©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
F
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F. & P.M. NO. 2 - See DUNDURN
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F. & P.M. NO. 3 - See PERE
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F. & P.M. NO. 4 - See PERE
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FABIOLA
Other names :
built as ROYAL OAK, renamed, 1876
Official no. : C72577
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1852,
Specs :
95x22x9 , 150g 131n
Date of loss :
1900, Oct 21
Place of loss : off
False Ducks Isls.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Downbound from Oswego, NY, she
foundered, probably in a storm. Her crew escaped by smallboat and landed at
McDonald's Cove.
Owned by Capt.
Bates
May have
originally been the ROYAL OAK which sunk at Port Stanley in 1856 and was later
recovered.
Rebuilt 1862, 1876
Sources :
mmgl,osdo,hgl,do,jb
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FAIR AMERICAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1804, Oswego, NY
Specs :
64 ft., 83 t.
Date of loss :
1818, Oct
Place of loss : off
mouth of Salmon R.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked. Worth about $1,000 at
time of loss. Master: Capt. Sweet.
Purchased by the
U.S. govt and armed with 2 guns in 1812, and
sailed with Perry's Fleet. Returned to commercial service about 1814.
Sources :
hgl,is,asn
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FAIR PLAY
Other names :
? probably
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1817 or 18, Erie, Pa as a revenue cutter
Specs :
47x15x6, 32 t.
Date of loss :
1829, late Nov
Place of loss :
near Cattaraugus Creek, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail :
The vessel was at anchor at Erie when she was torn loose and driven
eastward up the coast with her three crewmen, eventually coming to rest at the
location shown. Later it was reported that she dislodged herself from the beach
and drifted away, never to be seen again.
Owned by her
skipper, Capt. Harvey Fitch and Alvah Cable. Out of Buffalo.
Reportedly built
as a revenue cutter. Her first private registry was in Mar, 1823, but nothing is known of her
history before that.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wl,wmhs,nsp
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N.K. FAIRBANK
Other names :
also shown as N.K. FAIRBANKS
Official no. :
130033
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1875, W. Morley, Marine City
Specs :
205x37x11 980g 831n
Date of loss :
1895, May 3
Place of loss :
Morgan Point, near Port Colborne. Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail : Bound Chicago for Ogdensburg,
NY, she ran aground in smoke, then caught fire and "burned up." Master: Capt. Truman Moore. Owner: J. W.
Moore, Cleveland. Declared a total loss., but was sold off the beach for $250
[she was worth $30,000 before the fire] and recovered by Canadians who laid her
up at Port Colcorne for two years.
Rebuilt as ELIZA H. STRONG(qv) in 1897.
Location also given
as Potaganissing Bay, 8 mi from Detour, MI, in error.
Also heavily
damaged in fire on Lake Erie in 1885.
Sources :
nsp,ledc,lhdc,slh,wb,hgl
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H.S. FAIRCHILD
Other names :
none also seen as H.S.
FAIRCHILDS, H.L. FAIRCHILD
Official no. :
11136
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, Geo. Hardison, Charlotte,
NY as a bark (year also given in error
as 1847)
Specs :
136 ft, 347 t. 287n
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 6
Place of loss : off
the tip of Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Buffalo,
she collided with schooner HARVEST HOME on a dark night and quickly sank.
Homeport: Buffalo
Converted from
bark to schooner about 1870.
Major repairs in
1864
Sources :
is,mv,hgl,nsp,rsl
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FAIRFIELD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
9195
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1846, L. Shickluna, Niagara, Ont.
Specs :
111x24x10, 169 t. [223 t. old meas.]
Date of loss :
1869, Sep 29
Place of loss : at
Bailey’s Harbor, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
light
Detail :
Inbound for Bailey’s Harbor to pick up a cargo of wood, she ran on a
reef just outside the harbor and pounded heavily. She broke up over the next
few days. Out of Chicago
After a long
career in Canadian service she came into U.S. registry by 1864
Major repairs in
1856,61
Sources :
hgl,nsp,mv,rsl,mdwl,wgts
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FAIRPORT - See also BAYPORT, TECUMSEH
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FAIRPORT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1838, G. Miles, Fairport, OH
Specs :
136x23x9, 259 t.
Date of loss :
1844, Oct 12 or Oct 18
Place of loss : off
Algonac, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Reported burned to total loss,
but hull probably actually recovered and rebuilt to sidewheeler TECUMSEH (qv)
at Algonac, MI. Master: Capt. Edwards.
Stranded and lost
near Buffalo, Nov 14, 1850.
Out of Buffalo.
Sources :
eas,lhl,hgl,st,nsp,hr,jm,bb
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FAITH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
?
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, Taylor, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs :
62x18x5, 50 t.
Date of loss :
1878, Oct 28
Place of loss : near
Goderich, Ont., north of Point Farm
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
cedar posts
Detail :
Reported ashore and a total loss. Broken up by the 30th
"From Pike
Bay" owned by R. Gawley
Sources :
nsp,wmn,clu,mmgl
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FALCON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1853, J.L. Wolverton, Detroit
Specs :
199x30x12, 664 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Oct 18
Place of loss :
Chicago R.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
6000 bu. wheat, 400 bbl beef and 400 hides
Detail : Burned to a total loss on the
river, then sank. Her hulk remained locked in the ice all winter. She was
raised in May of 1857 by tugs CALEB CUSHING and TARLETON JONES and resunk
several miles out in the lake.
Owned by Western
Transportation Co.
