©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
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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
Racine, WI (also given in error as near Chicago or Milwaukee)
Lake : Michigan
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, Chicago
Builder Bates was
from Milan, OH, but built her in Canada.
Seized by U.S. for
violation of shipping laws in 1852 and became an American bottom.
Rebuilt in 1861,
repaired in 1865.
Sources :
hgl,lhl,mpl,bb,rsl,nsp,hr
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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 Grassy Island
Lake : Detroit R.
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 Cleveland, former Gilchrist boat at the time
of this accident. Recovered under U.S. Govt contract, sold Canadian in 1919 and
dismantled in 1929.
Had operated on
the eastern seaboard for some years.
Burned and
declared total loss after going ashore near Ashland, WI,Sep 24-5, 1905.
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, Ft. Howard, Wis
Specs : 80x21x4,
65g
Date of loss : 1899, Oct 24
Place of loss : off Cedar River, Michigan
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cedar ties
Detail :
She was bound for Sturgeon Bay or Menominee when she began to fill.
Despite her crew's efforts to pump her out for the next 12 hours, she
eventually foundered. The crew was taken off by local fishermen before she went
down. Master: Capt. Aldrich. Owned at Green Bay.
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, Duluth
[US#165842]
Specs :
140(oa)x36x12, 334 t.
Date of loss :
1929, Nov or Dec
Place of loss :
Point Abino, Ont. [near Buffalo]
Lake : Erie
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,hr,mv
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BADGER STATE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2134
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1853, James M. Jones, Milwaukee (often seen in error as Buffalo)
Specs :
150x28x12, 302 t
Date of loss :
1870, Nov 16
Place of loss : off
Sleeping Bear Pt.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
240 cords wood
Detail :
Bound Grand Traverse Bay for Chicago, she stranded and wrecked on the
tip of Sleeping Bear dune. Homeport: Chicago
Built on a
salt-water model. Rebuilt and strengthened in 1862
Sources :
nb,smi,hgl, soundings,nsp,rsl
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BADGER STATE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2111
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1862, Mason & Bidwell, Buffalo
Specs :
213x33x17 802g 494n
Date of loss :
1909, Dec 6
Place of loss : at
Marine City, MI
Lake : St Clair R
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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BADGER STATE
Other names : none
Official no. :
224114
Type at loss :
propeller tug, oil screw, wood
Build info :
1924, I. H. Larsen, Marinette, WI
Specs :
60x14x9, 45g 30n
Date of loss :
1939, Nov 9
Place of loss : off
Northport, MI, Grand Traverse Bay [also given as Northport, WI]
Lake : Michigan
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 Chicago.
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, Conneaut, OH as
2-mast schooner
Specs :
129x30x10 264g 259n
Date of loss :
1903, Jun 11
Place of loss :
Cleveland, OH
Lake : Erie
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 Marinette, Wis., enlarged, converted 2-mast to 3.
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, Oswego, NY as a 3-mast schooner
Specs :
136x26x13 333g 317n
Date of loss :
1903, late May
Place of loss :
Windmill Point, Ont.
Lake : Erie
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 Chicago to Buffalo with her towmate YANKEE
and cut down to a stone barge. Owned by Hughes Bros. & Bangs, Buffalo,
contractors on the Buffalo breakwater.
Also reported
total loss in storm on Huron 9/17/93 , and reported foundered near Alpena in
1895.
One source says
she was lost on Cleveland breakwater in 1903 and others she was abandoned in
1904.
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
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Reported ashore and total loss.
Major repair in
1864
Sources :
nsp,rsl,hgl,wl
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DANIEL E. BAILEY - See IRON CITY
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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, Saugatuck, Mich
Specs :
130x26x10, 196g 186n
Date of loss :
1884, Oct (26 or 8)
Place of loss : at
Gill's Pier
Lake : Michigan
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 Milwaukee
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 Ludington, MI
Specs :
52x16x5, 30 t
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 1
Place of loss : St.
Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
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
Milwaukee.
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
Oakville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered.
