©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
C
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C.D. No. 2
Other names :
none
Official no. : C156942
Type at loss :
unrigged derrick scow, wood
Build info :
1906, R. Weddell,
Specs :
70x30x5, 94 cg/cn.
Date of loss :
1940, Aug 30
Place of loss : 3.5
mi W of Erieau, Ont., harbor, 12 mi out
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Went down in 8 fathoms of
water. Out of Chatham, Ont.
Sources :
mmgl,h,win
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C.O.D.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
33908
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, Callister, Grand Haven
Specs :
140x26x10, 289g 274n
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 22
Place of loss : 3
mi E of Port Burwell, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : This schooner beached in a
northwest gale and soon broke up. She had been bound
Sources :
nsp,h,ledc,mv,wb,win,hgl,usls,sb,es3-1,hr
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CABOTIA
Other names :
built as HIAWATHA renamed in 1913
Official no. : C133825
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1880, Linn & Craig,
Specs :
235x36x20 1299g 1160n
Date of loss :
1919, Aug 25
Place of loss :
Main Duck Isl.
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : CABOTIA went ashore and split
her hull, becoming a constructive total loss.
Sold Canadian,
1913
See also HIAWATHA
Sources :
mmgl,csv,ns3,hcgl
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CACOUNA - See
JENNIFER
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CADET
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1845, G.A. Thayer,
Specs :
67x19x7, 72 t.
Date of loss :
1862, Aug 16
Place of loss :
between
Type of loss :
storm or collision
Loss of life :
6
Carrying :
coal, petroleum
Detail :
On Aug, 16th she left
Also sunk
following a collision with the tug GORE at Northfort(?) in Nov, 1857.
Sources :
hgl,nsp,wl,wmn,jm,rnc
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CADILLAC - See MAPLEHURST
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THOMAS H. CAHOON
Other names :
none
Official no. : C125558
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1881, T Arnold,
Specs :
166x31x10 437g 410n
Date of loss :
1913, Oct 11
Place of loss :
Innes Isl.,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound S.S. Marie for Byng Inlet in
tow of steamer C.W. CHAMBERLAIN, she stranded and went to pieces on Kenney
Shoal, SW corner of island.
Sold Canadian [E.
Burke of
Built for L.P.
Mason of
Sources :
nsp,slh,is(3-76),vbs,ns2,mv,lhdc,win,do,hcgl not in mmgl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1854, G. S. Weeks,
Specs :
355 t. om
Date of loss :
1863, Oct 18
Place of loss :
near Death’s Door
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
salt, carboys of acid
Detail :
She was driven ashore and became a total wreck, breaking up within two
hours of striking. Some of her gear was removed by the bark NEWSBOY. Owned by
Western Transportation Co.
Major repairs in
1861
Sources : nsp,jm,wl,umr
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CALATCO #2
Other names :
built as U.S. Navy tug NO. 56, later renamed LEADER, renamed CALATCO #2
before 1946
Official no. :
236512
Type at loss :
propeller tug, steel, oil motor
Build info :
1918, Greenport, L.I., N.Y. for U.S. Navy
Specs :
82x21x10, 101 gt 69 nt
Date of loss :
1946, Nov 13
Place of loss :
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none, towing a gasoline barge
Detail : She caught fire near her engine
and burned to a constructive total loss. Firemen made no headway against the
blaze, which was fueled by diesel oil around her engine, and were finally
pulled back because the volume of water used was sinking her.
Sources :
h,rp,mv
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
4340
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1849, G.W. & B. Jones,
Cleveland
Specs : 90x21x7,
96 t. [116 t. om]
Date of loss :
1868, Oct 19
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Driven ashore at
Also wrecked on
Sources :
hgl,wmn,mv,jm,wl,hr
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S.D.
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Other names : C?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1837,
Specs :
70x20x8, 110 t.
