©1999-2011,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
E
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E.C.L.
Other names :
built as the brig
Official no. :
7294
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1845, Doolittle & Miller, Sackett's Harbor, NY
Specs :
249 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 24
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore while anchored
and wrecked, she was a total loss. She was stripped on the 27th.00
Rebuilt in 1855 at
Sources :
nsp,rsl,wl,wgts,hr
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EAGLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1837, Black Rock, NY
Specs :
68x18x6, 66 t.
Date of loss :
1838, Nov 5
Place of loss : Elk
Creek, ca. 5 miles east of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : This early schooner was driven
ashore and pounded to pieces in a localized gale that was considered the most
destructive on
Owned by her skipper, Capt.
Wm. C. Davison and his brother John, both of
Sources :
hgl,nsp,wl,wmn
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EAGLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1839
Specs :
29 t. or 37 t.
Date of loss :
1848, Apr 18
Place of loss : 20
mi NE of Sheboygan, WI [N of Amsterdam]
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
lumber or chestnuts
Detail :
Found disabled and probably capsized by the propeller
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wmn,bb,hr
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EAGLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1845,
Specs :
180 t.
Date of loss :
1852, Nov 5
Place of loss :
mouth of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
She was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew spent six hours in the
rigging and suffered much from the cold before being rescued. She had been bound for
Sources :
nsp,wmn,wl
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EAGLE
Other names : none
Official no. :
241859
Type at loss :
gas screw fish tug
Build info :
1941,
Specs :
33x10x4, 13g 9 n
Date of loss :
1947, Apr 5
Place of loss : in
harbor at South Haven, MI
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : no detail
Out of
Sources :
h,mv,hr
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EAGLE WING - former entry deleted. The
vessel was not seriously damaged.
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JAMES E. EAGLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
13668
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1859, Chas. Hindman,
Specs :
120x21x8, 137 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Aug 8
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at
Sources :
nsp,slh,lhl,hgl,mpl,mdwl
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HATTIE EARL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
11175
Type at loss :
schooner or scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1869, Snell, South Haven
Specs :
96x23x7 101g 96n
Date of loss :
1893, Sep 16
Place of loss :
just outside
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale
and pounded to pieces while bound
Sunk in a collision with the
Driven ashore near
Sources :
h,mv,hgl,wb,mpl,wmn
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
8106
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1866, McDole,
Specs :
136x26x10 235 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Sep 24
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
barges in tow
Detail : She was trying to make the
harbor of refuge at
Built as a passenger &
package freight propeller, rebuilt in 1879 at
Sunk off
Major repair, 1879,
Vermilion. OH .
Sources :
slh,lhl,ns2,phr,polk,hgl,mpl
(not in 1920-21mv's)
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EASTLAND
Other names :
later rebuilt as U.S.S. WILMETTE
Official no. :
200031
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, excursion steamer
Build info :
1903, Jenks Shipbuilding,
Specs :
265x38x20, 1961g 1218n
Date of loss :
1915, Jul 24
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
capsized
Loss of life :
835 [812 also given often]
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : The passenger steamer EASTLAND
capsized while pulling away from her dock for an excursion. She was heavily
loaded with passengers and rolled over in her berth, trapping hundreds inside.
The ship's design was the main factor - flaws included a shallow draft and high
center of gravity, an inadequate ballast system and the addition of several
lifeboats and their associated gear on her upper deck (done due to the
post-TITANIC “Boats for All” law). This
was the worst disaster in
Recovered soon after, sold to
Link to an excellent webpage on the EASTLAND.
Image as
a wreck from TBRC collection
Sources :
eastl,eas,is(3-59,3-60,1-65,2&3-78),lol,lm,hcgl,etc
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EASTNOR
Other names :
built as CHARLES LEMCKE, renamed HENRY PEDWELL in 1913, KAGAWONG in
1931, last name in 1932
Official no. : C126058
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1909, Lion's Head, Ont.
Specs :
90x24, 258 t.
Date of loss :
1933, Nov 18
Place of loss : at
Wiarton, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Caught fire and destroyed while
loading bunker coal at Tyson's Coal Dock, Wiarton. Out of
Major rebuild in 1916 after a
fire in Aug, '15. Rebuilt '30
Dimensions when built: 92x18
ft, 101 t.
Sources :
mmgl,slh,h,csv,win
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JOSHUA EATON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856,
Specs : small (cargoes: 3,500 bu wheat, $40 worth of
coal)
Date of loss :
1860 (Sep?)
Place of loss :
near Goderich, Ont
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
She went ashore in a storm and sat on the beach with little damage until
she was destroyed by a huge gale on November 24.
Owned by Burns and Fancomb,
Sources :
nsp,wmn
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EBENEZER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7518
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1863, E. Sorenson,
Specs : 92x22x9,
120 gt
Date of loss :
1880, Oct 16
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying : stone
Detail :
Driven ashore by the gale known as “The Alpena Storm” due to the loss of
the passenger steamer of that name. Owned out of
Sources :
bb, nsp,wgts,hr
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EBENEZER
Other names :
built as WATTS SHERMAN, renamed in 1883
Official no. :
26168
Type at loss :
schooner-barge wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1847, B. B. Jones,
Specs :
103x24x10 158g 150n
Date of loss :
1903, Oct 14
Place of loss : S.
Manitou Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Blown ashore by a storm and a
total loss. One of oldest vessels on the Lakes when lost (56 yrs).
Wrecked and declared total
loss at
Runge files say she was sunk
on
Rebuilt 1881, 1883
Sources :
nsp,smi,ns1,mv,mpl,usls
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KATIE
ECCLES
Other names :
none also referred to as KATE
ECCLES
Official no. : C75911
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1877, W. Jamieson, Deseronto [Mill Pt.], Ont.
Specs :
95x26x10, 122 gc.
Date of loss :
1922, Nov 28
Place of loss : off
Timber Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound
Sources :
csqw,mmgl,is(2-90),hcgl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
7237
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, H. Kelley,
Specs :
109x25x9, 176g
Date of loss :
1868, Sep 16
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
?
Detail :
While attempting to enter the harbor in a gale, she was wrecked near the
harbor mouth. She was a total loss of about $8,000. One crewman died when he
attempted to swim ashore. Owned by McCabe and Jesmer or Jeamer,
Probably the same vessel was
ashore and expected to become a total loss on East Sister Reef,
Sources :
nsp,wmn,jm,wl
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ECLIPSE -
see also
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ECLIPSE
Other names : none
Official no. :
7495
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1852, F. N. Jones or Notter,
Specs :
94x18x9, 93 g [136 t. om]
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 27
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She caught fire while lying at
a dock a Lakeport and was puched away from the dock with a ladder. Her captain
wished her farewell by emptying his pistol into her flank [he had been in
trouble a few days earlier for accidentally shooting a crewman while playing
with the gun]. Master: Capt. King. Owner: J. B. Scott,
Sources :
wmn,mv,wl
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ECLIPSE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7495
Type at loss :
barge, wood, former passenger vesssel, large tug and
freighter
Build info :
1853, F.N. Jones,
Specs :
94x19x9, 136 t.
Date of loss :
1874, Oct 29
Place of loss : 6
mi E of Black River, Oh
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
in ballast
Detail : She had just had her machinery
removed at
Declared total loss after a
fire at
Sprang a leak and sank in
Exploded and broke in two at
Rebuilt about 1868, major
repairs in 1871 and 72.
Sources :
eas,slh,sol,lhl,nsp,rsl
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ECLIPSE
Other names : none
Official no. :
7517
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1852, E. Bates,
Specs :
109x24x10, 221 t. om
Date of loss :
1882, Nov 24
Place of loss : Big
Sable Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
shingles
Detail : Driven onto a rocky reef in
freezing gale. Her crew scrambled up the rigging as she sank, and all but
one was rescued by Lifesaving Service. Bound Manistee for
Stranded in the same place in
1881 and just a few miles away in 1880.
Major repairs in 1870.
Sources :
nsp,(mv),is,h,g8s,hgl,usls,rsl,wl,ec,wmhs
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ECLIPSE
Other names :
built as the steamer JULIETTE
Official no. : C77692
Type at loss :
propeller tug & supply boat
Build info :
1878, R. Cooper, Hamilton, Ont. [Cooper lived in
Specs :
90x20x6, 72gc 49nc
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 22
Place of loss : off
Wiarton, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
none
Detail : Bound Algoma Mills for
*Built as the passenger
steamer JULIETTE, she nearly capsized on her first trip before pulling away
from the dock. She was rerated to carry much fewer passengers, and the public
turned against her. By the following year she had been rebuilt and renamed.
Sources :
nsp,slh,h,mmgl,win,polk,es,ib
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EDDIE S.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
233600
Type at loss :
diesel fishing tug
Build info :
1933, H. Larson, Menominee
Specs :
35x10x2, 16g 11n
Date of loss :
1945, May 22
Place of loss : off
Grand
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 of 3
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered in a sudden 55mph
squall near the harbor mouth. The one surviving
crewman was saved by USCG.
Out of Sault Ste. Marie,
Sources :
lssc,gwgl,lss,hr,mv
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JOHN F. EDDY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
76645
Type at loss :
barge, wood, bulk freight built
as propeller
Build info :
1886, Detroit Dry Dock,
Specs :
259x38x20 1678 g 1252 n
Date of loss :
1920, Nov 13
Place of loss : 7
mi off W. Sister Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Tow of tug CUSTODIAN, she
sprang a leak in gale and sank. Later dynamited as a hazard.
Built as bulk freighter,
1678gt, 1252nt, converted to a barge between 1910-1916.
Image as
steamer from TBRC collection
Sources :
atl,sol,sbs,ns3,mv,ledc,mpl,hcgl
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NEWELL A. EDDY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
130467
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, built as a schooner
Build info :
1890, F.W. Wheeler, W.
Specs :
242x40x16 1270g 1207n
Date of loss :
1893, Apr 20
Place of loss :
near Spectacle Reef, Straits of Mackinac
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Bound Chiacgo for
Wreck, with masts still
standing, was located in 1992.
Sources :
nsp,slh,sol,is,h,mv,lhdc,ssm,vbs,phr,wb,hgl,mpl,es
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WILLIAM EDENBORN
Other names : none
Official no. :
81702
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1900, W.
Specs :
478x52x25 5085g 4431n
Date of loss :
1905, Nov 28
Place of loss : just
west of Split Rock River mouth, 6-7 mi
SW from Split Rock Lighthouse
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
light
Detail : This Pittsburger had the steel
barge MADIERA in tow in a teriffic gale. After she cut
Sold to city of
Sources :
vbs,gwgl,is,lss,s,nsp,mu
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EDITH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1851, Wm. Ashman, Bronte, Ont.
Specs :
67x19x7, 80 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Nov 6
Place of loss : near Presqu’ile, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
Bound for
Out of
Sources :
mmgl,nsp,clu
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EDITH M
Other names : none
Official no. : 203554
Type at loss : sloop,
wood, 1 mast
Build info :
1906,
Specs : 33x10x3,
7g 7n
Date of loss : 1914,
Sep 1
Place of loss : off
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
This tiny sloop foundered in an early fall storm 20 miles north of
Sources :
mv,hr
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EDNA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135309
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1877, N.L. Anderson, Chicago
Specs :
62x17x5, 38g 36n
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 26
Place of loss : 2
mi off piers at
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
gravel
Detail :
Bound
Document was not surrendered
until June of the next year.