Out of Toronto
Sources :
win,mmgl
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BAKER probably W.L. BAKER
Other names : ?
Official no. :
(80985)
Type at loss :
schooner, wood or dredge
Build info :
(1883, W. L. Baker, Ashtabula, OH)
Specs :
(51x15x4, 19 g, 18n)
Date of loss :
1890, Nov 8
Place of loss : off
Ahnapee, WI [18 mi S of Minorville]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
?
Detail : Capsized in gale.
Sources :
nsp,mv,hgl,bb,mpl,hr
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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
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
stone
Detail :
Sprung a leak and sunk by a gale near Sandusky. Reported at the end of the year as a total
loss.
Out of Cleveland,
owned by Blanchard. Master: Capt. Goldsmith?
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, Milan, OH
Specs :
122x25x10, 224g 215n
Date of loss :
1888, Oct 1
Place of loss :
near Pelee Isl.
Lake : Erie
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,
Marine City
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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H. P. BALDWIN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
11199
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1866, J.M. Jones, Detroit, MI as a bark
Specs :
178x33x12 495g 470n
Date of loss :
1908, Aug 27
Place of loss : 1
mi N of Indiana Shoals
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Capsized and foundered in a
gale. Owned by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, Chicago.
Heavily damaged in
stranding near Cleveland in December 1881.
Ashore on Kelley's
Island with heavy damage in 1883.
Stranded at
Marblehead, OH, Nov 1893.
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. BALDWIN
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 Twin River, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
While outbound from Chicago, she went ashore.
Out of Chicago
Also wrecked and
abandoned at Conneaut in 1845. Rebuilt afterwards.
Sources : nsp,wl,jm,wmn
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S.C. BALDWIN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
23957
Type at loss :
unrigged barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1871, Campbell & Owen, Detroit as propeller bulker hull# 13
Specs :
160x30x11 413g 356n
Date of loss :
1908, Aug 27
Place of loss :
Twin River Point, WI
Lake : Michigan
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 :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1861, Grand Rapids, MI
Specs :
142x21x5 123t
Date of loss :
1876, Oct 19
Place of loss : Bay
City, MI
Lake : Huron
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 Port Huron Jan 14,
1879. May have been recovered.
Owned by A. Root
of E. Saginaw at time of loss
Sources :
eas,phr,lhl,nsp,hr
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M. BALLARD
Other names :
also seen as MARY BALLARD
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
Lake : Ontario
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 Cleveland. He was lost with her. The ship hailed from Detroit.
Major repairs in
1864.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl,rsl
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DAVID BALLENTINE - See QUITO
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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 Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
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
Georgian Bay and wrecked in 1853. Rebuilt at Wallaceburg.
May have capsized
with loss of her entire crew off Waukegan, Ill, in May of 1852
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, Buffalo, as steamer, see below
Specs :
224x30x12, 618 t. (825t as prop)
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 29
Place of loss : off
Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
?
Detail : Tow of tug MOORE with 3 other
barges in a heavy gale, she broke her towline and tried to set sail, but was
overwhelmed. Crew launched her boat but were all drowned.
Some sources show
this loss at Thunder Bay, MI , but this is an error..
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
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
Lake : Michigan
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. Waterbury, Wellington Sq., Ont.
Specs :
106x22x10, 184g, 164n
Date of loss :
1894, Nov 24
Place of loss : in
Oswego, NY, harbor
Lake : Ontario
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 Oswego.
Out of Hamilton,
Ont.
One source says
she was the Oswego-built schooner of 1854.
Rebuilt, 1874
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, St. Catharines, Ont.
Specs :
182x28x12, 1324gc 832nc
Date of loss :
1895, Sep 5 Several sources
say she burned 1896, in error.
Place of loss : at
Collingwood, Ont.
Lake : Huron
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 CLIFTON.
*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 Canada
Official no. :
C195748
Type at loss :
powered (fishing) boat, wood, 1-mast
Build info :
1918, Lysekil, Sweden
Specs :
46x18x5, 25gc 17nc
Date of loss :
1956, Aug
Place of loss :
lagoon behind Algonquin Island, Toronto
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm?