Sources :
nsp,lhl,wl,eas,ctw,air,blu[1856]
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FALCON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
(9190)
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
(1853, Bailey, Racine, WI)
Specs :
(97x25x9, 126 t. [183 t. om])
Date of loss :
1869, Oct 5
Place of loss : at
Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
shingles and lath
Detail :
Bound Alpena for Cleveland, she sheered off while coming into the harbor
and struck the end of the west pier. She was brought around to the side and
tied up, but broke away and went ashore, where she pounded to pieces.
Major repair in
1861
Vessel shown in
parentheses, only one on official lists, still existed 1870 and was reported
lost in 1876.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,hr,rsl,mdwl
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FALCON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
9190
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, Bailey, Racine, WI
Specs :
97x25x9, 126 t. [183 t. om]
Date of loss :
1876, Apr 27
Place of loss : at
Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She went ashore near St. Joseph, Mich, in October of 1875. In mid-April of
'76 the tug BEN DRAKE pulled her off and repaired her enough for the tow to her
homeport of Chicago. When almost in port the was struck my a squall and her
temporary repairs failed, causing her to sink near the mouth of the harbor.
Speculation was that at this point she would hardly have been worth saving.
In mid-May the combined effort of 8 or
10 tugs was used to drag the hulk 3-400 feet out of the channel, but a larter
storm moved her back to a point where she was a hazard. In June a wrecker was
contracted to "blow her up with torpedoes." Owned by Clark Bros., Chicago.
Repairs in 1868
Sources :
nsp,mv,rsl,wl,wmhs,wmn
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FALCON
Other names :
built as steamer KATE BUTTIRONI, renamed 1901
Official no. :
14393
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1881, G. Koenig [aka King], Marine City, MI
Specs :
174x31x20 865g 693n
Date of loss :
1909, Nov 7
Place of loss :
shore of S. Fox Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound Escanaba for East Jordan,
Mich, she was driven aground in a gale and went to pieces. Her crew made it
ashore in her yawl.
Drove ashore while
running at speed near the same spot in August of 1905.
Sources :
eas,mv,nsp,ns1,mpl,hcgl
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ANNIE FALCONER
Other names :
none
Official no. : C83285
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, G. Thurston, Kingston, Ont.
Specs :
107x24x9, 201g, 175n.
Date of loss :
1904, Nov 12
Place of loss : off
South Bay Point, near Amherst Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She swamped and sank in a
storm. Her crew made it safely to Amherst I. on their own in 5.5 hours, but
mate later died of exposure. Bound Sodus, New York for Kingston, Ont. Owned by
her skipper, Capt. M. Ackerman of Picton.
Stranded and
declared a total loss on L. Ont., Oct 14, 1893.
Rebuilt, 1881
Wreck surveyed by
S.O.S. and others in 1982-3.
Sources :
csqw,ns1,h,mmgl,wb,win,mpl,do
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FALLING WATERS
Other names : none
Official no. :
120183
Type at loss :
steamer, wood, passenger ferry
Build info :
1873, Rochester, NY
Specs :
37 t.
Date of loss :
1875 or 74
Place of loss : ?
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : no detail
Sources :
is,hr
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FALMOUTH
Other names :
built as TURNER & KELLER, renamed in 1876
Official no. :
24984
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc
Specs :
234 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 21
Place of loss : harbor mouth at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
16,000 bu wheat
Detail : While attempting to enter the
harbor in a storm, she was driven into the breakwater and sank. The cook
refused to leave the vessel without her luggage, and was lost. Bound Toledo,
OH, for Oswego. Out of Oswego. Master: Capt. Thomas Murray.
Sources :
h,hgl,usls,mpl,nsp
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FAME
Other
names : none
Official no. : 9213
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood,
3-mast
Build info : 1853, J. Wolverton, Detroit as a bark
Specs : 156x26x10, 282g 267n
Date of loss : 1887, Oct
Place of loss : near the Harbor Entrance at Presque Isle, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore and
wrecked. Some of her timbers and fittings later became part of the old Presque
Isle lighthouse.
Lengthened 24 feet over the winter of 1853-4.
Stranded at Goderich, Ont, in Oct, 1854 and pulled off the following spring.
Stranded at Thunder Bay, MI in May, 1856
Struck by lightning in June of 1856 while all of her crew were trying to take
in sail. All 10 injured, some seriously.
Collided with the bark SUNSHINE in Nov, 1856, on Lake Erie, with significant
damage.
Collided with another vessel in Chicago harbor in 1857 with significant damage.
Ashore at Eagle Harbor. Lake Superior, in August of 1863, and struck by
lightning while being towed back to her homeport, Detroit. Owned by E.W.
Hudson.
Sunk in a collision near Chicago in November, 1865.
Ashore on S. Manitou in May of 1866 with heavy damage. At least three other
damaging accidents including a collision during 1866.
Damaged in a collision
on Lake Huron in Sep, 1867.
Rerigged as a lumber barge in 1871.
Sprang a leak and sank at Sand Beach, MI, in 1885
As many as three other serious accidents.
Sources :
mv,slh,nsp,wwl,lhdc,hgl,usls,ledc
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FANNY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sloop, wood, 1 mast (yacht?)
Build info :
1849, Geneva, OH
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1849, May 27
Place of loss :
offshore between Geneva and Grand River, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 of 20
Carrying :
none
Detail :
A party of 20 persons went for a sail in her after her launch, during
which she was struck by a squall and capsized. Her skipper and a passenger
drowned, the rest of those aboard being picked up by the propeller CALIFORNIA.
Last reported sighting of the boat was 8 mi NE of Grand River. Master: Capt.
Borgan(d).
Sources :
nsp,wmn
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FARMER - See also MAZEPPA
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FARMER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info :
1837, Salem, OH
Specs :
87x18x7, 200 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1863, Apr (3?)