Sources :
bb,mv,polk,usls,hr,wls
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EDNA
Other names : ?
Official no. :
7909
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
1866, New Baltimore, MI as a schooner
Specs :
53g 40n
Date of loss :
1916, Jul 15
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Burned to a total loss.
Out of
Sources :
eas,phr,mv,wmn
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JOHN EDWARD
Other names : none
Official no. : 75896
Type at loss :
sloop, wood
Build info :
1876, Grand Haven,
Specs :
34x11x4, 11g.
Date of loss :
1876, Nov 9
Place of loss :
near shore 5 mi N of Saugatuck, MI
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered close in. Later
recovered. Bound for
Sources :
h,usls,mv,nsp
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EFFORT
Other names :
none
Official no. : C96249
Type at loss :
scow, wood, lumber
Build info :
1889, W. Taylor, Wallaceburg
Specs :
73x21x5, 51 gc
Date of loss :
1898, Sep 6
Place of loss :
opposite
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1 of 4
Carrying :
wood
Detail : Her towing tug ARIADNE
attempted to cross between the steamer GEORGE STEPHENSON and the giant steel
barge ROEBLING with EFFORT in tow. The tug cleared, but STEPHENSON’s tow cable
caught the scow amidships, sawing her in half. A Kendall Ship Reporting Co.
boat saved 2 of crew. Skipper of ARIADNE said he thought the big ROEBLING was a
steamer. Later recovered in two pieces and rebuilt; abandoned at
Sources :
nsp,st,hgl,mmgl,nsp
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MARION
Other names : Shows in mv as EDGAR MARION
Official no. :
7301
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1861, John Squires, Huron, OH
Specs :
262 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Sep 22
Place of loss : 17
mi SE of Thunder Bay Isl, MI
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Collided with the schooner E.R. WILLIAMS in
a night passing error and sank in about 7 minutes. Her surviving crew were
rescued by WILLIAMS. Bound
Ashore on
Sources :
nsp,slh,hgl,usls,wl,rsl,jb
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JOHN EGGERS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
76714
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1887, J.
Eggers,
Specs :
59x14x3 25g 24n
Date of loss :
1906, May 26
Place of loss :
Wind Point, near
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
none of 1
Carrying : gravel
Detail :
She was in the process of loading gravel from
the bottom when she was driven ashore and wrecked, a total loss.
Sources :
mv,lmdc,wls,wmn
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EGYPTIAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, Roderick Calkins, Cleveland
Specs : 136x26x11,
372 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Nov [early in the month]
Place of loss :
near Point Pelee
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked in her 5th
month of service. Owned by Fitzhugh & Littlejohn,
Sources :
blu[1856],wmhs,hgl,wl,wmn
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EGYPTIAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8988
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, Quelos & Peck,
Specs :
232x36x14 1430g 1206n
Date of loss :
1897, Dec 1
Place of loss : 15
mi out of
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She caught fir e in her forward
hold and burned to the waterline 10 miles out, off Sturgoen Point. She then
sank in 170 feet of water while bound
Struck the wreck of the
steamer PHILIP WALTER off Black R., OH in October of 1887 and sunk.
She had the 1st fore &
aft compound engine in use on the
Sources :
stb,slh,mol,mv,hgl,nsp,mpl,hcgl,ade
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EIGHTH
Other names :
also seen as 8TH
Official no. :
8184
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1867, G. Fordham,
Specs :
121x20x7 145
g
Date of loss :
1877, Aug 18
Place of loss :
Fox’s Dock,
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
probably none (one source says lives were lost)
Detail : Extensively burned, probably by
arson. Declared a total loss, but recovered and later rebuilt. The vessel had
recently changed owners [for the umpteenth time] and had been chartered by the Midland RR, which had
christened her [unofficially]
Later 124x21x7 107g
55n
Sunk off Sringwells [Ecorse],
Burned to the water's edge in
Ribinet's canal,
Built as a sidewheeler,
reportedly converted to a propeller in 1875 at
Early
image from TBRC collection
Sources :
nsp,www,mpl,es,mv
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EILEEN G
Other names : ?
Official no. : C190222
Type at loss :
tug
Build info :
1944,
Specs :
37 ft, 13 t.
Date of loss :
1955, May 9
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : no detail
Owned out of Blind R. Ont.
Sources :
is,lss,win
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ELBING - See FRANCISCO MORAZAN
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ELDORADO
Other names :
built as steamer EQUATOR (qv), renamed in 1871
Official no. :
135117
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, F.N. Jones,
Specs :
189x32x11, 489 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 20
Place of loss :
just E of harbor entrance at
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
none of 7
Carrying :
none
Detail : She was wrecked near Presque
Isle in a terrific westerly gale and
blizzard. The steamer JAMES P. DONALDSON cast her and towmates GEORGE W.
WESLEY(qv) and
Owned by L. Slyfield, St.
Clair, Mi
Built from the wrecked
steamer EQUATOR(qv) in 1871, at
Sources :
h,lhdc,hgl,usls,mpl,nsp,ewe
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ELEANOR
Other names : ?
Official no. :
7298
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1857, J. Harbridge,
Specs :
119x26x9, 188 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Aug 18
Place of loss :
Whiskey Reef, near Pte Aux Barques, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 5
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Torn loose from the prop
Converted from a free-sailing
schooner to a schooner-barge in the spring of 1880 after sinking in the
Sources : phr,mv,usls,rsl,nsp
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ELEANOR
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1866, J. Chaffey, Bedford Mills
Specs :
47x10x7, 24g 7nc
Date of loss : 1891,
May 8
Place of loss : near
Pigeon Isl.
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
2 coal barges in tow
Detail : Sprung a leak in heavy weather and foundered
in 100 feet of water.
Registered out of
Also reported sunk at
*date also given as
See CSQW for another version
of her loss
Sources :
mmgl,clu,h,win
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ELEANOR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
136603
Type at loss :
propeller passenger vessel, wood
Build info :
1897,
Specs :
62x11x5, 17g 11n
Date of loss :
1902, Nov 13
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her
dock at
Sources :
hcgl,hr
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ELEANORA
Other names :
built as str
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1830, David Brown, Prescott, Ont.
Specs :
159x27x12, 431 t.
Date of loss :
1848, Apr 18
Place of loss : at
Hamilton, Ont.
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
none
Detail : Wrecked by a gale on the
Rebuilt to a storage hulk in
1840, then to this bark in 1845.
Registered out of
Sources :
hr,mmgl,hgl,csv,ib
————————————————————————
ELFIN-MERE - See CHARLES B. PACKARD
————————————————————————
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135898
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood [also reported as a lighter]
Build info :
1874, L Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont. as a bark (C77778)
Specs :
139x26x12, 330g 310n
Date of loss :
1906, Oct 29
Place of loss : off
Grand
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
Hay & coal
Detail : In tow of the tug
Reverted to an American
bottom after wrecking near
A tug of this name was
reported lost in 1896.
Sources :
mmgl,mv,eas,ns1,mpl
————————————————————————±
WILLIAM
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1871, W. Jamieson, Mill Pt.
(built by Simpson?)
Specs :
99x23x10, 190 gc, 156 nc
Date of loss :
1888, May 19
Place of loss : 16
mi NW of Oswego, NY
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Sprang a leak and sank. Bound
Registered to Capt. J. Savage
out of Picton, Ont.
Also ashore near
Orned at
Sources :
mmgl,is,h,nsp,osdo,wb,hgl,rp
not in clu
————————————————————————±
Other names :
?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1887, Nov 14
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
9
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Reported foundered in a heavy SW gale. Worth about $12,000, with cargo.
Sources :
sb,h
————————————————————————
ELISE - See WEXFORD
————————————————————————±
ELITE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C96880
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1894, Goderich, Ont.
Specs :
60x15x6, 36gt
Date of loss :
1933, Sep 23
Place of loss : at
dock at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to the waterline
Rebuilt at Wiarton, 1916
Sources :
mmgl,slh,h,hr
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ELIZA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8248
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1868, Pierson,
Specs :
53x15x6, 30g 28n
Date of loss :
1890, Jul 1
Place of loss :
unknown
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life :
3 [all]
Carrying :
sand
Detail : Left
Capsized near
Sources :
mv,h,nsp,hgl,mpl,bb,hr,wls
————————————————————————±
ELIZA CAROLINE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7414
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1851, D. Dibble,
Specs :
45x14x6 33g (21n)
Date of loss :
1871, Sep 20
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a
gale. Towed off the beach by U.S. Revenue Cutter SHERMAN on the 28th, but sank
shortly afterwards. Homeport:
Badly damaged in a stranding
at Rondeau, Ont.,
Sources :
mv,www,hgl,nsp
————————————————————————
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
“small”
Date of loss :
1820, Nov 10
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3 [all]
Carrying :
luggage
Detail : This early schooner foundered
in a gale, her two crew and one woman passenger perishing.
Owned out of
Sources :
nsp,rp,hgl,wmn
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1854, R. Robinson,
Specs :
88x17x7, 104 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Jun 29
Place of loss :
Between False Ducks and Nine Mile Point
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
pig iron
Detail :
She sprang a leak and foundered with little warning. Her crewmen saved
themselves in the small boat.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,
————————————————————————*
Other names : none
(see below)
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner,
wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1863,
Specs :
41x13x5, 20 gt
Date of loss : 1866,
Aug
Place of loss : at
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She came into
Sources :
wmn,wls,mmgl,wl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1865, Broders,
Specs :
65 t.
Date of loss :
1873, Oct 29
Place of loss :
Christian Isl,
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and a total loss “due
to stress of weather.”
Sources :
win,clu ,wmn
not in mmgl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
36201
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1866, J. Miller,
Specs :
51x16x4 23 g
Date of loss :
1882, fall
Place of loss :
near Detour, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She was sunk by a gale near the entrance to the St. Mary's R. She
was abandoned a several efforts to release her failed. Her document was
surrendered at
Also stranded on
Sources :
mv,slh,h,phr,jb,hr
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135939
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1887, Ole Nelson,
Specs :
51x15x4, 25g
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 19
Place of loss : at
Menominee,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 2
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She collided with the pier at Menominee in a gale and became a total
loss. Had been stranded in a storm mear Peshtigo less than a month earlier. Out
of
Sources :
wgts,mv,hr
————————————————————————±
Other names : none
Official no. :
136333
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1892, F. A. Kirby, Grand Haven, MI
Specs :
60x11x4, 28g 14n
Date of loss :
1895, Nov 26
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Rammed and cut in two by the
Western Liner SYRACUSE when the latter was being towed into the harbor in
strong winds.
Built as a fish tug.
Sources :
nsp,mv,hr
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ELLEN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1846, Chas. Lee, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs :
95x17x7, 96 t.
Date of loss :
1848, Oct 28
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
9[all]
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Reported wrecked and a total loss, driven on the beach while trying to
beat offshore. When the wind changed suddenly she was capsized and driven in.
She had left
Sources :
hr,hgl,mmgl,wmn
————————————————————————±
ELLEN
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, (2-mast)
Build info :
(1846, S.W. Turner, Cleveland)
Specs :
(63x17x6, 61 t. [om])
Date of loss :
1856, Nov
Place of loss :
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
barrelled fish
Detail : Bound Thunder Bay for
Sources :
slh,hgl,(wl),rnc,blu
————————————————————————±
G.
