©1999-2011,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
B
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B.
et T. - See GILLY
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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
Builder Bates was from
Seized by
Rebuilt in 1861, repaired in
1865.
Sources :
hgl,lhl,mpl,bb,rsl,nsp,hr,wls
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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,hr,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 vessels ever made of this wood
Sold Canadian about 1923
Sources : ns3,hr,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 :
none
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.
Image of
vessel afire from TBRC collection
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,hr,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 :
1867, Oct 31
Place of loss : at
Grand Haven, MI
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Reported ashore and total loss. Owned by
Declerque and Dorr,
Major repair in 1864
Sources :
nsp,rsl,hgl,wl
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DANIEL E. BAILEY -
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J.
E. BAILEY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
75646
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1874, J. Bailey,
Specs :
130x26x10, 196g 186n
Date of loss :
1884, Oct (26 or 8)
Place of loss : at
Gill's Pier
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
wood
Detail :
Went ashore on Gill's Pier and reported a total loss.
Out of
Sources :
es,jm,nsp,wmn,hgl
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NINA BAILEY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18767
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1873, Collins, Pentwater or
Specs :
52x16x5, 30 t
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 1
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 2
Carrying :
none
Detail : Filled and went out of control,
striking the North Pier and capsizing. Crewmen climbed up on her keel and were
rescued by the Lifesaving Service. She later broke up and became a total loss
of $900.
Registered out of
Sources :
nsp,h,usls,mv,bcha,bb,hr
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FLORA L. BAINES
Other names :
none
Official no. : C71249
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1874, Penetang, Ont.
Specs :
31x8, 9gc 6nc
Date of loss :
1879, Sep 13
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered.
Out of
Sources :
win,mmgl
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B. M. BAKER
Other names : none
Official no. : 31217
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1869, Geo. Hardison,
Specs : 115x25x9,
187g 181n
Date of loss : 1890,
May 29
Place of loss : at Springwells [Ecorse],
Type of loss : wrecked
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber* and lath
Detail :
*185,000 bd. ft taken from the damaged ves. JOHN SHERMAN
Sources : nsp,hr,mv,tbms
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DAN BAKER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
35252
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1869, Dan Hayes, Fairport, Oh
Specs :
61 t.
Date of loss :
1874, Jun 12
Place of loss : off
Cedar Point, Oh
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
stone
Detail :
Sprung a leak and sunk by a gale near
Out of
Sources :
nsp,mv,wl,wmn,hgl
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FANNY L. BAKER - See THOMAS FREEL BATTLE (1910 loss)
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TIMOTHY BAKER
Other names : often called TIM BAKER, T. BAKER
Official no. :
24156
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, S. Ruggles,
Specs :
122x25x10, 224g 215n
Date of loss :
1888, Oct 1
Place of loss :
near Pelee Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all?
Carrying : lumber
Detail :
ashore several miles below "The Dummy" (Bar Point Light). Crew
presumed lost. Broke up in a storm on the 8th.
Owned by M. Scott,
Rebuilt 1867; major repair,
1882 after going ashore at Windmill Pt. the previous fall.
Sources :
mv,nsp,phr,win,h,hgl,es3-1,hgl,wmn
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W.L. BAKER
Other names : ?
Official no. :
(80985)
Type at loss :
schooner, wood or dredge
Build info :
(1883, W. L. Baker,
Specs :
(51x15x4, 19 g, 18n)
Date of loss :
1890, Nov 8
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : 1 of 5
Carrying : wood
Detail : Capsized in gale.
Sources :
nsp,mv,hgl,bb,mpl,hr,wmn
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H.
P. BALDWIN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
11199
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1866, J.M. Jones,
Specs :
178x33x12 495g 470n
Date of loss :
1908, Aug 27
Place of loss : 1
mi N of Indiana Shoals
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Capsized and foundered in a
gale. Owned by
Heavily damaged in stranding
near
Ashore on Kelley's
Stranded at
Ashore on Kelley’s Isl., May,
1904.
Rebuilt in 1883
Sources :
h,ns1,lmdc,mv,usls,mpl,hgl,wmn
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N.C.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1836, Diodate Rodgers, Cleveland
Specs :
102x23x9, 182 t.
Date of loss :
1850, Mar [ca. 24th or
7th]
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
While outbound from
Out of
Also wrecked and abandoned at
Conneaut in 1845. Rebuilt afterwards.
Sources : nsp,wl,jm,wmn
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S.C.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
23957
Type at loss :
unrigged barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1871, Campbell & Owen,
Specs :
160x30x11 413g 356n
Date of loss :
1908, Aug 27
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 or 2
Carrying :
stone
Detail : Grounded, capsized and sank in
a storm, a total loss. Tow of tug TORRENT.
Known as a “jonah” and had
trouble getting crews: Nearly destroyed in an accident, 1876; ashore near
Alpena, 1877; damaged in a collision in
1894 and burned while awaiting repairs from another accident the same year;
stranded in Green Bay in 1903.
Major repairs, 1876, 1877, 1881, 1895; rebuilt
1884. Converted to a barge in 1904.
Sources :
nsp,slh,stb,ns1,h,mv,atl,st,mpl,eas,hcgl,es,wgts
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DANIEL BALL
Other names :
none sometimes shown as DANIEL BELL
Official no. :
6199
Type at loss : sidewheeler, wood, freighter
Build info :
1861,
Specs :
142x21x5 123t
Date of loss :
1876, Oct 19
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : She caught fire near her stack
and burned to the waterline. Her skipper was able to run her up alongside a log
raft, where her pasengers and crew were able to disembark without injury. She
was a total l oss of $12 -15,000. Documents surrendered at
Owned by A. Root of
Sources :
eas,phr,lhl,nsp,hr
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M.
BALLARD
Other names :
also seen as
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, Stevens & Presley, Cleveland
Specs :
116x25x11, 288 t. om
Date of loss :
1866, Nov 30
Place of loss : off
Galloo Isl., NY
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
9 or 11[all]
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
Reported wrecked on Galloo Island Reef and sank, a total loss with all hands. She went down in
deep water, 1¼ mile NW of the lighthouse. Owned by her skipper, Capt. Hugh
Coyne(d), of
Major repairs in 1864.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl,rsl
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DAVID BALLENTINE - See
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BALTIC
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner,
wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1842, Jonathan Burtch,
Specs :
80x20x7, 96 t om
Date of loss : 1852,
May 19
Place of loss : halfway
between
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7
[all]
Carrying : light
Detail :
This little schooner was blown down in a storm and capsized. Her crew
apparently drowned, despite the efforts of the
*Burtchville was
located just north of
At least one source
reports that she was recovered and she appears on an 1854 list of Milwaukee-registered
ships.
Sources :
wls,wmn,wl
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BALTIC
Other names :
sometimes seen as BALTIN
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1851, Bear Creek [Wallaceburg], Ont.
Specs :
94x22x9, 152 t.
Date of loss :
1855, Sep (19)
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
none
Detail : Went on a reef and destroyed.
Her outfit was probably later recovered and used in the rebuilding of the
schooner BEAVER in 1857. Owned by Thomas Walters, out of Port Dover.
Went ashore on
May have capsized with loss
of her entire crew off
Sources :
mmgl,sagl,hgl,nsp,wmn
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BALTIC
Other names :
none
Official no. :
31044
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1847, Peck & Masters,
Specs :
224x30x12, 618 t. (825t as prop)
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 29
Place of loss : off
Long Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
?
Detail : Tow of tug
Some sources show this loss
at
She was built as a
sidewheeler, converted to "side-propeller" in '54, but ran only a
year or so, was converted to a conventional prop later (1863?) and to a barge in 1865
Image as a
sidewheeler from TBRC collection.
Sources :
nsp,slh,eas,hgl,hcgl
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BALTIC
Other names :
Official no. :
2680
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
16 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Sep (10)
Place of loss : 3
mi N of Holland, Mich
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
Detail : Went ashore while trying to
salvage parts of the wrecked schooner HERO. A total loss.
Sources :
mv,nsp,wmn
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BALTIC
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1867, W.
Specs :
106x22x10, 184g, 164n
Date of loss :
1894, Nov 24
Place of loss : in
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
12,000 bu. barley
Detail : Collided with wharf and went
ashore in a NE gale, where she broke up. The USLS crew anticipated the disaster
and had a beach apparatus set up near where she struck. They fired a line over
her and removed the crew of 6 by breeches' buoy. Later a pet dog and a horse
were saved from the vessel, before she went to pieces.She had been bound
Deseronto, Ont., for
Out of Hamilton, Ont.