Place of loss :
near New Buffalo, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 or 8
Carrying :
(lumber)
Detail :
She was capsized in high winds, reportedly with the loss of all hands,
includer her crew of 4 or 5 and 2
passengers. Out of Milwaukee, owned by T. Duffy
Rebuilt and
enlarged about 1848
Sources : nsp,hgl,wmn,wl
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FARMER'S DAUGHTER
Other names : none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1816, Sandy Creek
Specs :
59x16x5,, 39 t.
Date of loss :
unreported
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
all
Carrying :
?
Detail : Went missing with all hands.
Sources :
is,rp
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JAMES P. FARNUM - See JOSEPH P. FARNUM
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JOSEPH P. FARNAM
Other names :
reports of loss of JAMES P. FARNUM are same boat, also seen as JOSEPH P.
FARMAN, FARNAN
Official no. :
76691
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info :
1887, W. Radcliffe, Cleveland
Specs :
152x33x10, 410 t.
Date of loss :
1889, Jul 20
Place of loss : NW
of Benton Harbor, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Bound St. Joseph for Escanaba,
she caught fire and burned to a total loss 15 miles offshore. South Haven
Lifesaving Service crew commandeered the steamer GLENN to tow them out to the
site, where all 12 of those aboard were
saved. Out of Cleveland. Master: Capt. L. G. Vosburgh.
Sources :
nsp,h,lmdc,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,lotl
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RAY S. FARR
Other names :
built as D. NEWHALL or DANIEL NEWHALL, name changed in 1882
Official no. :
6135
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1864, Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
99x24x9, 129gt 123nt
Date of loss :
1886, Dec 1
Place of loss :
near Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none, but several crew members lost limbs to frostbite
Carrying :
Slabs
Detail : Bound Muskegon for Chicago, she
foundered in a frigid NE gale after becoming overladen with ice topside. Her
crew made it to shore through the ice field in her yawl. Out of Muskegon.
Master: Capt. Granza or Grazo.
Loss also reported
(in error) as being at S. Manitou.
Stranded with
heavy damage at Buffalo in 1857.
Major repairs in
1861,82 and 83
Sources :
mv,nsp,h,wb,nb,hgl,sb,mpl,eas,hr
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C.M. FARRAR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
4263
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1856, G. Notter, Buffalo
Specs :
51x13x7 17 gt 12 nt
Date of loss :
1876, Sep 6
Place of loss :
near Port Huron, MI
Lake : St. Clair R.
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Struck a snag and sank in
shallow water. Not deemed repairable, but recovered after a couple of years
(some reports say she was pulled off right away). In service until 1889.
Suffered a boiler
explosion and fire that almost destroyed her and killed three crew, Jun 22,
1873.
Homeport in 1869:
Manistee
Sources :
mv,lhl,slh,hgl,st,nsp
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JESSE H. FARWELL - See JAMES W.
FOLLETTE
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FASHION
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, tug
Build info :
1847, Pangborn, Algonac as a passenger steamer
Specs :
160x25x8, 324 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Nov (17)
Place of loss : off
Bayfield, Ont.
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail : Went ashore and became a total
loss while going to the assistance of the stranded schooner ST. ANTHONY (qv).
Stripped and abandoned by the 20th. Master & owner: Capt. Newberry.
Ashore near
Sources :
slh,lhl,hgl,nsp,air,wmn, blu[1856]
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FASHION
Other names :
none
Official no. :
9189
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1846, Johnson & Tisdale, Cleveland
Specs :
124x24x10, 214 gt [282 t. om]
Date of loss :
1877, Oct 7
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She was driven ashore by a gale and wrecked; reported a total loss by
the 9th.
Rebuilt in 1859 and 1864
Sources :
nsp,mv,wl,hr
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THEODORE S. FASSETT - See J.L. CRANE
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FAUSTIN
Other names :
built as E.M. FOSTER, later EDWARD H. JENKS(qv)
Official no. : 136048
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "rabbit"
Build info :
1882, D. Foster, Port Dover, Ont.
C# 85471
Specs :
123x24x10, 256g 166n
Date of loss :
1912, Sep 4 (May 15, 1910 also given)
Place of loss : off
Bar Point, approach to Detroit R. mouth
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : 0 of 8
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered.
Stranded SE of Pte
Aux Barques, Lake Huron in October of 1888 and released the next spring.
Had a fatal
accident in August of 1891, as JENKS(qv), and lay on the bottom near Ballard’s
Reef, Lake Erie for 9 years until raised and rebuilt in 1900.
One source shows
her as abandoned in 1912 - info above is from official sources [1913 MV]
Sold U.S. 1888 as
stranded [US#136048]. Resold Canadian in 1909. Resold American again just
before her loss.
See FOSTER and
JENKS for images.
Sources :
mv,eas,ledc,mpl,hcgl
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FAVORITE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1837, F. N. Jones at David Wilkison shipyard, Perrysburg, OH
Specs :
150 gt
Date of loss :
1845
Place of loss :
8-10 mi SE of Monroe, MI off Raisin River
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
unknown
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
whiskey & other liquors
Detail :
Bound Buffalo for Toledo, she was cut by ice and sank in about 24 feet of
water. Her crew was able to make it to shore over thin ice by forming two
parties and tying themselves in long lines by ropes. In that way crewmen who
broke through the ice were pulled out by the others. The tug DAVE AND MOSE
found what was thought to be her hulk while searching for the sunken tug OSWEGO
in 1887. Another wrecker, from Monroe, Mich, claimed to have salvaged her
cargo, worth $300,000, in 1882, but as of 1892, would-be salvagers were still
looking.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,es,wmn,nsp
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FAVORITE
Other names :
also seen as FAVORIGHT
Official no. : 9795
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, (fish tug)
Build info :
1868, G. Carpenter, Bangor, MI as a schooner
Specs :
55x14x5, 24 t.