ELLEN
Other names :
none also seen as ELLEN G
Official no. :
10194
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, Hicks,
Specs :
92x22x6, 85g 81n.
Date of loss :
1901, Sep 16
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 4
Carrying :
wood
Detail : She had battled a storm for two
days before the schooner started to break up. Crewmen lashed themselves to the
cabin roof to keep from being washed
away. Big steamer NYACK spotted them, coming alee to haul them aboard in a
thrilling rescue. Out of Racine, owner and master: Capt. Martin Nelson.
Sources :
nsp,bb,rsl,wl,mv,hr
————————————————————————±
ELLINGTON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7235
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1847, J. Keating, Vermilion, OH
Specs :
102x22x9, 143 t.
Date of loss :
1873, late Oct
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all
Carrying :
stone blocks
Detail :
She struck the breakwater in a storm and sank in the harbor. She was
deemed too overaged to rescue.
Sunk by a collision near
Heavily damaged in the
Chicago Fire of 1871. Thought to be a total loss, but rebuilt.
She was one of the first
vessels of the Bradley fleet.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,’69mv,wl
————————————————————————±
ELLA ELLINWOOD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8604
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast (some sources show her as a two-master)
Build info :
1869,
Specs :
106x26x9 157g 150n
Date of loss :
1901, Sep 29
Place of loss :
between Fox Point & Port Washington, WI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber & bark
Detail : She went into the shallows in
smoke on the 21st, then broke up in a storm on Oct 24. Her crew reached land
safely, even after the yawl capsized in surf near shore. Owner: Thomas
Flagstad,
This is probably the wreck
shown in Great Lakes Pilot as lying 3.5 mi N of Fox Pt. in 12 ft. of water.
Sources :
nsp,glp,vbs,nsp,ns1,sbs,h,lmdc,modoc
————————————————————————±
R.R. ELLIOTT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
56349
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood - built as a sidewheel tug
Build info :
1854, Zadoc Pangburn (sic),
Specs :
162x28x9, 254 t.
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 18
Place of loss : 9
mi
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was torn loose from her tow
steamer
*
Converted from steamer to barge in 1866.
Sources :
nsp,h,hmc,mv,win,lhl,phr,hgl,rsl
————————————————————————
ELLSWORTH -
see COLONEL ELLSWORTH
————————————————————————±
LEM
ELLSWORTH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
140062
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1874, Wolfe & Davidson,
Specs :
138x26x11, 340g 323n
Date of loss :
1894, May 18
Place of loss :
midlake 30-40 mi NNE of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
stone blocks
Detail : Bound for
Went ashore with heavy damage
and the loss of one life, near
Rebuilt in 1879.
Sources :
is,h,mv,nsp,hgl,osdo,mpl,rp,es,wls
————————————————————————±
S.
S. ELLSWORTH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
23796
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info :
1869,
Specs :
117x18x8, 136g*
Date of loss :
1877, Jul 10
Place of loss : SE
point of Stony Isl.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She had dropped a group of excursionist/campers off at the island and
was at anchor for the night when she caught fire, probably in the kitchen. She
burned to a total loss and sank in 21 feet of water. In 1879 her
machinery was recovered, but the boat itself fell apart when an attempt
was made to raise her. The engine and gear went into the new steambarge
THOMPSON KINGSFORD, built for
Built with an Erie Canal-boat
hull, she went to the south via the canal and
Rebuilt from a
schooner-rigged canal boat to a steambarge at
*originally 92x18x9, 114g,
enlarged in 1873
Sources :
rp,wl,mv,wmhs,cpl,wmn
————————————————————————±
Other names :
built as Canadian schooner EUNICE
Official no. :
US
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1849, Foster, Port Rowan or
Walsingham, Ont.
Specs :
81x20x6, 74 t.
Date of loss :
1866, May 27
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
800 bbl water lime
Detail :
Bound Port Dover, Ont, to
Owned by Foster & Co,
Sold American between 1861
Rebuilt at
Sources : nsp,hgl,mmgl,wmn,wl
————————————————————————±
ELMA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8895
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast [built as 3-mast schooner]
Build info :
1873, D Lester,
Specs :
165x30x11 401g 381n
Date of loss :
1895, Sep 28
Place of loss : on
Pictured Rocks, near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She was in tow of the steamer
P.H. BIRCKHEAD with 2 other barges. The tow was broken up, and soon after
ELMA's steering was disabled and she was cast ashore under Miner's Castle. One
crewman died trying to take a rope ashore. Another finally made it and sat
shivering all night on the rocks, holding on to the rescue line. The rest of
her crew came ashore in the morning.
Sources :
nsp,ms,gwgl,glss,sol,h,wb,lss,hgl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1852, Black R.,
Specs : 76 t.
Date of loss :
1866, Aug 8
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
stave bolts
Detail :
She struck a pier while attempting to make the harbor in a storm, sank
and was reported a total loss of $3,400,
vessel & cargo. Locals broke out a lifeboat and rescued her crew from her
rigging. She had been bound
Also sunk on
Sources :
nsp,wmn,jm,hr
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7335
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1856, Lafrinier & Stevenson, Cleveland
Specs :
180x28x11, 781g 599n
Date of loss :
1878, Nov 30
Place of loss : at
Dunnville, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
A fire was discovered in her at about
Major repairs in 1862.
Sources :
phr,lhl,mpl,es,wl,waw
————————————————————————±
Other names :
built as EDWARD SMITH, renamed G. A. MITCHELL in 1918,
renamed
Official no. :
135660
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1883, George King [Koenig],
Specs :
194x33x17, 700g 523n
Date of loss :
1930, Jun 13
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
(lumber?)
Detail :
She burned to a total loss. Her remains were scrapped in 1933.
Owned by Wolverine Steamship
Co.
Sources :
eas,ns4,mv,hcgl
————————————————————————±
C.W. ELPHICKE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
126568
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, Craig Shipbuilding,
Specs :
274x42x20 2059g 1703n
Date of loss :
1913, Oct 21
Place of loss :
Long Point, S of lighthouse at tip
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Driven on the point in a gale,
she broke in two and sank in shallow water. 7 crew made it to shore in her
boat, Lifesavers took the other 12 off.
Master: Capt. A. B. Comins. Owner: Buckeye Steamship Co. Wreck lies in 24 ft of
water, 1.2 mi, 229 deg from Long Pt. light.
Image as
wreck from TBRC collection
Sources :
do2,eas,glp,ttgl,sol,ns2,mv,mpl,hcgl,ewe
————————————————————————*
ELVA
Other names : none
Official no. : 7300
Type at loss : schooner,
wood, 2 mast
Build info :
1859, L. Larned,
Specs : 56x19x6,
69 g
Date of loss : 1911, Jul 24
Place of loss :
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
of 4
Carrying :
Detail :
Stranded and a total loss - no detail.
Rebuilt, 1862
Sources :
mv,tbms,eas,hcgl,wgts
————————————————————————±
ELVINA
Other names :
none somettimes seen as ALVINA
Official no. :
8263
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1868, Field, Sacket's Harbor, NY
as a schooner
Specs :
138x26x11 297g 282n
Date of loss :
1901, Oct 13*
Place of loss : off
Thunder Bay Isl.,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : 700 bbl lubricating oil
Detail :
Bound
*some sources say Oct 3, this
date is from newspapers
Major repair, 1882
Sources :
nsp,stb,slh,ns1,mv,hr
————————————————————————±
GEORGE H.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85147
Type at loss :
barge or schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1871, E. Fitzgerald,
Specs :
181x33x13, 649 gt
Date of loss :
1882, Oct 12
Place of loss :
near Detour, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Tow of tug J.W. BENNETT*, she
struck bottom in heavy weather, swamped and sank in shallow water just inside
Detour Point. Later she broke in two and was given up as a total loss Nov 10.
Owned by Pennington and
others of
*or H. B. TUTTLE. She and
the prop TUTTLE were built as a steamer/consort.
Sources :
nsp,slh,phr,hgl,mv
————————————————————————±
GRACE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85631
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1880,
Specs :
37x13x6, 12gt.
Date of loss :
1885, Sep
Place of loss : off
Little
Type of loss : poor stowage
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
? (limestone?)
Detail : Tow of tug MYSTIC, she capsized
due to poor stowage and trimming of her cargo. Thought to be a total loss, but
later recovered; final disposition unknown.
Sources :
mv,hr
————————————————————————±
SAMUEL P.
Other names :
none also seen as S.P.
Official no. :
23780
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1869, J.P. Clark,
Specs :
200x32x14 627g 596n
Date of loss : 1896,
Oct 29
Place of loss :
harbor entrance at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Tow of steamer HESPER, she went
out of control and was lost from tow. She crashed into a contractor's scow and
then wrecked on the breakwater. An heroic rescue by the tug ELLA G. STONE saved
her 11 crew.
Once part of the Bradley
Fleet.
Major repairs 1879, 82
Sources :
gwgl,lss,mv,hgl,net,hcgl,nsp
————————————————————————±
Other names :
also seen as ELYNA
Official no. :
7323
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info : 1867,
Black R., OH
Specs :
84 t.
Date of loss :
1870, Oct 30
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She wrecked near the beach on the
northern shore of the peninsula in a gale. Two sailors from the Revenue Cutter
COMMODORE PERRY drowned when their small boat swamped during an attempt to
rescue
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv
————————————————————————
EMBLEM - See OLIVIA
————————————————————————±
EMBURY
Other names :
built as COLIN CAMPBELL, renamed in 1901
Official no. :
5719
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1869, Linn & Craig,
Specs :
159x30x11 373g 280n
Date of loss :
1903, Dec 4
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Destroyed by fire at Grand Isl.
on the Niagara R., where she sank and was abandoned. Her crew escaped without
casualty.
Owned by W.L. Martin of
Cheboygan. Master: Capt. Curran.
Major repairs in 1881, 82
Sources :
nsp,ns1,mv,mpl,hcgl
————————————————————————±
EMELINE
Other names :
also seen as EMILINE*
Official no. :
7492
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1862, M. Williams,
Specs :
111x22x7 128g 122n
Date of loss :
1896, Aug 8
Place of loss : 25
mi S of Bailey's Harbor, WI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : bark
Detail : She capsized, was driven ashore
near
Rebuilt and enlarged at
*her actual name was probably spelled EMILINE,
though official records show her the other way.
Sources :
nsp,h,wb,hgl,bb,wgts,hr
————————————————————————±
EMERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood (some newspapers describe her as a tug)
Build info :
1844, Chippawa, Ont.
Specs :
132x20x9, ca. 96 t.
Date of loss :
1858, Dec 2
Place of loss :
near Bear Creek,
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and abandoned –
reported a total loss of $3,000. Recovered and towed to Algonac the next March,
but disposition unknown from there. Master: Capt. Poole
Also sunk on St. Clair R. Apr
18, 1855.
Sources :
rbs,clu,csv,hgl,mmgl,st,wmn
————————————————————————±
EMERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
36340
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1869, W.