One source says she was the
Oswego-built schooner of 1854.
Rebuilt, 1874
Image as a
wreck from TBRC collection
Sources :
csqw,mmgl,clu,osdo,win,is,h,glhs,hgl,mpl,dmt,usls,hcgl,ib
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BALTIC
Other names :
built as FRANCES SMITH last name
in 1888
Official no. : C92310*
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger/package freight
Build info :
1867, M Simpson,
Specs :
182x28x12, 1324gc 832nc
Date of loss :
1895, Sep 5 Several sources
say she burned 1896, in error.
Place of loss : at
Collingwood, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She had been tied up at her dock since 1893 and had no fires in her boiler nor any others on
board when she caught fire in the middle of the night and burned to the
waterline. A long court case regarding
the payment of insurance claimes followed and eventually went all the way to
the Canadian Supreme Court, which decided in favor of the insurance companies. Owned by Charles Cameron, Collingwood [Great
Northern Transit Co].
Stranded with heavy damage on
Higbee Isl., L. Sup. in 1885
Stranded with heavy damage on
Clapperton Isl., Sep 1888.
Her engine & machinery
were from the steamer
*1st given, 1888.
Major repairs in 1882 &
3, rebuilt, 1888.
Sources :
nsp,lh,slh,sol,is,h,csv,mmgl,win,hgl,mpl,hcgl,sc
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BALTIC BELLE
Other names :
built as THEMIS, probably renamed on her arrival in
Official no. :
C195748
Type at loss :
powered (fishing) boat, wood, 1-mast
Build info :
1918,
Specs :
46x18x5, 25gc 17nc
Date of loss :
1956, Aug
Place of loss :
lagoon behind
Type of loss :
storm?
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She sank in the lagoon in
She came to
Sources :
go
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger/package freight
Build info :
1847, A. Keating,
Specs :
170x22x11, 513t [om]
Date of loss :
1855, Sep 18
Place of loss :
near the Government pier at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn and misc supplies
Detail : Bound
Sources :
eas,is(2-60),is,lmdc,less,hgl,nsp,mpl
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Other names :
built as ESCANABA, renamed in 1899
Official no. :
135487
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1881, Linn & Craig,
Specs :
201x36x20 1161g 918n
Date of loss :
1901, May 24
Place of loss : SE
of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
13 of 15
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She struck a reef, broke in two
and foundered after fighting all the way to above
Ashore with heavy damage on
Gull Isl reef, L. Mich., May, 1896.
Sources :
nsp,slh,sol,ns1,h,lhdc,mpl,pf,hcgl
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EDWARD BANCROFT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1836,
Specs :
79x20x8, 114 t.
Date of loss :
1842, Nov 19
Place of loss : at
the harbor mouth of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
salt, apples and merchandise
Detail :
arriving off the harbor from
Sources :
nsp,hgl,bb,lotl,wl,hr
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BANNER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2582
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, A. Sommerville,
Specs : 77x21x6,
75 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 4
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
55 cords wood
Detail :
Had just set sail for
Sources :
polk,bb,wgts,mv,hr,tbms
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BANNER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2155
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1847, Lent,
Specs :
140x28x10, 289gt.
Date of loss :
1888, Nov 8
Place of loss :
Fish Point [Point Au Sable] near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lath & shingles
Detail : Driven on a reef by a gale. Her
crew was saved before she was pushed
into deeper water, where she sank. After they had spent the night lashed
to the rigging, local townspeople succeeded in taking them off in a tiny yawl.
Out of
Converted to 3-m schooner in
1869-70. Probably converted to a barge
in 1876.
Ashore in 1868.
Major repairs in
1859,'69,'76,'82. Originally 431 t. brig
Sources :
mv,nsp,polk,sol,is,h,hgl,mpl,rsl,hr
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EMMA BANNER
Other names :
also seen as EMMA BOONER
Official no. :
136065
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1889, Gustafson,
Specs :
81x24x7, 92g 88n
Date of loss :
1897, Aug 19
Place of loss : off
Little Sable Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
109 cords bark
Detail :
Bound Manistee for
Owned by Capt. Pederson,
Sources :
wmn,hgl,wmhs,bb,mv,nsp,hr
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C102093
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1893, Dixon & Co.,
Specs :
245x40x21 1620gc 1035nc
Date of loss :
1902, Nov 22
Place of loss :
Mid-lake
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life :
21 [all]
Carrying :
95,000 bu. wheat
Detail : Sailed out from
Sources :
nsp,gwgl,gs,is(4-73),lol,sol,wm2,ns1,csv,mmgl,hcgl,wl,es
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BANSHEE
Other names :
built as BANSHEE, named HERO 1860-1, BANSHEE again in 1861.
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freight
Build info :
1852, G. Ault,
Specs :
119x18x3, 166t
Date of loss :
1861, Aug 21
Place of loss :
Timber Isl., near False Ducks Isls. Location also given as
"off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 of 11
Carrying :
wheat,flour & butter
Detail :
Wreck located in 1967.
Also reported as lost in
1876. The vessel was physically surveyed in 1872, meaning she survived the 1861
accident and it is questionable whether the wreck found in 1867 is actually
her.
Sources :
csqw,mmgl,csv(s2),hgl,rp,do,tr
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BARBARA -
See also MAJOR BARBARA
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BARBARA LYN
Other names :
built as SUMPTER, renamed in 1989
Official no. :
276723
Type at loss :
propeller diesel tug, aluminum
Build info : 1958, Bayou la Batra, Alabama
Specs :
51x17x6, 51g 35n
Date of loss : 1990,
Oct 1
Place of loss : off
Pte Aux Barques, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
2-barge tow
Detail : Towing 2 construction barges,
enroute to Alpena, she capsized in 12-foot seas and sank 12 mi north of
Owned by Ryba Marine
Construction,
Sources :
nsp,mpl,hcgl
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BARBARIAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2137
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, A. Miller,
Specs :
136x26x11 298g 283n
Date of loss :
1898, Oct 25
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
4,500 RR ties
Detail : She came to anchor just outside
the harbor and tried to ride out a storm, but her stern was wrenched off and
she went to pieces.
Sources :
osdo,is,h,hgl,bb,rp,nsp,hr
————————————————————————±
J.
BARBER
Other names :
also seen as
Official no. :
12981
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & fruit boat
Build info :
1856, L. Moses, Cleveland
Specs :
125x26x8, 306 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Jul 19
Place of loss : 14
miles off
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
5
Carrying :
fruit and passengers
Detail :
She was on her regular route ,
when she caught fire near her stack and waa destroyed. The steamersCORONA and A C Van RAALTE came to
her rescue, saving most of her passengers and crew - about 30 (some sources say
18 saved, 2 lost) in all were saved. Bound
Rebuilt in 1864, 66
Sources :
lmdc,nsp,hgl,mpl,wl,bcha,hcgl
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WILLIAM BARCLAY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
26834
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, Sylvester Larned,
Specs :
73x19x5, 53g
Date of loss :
1868, Dec 5
Place of loss :
unreported
Type of loss : "lost"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Built for the
lumber-coal trade,
Sources :
phr,mv,wl
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JAMES BARDON No.7
Other names :
none
Official no. :
76625
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1879,
Specs :
69x15x7, 51g 26n
Date of loss :
1890, Nov 10
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to total loss
Sources :
mv,lss,gwgl,is,hgl
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BARGE 43
Other names :
none
Official no. :
172728
Type at loss :
unrigged barge, scow, steel
Build info :
1911,
Specs :
150x36x12, 546 t.
Date of loss :
1961, May 24
Place of loss :
outer harbor at
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
salvaged lumber
Detail : Used as a vessel for the
burning of salvaged timbers during a harbor inprovement project, she was discovered
to be leaking on the date shown. Despite the use of her pumps to try to save
her, she sank just outside the channel. Later salvage efforts were given up,and
the vessel still lies where she went down
Sources :
nsp,ewe
————————————————————————±
BARGE 104
Other names :
none
Official no. :
53257
Type at loss :
unrigged barge, steel whaleback, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, A. MacDougall [American Steel Barge Co.],
Specs :
276x36x19, .1295g 1231n
Date of loss :
1898, Nov 10 (1899 often given, in error)
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 7
Carrying :
light
Detail : She was waiting for the steamer
ROCKEFELLER to take her in tow,
Sources :
is,h,hgl,mpl,hcgl,nsp
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BARGE 115
Other names :
none
Official no. :
53269
Type at loss :
unrigged barge, steel whaleback, bulk freight
Build info :
1891, A MacDougall [American Steel Barge Co.],
Specs :
256x36x19, 1169g 1111n
Date of loss :
1899, Dec 18
Place of loss : Pic
Isl. near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Broke from her tow steamer, the
whaleback COLGATE HOYT,* well out in the
lake, went ashore 5 days later & broke up. Other ships of her fleet saerched the lake for
her for days. Her crew was thought to be lost, but showed up days later after
long tramp through the wilderness. Ship declared total loss the following
May. This was the first foundering of a
whaleback, Barge 104 (qv) was stranded and wrecked a year earlier. Master: Capt. Arthur A. Boyce. Owned by
Pickands, Mather & Co.