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She sank in the lagoon in Toronto Islands during this period and was
never recovered. Her remains are still visible below the surface. Owned by R.
G. Turner, Ward's Island.
She came to
Canada, probably in the 1940's, bringing refugees from the Baltic states
fleeing the new Communist regimes there.
Sources :
go
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BALTIMORE - See also PATRICIA McQUEEN
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BALTIMORE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger/package freight
Build info :
1847, A. Keating, Monroe, MI
Specs :
170x22x11, 513t [om]
Date of loss :
1855, Sep 18
Place of loss :
near the Government pier at Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn and misc supplies
Detail : Bound Chicago for the new Soo
Canal and Lake Superior. Ran into a gale so violent that soon waves were
washing right over her decks. One particulaly large one smashed her forward
cabin and toppled one of her stacks, causing great danger from fire. Disabled,
she tried to put in to Sheboygan, but struck bottom after one of her anchor
chains broke. Drove ashore and settled
in shallow water, later broken up by
wave action. Master: Capt. J. A. Reed.
Sources :
eas,is(2-60),is,lmdc,less,hgl,nsp,mpl
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BALTIMORE
Other names :
built as ESCANABA, renamed in 1899
Official no. :
135487
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1881, Linn & Craig, Gibraltar, MI
Specs :
201x36x20 1161g 918n
Date of loss : 1901,
May 24
Place of loss : SE
of AuSable, MI
Lake : Huron
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 Thunder Bay in a gale. She
turned back for Tawas, but didn’t quite make it. Maybe towing a steam drill and
a lighter. Master: Capt. Morton H. Place(d). Engine & boiler recovered in
Oct & Nov, 1901, most of the rest of her gear brought up in 1903.
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, Pt. Peninsula, NY
Specs :
79x20x8, 114 t.
Date of loss :
1842, Nov 19
Place of loss : at
the harbor mouth of St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
salt, apples and merchandise
Detail :
arriving off the harbor from Buffalo in a gale, she struck the north
pier, then drifted ashore near the south pier, where she reportedly broke up. She was a total loss of $2,700. Owned by
Wheeler & Porter and her skipper, Capt.Boulton, all of St. Joseph
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 :
1864, Monroe, Mich
Specs : 77x21x6,
75 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 4
Place of loss : at
Sturgeon Bay, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wood
Detail :
Had just set sail for Racine when her rudder broke in heavy seas. Her
skipper attempted to make it back to port steering with canvas alone, but
missed the harbor entrance and drove ashore. Owned by Nelson & Schultz.
Master: Capt. John Stokes.
Sources :
polk,bb,wgts,mv,hr
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BANNER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2155
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1847, Lent, Conneaut, OH as a
brig
Specs :
140x28x10, 289gt.
Date of loss :
1888, Nov 8
Place of loss :
Fish Point [Point Au Sable] near Oscoda, MI
Lake : Huron
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
Mt. Clemens, owned by her master, Capt. Webb.
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, Onekama, Mich
Specs :
81x24x7, 92g 88n
Date of loss :
1897, Aug 19
Place of loss : off
Little Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
109 cords bark
Detail :
Bound Manistee for Milwaukee, she capsized in a squall. Her crew made it
into her yawl, but drifted 22 hours before being picked up by the steamer FRED
PABST. She was later towed into Manistee
by the tug IRMA L. WHEELER but was in very poor condition. No record that she
ever ran again.
Owned by Capt.
Pederson, Milwaukee.
Sources :
wmn,hgl,wmhs,bb,mv,nsp,hr
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BANNOCKBURN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C102093
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1893, Dixon & Co.,
Middlesborough, England
Specs :
245x40x21 1620gc 1035nc
Date of loss :
1902, Nov 22
Place of loss :
Mid-lake
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life :
21 [all]
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Sailed out from Ft. William
into a storm and was never seen again. One of her lifeboats later found ashore.