Date of loss : 1851,
Nov 2
Place of loss :
near Port Burwell
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying : lumber
or coal
Detail : Blown ashore and wrecked. Out of
Sources : hgl,wmn,wl,wmhs
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Other names : none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1855,
Specs :
137 t.
Date of loss : 1858,
Oct
Place of loss : 16 mi N of St. Joseph
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
mentioned
Carrying :
flour & salt pork
Detail : Driven ashore in a storm. Her
hull was quickly closed in by sand, but a salvage captain expected her to be
rescued. However, she was reported a total loss in a year-end list of
casualties. Out of
Sources :
wmn,wl,blu[58],wmhs
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Other names : C?
Official no. :
none (or 4384)
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
(1843, Hackett, Saugeen, Ont. or 18??,
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1862 (also given: 1856 or 58)
Place of loss :
near Sleeping Bear Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(6)
Carrying :
flour & salt pork
Detail : Blown ashore and wrecked.
A schooner
The same or
another schooner
Probably the
vessel built for the fur trade and once owned by J.J. Astor.
Sources :
sb,nb,hgl,nsp,mpl, blu[1856]
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C
?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1842, Randall, Port Credit, Ont.
Specs :
152 t.
Date of loss :
1881, Sep 8
Place of loss : Bluff
Point, near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Driven ashore on a reef and
heavily damaged by a southeast gale, she then broke up by the 20th. When
built she was of the larger class of vessels, but was a tiny carrier when lost.
Stranded on S. Bay
Point in Sep, 1871, and was expected to become a total loss. Recovered the next
year.
Sources :
wmn,wl,nsp
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Other names : none
Official no. :
4384
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1861, Hackett, Saugeen, Ont.
Specs : 70x18x7,
52g 50n
Date of loss :
1901, Nov 25
Place of loss :
Near Glen Haven, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 3
Carrying :
slabs, X-mas trees,600 bu. potatoes
Detail :
Abandoned in sinking condition well offshore and later washed ashore
near Glen Haven. Her crew was picked up by schooner LOMIE A. BURTON (qv).
Master: Capt. Hans Peterson. She had been long-retired when purchased early in
the month and fixed up just for this trip.
May be the same
vessel as 1862 loss. May also be the 1870 vessel of this name, a former
Canadian reported wrecked and burned in 1885-6.
Sources :
nsp,mv,nsp,hcgl,wmn
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?(1849, L.Shickluna,
Specs :
?(103x21x8, 176 t. or 71x19x4, 41
t.)
Date of loss :
1859
Place of loss :
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : no detail
Probably also
wrecked near
Another schooner
of this name was launched at
Sources :
ledc,hgl,(mmgl,wl),nsp
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1846, J. W. Banta,
Specs :
169x25x10, 420 t.
Date of loss :
1862, Oct 23
Place of loss :
Gull Isl. Reef
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : "Wrecked" on reef.
*Also seen as L.
Ontario.
Also ashore with
significant damage on Pt. Pelee in Sept., 1846.
Sources :
(lhl,hgl),lc,nsp,wl
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Other names :
later rebuilt as EDWARD S. PEASE (qv)
Official no. : C85309
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1873, A. Robinson, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs :
180x26x11, 901gc 580nc
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 3
Place of loss : 1
mi off St. Helena Isl, Straits of Mackinac
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
9of 25
Carrying :
general merch.
Detail : Overwhelmed by a storm and sank
about 7 mi due W of the current Mackinac Bridge N anchorage. Some of her lost
crew are buried at
Rebuilt by Allan
& Bros., Port Dalhousie, and lengthened 43 feet in 1883.
Ashore and wrecked
near
Sources :
nsp,slh,sol,is,h,lmdc,mod,hgl,mmgl,usls,sb,es3-1,hcgl
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BERTIE CALKINS
Other names :
none
Official no. : C126127
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1874, Hanson & Scove,
Specs :
134x28x9 256g 243n
Date of loss :
1919, Oct 3*
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered and reported as a
total loss, but later recovered. Ran as a schooner for a few more years, then
converted to a barge. Abandoned around 1930, last registered in 1931.