Specs :
134x32x9 287g 272n
Date of loss :
1886, Nov 17
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Driven ashore in a gale near
Kewaunee when lost from tow of steamer JUSTICE FIELD. She had been in tow with
the barges G. W. BISSELL, LOTTIE
Sank on
Rebuilt in 1875
Sources :
nsp,lmdc,vbs,osdo,hgl,sb,mpl,mv,wgts
————————————————————————±
EMERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1872, Hardison,
Specs :
139x26x12, 344gc 322nc
Date of loss :
1903, Nov 23
Place of loss :
under Scarborough Bluffs, E of Toronto
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all [8]
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound
Major repairs in 1882.
*
Sources :
nsp,ns1,h,lmdc,vbs,osdo,hgl,sb,mpl,hr
————————————————————————±
EMERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8253
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "rabbit"
Build info :
1863, Hinman,
Specs :
144x23x9 216g 154n
Date of loss :
1909, Nov 13
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore and broken up by
big waves.
In Nov of 1901 she was
abandoned in a November gale and drifted around L Huron for nearly a week
before being
picked up by the steamer
WESTFORD.
Document surrendered at
Sources :
nsp,ns1,mv,mpl,hcgl
————————————————————————±
EMERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. : C85417
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1872, G. Hardison,
Specs :
139x29x12, 343gc 322nc
Date of loss :
1911, Nov 29
Place of loss :
unknown
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all [ca 6]
Carrying : coal
Detail : Went missing in a gale while bound Cobourg Ont., from
Sources :
mmgl,ns2,tbms
————————————————————————±
W.J. EMERSON
Other names :
none
Official no. : C107133
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1900, Goderich, Ont.
Specs :
66x13, 28gc 19nc
Date of loss :
1933, Oct
Place of loss : off
Light number 10, near Bennett Isl. [also shown asShaganash Isl.]
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned and sank.
Sources :
mmgl,lss,do,rf
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H.A. EMERY
Other names :
none
Official no. : 95913
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1887, J. Kelly, W.
Specs :
73x19x6 67g 64n
Date of loss :
1899, Aug 6
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
After having missed the entrance and foundered while attempting to enter harbor in
storm, the vessel and cargo were declared
a total loss.
Launched into Howe's Slip,
Sources :
is,slh,h,lhdc,phr,vbs,nsp
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W.Y. EMERY
Other names :
also seen as W. J. EMERY, above is official
Official no. : C71280
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, H. Dakin, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs :
104x25x11, 154 gc 154 nc
Date of loss :
1899, Sep 26
Place of loss : 1.5
mi off the mouth of Bear Creek, near
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 10
Carrying :
soft coal
Detail : Foundered enroute
Some sources show her lost
Sep 20.
Sources :
mmgl,h,win,rp,jmk
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EMIGRANT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1843, D. W. Jones, Cleveland as a propeller brig
Specs :
118x26x9, 250 t. om
Date of loss :
1845, Oct 4
Place of loss :
Avon Point, near Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
iron, 200 t. coal, 100 t.iron
nails
Detail :
Upbound from Cleveland, she was reported lost on Avon Point in various
sources. Owned by Pease & Allen, Cleveland. Master: Capt. John Munson.
One of the earliest propeller
vessels, her engine was removed after only two seasons of service and she was
relaunched as a brig, then lost the same season.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl,wmn,bb
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EMILINE -
See EMELINE
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EMILY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
scow-schooner or schooner, 2-mast
Build info :
1826, St. Clair R.
Specs :
54x15x5, 34 t.
Date of loss :
1830, Dec 15
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : St Clair*
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 of 12
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked in a gale. Part of her crew
was able to make it to a nearby island, but could do nothing to save the
remaining crew.
One of earliest commercial
losses on L. St. Clair.
*also given as near Port
Huron, St. Clair R.
This may be the vessel that
the poem "The Loss of the Jules
LaPlante" is based upon.
Sources :
sol,h,hgl,mpl,wl
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EMILY
Other names : C
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs : 109 t.
Date of loss :
1852
Place of loss : at
Grand River, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked.
Reported blown down and lost
with all hands in the Nov 18 storm of 1842, but actually made it to port with
minimal damage. Bound for Cleveland with wheat.
Sources :
is(2-67),hgl,nsp
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EMILY
Other names : none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, J. M. Jones, Milwaukee
Specs :
65x19x6, 69 t om
Date of loss : 1857,
April [third week]
Place of loss : between
Milwaukee and Sand Bay, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : went
missing
Loss of life : 5
or 6 [all]
Carrying :
?
Detail : The little schooner left
Milwaukee on April 16th and was never heard form again. Among the
lost were the owner and master Capt. Jacobson, his wife and at least three
others.
One report puts
this wreck on Lake Ontario.
Sources :
hgl,wls,wmn,wmhs
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EMILY
Other names :
sometimes seen as C. EMILY
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1850, G. Ford, Goderich
Specs :
52x12x6, 30 t.
Date of loss :
1862, Oct 4
Place of loss :
near Sandy Island, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber, 4 horses
Detail : Sheltering from a gale behind Sandy
Island, she was beset by rapidly changing winds, which finally broke her chains
and sent her on the rocks. The captain swam 1/4 mile ashore with a rope in his
teeth, by which the crew were rescued. The horses later came ashore by
themselves. Hailed from Owen Sound, but probably owned in Goderich.
She was reportedly engaged
exclusively in the coasting trade.
May have suffered an earlier
wreck on Georgian Bay in 1858
Sources :
slh,hgl,wmn
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EMILY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
36582
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1878, Anspaugh Bros., Oak Harbor, OH
Specs :
78x21x5 64g 60n
Date of loss :
1910, Sep 9
Place of loss :
Platte Bay, near Sleeping Bear.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
cedar fence posts
Detail : She was wrecked near the mouth
of Otter Creek while taking on lumber. Owned by the House of David religious
sect out of Benton Harbor, Mich.
First operated by Anspaugh
Bros out of Port Clinton, OH.
Carries the official no. of
unrigged barge, maybe built as such
Image from TBRC
collection
Sources :
eas,ssb,mv,nb,mpl,lotl
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RHODA EMILY -
See CREAM
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EMMA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8608
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1864, Chicago
Specs :
41x12x6, 21 t.
Date of loss :
1868, Sep
Place of loss : at
Bay City, Saginaw River
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered
Dec 27, 1878, annotated "burned in 1870."
Lhl gives year as 1878,
probably in error.
Sources :
phr,lhl,nsp
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EMMA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135607
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1882, Sand Beach, MI
Specs :
37x11x3, 11 gt 10nt
Date of loss :
1896
Place of loss :
Blue Point, S end of Lake
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : no detail
Several newspaper articles of
1890 refer to her as a "former opium smuggler," and she was also
involved in a piracy case in 1894.
Sources :
slh,phr,polk,mv,hgl.jb,nsp
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EMMA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C100946
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1894, A. Morrill, Collingwood, Ont., as a tug or yacht
Specs :
89x18x7 146gc 94nc
Date of loss :
1912, Jul 3
Place of loss :
near Sister Rock Light, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Reg out of Toronto
Rebuilt and enlarged from
86x13, 76 t. in 1901
Sources :
win,slh,h,lhdc,csv,mmgl,do,hcgl
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EMPEROR
Other names :
formerly schooner LEOPARD, renamed before 1864
Official no. :
8500
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, Port Dover, Ont.
Specs :
148 t.
Date of loss :
1870, Nov (2 or 18)
Place of loss :
near Outer Range Light, Oswego
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
Came to anchor off Oswego, where she had been bound from Port Hope, Ont.
Her cable parted and she came ashore, a total wreck.
Out of Oswego, sold U.S.
before 1869
Major repairs in 1862
Sources :
mv,wmn,wl
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EMPEROR
Other names :
none
Official no. : C126654
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1911, Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Collingwood, Ont. hull28
Specs :
504x56x31 7031gc 5408nc
Date of loss :
1947, Jun 4
Place of loss :
Canoe Rocks, Isle Royale
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life :
12 of 31
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound Port Arthur for
Ashtabula, she piled into a reef and broke in two, foundering quickly. 19 crew
were saved by USCG cutter KIMBALL. Bow section is a popular dive target. Two
bodies were found in the engine room in 1976.
Owned by Canada Steamship at
time of loss, built for James Playfair.
Image
as seen just below the surfacew after wreck, same source
Sources :
mmgl,glp,irs,gwgl,lss,sol,ns4,h,csv,tv,win,mpl,hcgl
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EMPIRE
Other names : ?
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast, lumber*
Build info :
1847, Niagara, Ont.
Specs :
350 t.
Date of loss :
1857, May 4
Place of loss :
Marblehead, near Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
11 of 13
Carrying :
shaped timbers plus 2 horses at the winch
Detail : Bound Toledo for Tonawanda, she
tried to make the lee of Kelley’s Island in a heavy gale. Broached to and went out of control after her sails were
ripped out. She was driven on reef near shore, capsized and broke up. Her crew
took to her rigging after the yawlboat was smashed. The local lighthouse keeper
and a volunteer crew rowed through the gale to reach her crew, but could only
save two. One of the horses, an aged winch horse, made it to shore. Hailed from
Port Dover, Ont. and owned by Henry Waters of Chatham, Ont. Master: Capt.
Alexander Milligan.
*Shows on one 1854 list as a
4-mast schooner!
Sources :
is,ledc,hgl,nsp,clu not in mmgl
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EMPIRE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8559
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger and package freight*
Build info :
1844, G. W. Jones, Cleveland
Specs :
253x33x14, 1136 t.
Date of loss :
1870, Nov 16
Place of loss : S
of base of Long Point, near Port Rowan, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 14
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Saginaw for Buffalo, she sprang a leak and was run ashore in a
gale near Port Rowan. Her hull reportedly split lengthwise shortly after she struck, and she was quickly pounded to
matchwood. She had the brand-new canal boat F. P. SEARS (qv) and probably the
barge GLAD TIDINGS in tow. Out of Detroit. Master: Capt. C. W. Gray.
Broke in two in a storm, Jun
22, 1865. Recovered.
Reportedly the 1st
American-built vessel over 1000 t.
*built as a sidewheel
steamer, converted to barge in 1862 and to this prop in 1870.
Sources :
eas,is,h,lc,lhl,win,hgl,mpl,nsp,rnc,hcgl
————————————————————————
EMPIRE CONGRESS - See FRANCISCO MORAZAN
————————————————————————
EMPIRE FALSTAFF - See MONROVIA
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EMPIRE STATE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7816
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1862, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont.
Rebuild of 1853 vessel EMPRESS.
Specs :
132x30x12, 318 t.
Date of loss :
1877, Nov 8
Place of loss : on
North Point, Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound Marquette for Cleveland,
she ran into a storm shortly after leaving Thunder Bay, went ashore and was
completely destroyed. Three off-duty lifesavers, windbound while returning to
Thunder Bay Island from Alpena, borrowed a fishing boat and rescued her crew.
Owned out of Cleveland by J. D. Bothwell.
Sold U.S. before 1864.
Rebuilt from a bark to a schooner in
1874 at Hitchcock's yard, Saginaw
One report gives location as
Lake Erie.
Sources :
nsp,stb,slh,h,hgl,usls
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EMPIRE STATE
Other
names :
none
Official
no. :
7295
Type
at loss : barge, wood
Build
info : 1854*, Geo. S. Weeks, Buffalo as a brig
Specs : 131x29x13,
299g 284n
Date
of loss : 1891, Aug 30
Place
of loss : near Cheboygan, Mich
Lake : Huron
Type
of loss : storm
Loss
of life : none
Carrying :
shingles
Detail :
Beached near Cheboygan in a squall, then pulled off and towed into the harbor a few days later. There
she sank in 14 feet of water. On the 3rd of Sep she was described as a total
loss, along with much of her cargo. Owned by Marinette Barge Line, of Chicago.