Her loss is one of the big mysteries of the Big Lake. For many years, sailors
claimed to see her running without
lights on stormy nights, looking in vain for some safe port. Owned by Montreal
Transportation Co., Montreal. Master; Capt. George R. Wood(d).
Sources :
nsp,gwgl,gs,is(4-73),lol,sol,wm2,ns1,csv,mmgl,hcgl,wl
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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, Portsmouth, Ont.
Specs :
119x18x3, 166t
Date of loss :
1861, Aug 21
Place of loss :
Timber Isl., near False Ducks Isls. Location also given as
"off South Bay."
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 of 11
Carrying :
wheat,flour & butter
Detail : Bound Lake Erie for Montreal,
she foundered after engine failure [broken shaft] in a storm left her helpless.
One passenger died, crew made it to Timber Island. Registry not closed until
1876. Owned by Howard & Rowe of Quebec. Master: Capt. McCree.
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
Lake : Huron
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 Huron
City, MI. 3 crew swam to the barges and were rescued by helicopter, 1 drowned.
Owned by Ryba
Marine Construction, Cheboygan, MI
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, Oswego, NY
Specs :
136x26x11 298g 283n
Date of loss :
1898, Oct 25
Place of loss :
near Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
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
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J. BARBER
Other names :
also seen as JOE BARBER
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 Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
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 St. Joseph for Chicago, she went
down in about 80 feet of water. Owned by Capt. Selah Dustin of Detroit Master:
Capt. James F. Snow.
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, Detroit
Specs :
73x19x5, 53g
Date of loss :
1868, Dec 5
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : "lost"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Built for the
lumber-coal trade, Saginaw and Cleveland. Document surrendered 12/17/1878 at
Port Huron, annotated "lost
12-5-1868." This may be an error, supposed to read"12-5-78" as
official number were not assigned to schrs by the date of her loss. Vessel also
shows on 1871 insurance list.
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, Lockport, NY
Specs :
69x15x7, 51g 26n
Date of loss :
1890, Nov 10
Place of loss : St.
Louis R. near Duluth Harbor
Lake : Superior
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, Manitowoc, Wis
Specs :
150x36x12, 546 t.
Date of loss :
1961, May 24
Place of loss :
outer harbor at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
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
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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.], Superior, WI
Specs :
276x36x19, .1295g 1231n
Date of loss :
1898, Nov 10 (1899 often given, in error)
Place of loss :
Cleveland Harbor
Lake : Erie
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, Cleveland for Duluth, and was in tow of the
tug ALVA B, when she broke loose and rammed the breakwater, sinking quickly. Her crew was rescued by the U.S. Lifesaving
Service with much difficulty. She was at first thought to have gone completely
to pieces very quickly, since only fragments of her were found, but it was
later discovered that she had drifted underwater more than 500 feet from where
she had gone down. Owned by American Steel Barge Co. she was the first whaleback
to become a total loss in a lakes accident.
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.], W. Superior, WI
Specs :
256x36x19, 1169g 1111n
Date of loss :
1899, Dec 18
Place of loss : Pic
Isl. near Marathon, Ont.
Lake : Superior
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.], Superior, WI
Specs :
292x36x22, 1311g 1266n
Date of loss :
1902, Oct 13
Place of loss : off
Vermilion Point, MI
Lake : Superior
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, Peshtigo, Wis
Specs :
135x35x10, 410g
Date of loss :
1900, May 15
Place of loss :
Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
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
Milwaukee shippers.
Sources :
h,nsp,wmhs,bb,nsp,hr
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BARGE NO. 1
Other names :
none
Official no. :
67313
Type at loss :
barge, wood, RR ferry-barge, 28 car
Build info :
1895, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City, MI
hull #70
Specs :
310x44x12 1544g 1463n
Date of loss :
1918, Nov 8
Place of loss :
North Point, Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
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 Chicago (see also BARGE NO 2)
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, W. Bay City
hull #71
Specs :
310x44x12 1548g 1462n
Date of loss :
1906, Sep 9 (also given as Sep 29)
Place of loss :
Chicago Harbor
Lake : Michigan
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 Calumet Harbor. Dynamited by Corps of
Engineers in Aug of the same year. RR cars which she had aboard were recovered
in Oct, 1906.