*Date also given
as
Registered out of
Sources :
h,mv,is(2-90),win,mpl,dmt,hcgl not in mmgl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
126237
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1884, Union Dry Dock,
Specs :
256x37x20, 1526g 1181n
Date of loss :
1889, Nov 28
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 18
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
after springing a leak in a gale-blizzard, she was run up on beach to
save crew but was broken up by storm waves. Her crew were taken off by the
Lifesaving Service and a number of
volunteer students from
The next year,
when her owner contracted to have her machinery removed from the wreck, the
work could not be begun because the army at
Sources :
nsp,is(4-74),lmdc,mv,eas,wb,hgl,hr,mpl,es,hcgl
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D.D. CALVIN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C83298
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1883, Calvin & Son, Garden Isl., Ont.
Specs :
166x32x15 750gc 283nc
Date of loss :
1910, Apr 11
Place of loss :
Garden Isl. , Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss while
fitting out for the season.
Registered out of
Hull launched
Sources :
(nsp),ns2,csv,win
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HIRAM A. CALVIN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, wrecker and sometime towboat
Build info :
1868, H. Roney, Garden Isl., Ont as a large river tug
Specs :
144x43x10 309t
Date of loss :
1895, Dec 31
Place of loss :
below Garden Isl. Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none (nobody aboard)
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She was torn loose from her moorings at
Dismantling
completed in Dec, 96.
Also erroneously
reported as destroyed in accidental fire at the Calvin shipyard and reported as
wrecked by ice.
Sources :
csv,mmgl,wl,nsp
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LAURA E. CALVIN
Other names :
also seen as L.E. CALVIN. Built on the hull of the steamer ECLIPSE
Official no. : C
?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1863, Henry Roney, Garden Isl. Ont. as a bark
Specs :
130x21x9, 216 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Aug 5
Place of loss : 10
miles off Braddock’s Point
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
in ballast
Detail :
Sprung a leak and foundered while bound
Owned at
Supplement to ‘69
clu is annotated “erase the name.”
Sources :
hgl,mmgl,clu,nsp,rsl,mdwl
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CAMANCHE - See COMANCHE
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Other names :
built as CHAMPION, last name in 1888
Official no. : C74297
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1877, A.F. Beaulieu,
Specs :
175x23x11 937gc 590nc
Date of loss :
1902, Jul 16
Place of loss :
Reid's Isl.,
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : Sheared off and struck the
rocks surrounding the island. Raised soon after but found to be a constructive
total loss.
Struck a log raft
with heavy damage in 1897.
Owned by M.
Nesbitt,
Built as a big
rafting tug, lengthened 44' and rebuilt as a passenger vessel in 1887
Sources :
mmgl,is(2-59),slh,ns1,mpl,hcgl,wl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
5399
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1868, Detroit Dry Dock,
Specs :
162x28x13 445g
Date of loss :
1873, Aug 30
Place of loss : near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Thrown on a rocky shore by a
storm, where she broke up in another storm in early September. She had been
bound
Sources :
atl,lss,mv,hr,nsp,hcgl
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M.C. CAMERON - See GEORGE GOBLE
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CAMERONIAN
Other names :
none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1863, A. A. Hackett, Baie de dore, Ont.
Specs :
Date of loss :
1865, April 15
Place of loss :
near Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
This schooner drove ashore in a snow storm and became a total loss. She
was later stripped of her rigging and abandoned.
Owned by her
skipper, Capt. Laughlen Cameron of Baie de dore [near Inverhuron, Ont.]