*Some sources say FRANK
ROCKEFELLER, in error.
Sources :
is,nsp,lss,rf,hcgl,nsp
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BARGE 129
Other names :
none
Official no. :
53276
Type at loss :
unrigged barge, steel whaleback, bulk freight
Build info :
1893, A. MacDougall [American Steel Barge Co.],
Specs :
292x36x22, 1311g 1266n
Date of loss :
1902, Oct 13
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Broke towline from steamer
MAUNALOA in heavy weather. While trying to reconnect, was rammed by the steamer
and sank quickly after her side was penetrated by an anchor. MAUNALOA picked up
her crew. Went down in 125 ft. of water. Owner: U. S. Steel.
Sources :
nsp,lssc,lol,gwgl,is(2-69),sol,ns1,hcgl
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BARGE A
Other names : ?
Official no. :
30189
Type at loss :
unrigged scow-barge, wood
Build info :
1895,
Specs :
135x35x10, 410g
Date of loss :
1900, May 15
Place of loss :
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
160 cords stone
Detail : Broke in half and went down in
the channel, just inside the harbor. It was quickly dynamited to clear the
harbor for navigation. Owned by Lake Michigan Car Ferry Transportation Co. at
the time, but leased a group of
Sources :
h,nsp,wmhs,bb,nsp,hr,wls
————————————————————————±
BARGE NO. 1
Other names :
none
Official no. :
67313
Type at loss :
barge, wood, RR ferry-barge, 28 car
Build info :
1895, Jas. Davidson,
Specs :
310x44x12 1544g 1463n
Date of loss :
1918, Nov 8
Place of loss :
North Point,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 5
Carrying :
lumber, chickens
Detail : Normally used as a RR carferry.
Grounded in storm, broke in two and slipped into deep water.
Holed by a launching timber
and sank during her launch. Rails were
installed on her deck at
Sources :
stb,glc,is,ns2,mpl,eas
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BARGE NO. 2
Other names :
none
Official no. :
67314
Type at loss :
barge, wood, RR carferry
Build info :
1895, Jas. Davidson,
Specs :
310x44x12 1548g 1462n
Date of loss :
1906, Sep 9 [also given as Sep 29]
Place of loss :
Type of loss : Capsized
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
RR cars
Detail : Capsized due to a loading
error. Floated bottom-up for more than a month, foiling all efforts to right
her, and finally sank in the yacht basin. Raised keel-up in spring of 1907,
towed out & scuttled 3 mi off
She and No.1(qv) were biggest
barges in the world when built
Sources :
nsp,glc,is,vbs,mpl,eas,mv
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BARGE NO. 3
Other names :
none
Official no. :
67317
Type at loss :
barge, wood, RR carferry, 28 cars
Build info :
1896, Craig Shipbuilding,
Specs :
306x47x12, 1581 t
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 12.
Place of loss :
near Long Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
pulpwood
Detail : Tow of tug S.M. FISCHER with
BARGE NO. 4(qv). She wnt out of control
in a storm and was cut loose by FISCHER after
her crew was taken off. She foundered
soon after. The cook had to be forcibly removed from the barge as she was abandoned.
Sources :
nsp,glc,is,ns1,mpl,ewe
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BARGE NO. 4
Other names :
none
Official no. :
67318
Type at loss :
barge, wood, RR carferry, 28 car
Build info :
1896, Craig Shipbuilding,
Specs :
306x47x12, 1581 t.
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 12
Place of loss :
near Long Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
pulpwood
Detail : Barge identical to BARGE NO. 3,
details of loss also nearly identical. In fact, BARGEs 3 and 4 were nearly
identical to BARGEs 1 and 2 and built to the same design.
Sources :
nsp,glc,is,ns1,mpl,ewe
————————————————————————±
BARGE NO. 7 - See No. 7
————————————————————————±
M.P. BARKALOW
Other names :
none
Official no. : 90277
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, bulk and package freight, 2-mast
Build info :
1871, O. Harper,
Specs :
104x23x8 122g 116n
Date of loss :
1902, Apr 26
Place of loss : off
S. Bass Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
4
Carrying :
salt
Detail : She foundered while riding out
a gale at anchor. The lost were skipper, his wife, his stepson and 1 crewman.
Master: Capt. Robert Pardy(d), out of
Sunk with heavy damage at
Sources :
nsp,is,ns1,mv,ledc,phr,mpl,hcgl
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FRANK D. BARKER
Other names :
also called F.D. BARKER
Official no. :
9165
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, S. Johnson,
Specs :
137x26x12, 305gt 290 nt.
Date of loss :
1887, Sep 27
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
stranded
Loss of life :
none?
Carrying :
light
Detail :
She drove ashore on a rocky reef. At first it was thought that she could
be rescued easily and it was later reported that she was, but on Nov 15th it
was reported that she had been swung onto another reef by heavy seas, thrown on
her beam ends, and was going to pieces.
Out of
Sources : nsp,mv,polk,jk,wmn,hgl,bb,wgts,hr
————————————————————————±
JOHN J. BARLUM
Other names :
none
Official no. :
76914
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, Craig,
Specs :
223x41x16 1185g 1126n
Date of loss :
1922, Sep 18 (or 8)
Place of loss :
near Marblehead Light,
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Outbound in tow of the tug
GUARDIAN, she filled and sank five miles off the harbor entrance. Later removed
to deeper water.
Canadian registry 1901-1911,
C#107490.
Sources :
eas,ns3,mv,ledc,mpl,hcgl,ewl
————————————————————————±
BURT BARNES
Other names :
none
Official no. : C150489
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1882, G.S. Rand or Rand & Burger,
Specs :
96x25x7 134g 127n
Date of loss :
1926, Sep 3
Place of loss : 12
mi SE of Picton, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Foundered off
Sold Canadian in 1904.
Registered out of
One of the last working
schooners on the lakes.
Sources :
csqw,win,is(2-90),win,is,h,mv,osdo,mpl,hcgl
————————————————————————±
FRANK C. BARNES
Other names :
none
Official no. : C116386
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1892,
Specs :
67x16x7 63g 43n
Date of loss :
1915, Nov 1
Place of loss : off
Gull Pond, near Pt. Petre, Ont.
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
all 5(6)
Carrying :
none
Detail : Went missing in storm at
unknown position. Some pilothouse wreckage and a body eventually washed up on
shore. The wreck was later located off Pt. Petre.
Sold Canadian in 1906. Owned
by
May have been built from the
tug J.C. OSGOOD [
Sources :
csqw,nsp,gs,sol,mv,mmgl,mpl,hcgl
————————————————————————±
D.
N. BARNEY
Other names :
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1844,
Specs :
140 t.
Date of loss :
1849, May 25
Place of loss : at
40-mile Point, eastern Straits of Mackinac
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
bulk potter's clay
Detail :
Reported ashore on a rocky bottom and become a total loss.
Out of
Sources :
wmn,wl,nsp,wmhs
————————————————————————±
F.T. BARNEY
Other names :
none
Official no. : 9535
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, W. Cheney, Vermilion, OH
Specs :
126x26x11, 255 t
Date of loss :
1868, Oct 23
Place of loss :
below Nine Mile Point, NW of Rogers City
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Collided with the schooner
TRACY J. BRONSON and sank while bound
Major repair in 1862
Sources :
mv,slh,lhdc,nsp,ssm,mpl,rsl,hcgl,wmn
————————————————————————±
WILLIAM H. BARNUM
Other names :
none
Official no. :
80342
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1873, J.M. Jones,
Specs :
219x35x21 1212g 1059n
Date of loss :
1894, Apr 3
Place of loss : 5.5
mi
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
55,000 bu corn
Detail : Her hull was cut by floating
ice and she attempted to make it to shore, but came up against shelf ice and
stranded. The wrecking tug CRUSADER tried to save her, but was only able to
take her crew off before she went down in 11 fathoms of water. She was
reportedly in poor condition at the time of her last trip and had been given
insurance for only that single voyage. She had been bound
Partially
"salvaged" in 1969, mostly stripped of artifacts.
