Great Lakes Shipwrecks

Great Lakes Shipwrecks

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The Great Lakes Shipwreck File

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D & C

Other names : none

Official no. : C190435

Type at loss : propeller tug, steel

Build info : 1950, Owen Sound

Specs : 47 ft. 13gc 9nc

Date of loss : 1957, Nov 19

Place of loss : Grenfell Rock Lat.48deg 29'N Lon 88deg 19'W

Lake : Superior

Type of loss : (storm)

Loss of life : ?

Carrying : none

Detail : Struck a reef and foundered. Location is on the North Shore, due north of Eagle River, MI.

Out of Owen sound, owned by D. Drever of Collingwood

Sources : is,win,lss not in mmgl

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D.D.A. 43 - See CORMORANT

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D.R.C.L. #2*

Other names : ?

Official no. : C192576

Type at loss : construction scow

Build info : ?

Specs : 46 t.

Date of loss : 1955, Nov 20

Place of loss : off Port Crewe, Ont. Lat.42deg10' Lon82deg15'

Lake : Erie

Type of loss : storm

Loss of life : ?

Carrying : ?

Detail : Foundered in a gale.

Registered out of Windsor.

*Detroit River Construction Limited

Sources : h,win not in mmgl

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DACOTAH

Other names : also seen as DAKOTAH

Official no. : none

Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter

Build info : 1857, Luther Moses, Cleveland

Specs : 198x30x13, 688 t.

Date of loss : 1860, Nov 24

Place of loss : near 18-mile Creek, close to Angola, NY [Evans Centre]

Lake : Erie

Type of loss : storm

Loss of life : 24 [all]

Carrying : copper ingots, cash

Detail : Though most sources say she went missing, she actually was driven ashore and destroyed quickly with her entire crew in one of the most powerful storms of the decade. Those aboard included members of the crew of the propeller MARQUETTE, who had been traveling home after that vessel was laid up for the season. Her engine and boiler were salvaged by the tug HOMER the following July. Owned by New York Central Railroad. Master: Capt. Wm. S. Cross(d).

Sources : eas,gs,sol,sagl,h,ledc,mpl,nsp,hgl,ewe

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DACOTAH

Other names : more often seen as DAKOTAH, above is official

Official no. : 6145

Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast

Build info : 1867, R. Hayes, Fairport, OH

Specs : 138x28x9 281g 267n

Date of loss : 1901, Sep 24

Place of loss : Georgian Bay

Lake : Huron

Type of loss : storm

Loss of life : ?

Carrying : (lumber)

Detail : Driven ashore & wrecked in a gale.

Sources : ns1,wl

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DAGMAR

Other names : none

Official no. : 213130

Type at loss : gas screw tug, fisher

Build info : 1914, Beaver Bay, Minn.

Specs : 45x12x4, 14g 9n

Date of loss : 1935, Jun 1

Place of loss : 1 mi E of Chippewa Harbor, off Isle Royale

Lake : Superior

Type of loss : sank

Loss of life : none

Carrying : none

Detail : Ran ashore in fog and holed. Later slipped off into deep water.

Sources : lss,irs,mv

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DAHLIA - See also FLORA M. HILL

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DAHLIA

Other names : none

Official no. : none

Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast

Build info : 1847, Stephen Lockwood, Ashtabula

Specs : 106x24x9, 210 t.

Date of loss : 1857, Oct 22

Place of loss : near Port Burwell, Ont (also given as “on Mouse Island, south shore of Lake Erie”)

Lake : Erie

Type of loss : storm

Loss of life : none

Carrying : staves

Detail : Driven ashore on a rocky beach and sunk by unpredictable winds under high bluffs. As the vessel thrashed against the jagged rock, her crew waited for the opportunity to leap ashore, and finally made it one by one with only one injury.

Sources : ledc,hgl,nsp,wl,rnc

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H. DAHLKE

Other names : none

Official no. : 205145

Type at loss : propeller, steel, self-unloading sandsucker

Build info : 1907, Manitowoc Dry Dock Co., Manitowoc, WI

Specs : 142x34x10, 442g 374n

Date of loss : 1938, Dec 22

Place of loss : Sandwich, Ont.

Lake : Detroit R.

Type of loss : cargo shift

Loss of life : none

Carrying : clay

Detail : an error in unloading caused her to capsize and sink at the dock. She was considered a total loss, but was later recovered, sold off the lakes and converted to a banana boat.

*dimensions as bulker

Converted to a sandsucker from regular bulk freighter in 1911.

Sources : ns4,mv,gld,hcgl

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DAISY

Other names : none

Official no. : 157038

Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood

Build info : 1881, Huntoon, New Baltimore, MI

Specs : 44x14x4 25g 19n

Date of loss : 1895

Place of loss : at Port Hope, MI

Lake : Huron

Type of loss : fire

Loss of life : ?

Carrying : none

Detail : no detail

Probably erroneous entry of a tug which burned on River Trent, Ontario, in December of 1895. She was out of Port Hope, Ont.

Sources : slh,hgl,wmn

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DAISY

Other names : none

Official no. : 157465

Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood (perhaps a yacht at one time)

Build info : 1896, Vermilion, OH

Specs : 57x14x5, 18 t.

Date of loss : 1909, Apr 15

Place of loss : at Lorain, OH

Lake : Erie

Type of loss : fire

Loss of life : ?

Carrying : none

Detail : no detail

Sources : mv,csv?,bb

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DAKOTAH - See DACOTAH

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DALHOUSIE

Other names : none

Official no. : C none

Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger and package freighter

Build info : 1869, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ont.

Specs : 144x26x11, 323 t.