Sources :
jw
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CAMILLA - See
RUSSELL ROQUE
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CAMP - see COLONEL CAMP
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MYRTLE CAMP
Other names :
none
Official no. : 92416
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1892, Burger & Burger,
Specs :
68x18x6 48g 46n
Date of loss :
1894, May 18
Place of loss : off
Deadman's Point, near Menominee, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
salt, empty barrels
Detail : Driven ashore 500 feet from
deep water in a terrific spring gale, 1.5 mi
north of
Master: Capt.
Charles Zeiser.
Sources :
rkr,h,mv,nsp,sm
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T.H. CAMP
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145127
Type at loss :
fishing tug, wood
Build info :
1876, Luther Read,
Specs :
65x15x6 59g 45n
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 16
Place of loss :
near Madeline Isl, Apostles
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber camp supplies
Detail : She struck a reef and sank. She
was a fish tug which had been chartered as a temporary cargo carrier and was
bound for Madeline Isl.. Went down in 200 feet of water. Owned by A. Booth
& Co. of
She was built for
moving from fishing boat to fishing boat, picking up the catch, and thus had a
very shallow draft.
Sources :
gwgl,is(1-71),mv,nsp,
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COLIN CAMPBELL - See EMBURY
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FANNY CAMPBELL
Other names :
none
Official no. : C96846
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, but often described as a bark
Build info :
1868, L Shickluna,
Specs :
139x26x12, 404 t
Date of loss :
1898, Aug 22
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Inbound for a load of cordwood,
she went ashore and was expected to become a total loss. Out of
In 1877 more than
$10,000 was spent on the building of large iron tanks in her hold for the
transport of oil cargoes. She ran crude oil cargoes to
Ashore and
reported abandoned on
Capsized off Rondeau,
Sources :
nsp,mmgl,h,win,es,jb,hr,jmk
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GORDON
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P.M.
Other names :
none
Official no. : C94684
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1889, S.D. Andrews, Collingwood
Specs :
72x14x7, 49g 33n
Date of loss :
1908, Sep 11
Place of loss : at
Manitowaning, Ont., Manitoulin Isl.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned at the dock at
Manitowaning. Her captain stayed aboard and ran the burning vessel to deeper
water, where she was scuttled, thus saving her machinery. The hull was later
removed to a point just off
Document
surrendered after burning at Little Current, Ont,
Sources :
mmgl,h,win,go
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PEARL B.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
150296
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1883, J.B. Martel,
Specs :
55x16x7 22g 11n
Date of loss :
1895, Dec 7
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
none
Detail : Returning to
See C.J. KERSHAW
for more on
Feared lost in a
gale in November of same year while on same job, but turned up sheltering.
Sources :
nsp,is(4-73),gwgl,gsgl,h,mv,wb,lss,hgl,mpl
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RALPH CAMPBELL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
21179
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, Peck & Masters, Cleveland
Specs :
127x26x9 227g 215n
Date of loss :
1909, Oct 14
Place of loss :
near Long Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Swamped by a storm and drifted ashore, where she was wrecked by waves after a
54-year career.
Ashore and given
up for lost on Hog Island Reef,
Rammed in
Rebuilt in 1862
Sources :
ns1,mv,rsl,nsp
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ROBERT B. CAMPBELL
Other names :
also seen as R. B. CAMPBELL
Official no. :
21178
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, Cole & Campbell, Grand Traverse,
Specs : 96x23x9,
122 t.
Date of loss :
1876, Oct 16
Place of loss : 10
miles off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
shingles
Detail :
The schooner capsized about 10 miles off
Rebuilt in 1867
Also ashore on
Out of
Sources :
nsp,wl,mv,hgl
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Other names : ?
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1826,
Specs :
250 t.
Date of loss :
1837
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked.
Sources :
csv(s),hgl
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Other names :
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1848, Dec 1
Place of loss :
near Port Hope, Ont
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
salt & merchandise
Detail :
Went ashore above Cobourg, Ont. and wrecked, a $3,500 loss. She had been bound
Out of
Sources :
hr,wmn,nsp,rp
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast formerly
sidewheel steamer
Build info :
1846, Chippawa, Ont.