Date of loss :
1875
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : (Huron)
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered at Port Huron Nov 14,
1877 annotated "wrecked in 1875."
Rebuilt from a schooner
to a prop in 1874
Sources :
phr,vbs
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FAVORITE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
9201
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood, wrecker [twin screw]
Build info :
1864, W.H. Wolf, Fort Howard, WI
Specs :
139x29x8, 409g 351n
Date of loss :
1907, Jan 9
Place of loss : at
St. Ignace, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
After a long career as a freighter, wrecker and tug, she caught fire at
her winter berth and burned to a total loss. Cause of the fire was never
determined, but there is speculation that it was arson.
Sources :
ssm,mpl,mv,rsl
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FAVORITE
Other names : none
Official no. :
227010
Type at loss :
gas screw packet
Build info :
1927, Chassel, MI as a fish tug
Specs :
34x10x3, 10g 7n
Date of loss :
1947, May 29
Place of loss : NE
shore of Presque Isle, NW of Marquette, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Went off course in heavy
weather and grounded, then broken up by storm waves. A small CG boat grounded
trying to rescue her 1 crewman, USCG WOODRUSH finally affected the rescue.
Out of Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich.; owned by Eino F. Tuomela.
Sources :
gwgl,lss,hr,mv
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FAVOURITE - See CITY OF PARRY
SOUND
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FAWN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120435
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1875, Ft. Howard, WI as a steam
yacht
Specs :
50x19x9, 37g 18n
Date of loss :
1888, Aug 8
Place of loss :
Death's Door Passage
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Foundered in a storm.
Homeport:
Marquette
Also reported as
foundered off Sheboygan, Aug, 1887.
Sources :
mv,h,lmdc,wb,hgl,bb,hr
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T.S. FAXTON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145020
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1874, Simon Johnston, Clayton, NY
Specs :
120x23x8 154g 92n
Date of loss :
1901, Oct 20
Place of loss :
Marine City, Mich
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Caught fire from unknown causes
and burned to a total loss at the Stave Co. dock. Origin of the fire is
unknown. Owner: McCallum, Detroit. Document surrendered as total loss in Nov,
1901, but her hull was recovered and rebuilt as EDWARD P RECOR with new
official number (US#136991).
Sources :
ns1,nsp,mv,mpl,hcgl
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JOSEPH S. FAY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
75315
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1871, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs :
216x34x16 1221g 1110n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 19
Place of loss :
40-mile Point, NW of Rogers City, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 (official sources say none)
Carrying :
coal*
Detail : Struck by gale while upbound
with the schooner-barge D.P. RHODES in tow. The heaving barge ripped the stern
off the freighter. By running full ahead, FAY was able to keep her from filling
while she was run up on the beach. She was later broken up by wave action.
Bound for Chicago. Newspaper and other sources say her mate died. Owner: M. A. Bradley, Cleveland.
*some divers say
her cargo was iron ore, but this seems unlikely, considering her route.
Major repair in 1883
Sources :
nsp,eas,gs,slh,sol,ns1,h,mv,lh,mpl,hcgl
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FEARLESS
Other names :
none
Official no. : C71171
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1873, T. Allen,
Specs :
117x24x10, 172gc 172nc
Date of loss :
1875, Nov 14
Place of loss : 3
mi E of Toronto Lighthouse
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
307 t. coal
Detail :
After being blown about for two days and damaged in her rigging in a
terrific gale and blizzard, she dropped anchor. She dragged ashore and broke
up. Her skipper tried to make it to shore for help alone in a tiny yawl and was
drowned. The rest of the crew spent a horrible night aboard the schooner and
were rescued in the morning. There was hope that the vessel would be rescued,
but she was destroyed by a sorm in April of the next year.. Registered out of
Built on bottom of
1857 US schooner D. McINNES by Allen.
Sources :
win,clu,mmgl,rp,nsp
————————————————————————±
FEARLESS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120004
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, lumber
Build info :
1867, J. W. Brown,
Specs :
120x24x8, 165gt, 156nt
Date of loss :
1906, Sep 13
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked, no detail.
Sources :
polk,mv,nsp
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FEDORA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120746
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, F.W. Wheeler,
Specs :
282x41x20 1848g 1476n
Date of loss :
1901, Sep 20
Place of loss : off Red Cliff, WI, in Chequamegon Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Bound Duluth for Ashland, WI,
she caught fire offshore from an exploding engine room lantern. Run onto the
beach about 5 mi N of Bayfield, WI, where she burned to a total loss. Owned by
Great Lakes Steamship Co., Cleve., who had recently purchased her. Master:
Capt. F. A. Fick.
The wreck was sold
to Red Cliff Lumber Co. for salvage and rebuilding as a lumber barge in early
November, but there is no record that she ever went into service.
Sources :
is(1-71),sbs,gwgl,is,sol,ns1,mv,mpl,hcgl
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E. FEE (or E. FIE)
Other names :
built as schooner LUCY KING, renamed in 1877
Official no. : C71148
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1869, Wilson King, Bangor, MI
[US#15642]
Specs :
58x17x6, 37gc 37nc
Date of loss :
1877, Nov 9
Place of loss :
Chantry Island, near Southampton, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore by a westerly
gale and wrecked. Registered out of Goderich, Ont.
1st Canadian
registry, 1877.
Merchant Vessels
erroneously shows LUCY KING built at Bangor, Maine.