Sources :
is(3-69),slh,hdm,h,mv,lhdc,wbm,ssm,mpl,hcgl,es,nsp
————————————————————————±
H.A.
Other names :
none
Official no. : C107489
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1893, Jas. Davidson,
Specs :
217x35x17 1119g 1063n
Date of loss : 1902,
Sep 24 (some sources erroneously give Aug 24 as date.)
Place of loss : 30
miles off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Downbound from
Sold Canadian in 1901. Owned
by Algoma Central Steamship Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Went ashore and given up for
lost on False Presque Isle,
Sources :
nsp,is,ns1,ledc,win,vbs,mpl,do,ew
not in mmgl
————————————————————————±
WILLIAM H. BARRETT
Other names : also
seen as W. H. BARRETT
Official no. :
80458
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, river
Build info :
1874, J. Ganoe & Sons,
Specs :
129x24x4, 118 g 112n
Date of loss :
1894, Nov 6
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned at her winter layup
moorings at
She had been a long-time
Sources :
nsp,mv,hcgl
————————————————————————
————————————————————————±
MICHAEL J. BARTELME
Other names :
built as JOHN J. McWILLIAMS,
renamed CENTRAL WEST in 1916, last name in 1928 [Most often seen as M.
J. BARTHELME]
Official no. :
77170
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1895, F.W. Wheeler,
Specs :
352x45x23 3400g 2808n
Date of loss :
1928, Oct 4
Place of loss : SE
tip of Cana Isl.
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : in
ballast
Detail : Stranded and destroyed by waves
while heading north through a dense fog, she was a constructive total loss.
Later [starting in 1933], she was cut up for scrap where she lay.
Image
as a wreck from TBRC collection
Sources :
vbs,sbs,sol,is,ns3,lmdc,mpl,eas,hcgl,wgts
————————————————————————±
A.F.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
105130
Type at loss : propeller
steam tug, wood
Build info :
1871, Herminger,
Specs :
48x10x4 11g 5n
Date of loss :
1888, Sep
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned and declared total loss.
Continued in registry until 1900 but this was probably a paperwork oversight.
Had another disastrous fire
at
Sources :
mv,vbs,polk,slh,hgl,tbms
————————————————————————±
AGNES BARTON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1835, Buffalo
Specs :
92x23x8, 156 t. om
Date of loss :
1855, Aug 7
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Bound Cleveland for Buffalo, she sprang a leak and foundered in 30 feet
of water, 1.5 miles offshore and 1.5 miles from Conneaut light. It was reported
that she would probably not be salvaged because she was "an old vessel and
about used up."
Out of
Rebuilt and enlarged in
1842 orig 73 ft.
Sources : nsp,wl,wmn
————————————————————————±
BENJAMIN BARTON
Other names :
also seen as
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1835,
Specs :
87x24x9, 178 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1838, Nov 5
Place of loss :
just east of the pier at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Blown ashore and wrecked by
gale. Reported a total loss, but released and repaired the following spring.
Lasted until at least 1844.
Owned by Morse & Co. of
Sources :
is,nsp,hgl,wl
————————————————————————±
PLINY F. BARTON
Other names :
none also seen as P.F. BARTON
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1853, Laveya,
Specs :
61x14x5, 40 t
Date of loss :
1865, May
Place of loss : at
Baby's Point
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss. No
detail.
Sources :
lhl,hgl,st,wl,nsp,hr
————————————————————————±
BESSIE BARWICK
Other names :
none
Official no. : C83146
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1866, L. Shickluna,
Specs :
135x26x11, 296gc, 274nc
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 28
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
Sources :
nsp,gwgl,is,h,eas,mmgl,wb,win,lss,hgl,wl
————————————————————————±
BATCHAWANA
Other names :
built as ROBERT A. PACKER renamed in 1906. Also seen as BATACHAWANA
Official no. : C117032
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1881, W.
Specs :
209x33x16 921g 770n
Date of loss :
1907, Jun 27 [Jun 21 also given]
Place of loss : off
Coppermine Point, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Sold Canadian, 1906.
Sources :
win,vbs,mmgl,lssc,gwgl,is,ns1,h,csv,mpl
————————————————————————±
WEBSTER BATCHELLER
Other names :
also seen as BATCHELDER, BATCHELLOR
Official no. :
80766
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1880, Callister, Grand Haven, MI
Specs :
69x16x8, 46gt 23nt
Date of loss :
1889, Nov 14
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
towing log raft
Detail :
Caught fire while she was picking up a log raft and burned to a total
loss. Owned by Island Lumber Co,
Burned at Grand Haven in
November, 1881
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,polk,bb,wgts,hr
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none also seen as ELLA BATES
Official no. :
7236
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, Geo. Hardison,
Specs :
265 t
Date of loss :
1871, Nov 16
Place of loss :
about 7 mi N of harbor at
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life :
9[all]
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Disappeared in a gale, and no positively
identifiable wreckage or bodies found. Topmasts that were found sticking out of
the water between
Went ashore on Windmill
Point,
Sources :
h,mv,hgl,ledc,nsp,jk
————————————————————————±
EVALINE BATES
Other names :
also seen as EVELINE BATES
Official no. :
7322
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1859, E. Bates, Huron, Oh
Specs : 128x26x10,
234g 222n [324 t. om]
Date of loss :
1891, Sep 1
Place of loss : on
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She went ashore in a storm and filled with water. She was deemed too old
an valueless to salvage, and was left to break up.
Owned by M. Russell,
Ashore on
Spent some time in the
coasting trade on the
Sources :
mv,nsp,wmn
————————————————————————±
STEVEN S. BATES
Other names :
also seen as STEPHEN BATES, S. BATES, and STEVEN BATES
Official no. :
23341
Type at loss :
schooner, wood “clipper built”
Build info :
1856, Bates & Son.,
Specs :
97x27x7, 139 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Apr 23
Place of loss : 5
mi N of Grosse Point, IL
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 6
Carrying :
posts and hardware
Detail : Bound
Major repairs in 1870.
Sources :
mv,polk,h,lmdc,usls,nsp,wl,es
————————————————————————±
WILLIAM BATES
Other
names :
also seen as W. M. BATES
Official
no. :
80052
Type
at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build
info : 1866,
Specs : 55 t.
Date
of loss : 1878, Oct 6
Place
of loss : 40 miles out of
Type
of loss : storm
Loss
of life : none of 3
Carrying :
oak lumber
Detail :
She capsized in a storm while bound
Sources :
nsp,wmn,mv,wmhs
————————————————————————
BATISCAN - See UNITED STATES
————————————————————————±
GERALDINE
Other names :
built as PURITAN, renamed SANDY
Official no. : C126094
Type at loss :
barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1893, R. Mills,
Specs :
136x32x12, 266gt.
Date of loss :
1916, Oct 21
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
gravel
Detail : Was unloading at
Burned at
As steamer she was 136x32x10
409g 345n, converted to bulker in 1902,
to bulk barge in 1907
Sources :
ns2,mpl,hr
————————————————————————
————————————————————————±
THOMAS FREEL
Other names :
built as tug F.B. BRADY, renamed in 1905
Official no. : C107948
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1901, Freeman Green, Sr, Dunnville, Ont.
Specs :
47x13x7, 29 t.
Date of loss :
1907, Oct 17
Place of loss :
Port Maitland, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She caught fire around her
boiler while tied to a plaster dock in Port Maitland harbor and her crew was
helpless to do anything to stop it. She burned to total loss.
Registered out of
After her loss this tug was
replaced by the prop tug THOMAS FREEL BATTLE, below.
Sources :
win,mmgl,h,waw,bb
————————————————————————±
THOMAS
FREEL
Other names :
built as American tug FANNIE L.
BAKER, renamed in 1910
Official no. : C126092
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1888, W. L. Baker,
Specs :
68x17x6, 44g 22n
Date of loss :
1910, Nov
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Reported in Canadian registry
as burned to total loss. Actually recovered,
returned to American hull [and her original name] in 1917 and abandoned about
1938.
Sold Canadian in 1910.