Built
as a brig, converted to a schooner before 1884, then to a barge about 1889.
*Officially
given as 1852, but contemporary artcles give ’54.
Sources :
nsp,hr,mv
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EMPIRE STATE
Other names :
built as SYLVAN STREAM, renamed 1893
Official no. :
22795
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1863, T. Collyer & Co., Athens, NY
Specs :
157x27x8 380g 271n
Date of loss :
1903, Jun 25
Place of loss :
Kingston, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her
layup dock, where she had been tied up since 1901.
Had been a St. Lawrence River
steamer before layup.
Machinery recovered in
October, 1903.
Sources :
ns1,mv,nsp,mpl
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EMPRESS
Other names :
built as
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1849, Thurston & Gildersleeve,
Kingston, Ont.
Specs :
172x23x9, 263 t.
Date of loss :
1868, Mar 18
Place of loss : at
Kingston, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
cordwood?
Detail : Heavily damaged or destroyed by
fire while lying at Gildersleeve's wharf, a $15,000 loss. The hulk was
considered a serious detriment to Kingston harbor until it was finally refloated
and machinery removed in Oct, 1870, but it is not known if she was ever
rebuilt. Salvage was done by D. Calvin of Garden I.
Owned by Owen Lynch &
Chas. DeWitt, Beauharnois.
Rebuilt, 1862, major repairs
in ‘59
Sources :
clu,is(4-65),csv,hgl,mmgl,rsl,nsp,rnc,wmn
————————————————————————
EMPRESS OF INDIA - See FRONTIER
————————————————————————±
EMUE
Other names :
often seen as EMEU, EMU
Official no. :
7311
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, Merry & Gay, Milan, OH
Specs :
122x25x11, 234gt. [291 t. om]
Date of loss :
1888, May 3
Place of loss :
Port Austin Reef, 400 ft. W of the lighthouse
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound East Tawas for Cleveland,
she struck the reef and foundered in a gale, she was initially scuttled to keep
her from going to pieces. She resisted
salvage and was declared a total loss, May 9. Though several sources say 6
lives were lost, her crew was rescued by the Grindstone City Lifesaving Service
men. Out of Sandusky, OH.
Also sank in Tawas Bay in
1875 and was sunk in a collision off Sand Beach, Lake Huron, in 1868.
Not in '69 mvus
Major repair in 1863
Sources :
mv,nsp,slh,h,wb,hgl,usls,ec
————————————————————————±
BERTHA ENDRESS
Other names : also
seen as BETHA ENDRESS
Official no. : C71229
Type at loss :
propeller fish tug, wood
Build info :
1876, Two Rivers, WI [US#3013]
Specs :
45x11x5, 31gc 23n
Date of loss :
1891, Sep 29
Place of loss :
Whitefish Bay off Pt. Iroquois
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 [all]
Carrying :
machinery
Detail : Bound Soo, Ont. for
Michipicoten Isl. with machinery for the mine there, she sank in a storm. The
sons of two of the owners of the Michipicoten Mine were among the lost.
Sold Canadian in 1889.
Sources :
lssc,gwgl,nsp,mmgl(as “Bertha Enoress”),mpl
————————————————————————
C.W. ENDRESS - See MACK JEAN
————————————————————————±
ORA
ENDRESS - See SOUTH SHORE
————————————————————————±
ENERGY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1854, Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
196 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Oct 5
Place of loss :
Little Traverse Bay, near the site of Petoskey, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
Bound Kenosha for Buffalo on the return trip of her very first voyage, she
shifted her cargo in a storm, went out of control and drove ashore. The crew
climbed the rigging as she went down and all but one were later rescued by a
group of Indians encamped nearby. Owned by Niles & Wheeler of Buffalo and
D.O. Dickinson of Waukegan, IL. Master: Capt. William White(d).
Abandoned as a total loss,
but purchased as a wreck and finally recovered in October, 1855. Gone by 1864.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,rsl
————————————————————————±
JOSEPH M. ENRIGHT - Entry regarding 1885 collision
deleted - vessel was recovered, had another collision in 1886, and sailed a few
more years
————————————————————————±
ENTERPRISE
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
scow or scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
(1854, J. Roche, Port Huron, MI or 1858, J. Holler, Detroit)
Specs :
(64x19x6, 56 t. or 55x15x3, 22 t.)
Date of loss :
1861, Nov 21
Place of loss :
near Bark Shanty, tip of Michigan’s “thumb”
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She drove ashore in a gale and
was pounded to pieces. Her outfit was salvaged a few days later.
Sources :
slh,hgl,wl,nsp
————————————————————————±
ENTERPRISE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C72983*
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, steambarge [former passenger & package freight]
Build info :
1874, (A. Trerice or J.Simpson), Dresden, Ont.
Specs :
120x25x9, 197gc 137nc
Date of loss :
1883, Dec 10
Place of loss : off
Pointe Aux Barques
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 of 14
Carrying :
none [had just been lightered]
Detail : She had stranded near Cockburn
Island, in northern Lake Huron November 20, and had been recovered by Detroit
wreckers. While on her way to Detroit in tow of the tug BALIZE, she suddenly
foundered, killing most of the wrecking crew left aboard her, as well as part
of the ENTERPRISE's original crew. Out of Wallaceburg, owned by McClennan, Port
Arthur. Master: Capt. John Williams.
*originally had #C71102, but that number was
given to the tug JAMES G. HARPER in
about 1878.
Sources :
mmgl,slh,h,csv,win,polk,hgl,es,nsp
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ENTERPRISE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
88522
Type at loss :
"excursion barge," wood (reportedly constructed of pine)
Build info :
1885, J. Wakeham, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs :
38x15x2, 24gc 24nc
Date of loss : 1885,
Oct 1
Place of loss :
Becket's Wharf, Burlington Bay near Hamilton
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : This small vessel burned to a
total loss, along with the tug SHAMROCK(qv), in a dockside fire.
Barge and tug were both owned
by John Wakeham.
Sources :
mmgl,win,ib
————————————————————————±
ENTERPRISE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C83143
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1864, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ont. (A. Muir, Port Dalhousie also
given)
Specs :
177x28x12, 620gc 400nc
Date of loss :
1894, Sep 13
Place of loss :
North Point, N side of Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
27,000 bu wheat
Detail : Bound Ft. William to Kingston
Ont., she struck bottom, broke in two
and sank in a SE gale. Her crew of 13 was taken off by the USLS. Owned out of
St. Catharine's Ont.
Later sold off the beach and
recovered by Americans and rebuilt as the American bottom NORSEMAN in 1894-5.
Rebuilt in 1881, reduced from
1047 t. to 915, given official number at that time.
Scuttled for age in 1912
Stmbge ENTERPRISE {US 135979}
also shown as “lost '94, Lake Huron.”
Sources :
clu,slh,h,lhdc,csv,lhl,jb
————————————————————————±
ENTERPRISE
Other names : ?
Official no. : C?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1903
Place of loss :
Georgian Bay, near Barrie Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered, no detail
(Several small Canadian
schooners of this name at this time)
Sources :
slh
————————————————————————±
EQUATOR
Other names :
none?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1842, W.S. Lyon, Charleston [Black R.], OH
Specs :
85x20x9, 132 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1843, Sep 23
Place of loss : off
Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
flour
Detail :
Downbound Detroit for Buffalo, she collided at night with the steamer
ROCHESTER and sank. She may have been at least partially recovered,for an
article says that part of her cargo was “taken off.” Out of Detroit
Sources :
nsp,hgl,hr,wl
————————————————————————±
EQUATOR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7233
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk & package freight
Build info :
1857, F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
184x31x12, 621 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Nov 18
Place of loss : off
North Manitou Isl, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
RR ties,salt,apples
Detail : She had been trying to pull
schooner SOUTHWEST off reef when she foundered in a gale in relatively shallow
water. Owned by Belle City Line. She was thought to be unsalvagable, but was
refloated in 1870. Her hull was extensively rebuilt and became the barge
ELDORADO(qv) in 1871, while her engine was used in the tug BISMARK.
Sister of steamer
EQUINOX(qv).
Sources :
eas,lhl,mv,sol,lmdc,nsp,nb,hgl,wl,mdwl
————————————————————————±
EQUINOX
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7232
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1857, F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
184x31x12, 870 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Sep 10
Place of loss :
about 8 mi off Big Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
25 of 26
Carrying :
barrelled salt
Detail : Foundered in huge waves while
bound Sarnia for Chicago via Bay City with the lumber-laden schooner EMMA A.
MAYES (qv) in tow. Went down quickly at
around 1 a.m., just after the schooner was warned to cast off her towline.
Passengers included the captain's daughter and granddaughter (17 and 15 years
old). The single survivor, her wheelsman, was picked up from the floating
wheelhouse roof by the schooner HAVANA on the 12th. Part of the Pridgeon fleet.
Master: Capt. Dwight Scott.
Damaged in a collision with
the bark LAFRINIER on the St. Clair R. in October, 1870.
Rebuilt, 1874
Sources :
mv,lhl,sol,lh,nsp,hgl,usls,st,mpl,es,wl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1836, F. Church, Detroit
Specs :
120x18x7, 149 t.
Date of loss :
1840, Aug 4
Place of loss :
near Malden, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
1 or 6
Carrying :
?
Detail : Destroyed by a steam explosion
in her engine.
Date also given as Mar 9, 1844
Sources :
eas,hdm,lhl,is,nsp,wl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1837, M. Creamer, Erie, PA
Specs :
176x27x11, 497 t.
Date of loss :
1841, Aug 9
Place of loss : off
Silver Creek, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
100-175 of about 200
Carrying :
household goods, merchandise
Detail : The steamer, headed for
Chicago, carried hundreds of Swiss and German immigrants bound for the west. Caught fire four hours out of Buffalo
after an explosion and burned to the waterline 6 miles offshore, then sank.
Cruising along the south shore of the lake when the disaster occurred, she
turned toward shore, but didn't make it. The fire is thought to have started
from a demijohn of turpentine that was
loaded just above the boiler. This was the worst steamer disaster up to that
time and occurred at almost precisely the same spot as the burning of the
WASHINGTON(qv), which had been the previous worst disaster. About 30 people
were saved by the steamers DEWITT CLINTON and LADY. Several weeks later, after
a severe thunderstorm crossed the area, more than 100 bodies were picked up by
the steamer ROCHESTER and a Revenue Cutter. Master: Capt. Thomas Jefferson
Titus.
The many salvage attempts
began in 1842. A lumps of melted silver coins were removed from her hull in
1852 and 1853, and when her hulk was raised in July, 1854, there was over
$200,000 in melted gold & silver specie
in it.
Reported to have exploded the
steam chamber of her engine, killing 4 or 6, on Aug 4, 1840, near Malden, Ont..
though this is perhaps a different vessel (see above).
Collided with the anchored
steamer DANIEL WEBSTER off Bar Pt. one night in September, 1839.
Image of
vessel afire from TBRC collection
Sources :
eas,is(3-73),glss,is,sol,hdm,lc,hgl,nsp,mpl,ewe
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Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
steamer, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1842, Dec
Place of loss : off
Mt. Clemens, MI
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Collided with an ice floe and
sank while following in the wake of the steamer MISSOURI..