Specs :
199x28x13, 758 t.
Date of loss :
1858, Aug 30
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber [a half million board feet]
Detail : Came into
Built in
Brought a
locomotive and 2300 rails to
Heavy damage to
rigging and cargo in a storm on lake Michigan in Nov., 1856.
Sources :
is,csv,hgl,mmgl,mpl,nsp,wl,rnc,blu[56]
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Other names :
also seen as CANADA No. 2 and YOUNG CANADA
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel tug, wood
Build info :
1852, St. Antoine de Tilly,
Specs :
108x18x? , ca. 59 t.
Date of loss : 1865,
Nov 28
Place of loss :
near Bar Pt.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
schooner and barge in tow
Detail :
She struck bottom near Bar Point while trying to bring her charges into
the
Sold American
after a devastating fire at her dock on the St. Clair R. in October, 1855.
Owned out of
Rebuilt at
Sources :
nsp,csv,rsl not in lhl
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1861, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont. as a bark
Specs :
143x26x12, 399 t.
Date of loss :
1882, Nov 11
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
black walnut and oak lumber
Detail : Ran aground on the reef. At
first she was not seriously damaged, but she was later destroyed by wave
action. Totally broken up by Nov 25, despite the efforts of the tug ERIE BELLE.
The wreck lay only yards from the remains of the tug MAYFLOWER, which went on
the previous year.
Major repairs in
1871 and 74
Sources :
nsp,clu,rp,rsl,es,wmn
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Other names :
rebuilt as
Official no. : C100392
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1872, A. Robertson, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs :
135x24x13, 557gc
Date of loss :
1892, Oct 18
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail : Caught fire and gutted, then abandoned by
her owner, John Nesbitt of
Originally 142 ft,
644 t.; rebuilt and reduced in size,
spring,1892
Sources :
is,slh,h,csv,hgl,mmgl,st,hr,nsp
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Other names : ?
Official no. : C116485
Type at loss :
barge
Build info :
1907, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs :
84x22x5,
Date of loss : 1916,
Nov 2
Place of loss :
Mitchell's Bay
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She reportedly collided with a
tug and sank, but details are sketchy. Name of tug may be MITCHELL'S BAY or
that may be location of the loss.
Probably recovered.
Built or acquired
from foreign sources about 1904.
Sources :
h,win,hr not in mmgl
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Other names : ?
Official no. : C111911
Type at loss :
towbarge, wood
Build info :
unknown
Specs :
96x18, 107gc 85nc
Date of loss :
1902, Apr
Place of loss : 3
mi E of Toronto harbor entrance
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked in a gale - cast off by
tug in big waves, went ashore and pounded to pieces.
Out of
Built or acquired
from foreign sources about 1901
Sources :
h,win,mmgl,wl
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CANADIAN - See
OLIVER LEE,
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CANADIAN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, M. Simpson,
Specs :
103x21x9, 160gc 153nc
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 4
Place of loss : near
Clara Isl. [Robert Pt.],
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
Date also given as
Nov 5 and 6, tonnage 230.
Sunk near Port
Credit, Ont. in December of 1856, ashore near Point Abino, Ont., in early
November, 1862 [probably with the loss of 11 lives].
Major repair in
1863, rebuilt in 1871
Sources :
slh,h,lhdc,win,mmgl,rsl,hcgl,rp,wmn
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FRANK CANFIELD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120256
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1875, Rand & Burger,
Specs :
63x16x8 48g 25n
Date of loss :
1904, Apr 11
Place of loss : Big Sable Point, Michigan*
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3 of 5
Carrying :
none
Detail : Pushed onto a bar after her
steering chain parted, where she broke up
and sank. Owned by Barnes & Co. of Ludington, her crew was from
Manistee. Master: Capt. Henry J. Smith(d).