Date of loss : 1872, Sep 26

Place of loss : 2 miles off Charlotte, NY

Lake : Ontario

Type of loss : fire

Loss of life : none

Carrying : passengers, pig iron and general merchandise

Detail : Outbound from Kingston, she caught fire near her stern while about midlake off Oak Orchard. Her crew was unable to extinguish the flames and all were about to abandon ship when the steamer CITY OF CONCORD(qv) hove into view. She took the passengers and crew aboard and attempted to tow the burning vessel to Charlotte, but the DALHOUSIE burned through her hawser and foundered two miles short, in about 8 fathoms of water. Owned by the Welland Railway Co. of St. Catharines, which had built her to replace their burned steamer PERSEVERANCE(qv), lost in 1868. Master: Capt. Maurice McGrath.

Sources : csv,hgl,mmgl,pdw,pg,bb

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DALHOUSIE ROVER

Other names : renamed TOWMASTER after recovery [1946], SHEDIAC [1949] and TRAVELLER [1949]

Official no. : C170519

Type at loss : propeller tug, steel

Build info : 1941, Muir Bros. Drydock, Port Dalhousie, Ont.

Specs : 78x20x9, 104gc

Date of loss : 1946, Jun 29

Place of loss : Lock #1, Welland Canal

Lake : Erie

Type of loss : sank

Loss of life : ?

Carrying : none

Detail : Sank in the lock - cause not stated. Owned by Boone Dredging and Marine Construction, Toronto. Later removed and declared a constructive total loss, but rebuilt and renamed as shown above. She went on to a long career and was finally scrapped in 1995.

Sources : h,hcgl,bb

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ANNIE DALL

Other names : none, probably built on the hull of the schooner MARY (US#16409, b. 1848, Milan, Oh)

Official no. : 106182

Type at loss : schooner, wood

Build info : 1883, Chicago

Specs : 111x25x8, 149g 142n

Date of loss : 1898, Oct 23

Place of loss : S of Jacksonport, Wis.

Lake : Michigan

Type of loss : storm

Loss of life : none

Carrying : steam pump, lumber

Detail : Went ashore a few days earlier and was freed by the tug NELSON. Enroute to Sturgeon Bay for repairs in tow of the tug WRIGHT, the schooner began to fill faster than the wrecking pump's ability to keep her dry. She tried to turn for shore, but careened over, dumping the pump overboard and swamping. She washed ashore later, a total wreck.

Sources : hgl,wmn,wgts,wmhs,nsp

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LINCOLN DALL

Other names : none

Official no. : 15577

Type at loss : schooner, wood

Build info : 1869, Miller Bros, Chicago

Specs : 116x25x9, 207g 196 n

Date of loss : 1894, May 18

Place of loss : off Glencoe, IL

Lake : Michigan

Type of loss : storm

Loss of life : 1

Carrying : lumber

Detail : Inbound, she was driven into the shallows by gale after long fight all across the lake. Broke up soon after Lifesaving Service took her remaining crewmen off (one had drowned as she struck.) Master: Capt. S. Johnson. Out of Manistee, Mich.

Stranded with heavy damage in 1883.

Major repair, 1882.

Sources : is,h,lmdc,mv,polk,hgl,mpl,hcgl

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MARGARET DALL

Other names : none

Official no. : 17746

Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast, lumber

Build info : 1867, Gregory, Michigan City, IN

Specs : 115x26x8 150g 138n

Date of loss : 1906, Nov 16

Place of loss : near harbor at S. Manitou Isl.

Lake : Michigan

Type of loss : storm

Loss of life : none

Carrying : potatoes

Detail : attempted to make the harbor in gale, but was driven ashore near the lighthouse. Her crew waded ashore.

The vessel broke up the following winter. Owner: Henry Caesar, Chicago.

Ashore near Glencoe, IL, with a load of Xmas Trees 11/10/98.

Major repair, 1880 after stranding near Grand Haven the previous fall.

Converted from 2-mast to 3-mast schooner in 1892

Sources : is(1-61),nsp,gs,is,ns1,h,ns2,mv,nb,usls,mpl,eas,hcgl

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PETER DALTON

Other names : none

Official no. : 150192

Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood

Build info : 1880, Robertson, Grand Haven, MI

Specs : 63x15x6 49g 25n

Date of loss : 1896, Apr 12

Place of loss : off Grosse Point, IL

Lake : Michigan

Type of loss : fire

Loss of life : none

Carrying : none

Detail : She caught fire while returning to Chicago from near Kenosha with the salvage schooner A.J. DEWEY [which had been in use as a lighter] and the salvaged boiler from the steamer SOLON H. JOHNSON. She burned in two, finally sinking in 50 feet of water. DALTON’s crew and DEWEY were rescued by the tug WELCOME, which tried to save the tug as well. Owned by the “Independent Line” out of Chicago.

Almost totally destroyed by fire in 1880 at Whitehall MI

Sources : nsp,slh,mv,

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GEORGE DANA

Other names : none

Official no. : 39390

Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood

Build info : 1869, C. Hinman, Algonac

Specs : 138x24x9 304n

Date of loss : 1876, Sep 1

Place of loss : 3 mi from Grindstone City, Mich.*

Lake : Huron

Type of loss : storm

Loss of life : none

Carrying : lumber

Detail : Bound Bay City for Detroit in tow of the steamer DUBUQUE, she was driven ashore by a gale & broke up. Cargo salvaged by tug WINSLOW. Owned by Amelia Dana of Algonac

*near Alabaster also given as location

Sources : slh,nsp,hgl,nsp

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LILY DANCEY

Other names : none also seen as LILLIE DANAY