Sources :
mmgl,h,win
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KATE FELCHER
Other names :
also seen as KATE FLETCHER
Official no. :
14316
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1868, C. Wheeler, Saginaw, MI
Specs :
38x10 10g
Date of loss :
1870, Nov 23*
Place of loss :
Saginaw River at Saginaw
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Destroyed by fire at her dock
at Saginaw City. She was insured for more than twice her value.
Owned by F. Wheeler and W. Garbatt, Saginaw. She had
been built for Geo. Felcher.
*Also reported as
having occurred in 1887. She was scutted to put the 1870 fire out, and it is
possible that she was recovered and continued to operate as an unregistered
inland vessel.
Not in '69 or '84
mvus.
Sources :
vbs,slh,sbs,nsp,hr
————————————————————————±
FELLOW CRAFT
Other names :
none
Official no. : C71275
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, D. Foster, Port Burwell, Ont. as a bark
Specs :
115x26x10, 209gc 209nc
Date of loss :
1891, Nov 20
Place of loss :
Kettle Point
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked despite the
efforts of the wrecking tug ONAPING. Owned by McGibbon & Sons, Sarnia, Ont.
Also reported
ashore with heavy damage at Bar Pt, 1873, and again just east of the same spot
in 1880.
Sources :
polk,nsp,hgl,mmgl,wmn
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C. L. FELLOWS
Other names : built as THOMAS A. TILLINGHAST, renamed in
1893 [see below]
Official no. : 24111
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1858, Athens, NY*
Specs :
74x17x5, 37g 19n
Date of loss : 1893, Oct 14
Place of loss : at Foscoro, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was caught at anchor by a storm and pounded heavily on the bottom. She went down
in relatively shallow water and later drifted ashore, where she was given up
and abandoned as a total loss two years
later. Owned by Capt. C. L. Fellows, Foscoro.
*Also given as 1862, Jersey City, NJ. Specs are for TILLINGHAST.
The vessel had just been relaunched
after a rebuild with her new name and it is not known if she came out as a
rebuild or a new vessel. TILLINGHAST was reported wrecked in 1888 - out of Milwaukee
at that time.
Sources : wgts,bb,mv,nsp,eb,hr
————————————————————————±
FERGUSON - previous entry (1886) deleted
pending more information
————————————————————————±
DAVID FERGUSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
6098
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1853, G. Barber, Port Huron, MI as a brig
Specs :
130x27x10 223g 212n
Date of loss :
1907, Fall
Place of loss :
(unreported)
Lake : (Huron)
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Mauled and dismasted by a
storm, she made it to port, but was beyond
repair and declared a constructive total loss. [Abandoned in the Saginaw R., near W. Bay
City, Mich, remains still there]
Built as a brig,
converted to a fore-and-after in 1865.
Converted to a sloop-barge in 1887, then to a schooner-barge in 1890.
Abandoned and document surrendered in May, 1899, but re-registrered the
following February.
Stranded near
Kincardine, Ont. Oct 16, 1871 & declared a total loss.
Rebuilt in 1861,
major repairs in 1870
Sources :
ns1,mv,win,nsp,hcgl
————————————————————————±
FERN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120527
Type at loss :
propeller wrecking tug, wood
Build info :
1882, Hemenger, Algonac, MI
Specs :
65x18x6 48g 35n
Date of loss :
1901, Jun 29
Place of loss : off
Eagle River, MI, Keweenaw
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 [all] Capt. Hemenger, her
builder, was among the lost.
Carrying :
salvaged gear
Detail : Working in shallow water on the
wreck of the propeller COLORADO when she was hit by a sudden storm and sank, a
total loss. Owner: Arthur Heminger, Algonac, who had built the vessel.
Sources :
is(1-71),gwgl,is,h,mv,lss,nsp,phr
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FERRET
Other names :
none
Official no. :
9212
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1864, Geo. Carpenter, W. Bay City, Mich as a propeller
Specs :
81x19x5, 73g 69n
Date of loss :
1895, Aug 22
Place of loss : near
Toledo crib light
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none of 2
Carrying :
100 t. coal
Detail :
Cruising out the "old channel" in Maumee Bay with three sails
set when the Detroit passenger steamer IDLEWILD backed into her from a dock. The little schooner , struck
amidships, sank almost immediately, a total loss. Her document was surrendered
Dec 30, 1896, endorsed "vessel abandoned." Owned and sailed by Capt.
Young, Toledo
Built as a small
passenger steamer, converted to a steambarge by W. McGarry in 1891. Sold at
auction in 1892 for $175, and probably converted to a schooner soon after.
Sources :
phr,vbs,nsp,wmhs
————————————————————————±
B.F. FERRIS
Other names : none
Official no. :
2721
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, freighter
Build info :
1870, J Monk, Sandusky, OH
Specs :
125x22x8 168g 93n
Date of loss :
1891, Jul 25
Place of loss : at
Caseville, MI, Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Caught fire while leaving
Caseville bound for Tawas, burned to the
waterline and sank, a total loss.
Schooner PILOT(qv) struck her wreck and was lost in 1896. Owned by Henry Turner of Saginaw.
An erroneous
report says she was burned off Keweenaw Pt. in 1893.
Sources :
mv,nsp,slh,mv,www,hgl,wl
————————————————————————±
P. J. FERRIS
Other names :
also seen as E. G. FERRIS, G. E. FERRIS, J. P. FERRIS, P. J. PERRIS
Official no. :
20138
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1861, Cameron, Irving, NY
Specs :
133 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1869, Oct 4
Place of loss :
near Muskegon
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber, lath
Detail :
Bound Whitehall, MI for Chicago, she was driven upon the beach by a
storm and quickly pounded to pieces. She had been stranded near Whitehall just
two weeks before. Out of Buffalo. Owner: Seymour Bennett.