Major repair in 1882. By 1884 she was a
wrecking tug.
*official sources say she was at
Sources :
nsp,sol,h,mpl,hcgl,sm
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M. L. CANFIELD
Other names :
built as MARY LYDIA, renamed in 1881
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
before 1871,
Specs :
104x23x10, 150 t.
Date of loss :
1881, Sep 15
Place of loss : off
Bar Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound
Lengthened at Port
Sources :
es,clu,jm,nsp
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CANISTEO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
4394
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger &
package freight
Build info :
1862, Mason & Bidwell,
Specs :
196x28x12, 856g 668n
Date of loss :
1880, Oct 14
Place of loss : tip
of Waugoschance Point, Straits of Mackinac
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
flaxseed, flour, corn, lard and passengers
Detail : Due to a mistake in running lights, she collided with the schooner
GEORGE MURRAY and sank. She became a
total loss a few days later when a huge storm tore her to pieces.
Barrels of lard from her cargo washed ashore for weeks. Owner: Union Line. Master: Capt. Ben Hammond.
Some gear and her machinery was salvaged over the next few years.
Sources :
ssm,nsp,slh,is,lmdc,lhl,hgl,mpl,hr
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CANISTEO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
126360
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1886, W. Dulac,
Specs :
182x34x12 595g 539n
Date of loss :
1920
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned offshore, a constructive
total loss. Her remains were scrapped the next
year.
Equipped with a
deck crane at
Sources :
slh,ns3,mv,mpl,hcgl
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CANOBIE
Other names :
built as IRON KING last name in 1913
Official no. : C133826
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1887, Detroit Dry Dock,
Specs :
259x38x22 1748gc 1031nc
Date of loss :
1921, Nov 1
Place of loss : 30
mi WSW of Port Colborne, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Heavily damaged offshore by a
storm. She was somehow able to limp into
Sold Canadian,
1913. Registered out of
Sources :
atl,mmgl,ns3,h,csv,win,mpl,hcgl,ewe
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, F. D. Ketchum, Huron, OH
Specs :
136x26x12, 386 t.
Date of loss :
1865, Jun 24
Place of loss : off
Claybanks
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
16,500 bu wheat
Detail : She collided with bark
REPUBLIC between 3 and
Went ashore and
was expected to break up at
Sources :
nsp,rsl,hgl,hr
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
4345
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1857, Wm. Barker, Huron, Oh
Specs :
121x25x10, 214g
Date of loss :
1873, May 9
Place of loss :
near Long Point
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
light
Detail : She was upbound in fog when she
collided with the big iron propeller JAVA and capsized. All of her crew but two scrambled aboard the
propeller as the schooner was going
down. The captain made a valiant effort
to save the female cook, but in vain.
Owner and master: Benjamin Eyster. The vessel was reported a total loss in an 1877 court
case regarding the collision, but was recovered in 1873 and lasted into the 20th
century.
Sources :
mv,wl,wmn,hr,wmhs
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CAPELLA
Other names : none also on official lists as CAPPELLA
Official no. :
4578
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1850, Halver Nelson,
Specs :
51x15x6, 25 gt
Date of loss :
1883, May 9
Place of loss : 3
mi N of harbor entrance at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 3
Carrying :
slabs
Detail : This little schooner ran ashore
in a squall. She was pulled off after several days, but rolled on her beam ends
twice while being towed in. Declared a total loss after the second time and was
reportedly abandoned, but she still shows on some later records.
Sources :
mv,h,usls,bb,hr
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M. CAPRON
Other names :
none
Official no. : 90772
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1875, P. White,
Specs :
116x23x9 170g 161n
Date of loss :
1898, Oct 31
Place of loss : off
Bailey's Harbor, WI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Wrecked on Halloween, dragging
her anchor in a storm while anchored to wait out a storm and going on the
beach.
Sources :
mv,h,mpl,wgts
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CAPT. GEORGE W. NAUGHTIN - See
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CAPTAIN K
Other names : ?