She and No.1(qv)
were biggest barges in the world when built
Sources :
nsp,glc,is,vbs,mpl,eas
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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, Toledo, OH
hull# 70
Specs :
306x47x12, 1581 t
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 12.
Place of loss :
near Long Point
Lake : Erie
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, Toledo
hull# 71
Specs :
306x47x12, 1581 t.
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 12
Place of loss :
near Long Point
Lake : Erie
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, Perry, OH
Specs :
104x23x8 122g 116n
Date of loss :
1902, Apr 26
Place of loss : off
S. Bass Isl.
Lake : Erie
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 Marine City, Mich., owned by Capt. A. V.
Kirchner, Detroit.
Sunk with heavy
damage at Toledo in fall 1894 after a railroad drawbridge was lowered on her.
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, Clayton, NY
Specs :
137x26x12, 305gt 290 nt.
Date of loss :
1887, Sep 27
Place of loss :
Spider Island, Rawley’s Bay, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
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 Cleveland,
owned by E. S. Minor.
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, Toledo, OH
Specs :
223x41x16 1185g 1126n
Date of loss :
1922, Sep 18 (or 8)
Place of loss :
near Marblehead Light, Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
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, Manitowoc, WI US#3193
Specs :
96x25x7 134g 127n
Date of loss :
1926, Sep 3
Place of loss : 12
mi SE of Picton, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Foundered off Lake Ontario's
Long Point during a gale. Bound for Picton from Sodus Pt., NY. Her crew
abandoned her in a patched-up lifeboat and landed near Rochester, NY, 32 hours
later.
Sold Canadian in
1904. Registered out of Kingston in 1926.
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, Manistee, MI US# 120894
Specs :
67x16x7 63g 43n
Date of loss :
1915, Nov 1
Place of loss : off
Gull Pond, near Pt. Petre, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
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 Canada Steamship Lines
May have been
built from the tug J.C. OSGOOD [US#75159], built 1863, New Baltimore, NY.
Sources :
csqw,nsp,gs,sol,mv,mmgl,mpl,hcgl
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D. N. BARNEY
Other names :
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1844, Clayton, NY
Specs :
140 t.
Date of loss :
1849, May 25
Place of loss : at
40-mile Point, eastern Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
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 Cape
Vincent, NY
Sources :
wmn,wl,nsp,wmhs
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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
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Collided with the schooner
TRACY J. BRONSON and sank while bound Cleveland for Milwaukee. She reportedly
sank "in about 2 minutes." Her crew abandoned and were later picked
up off Presque Isle by the schooner CLAYTON BELLE. Newspapers of the time
report that the wreck was struck by several passing vessels and was located
"about midway between theSouth Passage and 40-mile Point." Wreck was reportedly located about 1987, sits
in deep water, upright in almost perfect condition, though this doesn't quite
jibe with the newspaper accounds of multiple collisions. Registered out of
Vermilion, OH. Master: Capt. Egbert Doville.
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, Detroit
Specs :
219x35x21 1212g 1059n
Date of loss :
1894, Apr 3
Place of loss : 5.5
mi ESE of Mackinaw City
Lake : Huron
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 Chicago for Port
Huron and was one of the first vessels to attempt the Straits that spring.
Owners: C. A. Chamberlain et al., Detroit; Master: Capt. William Smith, Marine
Ci ty.
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. BARR
Other names :
none
Official no. : C107489
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1893, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City
hull #56 [US# 96218]
Specs :
217x35x17 1119g 1063n
Date of loss : 1902,
Sep 24 (some sources erroneously give Aug 24 as date.)
Place of loss : 30
miles off Port Stanley, near Braddock Pt.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Downbound from Lake Superior,
tow of "saltie" THEANO (qv). She broke her towline in giant waves and
foundered. Her crew was picked up by THEANO. Owner: F. H. Clergue, Soo, Mich.