Registered out of
Sources :
mmgl,mv,hcgl,hr
————————————————————————±
JOHN C. BAUER
Other names :
built as PLANET, renamed in 1882
Official no. :
54159
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, lumber
Build info :
1855, M. Fox, Black R., OH
Specs :
117x25x7 158g 151n
Date of loss :
1900, Jul 6
Place of loss : S.
Fox Isl. harbor
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Stranded near the beach in a
fog and became total loss. Bound
Narrowly avoided sinking in
deep water when she sprang a leak off
Capsized off
Sources :
nsp,mv,ns1,wmn
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C72595
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, H. Rooney,
Specs :
145x26x13, 376g 361n
Date of loss :
1898, Oct 19
Place of loss : 1
mi S of Cape Smith,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
squared lumber
Detail : Driven ashore by a gale and
pounded to pieces. Bound Byng Inlet for Walkerville, Ont. Her crew was saved by local Indians. Master:
Capt. M. Mahoney. Owned out of
On
Locally called a "timber
drougher"
Ashore and abandoned
[temporarily] near Goderich, Ont.,
Sources :
csqw,mmgl,nsp,osdo,sol,is(1-76),slh,hgl,mpl,es3-2,hcgl
————————————————————————±
BAVARIAN
Other names : see
below
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, iron, passenger/ package freight
Build info :
1855, Gilbert & Co,
Specs :
176 ft, 427 t
Date of loss :
1873, Nov 5
Place of loss : 15
miles off Bowmanville, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
14 of 36
Carrying :
general freight, passengers
Detail : In transit
Iron hull survived several wrecks.
Built 1855 as
Image
as ALGERIAN from WL image database
Sources :
csqw,do2,clu,mmgl,sol,is,h,rp,nsp,hcgl
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Other names :
built as
Official no. :
none
Type at loss : sidewheel
paddle tug, wood
Build info :
1852, Eli Bates,
Specs :
199x27x9, 480 t.
Date of loss : 1862,
May 20
Place of loss :
near Port Burwell, Ont
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She sprang a leak and sank off
shore and washed to shallow water in one piece. Her crew was rescued by the new
tug WINSLOW. Her engine & boiler
were removed during 4 different salvage attempts in June & July. The
hull was finally abandoned Jul 21, though plans had been made to convert it
into a schooner. Hgl says this is the same vessel as 1880 loss of same name,
but in 1899 the Canadian gov’t authorized Frank Hackett to salvage her boiler
at the point shown. Owned by her master Capt. Edwards of
Converted to a large tug in
1860.
Sources :
nsp,sagl,wl,es
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Other names : ?
Official no. :
(none)
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
(1853, Vermillion, Oh)
Specs :
(216 t.)
Date of loss :
1859, prior to Nov 18
Place of loss :
East Sister Reef
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
corn
Detail :
Went ashore on the reef, stranded in 7 feet of water. The tug BRUCE and
the wrecker RELIEF tried to save her, but she was later reported abandoned (about Nov. 24), but
further attempts may have been made the
next spring to remove her.
Probably out of
Sources : nsp,jm,wl,wmhs
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————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2451
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, steam barge
Build info :
1867, Geo. Gardiner,
Specs :
152x27x14, 372g 295n
Date of loss :
1891, Jun 6
Place of loss :
foot of Rivard St. River Rouge [
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
300,000 ft white pine lumber
Detail : Burned to total loss while
being repaired. Her watchman reported the fire during the night and firemen
thought they had it out, but it reawakened and burned to a total wreck.
She was owned in
Rebuilt in 1871, then caught
fire and burned nearly to the waterline on her first trip out,
Sources :
lhl,hgl,mv,mpl,es,hcgl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2135
Type at loss :
schooner [sloop]- barge, wood,1-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1856, S. Tripp,
Specs :
140x29x10 306g 290n
Date of loss :
1902, Nov 29
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Left at anchor in
On
Rebuilt in 1876.
Completely dismasted in a
gale in 1856.
Sources :
nsp,stb,ns1,h,vbs,mh,ade
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, Thurston,
Specs :
151x24x8, 250 t.
Date of loss :
1863, Nov 18
Place of loss :
Salmon Point, north shore
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
7,500 bu wheat
Detail :
Bound for
Owned by Capt. Gaskin of
Rebuilt at
Sources :
clu,hgl,nsp,rnc,hcgl
————————————————————————±
Other names : none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1852, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs :
137x26x11, 372 t. om
Date of loss :
1862, Nov 2
Place of loss : “in
the vicinity of
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life :
22 [all, including 6 passengers]
Carrying :
general merchandise
Detail : Bound for
Stranded and thought to be a
total loss on May of 1856, but recovered in July. Major repairs in 1861.
Sources :
gs,hgl,osdo,(mmgl),nsp,rp,wl,hcgl,umr
————————————————————————±
BAY TRADER
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none*
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1873, John Glover, Port Rowan, Ont.
Specs :
113x22x7, 172gc
Date of loss :
1888, Jul 11
Place of loss : at
Clear Creek [Canadian side]
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wood
Detail :
Owned by
*Canadian registry says
"no official number allowed"
May have been recovered, as
an 1890 insurance lists says of her says
"wrecking lighter - requires repairs”
Sources :
mmgl,hg,hr,.clu,wl
————————————————————————±
BAYANNA
Other names :
built as
Official no. : C150811
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, self unloading bulker
Build info :
1896, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI hull #123 US# 107228
Specs :
249x42x17 1643g 963n
Date of loss : 1962,
Dec 1
Place of loss :
near Deseronto, Ont.,
Type of loss : struck obstruction
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and sank in shallow
water. Later raised but declared a constructive total loss after being brought
up in Dec, 1963. Gutted by fire in lieu of dismantling and cut up for scrap in 1964.
Sold Canadian, 1922, after an
accident on
Converted to a sandsucker at
Canandian Vickers,
Sources :
a&f,mmgl,sol,is,h,csv,osdo,mpl,hcgl
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BAYERSHER - See GEORGE J. WHELAN
————————————————————————±
BAYPORT
Other names :
built as tug FAIRPORT, renamed in 1945; renamed
Official no. : C171939
Type at loss :
propeller tug, steel, steam
Build info :
1914, Great Lakes Towing, Cleveland
Specs :
72x17x12, 65g 31n
Date of loss :
1959, Jun 22
Place of loss : at
Collingwood, Ont.
Type of loss : Towing Accident
Loss of life :
3 of 6
Carrying :
none
Detail : Hooked by her own tow cable to
steamer CAPT. C.D. SECORD, capsized and
sank. Exact position given as Lat 44 deg. 32'00"N, long 80 deg.
13'12" W, 160 deg., 300' from buoy #7. Owned by
Sold Canadian 1945.
Converted from steam to
diesel on raising.
Sources :
is(3-59,1-60),win,h,mmgl,hcgl
————————————————————————±
BEAGLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1843,
Specs :
90x17, 95 t.
Date of loss :
1849, Oct 10
Place of loss :
near Port Hope, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Wrecked near the wharf at Port Hope. It was expected that she would be
recovered, but in May of 1851 she was offered for public auction "as she
now lies at Port Hope."
Owned by Culcutt & Scott,
Cobourg, Ont.
Also wrecked near
Sources :
csv,wmn
————————————————————————±
JOHN BEAN, Jr.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
13764
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, lumber
Build info :
1867,
Specs :
106x24x8, 157g
Date of loss :
1886, Sep 30
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
While entering the harbor unter tow, she collided with a pier and sank
through mishandling. Lifesaving service rescued her crew, and the vessel was
later raised, though she had been considered a total loss.
Also sunk at
Sources :
mv,h,hgl,usls,nsp,hr
————————————————————————
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BEATRICE -
See also LULU BEATRICE
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BEATRICE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C83029
Type at loss :
propeller excursion boat and tug, wood
Build info :
1882, McDonnel, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs :
79x16x6 66gc 45nc
Date of loss :
1885, Dec 4 [also given as Apr 12 - 4/12 or 12/4]
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
?
Detail :
A fire started in her engine room, and she was burned to total loss.
Registry closed in July, 1886
Owned by Capt. J. Ellison,
she had the machinery from the 1867 Canadian tug BEAVER. Master: Capt. McGregor.
Caught fire on The St Clair
R. near
Another Canadian prop
BEATRICE [C#71118], built 1877 at Collingwood by M Cross as SANFORD DAVIE,
63x12x6, 31g 21n, reported burned about 1909.