Location also given as off
Port Huron.
Probably recovered and is
vessel lost in 1844.
Sources :
is(3-67),slh,hgl,nsp,rj,hr
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Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sloop, wood, 1-mast
Build info :
?
Specs :
“small”
Date of loss :
1843, Apr 25 or 26
Place of loss : off
Michigan City, Ind
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : "lost"
Loss of life :
6 [all]
Carrying :
flour, passengers
Detail : Bound Michigan City for
Milwaukee, she was apparently sunk by a squall, as she was never heard from
again. Some of her hatch covers and wreckage were found floating a few miles
off Michigan City.
Sources :
is(2-69),hgl,nsp
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Other names :
largely known as “LITTLE
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger
Build info :
1836, Detroit
Specs : 121x18x7,
149 t.
Date of loss :
1844, Mar 9
Place of loss : at
Detroit
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
?
Carrying : ?
Detail :
Caught fire and burned to a total loss. Her engine went into the new
steamer ISLAND QUEEN, then into the steamer RUBY when the QUEEN was converted
to a barge. Engine destroyed when that vessel partially burned at her dock in
1880.
Sources :
nsp,lhl,wmn,hr
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Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847, C. Chapman, Sandusky, OH
Specs :
66x21x6 71t
Date of loss :
1851
Place of loss :
near Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : no detail
Sources :
www,hgl
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Other names :
built as the U. S. Revenue Cutter LEWIS McLANE
Official no. : 7487
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1833, Buffalo
Specs :
32 g
Date of loss :
1872, late Aug
Place of loss : off
Marblehead, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Bound Cleveland for Detroit, she came to anchor off Marblehead, where
she was overtaken by a storm. She foundered at her anchor. She was reputedly
the oldest working schooner on the lakes at the time. After a long career as a
revenue cutter, she went to Lake
Michigan for use as a lumber schooner and later returned to Lake Erie homeports.
Probably out of Toledo. Master: Capt. John T. Andre.
Noted in 1874
Merchant Vessels of the U. S. as “lost”
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,hr
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
135271
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1876, Buffalo Dry Dock, Buffalo
Specs :
75x17x9, 57g 28n
Date of loss :
1899, May 18
Place of loss :
near Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fog
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Struck a rock and sank near VanBuren Point, west of Dunkirk in a dense
fog. Reported abandoned to underwriters May 20. Owned by W. H. Hill, Erie Pa.
Rebuilt in 1887.
Sources :
jb,wmhs,wmn,hr,nsp
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Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
scow or scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
23 t.
Date of loss :
1902
Place of loss : ?
Lake : ?
Type of loss : ?
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Shows on an official 1902 loss
list as a total loss.
Sources :
wb,h,mv
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
164176
Type at loss :
dredge barge or scow
Build info :
1900, Toledo
Specs :
93x35x6, 186g 186n
Date of loss :
1936, Jun 2*
Place of loss : at
Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Set afire by spark from welding
torch, totally destroyed. Owned by Duluth-Superior Dredging Co., Duluth
*Also given as same date,
1935.
Sources :
mv,eas,gwgl,is,lss,hr,mv
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Other names :
built as tug HECTOR [US# 11195]
renamed in 1879
Official no. : C74068
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood, wrecking
Build info :
1862, Peck & Masters, Cleveland, OH as a tug, later a
passenger/freight steamer
Specs :
112x20x9, 221gc 111nc
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 21
Place of loss : at
Kincardine, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
4 of 12
Carrying :
none
Detail : This large tug was destroyed by
a boiler explosion while just south of the harbor, assisting the stranded
schooner J. N. CARTER. The Kincardine lifesaving crew picked up the survivors.
Her engineer had been running her at 100 psi, even though she was only rated
for 65 lb. Her ruined boiler is still is
still visible near shore at "Boiler Beach" near Kincardine. The
CARTER had been blown ashore in huge gale of the preceding few days. Owned by
Odette & Wherry of Windsor, Ont. Master: Capt. John Tobin.
Burned to the hull in 1879.
Hulk sold Canadian and rebuilt by Jenking at Walkerville, Ont.
Operated out of Boston during
the Civil War.
Sources :
mmgl,slh,csv,polk,hgl,mpl,es,dg
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C73913
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, W. Pontine, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs :
136x24x10, 275gc
Date of loss :
1924
Place of loss :
Near the Eastern Gap, Toronto Harbour
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : "sank"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Lost near Scarborough Bluffs
Was hidden from the Erie
County, NY, sheriff dept. 1908-24, to prevent confiscation.
Sources :
mmgl,ns3,tfgl
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C73917
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1882, G. Dow, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs :
76x21x7, 72 t.
Date of loss :
1889, Sep 30
Place of loss :
near Houghton Sand Hills, W of Clear Creek, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 of 10
Carrying :
?
Detail : She had been aground for a few
days and had extra men aboard to help
get her off, when she was struck by a storm and turned turtle. Most of those aboard were drowned. Master:
Capt. Stafford. Owner: W. Y. Emery, Port Burwell.
Two earlier major accidents
(one in 1885) also claimed the lives of crew.
Sources :
mmgl,sagl,h,ledc,wb,hgl,sb,es,es3-2
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ERIN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C83142
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, package freight
Build info :
1881, J. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont.
Specs :
174x26x13 512gc 317nc
Date of loss :
1906, May 31
Place of loss : a
mile S. of Courtright, Ont.
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
5
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Upbound, she collided with the
big steel freighter JOHN B. COWLE(qv), cut nearly in two and sank quickly.
Master: Capt. Peter Sullivan. Owner: Thomas Conlon, Thorold.
Hulk later dynamited to clear
the channel.
Lengthened 37 ft during a
winter rebuild after a stranding on Lake Superior in December, 1884
Image
from Walter Lewis collection
Sources :
do2,ns1,h,ledc,csv,win,mmgl,mpl,nsp
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ERINDALE
Other names :
built as the sidewheel tug METEOR renamed
Official no. : C107598
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, iron, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1866, White, Sorel, Que.
Specs :
129x24x11, 754gc 444nc
Date of loss :
1906, Aug 6
Place of loss : at
Bowmanville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her
berth. Fire may have been arson. Out of
Toronto.
Some sources say she was
wooden-hulled.
Sources :
mmgl,ns1,csv,win
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ESCANABA - See
also BALTIMORE
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ESCANABA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7319
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1866, I. W. Nicholas, Vermilion, Oh
Specs :
414 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Jun (17)
Place of loss :
Gull Island Reef, Beaver Islands
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
850 t. iron ore
Detail :
She was bound Escanaba, Mich., for Cleveland with ore when she struck
the reef in heavy weather and reportedly broke up quickly. No effort was made to recover the
vessel, and the next Bradley schooner bound for the iron country, the 3-master
NEGAUNEE, was ordered to salvage her outfit. Owned by Bradley and others,
Cleveland. Master: Capt. Bailey.
Sources :
polk,mv,hgl,wmhs,nsp
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ESCORT
Other names :
none
Official no. : C97010
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1894, Ross, Port Colborne, Ont.
Specs :
45x16x10, 40gc
Date of loss :
1907, Nov 3
Place of loss :
mouth of Niagara R.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : passing error
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
none
Detail : While trying to pass the barge
BENJ. HARRISON, she sheared under the barge's bow and was run down and sunk.
Sources :
mmgl,is,hcgl,hr
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ESPERANCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner or sloop, wood, trader
Build info :
1787, Trombley, Saginaw Bay
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1842
Place of loss :
Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered in a freak squall.
First vessel built in Saginaw
Bay area.
Sources :
slh,sbs,vbs
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ESPERANZA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C80595
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, yacht?*
Build info :
1876, Buffalo [US#135247]
Specs :
57x9x5, 22gc 11nc
Date of loss :
1907, Jul 30
Place of loss : off
Cape Croker, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Sold Canadian about 1880.
Registered out of Toronto at
time of her loss, owned by the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in the 1880's.
One source calls her a sloop.
*Shows on U.S. registry as a
steam yacht early in her career. Canadian registry shows her as a wood vessel,
but U.S. reg. says she was iron. Probably built by David Bell, Buffalo, lakes'
pioneer builder of iron vessels.
rebuilt, 1889. Originally 52
ft.
Sources :
slh,h,win,mmgl,mv,hr
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ESPINDOLA
Other names :
none also seen as ESPINOLA
Official no. :
8792
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1869, P. Lawson, Manitowoc, WI
Specs :
60x19x6, 54 t.
Date of loss :
1882, Apr 10
Place of loss : 1
mi N of Chicago waterfront
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
RR ties
Detail :
after fighting a gale all the way across the lake, she struck bottom off
18th St., Chicago and capsized due to an excess load of ice. The
local tug GEORGE B. McCLELLAN rushed to her rescue and saved to three men and a
boy aboard. Shortly afterwards the schooner drifted out and down the lake and
broke up. She had been bound Grand
Haven, MI, for South Chicago. Owned out of Milwaukee, WI. by Capt. Henry Peddendruck and commanded by him.
Far up on the beach at
Muskegon late the previous fall.
Sources :
h,usls,mv,wl,nsp,wmhs,hr
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ESSEX
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, (2-mast)
Build info :
1834, French Creek, NY
Specs :
100 t.
Date of loss :
1848, Sep 28
Place of loss : on
N. Bass Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
salt
Detail :
Driven ashore and wrecked on the NE corner of N. Bass I., a total loss of $2,500.
Out of Oswego
Sources :
hr,hgl,wl,wmn,wmhs
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ESSEX
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1860, Jenking, Windsor, Ont. as a sidewheeler
Specs :
81x19x8, 141 t.
Date of loss :
1886
Place of loss : at
Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to waterline and hulk
abandoned.
Converted to a propeller
during an 1877 rebuild.
Sources :
clu,slh,csv,hr,tbms
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J.S. ESTABROOK
Other names :
none
Official no. :
13667
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1867, D. Lester, Marine City, MI
Specs :
145x26x12, 280 t.
Date of loss :
1873, Oct 20
Place of loss : at
Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber, shingles, wood products
Detail : She sheered out of control
while entering Fairport harbor and struck the west pier, where she broke in
half and sank, a total loss. She was towing the barge SOPHIA SMITH at the time,
having left the barges ROBERT EMMETT, W. L. PECK, and INDIANOLA at other ports.
Her machinery salvaged and installed in the steamer GLADYS in 1875. Owned by
Wiggins & Turner of Saginaw.
Lytle list says she was lost
in 1879, but has no detail.
Port Huron registrations show
her lost at Toledo.
Sources :
lhl,mv,nsp,phr,mpl
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HATTIE A. ESTELLE
Other names :
built as
Official no. : 90461
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1873, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs :
139x26x11, 310 g 295 n
Date of loss :
1891, Nov 17
Place of loss : on
a bar N of Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo with
wheat, she was trying to make the harbor at Manistee for shelter. She was
driven on the beach and wrecked in full sight of many, including Lifesaving
Service who were able to save part of the crew. Newspapers reported at the time
that parts of the vessel’s hull which washed ashore appeared to be rotten.
Master: Capt. D. Estelle(d).
She had an eventful career:
An early voyage went Green Bay to Quebec to England to Quebec to Cape Town to
Natal to Cape Town to Toulon to Cadiz to Chicago. She once carried a
consignment of prisoners from Natal to Cape Town , South Africa, during the
Boer War.