Official no. : C158606
Type at loss :
Diesel fishing trawler,steel
Build info :
1936, Harry Gamble, Port Dover, Ont
Specs :
60x14x4, 12 t.
Date of loss :
1991, Mar 18
Place of loss : off
Port Dover, Ont.
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
smelt
Detail : Rammed at night by Canadian
Coast Guard Cutter GRIFFON and sank. She was returning to port when lost. An immediate search failed to locate any
wreckage or crew. The hulk was later located on the bottom, was raised by
McKiel Marine of
Rebuilt at Port
Sources :
nsp,radio,go,tsbc
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CAPTAIN JOHN ROEN - See GEORGE M. HUMPHREY
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CAPT. G. H. SMITH - See MARY KAY
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J.F. CARD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
12778
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1864, Nichols, Vermilion, OH
Specs :
137x26x11 277g 263n
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 15
Place of loss :
Point Douglas, N of Inverhuron, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Driven on the rocky point by a
nor’wester and broke up in place. Her crew was rescued from shore by locals in
a small rowboat. She had been bound for
Sources :
nsp,is(3-66),ns1,lhdc
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CARDINAL
Other names :
built as steamer WINDSOLITE, renamed IMPERIAL WINDSOR in 1947, CARDINAL
in 1973
Official no. : C138580
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, tanker
Build info :
1927, Furness Shipbuilding,
Specs :
250x43x18 1930gc
Date of loss :
1974, May 21
Place of loss :
Pelee Passage
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : She had blown for passing the big bulker
HENRY STEINBRENNER starboard-starboard, but she cut in front of the giant
steamer during the maneuver and was cut 2/3 through by the resulting collision.
One of HENRY's bower anchors was sheared
off above the flukes by the force of the collision. CARDINAL staggered off and
sank on a rocky shoal nearby. The hulk was recovered but declared a
constructive total loss.
Sources :
mmgl,csv,ff,hcgl
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M.D. CARDINGTON - erroneous reporting
of an accident to E. M. CARRINGTON (qv) in 1873
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W.S. CARKIN - See also JOSEPH
H
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W.S. CARKIN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
81198
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1874, Ch. Wheeler,
Specs :
70x16x6 29g 14n
Date of loss :
1887, Nov 23
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Bound S.S. Marie for
A new vessel of
the same name was launched the next year (see JOSEPH H)
Sources :
slh,sbs,nsp,vbs,phr,hgl
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CARLINGFORD
Other names :
none also seen as CARLINGSFORD
Official no. :
125024
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1869, Fitzgerald & Leighton,
Specs :
155x31x12 470g
Date of loss :
1881, Nov 12
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
26,000 bu wheat
Detail : Collided with iron steamer
One report says
she drifted below the surface until her wreckage came to rest near
Broke nearly in 2
and sank off the Manitous,
Also rebuilt in
1880 after stranding on Horseshoe Reef,
Sources :
do2,eas,sol,h,ledc,nsp,hgl,usls,mpl,mv,es,ewe
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CARLOTTA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
105834
Type at loss :
gas screw (fish tug?)
Build info :
1879,
Specs :
39x14x5, 14g 12n
Date of loss :
1913
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Caught fire while underway.
Registered out of
*1910, changed from schooner to gas screw
after 1910
Sources :
(gwgl),mv
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CARLYLE
Other names : ? also seen as
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1870, Doran, Bedford Mills, Ont.
Specs :
105x21x6, 128 t.
Date of loss :
1893, Sep
Place of loss :
near Picton, Ont.
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : "Wrecked"
Reportedly
condemned in 1885.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,csv,hr
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CARMANA
Other names :
built as DAN, renamed in 1892. Also seen as CARMINA
Official no. :
C92559
Type at loss :
propeller yacht and sometime passenger ves., wood
Build info :
1889, Louis Braulac, Sorel, Que.