Also reported
wrecked at Rondeau, L. Erie, 1863.
Sources :
nsp,rsl,wmn,hr,hgl,mv
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FERRY - See also MAJOR N. H. FERRY
————————————————————————±
E.P. FERRY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8981
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1873, Gregory, Chicago
Specs :
67x15x8 36g 18n
Date of loss :
1900, Jan 28
Place of loss :
Duluth, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her
winter moorings.
major repair in
1878
Sources :
is(1-71),gwgl,lss
————————————————————————±
THOMAS W. FERRY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24904
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1872, J. Jones, Detroit
Specs :
180x30x16, 572 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 17
Place of loss : Beaver Islands
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
1000 t. iron ore
Detail : Driven ashore and stranded on
the SW corner of Beaver Island Sitting astride a large boulder, she hogged and
was declared total loss by the 25th.
Owned by P. J. Ralph & Co., Detroit.
Sources :
nsp,mv,jb
————————————————————————±
C.L. FICK
Other names :
none also seen as C.L. FISK
Official no. :
33668
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, Burke, Trenton
Specs :
97x23x7, 90g 85n
Date of loss :
1894, Oct 15
Place of loss :
near Stoney Lake, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Riding out storm at anchor when
her hook slipped and she was driven ashore. Total loss. Master: Capt. Fred Harris.
Also ashore and
wrecked in 1883 or 4.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,polk,phr
————————————————————————±
A.S. FIELD
Other names :
also seen in error as A.S. FIELDS
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1853, L. Lavayea, Buffalo
Specs :
93x17x8, 115 t.
Date of loss :
1860, Jul 6
Place of loss : at
Detroit at the foot of Bates St.
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
5 of 7
Carrying :
none
Detail : She had just gotten up steam
preparatory to heading to the mouth of
the river to pick up the bark GREAT WEST for a tow, when her boiler
exploded, destroying the tug, killing 5 and injuring two others aboard the tug
and three on the nearby schooner BAY STATE. Fragments of the tug were blasted
up to 2,000 feet in all directions. Owned by S.B. Grummond of Detroit.
She was raised in
late July with an eye to rebuilding her, but was found to be in a hopeless
state.
Sources :
eas,sol,is,hdm,lhl,hgl,nsp,wl
————————————————————————±
D.L. FILER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
35311
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1871, V. Barlow, Manistee as 3-mast schooner
Specs :
157x30x10 357g 339n
Date of loss :
1916, Oct 19
Place of loss : 3.5
mi E of Bar Point Light
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
6 of 7
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Trying to make Detroit in tow
of the prop TEMPEST with towmate INTERLAKEN, she was left at anchor, broke up and
went down in the "Black Friday Storm." Only her skipper survived. Bound Buffalo for
Saugatuck. Registered out of Michigan City. Master: Capt. Mattison
Stranded and
thought to be a total loss off Racine in 1898 - crew saved by USLS.
Sources :
eas,gsgl,sol,ns2,ledc,win,mpl,do2,hcgl,ewl
————————————————————————±
MILLARD FILLMORE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
16395
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1856, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo
Specs :
139x26x11, .292g 277n
Date of loss :
1891, Aug 27
Place of loss : off
Rogers City, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
pig iron
Detail : Bound Mackinaw City, Mich., for
Cleveland, she began toleak four miles north of Rogers City and soon went down
in 30 feet of water. Her crew abandoned her in her yawl and made it to shore
safely. The FILLMORE was reportedly too
old and decrepit to bother recovering. Salvagers worked for several weeks to
remove her cargo. The vessel was owned by J. P. Sullivan of Detroit.
Rebuilt 1864-5 at
Buffalo
Major repair,
1864,78
Sources :
mv,slh,is,lhdc,hgl,rsl,nsp
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FINCH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C9261
Type at loss :
scow-barge, wood "sand barge"
Build info :
1871, Cantin, Quebec
Specs :
178 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Aug 2
Place of loss :
off Windmill Point, about 6 miles from Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
sand
Detail :
In tow of the tug A. I. HOLLOWAY, she was caught by a storm, filled and
sunk in about 50 feet of water. Her two crewmen tried to launch her boat, but
it was swamped. Soon after, they were picked up by the tug. Master: Capt.
Veliquiett. Owned by K & M F Co. Montreal. Some gear and a dog belonging to
some campers went down in her cabin.
Her wreckage was
located and identified in the early 1990's.
Major repairs in
1880.
Sources :
clu,ewe,nsp,hgl,wmn,polk
————————————————————————±
WILLIAM FINCH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
80696
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1878, D. Smith, South Haven
Specs :
48x17x5, 49g 47n
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 9
Place of loss :
near Egg Harbor, Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : This small schooner was in the
process of salvaging gear from the schooner NORMA of the same fleet when she
was wrecked in a storm. Her crew was rescued. Owned by her master, Capt. W. P.
Kirtland.
Sources :
nsp,polk,hgl,mpl,wgts
————————————————————————±
FINGLO
Other names :
later rebuilt as H.J.D. No.1
Official no. : C152501
Type at loss :
propeller, (steel?), (tug?)
Build info :
1925, Port Stanley, Ont.
Specs :
77x21x8 83gc
Date of loss :
1941, Jun
Place of loss : at Toronto
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Destroyed by fire in the
harbor. Declared total loss, but later rebuilt as above at Toronto Dry Dock.
Scuttled in 1961.