Sources :
hgl,polk,mmgl,nsp,wmn
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IRENE BEAUCHINE
Other names :
built as J. L. MINER, renamed in 1928
Official no. :
76162
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1880, Ellenwood,
Specs :
54x14x6, 23g 12n
Date of loss :
1930, May 7
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She collided with the 260 foot motor tanker AMSTERDAM SCOCONY and sank
about 800 feet from the south pier light in
J. L. MINER was well- known
tug on the lakes for decades and was involved in a number of wrecks and
rescues.
Sources :
hcgl,mv,hr
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BEAUHARNOIS - See QUINTE
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BEAVER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none [British warship]
Type at loss :
armed sloop, wood
Build info :
ca. 1762
Specs : "small"
Date of loss :
1763, Aug 28
Place of loss : Cat
Fish Creek, 14 miles from the site of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
provisions, including pork and flour
Detail :
She was bound for
Sources :
nsp,hgl,www
————————————————————————±
BEAVER
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, passenger & freight
Build info :
1771
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1771
Place of loss : 2-3
mi W of harbor entrance at the site of
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life :
17
Carrying :
"valuable" cargo + passengers
Detail : Probably went down in a storm.
Member of Commodore Grant's fleet of exploration and trading vessels. Location of loss also given as
Sources :
h,ledc,www,hgl
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BEAVER
Other names : ?
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1848,
Specs :
200 t.
Date of loss :
1861
Place of loss : off
Nine Mile Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked.
Maybe wrecked L. Huron.
Sources :
slh ,hgl,hr not in
mmgl
————————————————————————±
BEAVERSTONE
Other names :
built as GEORGE W. CUYLER. Also
seen as
Official no. : C111809
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1880, F.W. Wheeler,
Specs :
69x15x6, 18t
Date of loss :
1926, May 23 (May 14 also given)
Place of loss :
Bustard Isl,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Blown ashore and destroyed by
waves near Grondine Pt. Owned by C. Beck
Manufacturing Co., Penetanguishene. The loss was blamed by local newspapers on
low water due to diversion of waer from
Sold Canadian 1902
*Location also given
as
Image as
CUYLER from TBRC collection
Sources :
win,lss,is,h,hr,rl,csv,wl,wmn
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B.H. BECKER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
231681
Type at loss :
Diesel packet
Build info :
1932,
Specs :
37x12x5, 19g 13n
Date of loss :
1937, Aug 10
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered in heavy seas, 9 mi N
of Oscoda, MI
Owned by Frank Becker in
1934, out of
Sources :
slh,sol,h ,mpl,hr,mv
————————————————————————±
PHILIP BECKER
Other names :
none
Official no. : C74214
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1876, J. Lerock,
Specs :
51x13x6, 29g 20n
Date of loss :
1879, Nov 17
Place of loss : 10
mi off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3 [all]*
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered in blizzard/gale. She
was working with 4 other tugs when sunk.
16 of 32 lives in the little fleet were
lost.
Sold Canadian in 1876, out of
*Crew actually transferred to
the dredge barge GORDON, which then sank with all hands.
Sources :
hgl,is,osdo,mmgl,h,nsp
————————————————————————±
R.H. BECKER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
56207
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk
freight
Build info :
1867, J. A. Johnson,
Specs :
108x23x7 141g 134n
Date of loss :
1908, May 1*
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Capsized and sank near shore in
a gale. Partially raised two weeks later to clear the harbor, dragged outside
and beached nearby to break up. Crew rescued by USLS.
*May 7 also given, 1st
is official
Had number of unrigged barge,
probably built as such
Sources :
ns1,h,lmdc,eas,hcgl,bw
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J.L. BECKWITH
Other names :
also seen as JAMES L BECKWITH
Official no. : C111802
Type at loss :
propeller packet, wood
Build info :
1873, Union Drydock Co.,
Specs :
67x23x8 61gc 33nc
Date of loss :
1912, Jul 26
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked, no detail. Out Sault Ste
Marie, Ont.
Used as a ferry and excursion
boat for early part of her career
Sold Canadian, 1901
Sources :
win,mmgl,gwgl,h,mv,mv,wl
————————————————————————±
JORDAN BEEBE, Jr.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
76246
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood, fish
Build info :
1881, R. Satimore,
Specs :
46x14x5, 21g 20n
Date of loss :
1893, Nov 20
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss. Owned
by Port Huron Fish Co. Document surrendered Dec 29.
Converted from a schooner to
tug by her original builder in 1883-4.
Sources :
nsp,vbs,svv,phr,hgl
————————————————————————±
ALICE M. BEERS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
382
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info :
1864, Z. Pangborn, Algonac
Specs :
105x25x10 154g 147n
Date of loss :
1902, Sep 4
Place of loss : off
docks at Glen Arbor, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Hove to off the docks in a
gale, but slipped her anchor and drove onto channel marker. Holed and drifted
shore, where she later broke up. Bound
Sunk near Manistee in 1875.
Rebuilt, 1888
Sources :
nsp,is,ns1,h,lmdc,sb,nb,hgl,wl,hcgl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
140840
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1886, F. Behm, Grand Haven, MI
Specs :
59x16x6 34g 32n
Date of loss :
1900
Place of loss : off
Port
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Caught fire well offshore and
destroyed. Document surrendered at
Sources :
phr,slh,mv,mpl,mar,hcgl
————————————————————————
ETTA BELL - See
ETTA BELLE
————————————————————————±
JANE BELL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
12782
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1862,
Specs :
1388x12, 374g (447 t om)
Date of loss :
1880, Sep 7
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She was driven ashore by a
storm while bound Escanaba,
Ashore and seriously damaged
on
Several sources say she was
lost in Sep or Oct, 1881, on western
Sources :
hgl,lmdc,usls,mpl,mv,hcgl,nsp,wgts
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LAURA BELL
Other names :
also seen as LAURA BELLE
Official no. :
15723
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1870, Bailey Bros.,
Specs :
133x26x13, 269gt
Date of loss :
1883, Sep 7
Place of loss : off
Shot Point, E of Marquette
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Stranded and became a total
loss, breaking her back after resting for several days astride a large boulder.
Hailed from
Heavily damaged in a
grounding in
Rebuilt, 1883.
Sources :
gwgl,lssc,lss,h,polk,usls,sip,nsp,hr
————————————————————————
LAURIE BELL - See LAURIE BELLE
(under “L’s”)
————————————————————————±
LIZZIE BELL
Other names :
also seen as LIZZIE BELLE
Official no. :
15146
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1866, G. Johnson,
Specs :
77x19x6, 59g
Date of loss :
1870 or 1878
Place of loss :
unreported
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered
at
Sources :
phr,mv,hr
————————————————————————±
MATTIE C. BELL
Other names :
none
Official no. : 91420
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1882, T. Arnold,
Specs :
181x33x11, 769g 742n
Date of loss :
1895, Nov 25
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : 900 t. coal
Detail : In tow of the steamer JIM
SHERRIFS(qv), she stranded in a fall gale and broke up, a total loss. The crew
was rescued. A concerted salvage effort lasted into the following summer and
included offloading her cargo and filling her with cedar to make her float, but
she was finally abandoned. Her document was surrendered at
Sources :
phr,hgl,mv,vbs,wb,wgts,nsp
————————————————————————±
BELLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
steamer, wood
Build info :
1850, J. W. Banta,
Specs :
142x22x8, 240 t
Date of loss :
1852, May
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She foundered in a storm.
Sources :
lhl,hgl,wl
————————————————————————±
BELLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1848, Wm. Lent, Conneaut, Oh.
Specs :
100x26x10, 276 t. om
Date of loss :
1860, Sep 30
Place of loss :
near Bailey's Harbor, Wisc.
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
11,300 bu. corn
Detail :
Bound
*also given as
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wmhs,wl,whs
————————————————————————±
BELLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2159
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, packet
Build info :
1860, B.M. Hagedorn,
Specs :
91x10x8, 129 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Nov 20
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She caught fire offshore in a
gale. Her crew and the single passenger
abandoned in the yawl, but it capsized and two
were lost. Survivors were picked up by the brig C.J. HUTHINSON later.
She had been bound
Sources :
lhl,hgl,nsp,mpl,bb,mdwl,hcgl,hr
————————————————————————±
BELLE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C83153
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1866, A. Shaw, Port Dover, Ont.
Specs :
61x15x6, 40gc 40nc
Date of loss :
1886, Dec 8
Place of loss :
unreported
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned while frozen in at anchor.
Total loss.
A 65 t. vessel of this name
foundered near Port Dalhousie in Nov, 1887 [h]
Sources :
mmgl
————————————————————————±
BELLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2242
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1856, Bates & Son,
Specs :
95x25x7 104g 99n
Date of loss :
1908, Dec 12
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Tow of the steamer F.W.
