Great Lakes Shipwrecks

 beginning with the letter

 C

The Great Lakes Shipwreck File

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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, Trenton, Ont.

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

Lake                : Erie

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.

Lake                : Erie

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 Port Huron for Buffalo. Most of the crew swam to shore, but the woman cook, who was lashed to the rigging, perished. Owned by John Kelderhouse of Buffalo

Sources            :   nsp,h,ledc,mv,wb,win,hgl,usls,sb,es3-1,bb


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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, Gibraltar, MI  [US#95600]

Specs               :  235x36x20  1299g  1160n

Date of loss    :  1919, Aug 25

Place of loss   :  Main Duck Isl.

Lake                : Ontario

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, Ashtabula

Specs               :  67x19x7,   72 t.

Date of loss    :  1862, Aug 16

Place of loss   :  between Port Stanley and Port Burwell, Ont

Lake                :  Erie

Type of loss    :  storm or collision

Loss of life      :  6

Carrying         :  coal, petroleum

Detail              :  On Aug, 16th she left Erie, Pa. for Toronto, and was probably sighted in distress between Port Stanley and Port Burwell later the same day. Some days later some of her cargo and wheelhouse gear was found afloat off Buffalo.

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, E. Saginaw   [US# 59404]

Specs               :  166x31x10  437g  410n

Date of loss    :  1913, Oct 11

Place of loss   :  Innes Isl., Georgian Bay

Lake                : Huron

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 Midland, Ont.] in 1913

Built for L.P. Mason of Saginaw, later owned by Shannon & Garey lumber of the same place.

Sources            :   nsp,slh,is(3-76),vbs,ns2,mv,lhdc,win,do,hcgl          not in mmgl


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   CAIRO

Other names   :  none

Official no.     :  none

Type at loss    :  schooner, wood

Build info       :  1854, G. S. Weeks, Buffalo

Specs               :  355 t. om

Date of loss    :  1863, Oct 18

Place of loss   :  near Death’s Door

Lake                :  Michigan

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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  CALABRIA - See  GLENFINLAS     


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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   :  Oswego, NY, in harbor

Lake                : Ontario

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. Local Coast Guardsmen finally pulled her out against the breakwater, where she burned out. Valued at over $100,000. Owned by Canal and Lake Towing Co. of New York. Master: Capt. J. E. Paqueit.

Sources            :  h,rp,mv   


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   CALCUTTA

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 Michigan City, Ind.

Lake                :  Michigan

Type of loss    :  storm

Loss of life      :  none mentioned

Carrying         :  ?

Detail              :  Driven ashore at Michigan City and wrecked. Her outfit was later saved by the schooner J. B. STEVENS, but the vessel was abandoned. Out of Chicago

Also wrecked on Lake Michigan in 1861.

Sources            :  hgl,wmn,mv,jm,wl,bb

 

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  S.D. CALDWELL - See   LOUIE O’NEILL    


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  CALEDONIA - See  also GALE STAPLES     


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  CALEDONIA

Other names   : C?

Official no.     :  none (or 4384)

Type at loss    :  schooner, wood

Build info       :  (1843, Hackett, Saugeen, Ont. or 18??, Cleveland)

Specs               :  ?

Date of loss    :  1862 (also given: 1856 or 58)

Place of loss   :  near Sleeping Bear Point

Lake                : Michigan

Type of loss    :  storm

Loss of life      :  (6)

Carrying         :  flour & salt pork

Detail              : Blown ashore and wrecked.

A schooner CALEDONIA was shore near Port Colborne and expected to break up in early September of 1856, but recovered. Perhaps the same vessel as below.

The same or another schooner CALEDONIA capsized while trying to make harbor in a gale near Grand Haven, MI, Sep 17, 1856 with the loss of all six crew. The schooner went completely over and broke her masts off short against the bottom, then floated in to shore keel upward.

Probably the vessel built for the fur trade and once owned by J.J. Astor.

Sources            :   sb,nb,hgl,nsp,mpl


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   CALEDONIA

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   :  Buff Point, near Oshawa, Ont.

Lake                : Ontario

Type of loss    :  storm

Loss of life      :  2

Carrying         :  coal

Detail              :  Driven ashore on a reef and  heavily damaged, 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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