Sources :
mmgl,csv(s2), ,hcgl
————————————————————————±
GEORGE C. FINNEY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10545
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1866, G. Goble,
Specs :
130x26x10 301g 286n
Date of loss :
1891, Nov 15
Place of loss : 16
mi off Port Maitland, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Bound
Heavily damaged in
a stranding near
She was heavily
damaged and nearly sunk by a waterpout off
Sources :
mv,eas,osdo,is,ledc,nsp,wb,polk,tel,hgl,usls,sb,es
————————————————————————±
FINTRY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1853, J.L. Wolverton,
Specs :
199x30x10, 590 t.
Date of loss :
1855, Nov 8
Place of loss : 12
miles from
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
8 of 25
Carrying :
wheat and flour
Detail :
a boiler explosion blew her stern off and she sank in about 3 minutes.
Several died instantly. The survivors clung to wreckage until theyt were picked
up by an unnanmed schooner and later transferred to the steamer CLEVELAND.
Master: Capt. Langley. Built for J.L. Hurd & Co.’s line for
Sources :
lhl,hgl,hdm,nsp,wl,eas
————————————————————————±
FIRIEN
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
gas motor packet, wood
Build info :
1918,?
Specs :
120 ft
Date of loss :
1926, May 16
Place of loss : off
mouth of Knife River, near Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
misc. cargo
Detail : Was on her trials after her
conversion from a steamer to gasoline motor. Three-man crew was picked up by
the tug EDNA G
Sources :
is,lss
————————————————————————±
FISH HAWK
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1858, T. Cunningham, Sheboygan, WI
Specs :
50x14x6, 36 t. om
Date of loss :
1865, Nov
Place of loss : N
of Sheboygan
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
leather
Detail :
She stranded and reportedly went to pieces.
Sources :
hr,wl,hgl
————————————————————————
C.L. FISH - See C.L. FICK
————————————————————————±
C.P. FISH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
126225
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, tug, packet & excursion boat
Build info :
1877, F. Fish, E. Saginaw
Specs :
51x9x3, 16g 14n
Date of loss :
1888, Nov 27
Place of loss :
(Saginaw River)
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Destroyed by fire. Document
surrendered at Port Huron Mar 30, 1889, endorsed “total loss.”
Sources :
phr,mv,vbs
————————————————————————±
MAUD FISH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
91337
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, tug and yacht
Build info :
1881, F. L. Fish, E. Saginaw
Specs :
36x9x4, 6 g
Date of loss :
1895, Nov 27
Place of loss : at
Saginaw
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Caught fire at her dock and burned to total loss.
Sources :
nsp,vbs,phr,hr
————————————————————————
WILLIAM FISH - see WILLIAM
FISKE
————————————————————————
ERWIN L. FISHER - See GEORGE J. WHELAN
————————————————————————±
FISHING QUEEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120755
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood, fishing*
Build info :
1889, J. W. Averill, Fairport, Ohio
Specs :
58x14x4, 15g
Date of loss :
1897, Dec 18
Place of loss : 7
miles W of Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life :
none of 3
Carrying :
fishing gear
Detail :
This tug’s crew abandoned her in her small yawl before she went down,
and made it to Rocky River, Ohio, in safety.
*Despite her name
and the fact that she is reported in the press as a fish tug, she is recorded
in some official sources as a steam pile driver.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,hr
————————————————————————±
JAMES FISK, Jr.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
75387
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1870, Mason & Bidwell, Buffalo
Specs :
216x83x12 1096g 946n
Date of loss :
1906, Nov 14
Place of loss : St
Clair Flats
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Caught fire from overheated
stove in forward cabin and burned to the waterline. Witnesses ashore at Joe Bedore's (tavern) said the ship made "a splendid
spectacle." She sank near the edge of
the channel on the American side. Master: Capt. Alex Clifford. Owned by
Alvin Peter of Toledo. The wreck was removed in 1920.
Sources :
nsp,ns1,mv,mpl,hcgl
————————————————————————±
EDWARD FISKE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135680
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1883, O'Grady & Maher, Buffalo
Specs :
66x16x9 44g 22n
Date of loss :
1893, Sep 27
Place of loss : at
Duluth, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She wasalmost completely destroyed by fire and declared a total loss,
but later rebuilt and returned to service.
Sunk in a collison
with another tug while racing for a tow in Dututh harbor the previous month.
Sources :
is,mv,lss,hcgl,nsp
————————————————————————±
WILLIAM FISKE
Other names :
none also seen as WILLIAM FISH
Official no. :
26171
Type at loss :
schoooner, wood, 2-mast former
brig
Build info :
1856, VanSlyke & Notter, Buffalo
Specs :
309g
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 18
Place of loss :
Cockburn Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked by
terrific gale, a total loss. Owned by Buffalo parties. Master: Capt. Buckley.
Ashore and
declared a total loss off the mouth of Devil River, near Ossineke, Mich, Nov
18, 1869. No lives lost, cargo: supplies.
Converted to a
schooner by 1864, major repair in 1862, 71.
Sources :
slh,mv,nsp,hgl,mpl,rsl,mdwl
————————————————————————±
F. FITCH
Other names : also
seen as F. A. FITCH
Official no. :
120872
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1891, Onekama, MI
Specs :
42x14x4 13g 12n
Date of loss :
1898, Aug 28
Place of loss :
near Point Betsie, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm/collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
peaches
Detail : Bound south along the coast,
picking up fruit cargo, and thence to
Chicago. She collided with an unknown steamer in a storm and driven ashore. Early
reports mostly say she was pounded to pieces by waves, but she floated herself
off and was picked up drifting by fishermen a few days later. Out of Benton
Harbor.
Her registration shows her officially abandoned in 1904.
Sources :
h,mv,nsp,hgl,hr
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E. FITZGERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8790
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1870, Fitzgerald & Leighton, Port Huron, MI
Specs :
135x26x11 298 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 14
Place of loss : 2
mi W of Old Cut Lt, Long Pt, S of Pt Rowan
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
6-8 [all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Wrecked in the shallows in
gale. Her crew left the boat in her yawl, but never made it to shore alive.