FLETCHER she broke her towline in big waves & foundered. 52 years of age at loss.
Image as
schooner from TBRC collection
Sources :
eas,nsp,mv,h,lmdc,hcgl
————————————————————————
————————————————————————±
AUGUSTA BELMONT
Other names :
also seen as AUGUST BELMONT, AUGUSTE BELMONT
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847,
Specs :
208 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Nov (14)
Place of loss : near
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
Bound
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wmhs,wl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2139
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1862, E. M. Beckwith,
Specs : 93x23x7,
105 t.
Date of loss :
1881, Nov 19
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Collided with a pier while
coming into
Also stranded near
Rebuilt, 1874
Sources :
mv,lmdc,hgl,nsp,hr
————————————————————————*
Other names :
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2 mast
Build info : 1848, Ashman,
Specs : 60 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Dec 14
Place of loss : off
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 [all]
Carrying : wood
Detail : Bound for
The vessel may have been recovered, as some reports of later
ownership have been found.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wmn,tbms
————————————————————————±
A.
J. BEMIS
Other names :
none?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1859, Buffalo
Specs :
49t
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 15
Place of loss : 6
mi from Alpena, 3/4 mi offshore
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Caught fire while underway, ran
for shore but sank 3/4 mi short. Fire
originated under boiler. Master: Capt. Barrington.
Sources :
nsp,slh,lh not in '69 mvus,
wl,mmgl or lhl
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CAROLINE A. BEMIS
Other names :
also seen as C. A. BEMIS
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood
Build info :
1850,
Specs :
207 t., om
Date of loss :
1854, Sep 30
Place of loss : ca.
halfway between Cleveland and Pt. Pelee, near Black R.,
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
200 t. coal
Detail :
Bound
Sources : nsp,jm,wl ,wmhs
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E.
S. J. BEMIS
Other names :
also seen as E. St. JOHN BEMIS
Official no. :
7328
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855,
Specs :
119x25x10, 294 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1870, Sep 20
Place of loss : 15
mi off Port Rowan, Ont
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
14,000 bu wheat
Detail :
Bound
Owned by John Stewart of
Sources : nsp,rsl,mv,wmn,ec,jm
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PHILO S. BEMIS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19684
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1859, D. Bell,
Specs :
50x12x6, 29 gt 16 nt
Date of loss :
1879
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned at her dock. Repairs were begun, but abandoned
before completion.
homeport: Alpena
Burned nearly to a total loss near Plough's Fishery,
about 6 miles from Alpena, in Sep of 1872.
She was an odd-looking tug
with sloping cabin walls and wheel forward of the cabin, originally an
Sources :
mv,rkr,slh,lhl,hgl,nsp,wl,hcgl
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Other names :
built as M. C. UPPER, renamed 1889
Official no. :
3411
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, wrecker
Build info :
1874, Walkerly, Dunville, Ont.
Specs :
138x26x11, 315 g 298 n
Date of loss : 1890,
Nov 8
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Had been purchased for and was
attempting to salvage the schooner M.E. TREMBLE (qv) when she was rammed and
sunk by the towed schooner-barge
Owned by Murphy Wrecking, which
was initially formed just to remove the TREMBLE.
Sources :
nsp,slh,is,hgl,st,wmhs,mv,hr
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E.G. BENEDICT
Other names :
none
Official no. : C61132
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1869, H. Rathbun & Son, Mill Point, Ont.
Specs :
105x26x8 ft, 155 t
Date of loss :
1891, Nov 19
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : elm bolts
Detail : Bound Smith’s Dock for
Sources :
mmgl,sagl,ledc,hgl,nsp
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BENECIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2575
Type at loss :
sloop, wood
Build info :
1872, Galloo Isl., NY
Specs :
21g 15n
Date of loss :
1883, May
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She had been fighting a losing
battle with a storm while at anchor, so she attempted to raise her hook and put
into
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wmhs
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J.W. BENNETT
Other names :
built as JAMES W. BENNETT, renamed in 1913
Official no. :
C131055
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1876, Squires, Huron, OH [
Specs : 91x18x9,
107gc 73nc
Date of loss : 1915, Oct 19
Place of loss :
Type of loss : wrecked
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Reportedly wrecked near Porphryry Lighthouse and
a total loss. However, her documentation was not closed until 1923 and there is
some evidence that she may have survived.
Sold Canadian in 1913.
Five lives were lost aboard
her in Nov, 1876, when she ran aground on Epoufette Shoal. The victims had gone
to the cabin above the boailer to keep warm when a steam valve broke, filling
the cabin with live steam and smothering them.
Sunk in a collision with the
steamer SAUGATUCK in upper
Sources :
mpl,mmgl,hcgl,wmn,nsp,tbms
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Other names :
none?
Official no. :
162596
Type at loss :
wrecking barge, wood, unrigged
Build info :
1891,
Specs :
250 t
Date of loss :
1908, Sep 5
Place of loss : off
Whitefish Point
Type of loss :
hull failure?
Loss of life :
2 of 2
Carrying :
none
Detail : Suddenly foundered in fair
weather while under tow. Bound
Owned by Reid wrecking.
Sources :
mv,eas,phr,lssc,gwgl,lss,wmhs
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C.B. BENSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
125266
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1873, J Duff, Port Clinton, OH
Specs :
136x26x13, 299g 284n
Date of loss :
1893, Oct 14
Place of loss :
Gravelly Bay, near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She was wrecked by a storm and
sank in 80 feet of water at
Ashore for over a month after
an Oct, 1877 storm.
Sailed the
Schooner KATE WINSLOW, owned
by same company, was lost
Sources :
nsp,wb,is(2-60),h,mv,ledc,hgl,wes,hcgl,ewe
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JAMES R. BENSON
Other names :
also seen as J. R. BENSON
Official no. :
C85413
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
1873, L. Shickluna, St. Catharine’s, Ont. as a schooner
Specs :
139x24x12, 370 t.
Date of loss :
1899, Jun 20
Place of loss : off
Cedar Point,
Type of loss :
sank
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
802 t. coal
Detail :
Bound
Also capsized and foundered
on
Sources : nsp,hgl,polk,es,jb,hr,es
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JAMES R. BENTLEY
Other names :
none shows in '69 mvus as JAMES
R. BENTLY
Official no. :
12720
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1867, Bailey Bros.,
Specs :
170 ft, 575 t.
Date of loss :
1878, Nov 12
Place of loss : off
40-mile Point, eastern Straits of Mackinac
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Bound
Wreck was located in 1984.
Sources :
mv,hgl,slh,ssm,mpl
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JOHN BENTLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : C?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3 mast
Build info :
1873, Rathbun [Jamieson - master carpenter], Mill Point, Ont
Specs :
150x29x12, 518 t.
Date of loss :
1886, Oct
Place of loss : off
Cabbage Head,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Driven ashore
by a squall and a total loss, despite a serious effort
to rescue her. Owned by William Hall
Had a close call with a storm
and was rescued by the USLS in Sept of the previous year.
Sources :
slh,hgl,usls,hr,tbms
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
2145
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1867, Hitchcock & Gibson,
Specs :
152x28x9 308g 159n
Date of loss :
1909, Aug 1
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
unfinished wooden automobile parts
Detail : Burned at the Ford Rouge plant
while unloading partially finished wood auto parts.
Ashore with damage on S Bass
Isl,
Image
early in career - same source
Sources :
nsp,ns1,mv,mv,mpl,hcgl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
2161
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1854, S. Ruggles,
Specs :
112x25x11, 214 t. [270t. om]
Date of loss :
1877, Nov. 8
Place of loss :
Burnt Cabin Pt., near Pte Aux Barques
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
4 of 6
Carrying :
limestone
Detail : Bound
Capsized in the Straits of
Mackinac in a squall in late April, 1861, crew all safe. Recovered by the
wrecking tug LEVIATHAN.
Sources :
nsp,slh,sol,h,lhdc,mv,hgl,usls,es,ec
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1856, Phelps, Ruddock & Co.,
Specs :
100 ft., 74 t.
Date of loss : 1870,
Nov 24
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Destroyed by fire. Owned by Morse & Paige,
Stranded at the same place
Sources :
eas,lhl,nsp,whs
————————————————————————
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
2100
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1869, G. Goble,
Specs :
138x26x12, 394t
Date of loss :
1870, Oct 9
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Sank in almost the same spot in
November of '69. Raised July '70 and rebuilt and was on her 1st trip when cast
into the shallows. She was tied up to trees ashore, but suddenly foundered when
the bank gave way. At first it was reported that no lives had been lost. Master
and owner: Capt. P. Turney.
