equipped
Build info :
1914, Marine Iron Works,
Specs : 140(oa)x36x12, 334 t.
Date of loss :
1929, Nov or Dec
Place of
loss :
Point Abino, Ont. [near
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Struck bottom and sank while
working over wreck of steamer BRITON
(qv), raised but declared a constructive total loss.
*constructed of
fir, one of the few
Sold Canadian
about 1923
Sources :
ns3,bb,mv
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
2134
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1853, James M. Jones,
Specs : 150x28x12,
302 t
Date of loss :
1870, Nov 16
Place of
loss :
off Sleeping Bear Pt.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
240 cords wood
Detail :
Bound
Built on a
salt-water model. Rebuilt and strengthened in 1862
Sources :
nb,smi,hgl, soundings,nsp,rsl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
2111
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1862, Mason & Bidwell,
Specs : 213x33x17
802g 494n
Date of loss :
1909, Dec 6
Place of
loss :
at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
15
Carrying :
?
Detail : Caught fire at her dock. After
firefighters could not contain the blaze, she was cut loose and drifted to Fawn
Isl, where she burned herself out.
Built as a
passenger steamer, converted to a floating pool hall for a couple of years
around 1905-6, until purchased by H. M.
Loud's Sons Co. in May, 1906, and converted to a lumber boat.
Sources :
eas,slh,sol,ns1,ledc,mv,mpl,nsp,hcgl
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Other names : none
Official no. :
224114
Type at loss :
propeller tug, oil screw, wood
Build info :
1924, I. H. Larsen,
Specs : 60x14x9,
45g 30n
Date of loss :
1939, Nov 9
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered off Northport.
In 1934 she was
owned by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock; out of
Sources :
sol,h,mpl,bb,mv
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HORACE H. BADGER
Other names :
built as schooner KATE GILLETT last name in 1882. Often called H. H.
BADGER.
Official no. :
14164
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1867, Miller,
Specs : 129x30x10
264g 259n
Date of loss :
1903, Jun 11
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Driven on the breakwater and
broken up by storm waves. Crew of 7 rescued by Lifesaving Service. Master:
Capt. Robert Thompson.
Ashore and
declared lost at Cross Village, MI, September of 1895, and again near Alpena,
September, 1896.
Rebuilt in 1882
after wrecking near
Sources :
nsp,ns1,h,mv,ledc,mpl,eas,hcgl
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BAHAMA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2380
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1863, Goble,
Specs : 136x26x13
333g 317n
Date of loss :
1903, late May
Place of
loss :
Windmill Point, Ont.
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
stone
Detail : She had just picked up a load
of stone at the location shown and was being moved from the dock when one side
of her hull collapsed out and she fell to the bottom. She was so thoroughly
destroyed that she was dynamited a few days later to obliterate her remains.
She had recently been brought from
Also reported
total loss in storm on Huron
One source says
she was lost on
Sources :
phr,osdo,wb,tel,slh,mv,nsp
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CAROLINE E. BAILEY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1855, Bailey, Madison Dock, OH
Specs : 88x21x7, 121 t.
Date of loss