Major repairs, 1880, 82, 89
Sources :
mv,eas,nsp,sol,h,lmdc,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,mv
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ETRURIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
136977
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1902, W. Bay City Shipbuilding, W. Bay City hull #604
Specs :
414x50x24 4653g 3415n
Date of loss :
1905, Jun 18
Place of loss : 10
mi off Presque Isle Light, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Upbound, Toledo for Superior,
WI, she collided with the steel steamer AMASA STONE in fog. Fatal damage
starboard side abreast of #9 hatch. Many
of her crew were asleep, but were still able to escape. The crew were picked up
by boats from the steamer MARITANA.
Master: Capt. John Greene. Built for Hawgood Transportation Co., of
Cleveland and owned by them at the time of loss.
Sources :
nsp,sbs,slh,is,ns1,vbs,mpl
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ETTA BELLE
Other names :
also seen as ETTA BELL, ETTA BALL
Official no. :
8730
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1871, Dexter, NY*
Specs :
92x20x8, 94g
Date of loss :
1873, Sep 3
Place of loss : 8
mi off Big Sodus, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal (also reported as corn, in error)
Detail :
Bound Fair Haven, NY, for
Toronto, she foundered in deep water after springing a leak in good weather. Her crew abandoned in her yawl and
was able to make it to shore. Owned by Hillaker & Wells, Dexter, NY. Out of
Ogdensburg, NY. Master: Capt. Pelow.
Misidentified as “Isabel” in
some reports.
*Built on an old Canadian
hull, maybe the old schooner CHAMPION
[built 1851, Oakville, and wrecked at Port Hope in 1869 or 70]
Wreck located in 200 feet of
water in 2004.
Sources :
wmn,nsp,wl,mv,hgl,hr,jmk
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HANNA ETTY
Other names : none
Official no. :
11287
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1864, Two Creeks, WI
Specs :
71x20x6, 60 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Aug 26
Place of loss :
just S of Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 5
Carrying :
wood and coal
Detail : Bound Manitowoc for Milwaukee.,
she sprang a leak, filled and capsized. Later driven ashore and wrecked by
storm waves. Her crew attempted to make shore on their own in a ragged old
yawlboat, were later picked up outside the harbor by the Lifesaving
Service after drifting for several
hours. Homeport at Milwaukee or Manitowoc.
Sources :
mv,nsp,h,usls,bb,hr
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EUGENE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8213
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1865, H. C. Schnoor, Fair Haven, MI
Specs :
64x17x4, 40g 38n
Date of loss :
1890, Oct 22
Place of loss :
Port Austin Reef, Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 6
Carrying :
oats, gen. merch.
Detail : Blown onto reef by a NW gale,
later broke up in place.
Owned out of Swan Creek, MI
Dismasted and wrecked by a
gale in November, 1865, while on a wreking operation over the schr CORNWELL at
East Sister Isl, Lake Erie.
Sources :
mv,eas,slh,h,lhdc,usls,wb,hgl,sb,nsp
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EUNICE
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EUPHEMIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1852, Wm. Jenny, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs :
81x22x3, 52 t.
Date of loss :
1859, May 26
Place of loss :
just outside harbor at Holland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
6 of 7
Carrying : lumber
Detail :
She capsized in a gale at the mouth of the harbor. During the night of
the 26-27th, the crew were washed off her one by one, until just one
remained. Master: Capt. Frederick Claussen(d).
Sources : nsp,hgl,rnc
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EUPHRATES
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1856, Bidwell & Banta,
Buffalo*
Specs :
178x30x12, 587 t. om
Date of loss :
1862, May
Place of loss :
mouth of Sandusky Bay, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : "wrecked"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Salvagers attempted
to raise her late in the month, but by that time she was nearly broken up.
Machinery later salvaged.
Owned by B. & T. Transportation Co., Buffalo, worth about $26,000.
Date also given as Jul, 1862,
but a newspaper account shows her broken up completely and declared a total
loss May 23, 1862.
*Builder also given as F. N.
Jones. She was probably a twin of the steamer ARAXES(qv).
Sources :
eas,www,lhl,hgl,nsp,wl,umr
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EUREKA - See
also CANADA
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EUREKA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7332
Type at loss :
sloop, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
10 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Oct
Place of loss : off
Au Sable, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
ashore and total loss, no detail.
Hailed from Bay City
This is only sloop of this
name in mvus
Sources :
mv,slh,hgl,mdwl
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EUREKA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8984
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1854, Newport, MI
Specs :
199 g. [240 t. om]
Date of loss :
1873, Oct
Place of loss :
Michigan City, Ind.
Lake :
Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Thrown into shallow water and
wrecked.
Sources :
lmdc,mv,lhl
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EUREKA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1858, Little, Wilson, Ont.
Specs :
211 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 26
Place of loss :
Pigeon Isl., E end of the Lake
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She was abandoned in a storm in
a sinking condition and foundered just off the island.
Out of Montreal, owned by J.
Donnelly
Major repairs in 1873, 78 and
81.
Sources :
win,clu,nsp,h,polk,hgl not in
mmgl
————————————————————————±
EUREKA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8894
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, A. Turner, Trenton, MI
Specs :
138 x26x12, 330g 313n
Date of loss :
1886, Oct 20
Place of loss : 5
miles off Vermilion Point, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
6 [all]
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She became separated from the
3-barge tow of the steamer PRENTICE and disappeared into the gale. PRENTICE
waited in vain for her to sail into Whitefish Bay. Her masts were discovered
sticking out of the lake on the 23rd.
Owned by David C. Whitney of Detroit.
Major repairs, 1883.
Divers found her in 1983.
Sources :
mv,nsp,is(4-73),lssc,gwgl,is,h,lss,wb,hgl,usls,mpl,hr
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EUREKA
Other names :
built as Canadian propeller CANADA, renamed SCHILDE in 1893, last name
in 1896
Official no. : 116578
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1872, A. Robertson, Hamilton, Ont. as a propeller [C#100392]
Specs :
140x26x12, 338g 329n*
Date of loss :
1901, Nov 7
Place of loss :
between Tawas City and Port Huron
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She waterlogged and foundered
in gale. The crew took to a makeshift raft and were saved except mate's wife,
who died of exposure. The raft and wreckage of the ship washed up near
Kincardine, Ont. Master: Capt. Henry Hughes. Owner: Elizabeth Ragan, Port
Huron.
Built as a passenger &
package freight propeller, gutted by fire Oct, 1892 at Port Huron, hulk sold US
and rebuilt as a schooner-barge. Normal rebuild in 1893 as well.
*originally143x24x13, 267t
Image as
steamer from TBRC collection
Sources :
slh,is,h,lhdc,phr,win,mmgl,mpl,mv,jmk
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EUROPA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, D. O'Conner, Buffalo
Specs : 392 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Nov 24
Place of loss : at
Smoke's Creek, near Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
17,000 bu wheat
Detail :
She was driven ashore by a gale and
pounded to pieces over the next two weeks, a total loss. Owned by E. K.
Bruce, Buffalo.
Sources :
nsp,wl
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EUROPE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1842, Brockville, Ont
Specs :
176 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Oct 14
Place of loss : at
Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
? - worth $300
Detail :
Anchored in the harbor at Chicago, she parted her cable in a storm and
was driven on the breakwater. She quickly broke up in place. Owned by Smith
& Wilson, Oakville, Ont., she was a $4,000 insurance loss.
Rebuilt in 1845.
Sources :
blu[1856],wl,wmn,jm,hr
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EUROPE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C85243
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1870, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont.
Specs :
136x23x11, 628gc 395nc
Date of loss :
1884, Apr 19
Place of loss :
Welland Canal near St. Catharine's
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Almost totally destroyed by fire. Remains of hull later converted to a
barge named REGINA(1886).
Rebuilt in 1883, given her
official number at that time.
Sources :
csv,hgl,mmgl,jb
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EVA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C83411
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1881, Bobcaygeon, Ont.
Specs :
72x14x5, 33gc
Date of loss :
1896, Apr
Place of loss :
Lindsay Beach, North Channel N of Drummond Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Destroyed by fire.
Sources :
slh,mmgl,csv,hr
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EVALINE
Other names : none
Official no. :
7299
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1861, Litchfield, Blendon's Landing, MI
Specs :
118x27x10, 236g 224n
Date of loss :
1895, Sep 26
Place of loss : off
Kewaunee, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Sprang a leak in a gale and fog
and foundered. Her crew was rescued.
Reported as bandoned, 1901
rebuilt, 1881
Sources :
wb,mv,polk,hr
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B.
EVELEIGH
Other names :
also seen as BARNEY EVELEIGH, EVERLEIGH
Official no. :
2114
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1866, B. Eveleigh*, Sackett's Harbor, NY
Specs :
138g
Date of loss :
1883, May 5
Place of loss :
near the Point Pelee lighthouse
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Upbound from Cleveland, she was driven ashore in a gale and damaged.
When a salvage crew arrived to try to save her they knocked out a bulkhead to
get at the leak, but the result was that much larger hole was torn in her
bottom, which was also heavily damaged behind the bulkhead. The salvager and
her underwriters abandoned her as a total loss. Owned by James Doville,
Cleveland
Rebuilt in 1882
*also given as Field.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wmhs,polk
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EVELYN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C100301
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1893, Lane, Sandwich, Ont. (or
Goderich)
Specs :
68x17x9, 85gc 40nc
Date of loss :
1915, Jun 3
Place of loss : 1
mi SW of gas buoy, Byng Inlet, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : sunk
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Struck bottom and sprang a
leak, then sank.
Registered out of Windsor,
Ont.
Sources :
win,mmgl,h,hr
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EVENING
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EVENING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135025
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1874, Crosthwaite, Saginaw
Specs :
181x33x13 498 g.
Date of loss :
1875, Sep 10
Place of loss : off
Big Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound for Chicago with her
sister MORNING
When built the twin "
Registered as a
schooner-barge, but photos show her as a fully-rigged tops’l schooner of the typical
Great Lakes type. She was built to be towed behind MENDOTA, though.
Sources :
vbs,nsp,hgl
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EVENING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8789
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1869, Hamilton, Sheboygan, WI
Specs :
126x25x9, 214 g
Date of loss :
1894, May 18
Place of loss :
Chicago Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Left Chicago the previous day
but driven back by a storm. There she collided with schooner MYRTLE and began
to come apart as she drifted in. Her crew was able to escape to the nearby
shore before she went over on her beam ends. Remains pounded to pieces quickly.
Master: Capt. M. W. Kilton; out of Milwaukee.
Sources :
is,h,mv,nsp,hgl,wl
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EVENING
Other names :
none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1882, John Thornburn, Ashfield, Ont.
Specs :
56x18x7, 52 gt.
Date of loss :
1894, Sep 9
Place of loss :
Fisherman Bay, near Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
cordwood
Detail : Stranded and wrecked in a
north'er.
Registered out of Goderich
Sources :
mmgl,slh,hgl,hr
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EVENING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
201984
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood, fishing*
Build info :
1905, Chicago as passenger steamer
Specs :
70x14x5, 31g 26n
Date of loss :
1911, Nov 13
Place of loss : 4.5
mi N of St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She was driven ashore
in a fall gale after losing her rudder on the Wisconsin side and
drifting all the way across the lake in heavy seas. She went high up on the
beach and all but one of her crew were able to make it to the beach easily. The
reamining survivor was aided by the Lifesaving Service. Out of Chicago. Master:
Capt. Oscar Osmondson.