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, Lake Huron, in April of 1898.
Sources :
nsp,is,ns1,ledc,win,vbs,mpl,do,ew
not in mmgl
————————————————————————±
WILLIAM H. BARRETT
Other names : none
Official no. :
80458
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, river
Build info :
1874, J. Ganoe & Sons, Grand Rapids, Mich
Specs :
129x24x4, 118 g 112n
Date of loss :
1894, Nov 6
Place of loss : at
Grand Rapids, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned at her winter layup
moorings at 1 a.m., a total loss. Insurance had run out Nov 1 and
she was lying at her dock without a watchman.. Owned by Valley City Trans. Co.
She had been a
long-time Grand River steamer, built to run between Grand Rapids and Grand
Haven..
Sources :
nsp,mv,hcgl
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BARRIE - See also COMMODORE JACK BARRY,
COMMODORE BARRY
————————————————————————±
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, W. Bay City
hull #105
Specs :
352x45x23 3400g 2808n
Date of loss :
1928, Oct 4
Place of loss : SE
tip of Cana Isl.
Lake : Michigan
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.
Sources :
vbs,sbs,sol,is,ns3,lmdc,mpl,eas,hcgl,wgts
————————————————————————±
A.F. BARTLETT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
105130
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1871, Herminger, E. Saginaw
Specs :
48x10x4 11g 5n
Date of loss :
1884
Place of loss :
Saginaw River at Bay City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned and declared total loss,
but put back in service by local shipbuilder.
Had another
disastrous fire at Duluth in Sep. 1888.
Last year on
registry, 1900.
Listed in Polk
(1884) as "sunk"
Sources :
mv,vbs,polk,slh,hgl
————————————————————————±
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 Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
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 Toledo
Rebuilt and
enlarged in 1842 orig 73 ft.
Sources : nsp,wl,wmn
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BENJAMIN BARTON
Other names :
also seen as BEN. BARTON
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1835, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs :
87x24x9, 178 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1838, Nov 5
Place of loss :
just east of the pier at Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
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 Detroit
Sources :
is,nsp,hgl,wl
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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, Buffalo
Specs :
61x14x5, 40 t
Date of loss :
1865, May
Place of loss : at
Baby's Point
Lake : St Clair R
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
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BESSIE BARWICK
Other names :
none
Official no. : C83146
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1866, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ont. as a bark
Specs :
135x26x11, 296gc, 274nc
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 28
Place of loss :
Pilot Harbor, Michipicoten Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Port Arthur for Kingston
in tow of the steamer CELTIC, which let her loose to fend for herself after her
shaft broke on Nipigon Bay. The schooner was seen on the 28th, but her
subsequent whereabouts were unknown for more than 10 days. Westerly gale had
pushed her into the shallows where she pounded to pieces. Her crew were sheltered
by local fishermen, later made it to the Soo in a small open boat. Out of St.
Catharines. Owned by R. O. MacKay, Hamilton. Master: Capt. Owen Gallagher.
Sources :
nsp,gwgl,is,h,eas,mmgl,wb,win,lss,hgl,wl
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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. S. Crosthwaite, Bay City, MI[US# 110491]
Specs :
209x33x16 921g 770n
Date of loss :
1907, Jun 27 [Jun 21 also given]
Place of loss : off
Coppermine Point, Ont.
Lake : Superior
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
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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
Red River, Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
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, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Burned at Grand
Haven in November, 1881
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,polk,bb,wgts,hr
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ELI BATES
Other names :
none also seen as ELLA BATES
Official no. :
7236
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, Geo. Hardison, Erie, PA
Specs :
265 t
Date of loss :
1871, Nov 16
Place of loss :
about 7 mi N of harbor at Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
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 Ashtabula and Conneaut were later identified as hers and in
June of the following year she was located off Conneaut in 14 fathoms of water.
She had been bound Sheboygan, WI, for Buffalo with wheat. Homeport: Buffalo,
owned out of Detroit by Capt. J. Montgomery. Master: Capt. Timothy McEwen(d).