Specs : 90x16x5,
56gc 38nc
Date of loss :
1902, Sep or Oct
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Caught fire and burned to a total loss on the north shore of the
Bay, near
Out of
Sources :
mmgl,csv
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CARMONA - See
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RICHARD J. CARNEY
Other names :
also seen as R.J. CARNEY
Official no. :
56496
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1871, Saginaw [Official records show her built at Buffalo, but 1871 news
clippings from Saginaw describe her launch there.
Specs :
150x31x11, 397g 377n
Date of loss :
1895, Sep 28
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Stranded and pounded to pieces
near Shelldrake dock, where she had been loading lumber. Caught by a storm, she
was driven ashore, along with her tow steamer NELLIE TORRENT.. Owner: Penoyer,
Sources :
vbs,nsp,lss,wb
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CAROLINE
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
(1825,
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1832, Dec 2
Place of loss : off
Duck Isls
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 of 6 [2 were passengers]
Carrying :
drygoods worth $30-40,000
Detail : She capsized and sank in a
violent squall, while her crew abandoned in her yawl. Bound
Some sources say
erroneously that she was lost on Ducks in L Huron.
Sources :
slh,hgl,osdo,rp
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CAROLINE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1822,
Specs :
71x21x6, 46 t.
Date of loss :
1837, Dec 29
Place of loss :
Type of loss : military
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
none
Detail : She was a commercial vessel
which came to the lakes in 1835 and was chartered to tranport arms and
munitions to
Owned by William
Wells of
Sources :
is(1-69),sol,h,lhl,hgl,eh,nsp
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CAROLINE
Other names :
built as armed sloop PORCUPINE, renamed 1830
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1812,
Specs :
60 t
Date of loss :
1855
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Veteran of Perry's War of 1812
fleet. Later a survey vessel (surveyed water border between
A 1900 nsp article
says she was turned over to the
Sources :
nsp,lmdc,is,mpl
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GEORGE CARPENTER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
39388
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1864, G. Carpenter,
Specs :
41x10x4, 10g 10n
Date of loss :
1893
Place of loss :
unreported
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered
This may be the
reporting of a stranding of this vessel in October, 1889.
Sources :
vbs,phr,mv,hgl,nsp
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HONORA CARR
Other names :
built as MAPLE LEAF
Official no. : 95851
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, Redmond & Tait, Picton, Ont.
Specs :
92x23x8, 112g
Date of loss :
1886, Sep 4
Place of loss : 2
mi SW of Pt Abino
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 of 5
Carrying :
200 t. coal
Detail : Bound
Driven ashore near
Sources :
win,nsp,ledc,h,hgl,mmgl,usls,wmhs
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CARRIE AND CORA
Other names :
Official no. :
33893
Type at loss : canal
boat, wood
Build info :
1872,
Specs :
115 t.
Date of loss :
1882, Nov (10)
Place of loss :
near Point Petre
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
? (probably all)
Carrying :
barrelled apples, onions and potatoes
Detail :
She foundered while in tow of the tug M. J. CUMMINGS, leaving her cargo
and parts of her hull and cabin to wash
up on the local beaches. More than 350 barrels of apples washed up on
Out of
Sources : nsp,wmn ,wmhs
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CARRIER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
4334
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1865, D. Lester,
Specs :
123x26x9 187g 178n
Date of loss :
1923, Sep 30
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She had been retired from
commercial service for many years and was just ending a carrer serving as a
yacht club clubhouse. Sank while being towed away for scrapping.
One source says
built in 1863. Rebuilt to a three-mast schooner before 1871.
Sources :
mv,lmdc,mpl,wl,hcgl
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CARRIER DOVE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2 mast
Build info :
1854, Austin Horn, Wolfe Isl, Ont.
Specs :
89x19x8, 111 t.
Date of loss :
1867, May 9
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
“lost”
Loss of life :
none