Raised again in 1883, but
abandoned in 1884 without repair even though she was lying above water at
Sources :
nsp,ms,gwgl,is,osdo,tel,lss,hgl,mpl,rp
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. : C72701
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1868, J. Tait, Sophiasburg, (Robbins Cove, Long Reach,) Ont.
Specs :
96x23x8, 160 t
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 6
Place of loss : off
Port Granby, Ont. [False Ducks]
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
9000 bu. barley
Detail : Grounded intentionally when she
began to leak, the vessel and Carrying
becoming a total loss on the rocky shore. Bound
Registered out of
Sources :
nsp,csqw,h,mmgl
————————————————————————±
LOTTA BERNARD
Other names :
none name actually consists of
two first names
Official no. :
15635
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood,
"rabbit" freighter
Build info :
1869, W & L Jackson, Port Clinton, OH [fitted out at
Specs :
125x20x7, 147 t. [190 t. old
measure]
Date of loss :
1874, Oct 29
Place of loss : off
Encampment Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
general merch
Detail : Foundered in a terrific gale while
bound Silver Islet for
Sources :
nsp,lss,gwgl,is,www,hgl,mpl,hcgl
————————————————————————±
FRANCES BERRIMAN
Other names :
none also spelled FRANCIS
Official no. :
120067
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast (also described as a bark, in error)
Build info :
1872, Parsons & Humble,
Specs :
180x33x14, 669 t.
Date of loss :
1877, May 7
Place of loss : 10
mi off Sturgeon Pt., MI
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
2 of 10
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Bound
Sources :
nsp,slh,hgl,usls,mv,es,hr
————————————————————————
————————————————————————
BERTIE - See GOSSOON
————————————————————————±
JACOB BERTSCHY
Other names :
none also seen as JACOB BETSCHY
and J. BERTSCHY
Official no. :
75124
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1867, A.C. Stokes,
Specs :
140x27x9, 467 t.
Date of loss :
1879, Sep 3
Place of loss :
just W of Grindstone City, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 51
Carrying :
wheat & shingles
Detail : She was sheltering in Port
Austin harbor when the wind shifted and she began to pound heavily. Made for
open water, but sprang a leak and was run for the beach under a bluff to save
her passengers and crew. Enroute she
shipped so much water that her fires were doused and she lost steam, went on a
reef and wrecked. Pte Aux Barques Lifesaving crew took her people off by lifeboat after a terrific struggle.
BERTSCHY was totally destroyed by the storm. Bound
Suffered over $10,000 damage
in a fire at Depere,
Sources :
mv,slh,h,lhdc,lhl,hgl,usls,mpl,nsp,hr
————————————————————————±
Other names :
built as R. C. CRAWFORD, renamed CAPT. GEORGE W. NAUGHTIN in 1883,
Official no. :
21585
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1866, Chas. Hinman,
Specs :
132x29x10 269g 238n
Date of loss :
1908, Nov 25
Place of loss : 2
mi from Pilot Isl. Light, Death's Door
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Caught by a sudden gale, she
stranded and broke up on a reef. Tow of steamer WALTER
*Builder also given as Smith
& Butterfield.
Major repairs in 1880, 1884
Sources :
nsp,ns1,lmdc,mv,eas,mpl,hcgl,wgts
————————————————————————±
Other names :
built as JUSTIN R. WHITING renamed in 1885
Official no. :
46130
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1875, Langell,
Specs :
178x28x16, 590g
Date of loss :
1889, Oct 5
Place of loss : off
North end of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She and consort
She was rebuilt from WHITING
to
Sources :
nsp,gwgl,h,ks,mv,eas,lss,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,df,hr
————————————————————————±
Other names :
built as E.P. WILBUR, renamed in 1904
Official no. :
135984
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, package freight
Build info :
1888, Globe Shipbuilding,
Specs :
290x41x14, 2633g 1902n
Date of loss :
1910, Sep 23
Place of loss : SW
side of S. Manitou Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
general merch
Detail : Went ashore in gale. Lifesavers
and crew unloaded her over several days. Battered by several storms while
ashore. Local sources say she broke up in place, but she was actually pulled
off and repaired at
Sold for the Atlantic trade
in 1917, scrapped in 1923.
Sources :
is(1-61),smi,hcgl
————————————————————————±
BETTY L
Other names :
built as S.S. RUMAGE, renamed CHARLIE O. SMITH ('93), last name in '29
Official no. :
22380
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1863, Quayle & Martin,
Cleveland
Specs :
74x16x8, 64g 39n
Date of loss :
1929, Nov 6
Place of loss : at
Wallaceburg, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to total loss at her
dock.
Image
as SMITH from TBRC database
Sources :
lhl,phr,mv,mpl,jb,eas,hcgl
————————————————————————
BIDE-A-WEE - See
BRIDGEBUILDER X
————————————————————————±
BIG Z.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1844, Z. Wright,
Specs :
112x20x9, 168 t. om
Date of loss :
1859, Feb 9
Place of loss : 5
mi S of Sheboygan, WI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She was driven ashore by a storm and broken up.
Rebuilt and enlarged in 1848
at
Sunk at
Sources :
bb,wl,hgl,bcw,whs,hr
————————————————————————±
J.
BIGLER
Other names :
none also shown as JOHN BIGLER
Official no. :
12785
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1866, J.M. Jones,
Specs :
144x26x12, 344g 327n
Date of loss :
1884, Sep 3
Place of loss : off
Lower Entry to Keweenaw Waterway, about 10 mi N of Huron Isls.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
stone
Detail : Bound Nipigon for
Major repairs in 1878
Sources :
mv,lss,ks,osdo,df,hr,nsp
————————————————————————
ROSAMUND BILLETE - See HOWARD S. GERKEN
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none also seen as
Official no. :
17618
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast [scow hull]
Build info :
1867,
Specs :
125x26x10, 226g 215n
Date of loss :
1891, Oct 9
Place of loss : at
Lime-Kiln Crossing
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound for
Sources :
phr,polk,mv,hgl,wl,es
————————————————————————±
P.H. BIRCKHEAD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
20400
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1870, D. Lester,
Specs :
157x28x13 495g 222n
Date of loss :
1905, Sep 30
Place of loss : off
docks at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none of 13
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She had been towed in to Alpena
the previous day with a blown cylinder head.
After repairs, she was pulling away from the dock when she caught fire,
burned to waterline and sank in the Bay.
Bound
Unusual twin tandem arch
construction [double arches built into
hull on both sides] and built with twin compound engines running a single
shaft.
Sources :
nsp,stb,slh,ns1,mv,lhdc,mpl,eas,hcgl
————————————————————————±
BIRDIE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
3143
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1881,
Specs :
47x11x3, 13g 12n
Date of loss :
1892, Oct 7 or 9
Place of loss : in
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She dragged ashore and wrecked
in a gale. She was purchased where she
sat in November in hope of salvage, but finally given up as lost the following
summer.
Some official lists show her
built in 1878.
Sources :
phr,slh,h,hgl,usls
————————————————————————±
BIRMINGHAM
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1843, Vermillion, Oh
Specs :
138 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Dec 4
Place of loss :
Horseshoe Reef, in front of Buffalo harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Bound Erie for Buffalo, she went on the reef in a snowstorm. Sources
disagree as to whether she was recovered or destroyed. The loss was $4000,
about the value of the ship.
Sources :
wmn,hgl,wmhs
————————————————————————±
H.B. BISHOP
Other names :
also seen as HENRY C. BISHOP
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1846, Jacob W Banta, Buffalo
Specs :
122x25x9, 264t
Date of loss :
1852, Oct
Place of loss :
Nottawasaga Harbor, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Driven over a bar and into
shallows by storm. She was at Nottawasaga to prove that the harbor was
navigable to larger schooners. Her remains were still visible on the beach for
at least 100 years.
Sources :
tfgl,slh,hgl,rnc
————————————————————————
BISHOP’S
DERRICK – See DERRICK
————————————————————————±
BISMARCK
Other names : perhaps BISMARK
Official no. :
(none)
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
(1871, Andrews & Son, Port Dalhousie)
Specs :
(131x26x12 322gc 303nc)
Date of loss :
1878, Sep 13
Place of loss :
near Port Credit, Ont
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : May have been re