Went ashore on
Windmill Point, Lake Erie, 9/25/70 and had major repairs following.
Sources :
h,mv,hgl,ledc,nsp,jk
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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
Beaver Island
Lake : Michigan
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, Chicago
Ashore on Grand
Island, Mich, Lake Superior in 1869 and
expected to become a total loss. Wrecked and given up near Chicago in the fall
of 1877.
Spent some time in
the coasting trade on the Atlantic when she was new, returned to the lakes
during the Civil War.
Sources :
mv,nsp,wmn
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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., Manitowoc
Specs :
97x27x7, 139 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Apr 23
Place of loss : 5
mi N of Grosse Point, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 6
Carrying :
posts and hardware
Detail : Bound Muskegon, MI, and Horne’s
Pier, WI, for Chicago, she was driven into the shallows by a storm after her
anchors dragged and was broken up by wave action. The U.S. Lifesaving Service
crew from Evanston helped rescue her crew. Out of Chicago, owned by Capt.
William Bates. Master: Capt. Frank Walsh.
Major repairs in
1870.
Sources :
mv,polk,h,lmdc,usls,nsp,wl,es
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WILLIAM BATES
Other names : also seen as W. M. BATES
Official no. : 80052
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, Trenton, Mich
Specs : 55 t.
Date of loss : 1878, Oct 6
Place of loss : 40 miles out of Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : oak lumber
Detail : She capsized in a storm while bound Holland,
Michigan, for Chicago. After her mainmast and deckload fell off, she righted
again. Her crewmen then tried to launch her yawl, which was also lost. After
clinging to the tossing wreck for several hours they were saved by the skiff
SANDY MORRISON. The scow came ashore 1.5 miles north of Chicago harbor, a total
loss.
Sources : nsp,wmn,mv,wmhs
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BATISCAN - See
UNITED STATES
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GERALDINE BATTLE
Other names :
built as PURITAN, renamed SANDY HOOK('02), last name '07
Official no. : C126094
Type at loss :
barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1893, R. Mills, Buffalo as propeller passenger steamer [US#150630]
Specs :
136x32x12, 266gt.
Date of loss :
1916, Oct 21
Place of loss :
Thorold, Ont, Welland Canal
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
gravel
Detail : Was unloading at Thorold when
she caught fire and was destroyed.
Burned at Buffalo,
Jan 6, 1906. Sold Canadian, 1907 and rebuilt.
As steamer she was
136x32x10 409g 345n, converted to bulker
in 1902, to bulk barge in 1907
Sources :
ns2,mpl,hr
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MARY BATTLE - See DETROIT,
LINCOLN
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THOMAS FREEL BATTLE
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.
Lake : Erie
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
St. Catharines
After her loss
this tug was replaced by the prop tug THOMAS FREEL BATTLE, below.
Sources :
win,mmgl,h,waw,bb
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THOMAS FREEL BATTLE
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, Detroit US#
120729
Specs :
68x17x6, 44g 22n
Date of loss :
1910, Nov
Place of loss :
Thorold, Ont.
Lake : Erie
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 St. Catharines. Replaced Canadian tug of the same name.
Sources :
mmgl,mv,hcgl,hr
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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
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Stranded near the beach in a
fog and became total loss. Bound Milwaukee for Cecil Bay in the Straits of
Mackinac. Abandoned by her crew, who were later picked up by an Indian fishing
boat. Later towed away to clear the S. Fox harbor. Owned by Andrew Nelson of
Milwaukee, who may also have sailed her.
Narrowly avoided
sinking in deep water when she sprang a leak off Milwaukee in May of 1900.
Capsized off
Sheboygan, Wis. with the loss of all but one of her crew in November, 1855.
Sources :
nsp,mv,ns1,wmn
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BAVARIA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C72595
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, H. Rooney, Garden Island, Ont.
Specs :
145x26x13, 376g 361n
Date of loss :
1898, Oct 19
Place of loss : 1
mi S of Cape Smith, Manitoulin Island.