*1910 mv lists her as a
steamer, but local newspapers say she was a gas launch
Sources :
mv,l,lmdc,bcha
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J.
EVENSON
Other names :
often seen as JOHN EVENSON [even in photos]
Official no. :
76523
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1884, John Evenson, Milwaukee
Specs :
54x14x7 33g 16n
Date of loss :
1895, Jun 5
Place of loss : 5
mi N of Ahnapee, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
none
Detail : Sunk in a collision with the
new steamer I. WATSON STEVENSON. The tug had taken the steamer in tow, got
tangled in the line and was drawn across the big ship’s bow. She was rolled over
and sunk in 300 ft. of water. Owned out
of Sturgeon Bay, owned by Laurie Stone Co.
In 1897 plans were made to
raise the tug, or at least her engine, but it is not known if anything came of
them.
Sources :
nsp,h,hgl,mpl,wgts,wmn
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EVERETT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1848, J.W. Johnson, Cleveland
Specs :
84x20x8, 119 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Oct
Place of loss :
near Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Driven on reef and wrecked, a
total loss of $3,300.
Sources :
sagl,hgl,wl,hr,blu[57]
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A.
EVERETT
Other names :
sometimes seen as A.E. EVERETT
Official no. :
105919
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1880, W Radcliffe, Cleveland
Specs :
212x35x17 1088g, 879n
Date of loss :
1895, Apr 30
Place of loss : 20
mi N of Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail : Bound Chicago for Ogdensburg,
NY, she was cut by early season ice and sank.. Went down in deep water. Her
crew was rescued by the steamer EBER WARD(qv). Built for the Minch fleet of
Cleve., and served in it her entire career. Master: Capt. George Kendall.
Sources :
nsp,slh,mv,lhdc,wb,hgl
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Other names :
built as schooner SEREPTA, renamed in 1880
Official no. : C83156
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1865, J. Cooper, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs :
120x26x8 206 gc 197nc
Date of loss :
1903, Nov 18
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered in a gale.
Owned by John Cooper,
Wallaceburgh, Ont.
An 1883 list shows her built
by Tait at Shannonville, Ont.
Converted from 2-mast to
3-mast schooner at Tait shipyard, Shannonville, Ont., in 1887.
Sources :
mmgl,clu,ns1,wl
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EVERGREEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8301
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1868, Holland, MI
Specs :
73x20x6, 68 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Apr 16
Place of loss : SE
of Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 4
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Driven ashore by a spring gale
while attempting to enter the harbor at Milwaukee. Bystanders got a line to her
and her crew was able to come ashore on it. Later stripped and soon broken up
by the pounding of waves. She had been bound Muskegon for Racine.
Homeport: Racine
Sources :
h,mv,usls,hr
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EVERGREEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7240
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info :
1856, Peck & Masters, Cleveland
Specs :
193x28x11 624g, 554n
Date of loss :
1871, Nov 15
Place of loss : SW
coast of Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : lumber camp supplies
Detail : Driven on to Long Point by
westerly gale, where she hogged and broke up. Most of her cargo and fittings
were stolen over the winter while she lay awaiting recovery. Owned by H. Loud,
Gay & Co. of Oscoda, MI.
She was recovered &
rebuilt in 1872-3, but was abandoned at Buffalo in 1875 after wrecking at Port
Maitland in the fall.
Major repairs in 1863
Sources :
eas,h,lhl,win,hgl,nsp,mpl,jk
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J.
W. EVISTON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
75723
Type at loss :
propeller fish tug, wood
Build info :
1872, McClelland, Milwaukee
Specs :
50x12x4, 16g 12n
Date of loss :
1897, Jul 20
Place of loss : at
Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
probably none
Detail :
She caught fire at her homeport and burned to a total loss. Owned by Adaline Smith of Duluth and worth
about $1,000.
Sources :
nsp,lss,mv,hr
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FRANK D. EWEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C130321
Type at loss :
crane barge, wood
Build info :
1888, F.W. Wheeler, W. Bay City
as a 3-mast schooner US#120710
Specs :
202x37x15, (882g 838n as schooner)
Date of loss :
1925, Oct 18
Place of loss :
near Hedge Hog Harbor, Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Stranded and wrecked.
Stranded with heavy damage
near Tonawanda, NY in Sep, 1905. Sold
Canadian the next year and converted from a schooner to a crane barge.
Sources :
vbs,phr,
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EXCELSIOR
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
(1847, S. Ruggles, Milan, Oh)?
Specs :
(112x25x10, 248 t.)?
Date of loss :
1862, Nov (1)
Place of loss :
Claybanks Reef, near Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
Stranded and a total loss, little detail. (owned by W. O. Brown,
Buffalo)
Driven ashore at Pt. Abino in
early November, 1861, and expected to go to pieces.
Sources :
sagl,ec, wl,hgl,rsl,wmn
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EXCELSIOR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, river steamer and ferry
Build info :
1861, Lewiston, NY
Specs :
40x16x4, 28 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Nov 9
Place of loss :
Saginaw R. near Portsmouth, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Caught fire and destroyed while
taking on wood. Owned out of St. Charles, MI by Samuel Hunt and used as a ferry
among the ports of Saginaw, Carrollton and Zilwaukee.
The vessel is also reported -
erroneously - as a small schooner.
Sources :
slh,h,nsp,lhl,hgl,mdwl
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EXCELSIOR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7350
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1865, H.J. Williams, Buffalo, as a bark
Specs :
156 ft., 374 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 15
Place of loss : N
of Thunder Bay Isl, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 of 9
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Foundered in teriffic gale.
Several crew floated off on wreckage, but only one of them was finally rescued
and he was picked up on the Canadian side of the lake the following day.
Homeport: Erie, PA
Sources :
nsp,stb,hgl,mpl,wl
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EXCHANGE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C61141
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, J. Cusson, Bay City, MI
Specs :
73x16x5, 34gc 34nc
Date of loss :
1873
Place of loss :
near Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
“Wrecked” no detail. Registration
documents were surrendered in Mar, 1884.
Sold Canadian in 1871.
Sources :
vbs,mmgl
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EXCHANGE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7315
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1857, Nicholas, Vermilion, OH
Specs :
138x26x12, 292 t.
Date of loss :
1874, Nov 20
Place of loss :
Kelley's Island
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
stone blocks
Detail :
Stranded on the rocks while attempting to leave the harbor in heavy
weather.. In May of '75 the wrecker WINSLOW placed 6 steam pumps aboard her to
bring her up, but abandoned the effort within a week. She broke up in a storm
in April of 1876. Her remains were struck by the tug AMERICAN EAGLE out of
Cleveland in 1885, causing heavy damage to the tug. Owned by Capt. Jas. Lawler
of Sandusky, who had just purchased her that season.
Sources :
es,wl ,nsp,ew
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EXILE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8183
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, Kelley, Milan [completed at Huron] OH as 3-mast schooner
Specs :
152x30x11 387g 368n
Date of loss :
1916, Nov 25
Place of loss : 7
mi S of Sturgeon Pt
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Broke towline and driven
ashore, where she was pounded to pieces.
Location also given as, near
Sturgeon Bay, WI, L. Michigan
Heavily damaged by fire at
Cleveland in November of 1875.
Rebuilt in 1880.
Sources :
eas,slh,lol,ns2,mv,mpl,nsp,hcgl
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EXPERIMENT
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, Eliott, St. Joseph, Mich
Specs :
65x17x5, 82 t.
Date of loss :
1855,
Place of loss :
near St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 or 6 crew
Carrying :
?
Detail : Capsized in a sudden storm.
Only survivors were a single crewman and Captain Nelson Napier's wife and one
of two children, passengers who were trapped in the air pocket under the
upturned hull until rescued the next day by curious bystanders who hear the
people inside and released them by chopping a hole in the hull. The vessel was later recovered and continued
in use until lost in 1902! (see below). Master: Capt Jennings(d).
Sources :
gs,wl,lotl
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EXPERIMENT
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
1863, S. Malvin, Pigeon River, MI
Specs :
219 t.
Date of loss :
1866, Nov 21
Place of loss : 6
mi above Lexington, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Saginaw for Cleveland,
she and her towmate SHERIDAN broke loose from their tug and went ashore. By the
next day, both had broken up. Part of their cargoes was saved.
Also reported as lost in
1864.
Sources :
mv,slh,sbs,hgl,nsp,wmn
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EXPERIMENT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7523
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, Elliott, St. Joseph, MI
Specs :
65x18x6 50g 47n
Date of loss :
1902, Sep 12
Place of loss : in
harbor at St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 6
Carrying :
firewood
Detail : Wrecked and a total loss in the
harbor by a SW gale. She had gone out of control after swerving to miss an
unmarked construction crib. Her crew was rescued by the Lifesaving Service.
Stripped and deserted the 15th.
Owned and operated by Capt.
Withey of Benton Harbor.
An 1884 list shows her as a
"wrecker" out of Racine [Norton]
Capsized with the loss of 4
lives on Lake Michigan near St. Joseph in 1855. Foundered near Manitowoc in
1864 and stranded at Sheboygan, WI, in 1869.
Rebuilt in 1884.
Sources :
nsp,is,h,mv,mpl,hr,bcha
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EXPLORER
Other names :
none
Official no. : C?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast [yacht in use as a cargo vessel]
Build info :
1866, J. Waddell, Chatham, Ont
Specs :
48x16x6, 33 gt
Date of loss :
1883, Sep 4 [Sep 25 also given]
Place of loss :
Greenough Shoal of Lyal Island, on Stokes Bay on the outside of Bruce
Peninsula
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5
Carrying :
salt
Detail : She struck the rocks outside
the harbor and went down. Her crew were visible from shore clinging to the
wreck, until the ship broke up and they were drowned. The wreck was later
reported to have occurred "under suspicious circumstances." She was recovered and towed to Port Huron for
further disposition and was still lying there when burned to the waterline June
16, 1886. Owned by N. E. Lewis of Goderich, Ont. Master: Capt. Charles Woods.
She was scuttled with the
loss of two lives in an insurance scam in 1867, on a reef near Bear and
Flowerpot Islands. Her skipper, the only survivor, was drowned in the same
area in a small boat two years later.
There was great hue and cry over the validity of the story in 1882, when she
was raised and found to have been weighted with rocks and had holes bored in
her hull.
Sources :
slh,hgl,mpl,do,es,wmn
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EXPRESS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sloop, wood, 1-mast
Build info :
1828, William Willard,
Specs :
42x15x5, 25 t.
Date of loss :
1835, Sep 28
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
? [cargo saved]
Detail :
Bound for
Rebuilt, 1831.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wl,wmhs
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EXPRESS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7511
Type at loss :
scow-brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1864, C. Huntley,
Specs :
126x30x9, 244 gt
Date of loss :
1878, Apr 19
Place of loss : 23
miles from
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered following a collision
in dense fog with the steamer JOHN A. DIX. The collision occurred at night, and
the DIX cruised around for quite some time looking for her but could find no
trace, and presumed she had gone on her
way uninjured. The EXPRESS, however, had sunk and hour after the accident. Her
crew abandoned in her boat and made it to
Sources :
mv,sol,hgl,bb,nsp,hr