Great
beginning with the letter
E
The
©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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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.
Rebuilt in 1855
at
Sources :
nsp,rsl,wl,wgts,bb
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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
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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 spend 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,bb
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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.
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
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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, 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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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