Lake : Huron
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 Sarnia by Kidd & Riley.
On May 29, 1889,
she broke from the tow of the steamer
D.D. CALVIN and began to founder near Long Point, L. Erie (maybe L. Ont.). Her
crew abandoned, but didn't make it to shore - all 8 lost. The wreck washed
ashore on Long Point, little damaged. Master: Capt. John Marshall.
Locally called a
"timber drougher"
Ashore and
abandoned [temporarily] near Goderich, Ont., Lake Huron in November, 1891.
Recovered the following spring.
Sources :
csqw,mmgl,nsp,osdo,sol,is(1-76),slh,hgl,mpl,es3-2,hcgl
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BAVARIAN
Other names : see
below
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, iron, passenger/ package freight
Build info :
1855, Gilbert & Co, Montreal
Specs :
176 ft, 427 t
Date of loss :
1873, Nov 5
Place of loss : 15
miles off Bowmanville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
14 of 36
Carrying :
general freight, passengers
Detail : In transit Montreal for Toronto
when her boiler exploded and she burned to a shell.
Iron hull survived
several wrecks. Built 1855 as KINGSTON,
gutted by fire, 1872 and rebuilt as BAVARIAN at Kingston after another
fire at Bowmanville with loss of several lives. Rebuilt as ALGERIAN after the
'73 fire & assigned C#71609. Renamed
CORNWALL in 1904, rebuilt in 1913, dismantled in 1930 and hull scuttled off
Amherst Isl..
Sources :
csqw,do2,clu,mmgl,sol,is,h,rp,nsp,hcgl
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BAY CITY
Other names :
built as FOREST CITY, renamed in 1853
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1852, Eli Bates, Trenton, MI
Specs :
199x27x9, 480 t.
Date of loss :
1862, May 20
Place of loss :
near Port Burwell, Ont
Lake : Erie
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. BUT, hgl says this is the same vessel as 1880 loss of same
name. Owned by her master Capt. Edwards of Detroit.
Converted to a
large tug in 1860.
Sources :
nsp,sagl,wl not in mmgl,mpl
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BAY CITY
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
Lake : Erie
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
Sandusky
Sources : nsp,jm,wl,wmhs
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BAY CITY - Former entry regarding the Nov,
1880 loss is eliminated. The vessel was US#2135 (see below), and not the former
steamer shown in some sources. She was recovered in June, 1881
————————————————————————±
BAY CITY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2451
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, steam barge
Build info :
1867, Geo. Gardiner, Marine City, MI
Specs :
152x27x14, 372g 295n
Date of loss :
1891, Jun 6
Place of loss :
foot of Rivard St. River Rouge [Detroit] MI
Lake : Detroit R
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
Cleveland, managed by P. H. Clark, Marine City
Rebuilt in 1871,
then caught fire and burned nearly to the waterline on her first trip out,
April 10, 1871. Major repairs in 1879
Sources :
lhl,hgl,mv,mpl,es,hcgl
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BAY CITY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2135
Type at loss :
schooner [sloop]- barge, wood,1-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1856, S. Tripp, Saginaw as brig
Specs :
140x29x10 306g 290n
Date of loss :
1902, Nov 29
Place of loss : at
Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Left at anchor in Thunder Bay
by steamer HURON CITY. Anchor chains parted and she was driven against
Gilchrist dock and wrecked. Crew abandoned her with difficulty. Later removed, but not returned to service.
Master: Capt. McDermald.
On Nov 20,
1880, she was cast adrift by steamer
JAMES P. DONALDSON, driven ashore and wrecked in a gale, 4 mi E of Erie,
PA. Her crew was saved by
the Lifesaving Service using
breeches' buoy. Captain of the barge and captain of lifesaving crew were old
shipmates. She was heavily damaged and
declared a total loss in some papers,
but was recovered in June of 1881.
Rebuilt in 1876.
Completely
dismasted in a gale in 1856.
Sources :
nsp,stb,ns1,h,vbs,mh,ade
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BAY OF QUINTE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, Thurston, Bath, Ont.