Bound Detroit for
Buffalo. Out of Buffalo, owned by J. Paley. Master: Capt. Dan Langan or
Langdon(d).
Sources :
eas,h,nsp,mv,polk,hgl,usls,eb,hcgl
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EDMUND FITZGERALD
Other names :
none nicknamed “Big Fitz” and
just “Fitz”
Official no. :
277437
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1958, Great Lakes Engineering, River Rouge, MI
Specs :
699x74x39 13,632g 8,713n
[729 ft oa]
Date of loss :
1975, Nov 10
Place of loss : N
of the tip of Whitefish Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : 29 [all]
Carrying :
taconite pellets
Detail : Overwhelmed by 25 ft waves, 90
mph winds, the huge steamer broke apart and sank in deep water. Later remote
control visits showed her twisted into
pieces. Apparently she went down without much warning, but the single body that
has been sighted was wearing a life jacket. For thorough detail, see http://www.oakland.edu/~awesley/edm-fitz.html.
Master: Capt. Ernest M. McSorley(d).
Longest and most
capacious vessel ever lost on the lakes.
Several dives in
1994 found a body and other evidence. In 1995 her bell was replaced by a
replica engraved with the names of her lost crewmen - the original resides at
the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, Mich.
Sources :
is(2-58),kys,ns5,ng,tv,nsp,gon,lss,hcgl ,etc.etc.
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FLANDE - former entry deleted pending
further information
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FLEETWING
Other names : also seen as FLEETWIND
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1863, D. McNett, Wilson, NY
Specs :
180 t, ca. 10,000 bu. capacity
Date of loss :
1863, Aug 22
Place of loss : Off
Cobourg, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
light
Detail : Capsized in a storm, drowning
the captain’s wife and child as well as the cook, who were trapped in the
cabin. The rest of the crew made it to
Cobourg in her yawl. The vessel was towed bottom up to Cobourg, where she
grounded outside the harbor and reportedly later went to pieces. Owned at
Sources :
sagl,hgl,wl,wmn,jm
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FLEETWING
Other names :
sometimes seen as FLEET WING
Official no. : 9883
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, bulk freight, 3-mast
Build info :
1867, H.B. Burger,
Specs :
136x29x12, 320g 304n
Date of loss :
1888, Oct 1
Place of loss :
Death's Door, at the mouth of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
barrel staves
Detail : Went ashore in the narrow
channel and went to pieces. Salvagers put two pumps aboard to save her the next
day, but she broke up soon after. Then the pumps themselves became a difficult
salvage job.
Owned by McGraw
& Spry of
1885 also given as
the year, in error.
Sources :
mv,nsp,is,lmdc,hgl,mpl,hcgl,wgts
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FLEETWING
Other names : ?
Official no. : US
Type at loss :
propeller (wood), ferry
Build info :
?
Specs :
60 t
Date of loss :
1920
Place of loss :
Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned and sank in the harbor.
Sources :
ledc
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FLETCHER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120142
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight steambarge
Build info :
1872, G. Notter, Buffalo
Specs :
186x34x14, 723 t. [985 t. om]
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 21
Place of loss : on
S. Fox Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
34,000 bu corn
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo, she
was driven ashore by a blizzard and gale and wrecked.
Owned by James
Ash, F. L. Danforth and P. P. Pratt, of Buffalo. Master: Capt. Graves.
Repairs in 1877
Sources :
mpl,nsp,mv,hr
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KATE FLETCHER - See KATE FELCHER
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FLIGHT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1857, Roderick Calkins, Cleveland
Specs :
114x25x9, 249 t. [tonnage also
given as 117]
Date of loss :
1865, Nov 6
Place of loss :
Bois Blanc Isl., Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
salt
Detail : She went aground in a gale and
was abandoned, but not before her cargo was mostly saved. Vandals destroyed her
by fire in June of 1866.
Sources :
slh,hgl,nsp,ssm,wl
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FLINT & PERE MARQUETTE #1
Other names :
also called F & P.M. #1
Official no. :
120499
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & break-bulk freight [NOT a carfeerry]
Build info :
1882, Detroit Dry Dock, Detroit
Specs : 181x20x12
770g 625n
Date of loss :
1884, Dec 31
Place of loss : in
harbor at Ludington, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
gen merch
Detail : Kissed the bottom in big waves
and sprang a leak, which eventually put her fires out. She drifted to beach and
was heavily damaged by waves. Her crew and passengers were taken off by the
Ludington Lifesaving crew. Vessel recovered and rebuilt at great expense.
Hailed from E.
Saginaw, MI, owned by Flint & Pere Marquette Railway.
Also had major
repair job in 1883.
Sources :
mv,atl,glc,nsp
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BENJAMIN FLINT
Other names :
also seen as BEN FLINT
Official no. :
23660
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, Totten, Fremont, Oh
Specs :
124x30x9, 220 t. [285 t. om]
Date of loss :
1870, Nov
Place of loss : Big
Sable Pt., Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : 2
Carrying :
lumber & timbers
Detail :
Bound Manistee for Chicago, she capsized in a northerly squall and
drifted ashore in pieces. Her hull came to the beach several miles north of the
rest. Vessel and cargo a total loss, but outfit saved. Master: Capt. Thomas
Roberts(d).
Major repair in
1864
Sources : nsp,hgl,rnc,mv,hr
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OSCAR T. FLINT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
155165
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, S. Langell, St. Clair, MI
Specs :
218x37x14 824g 701n
Date of loss :
1909, Nov 25
Place of loss :
near mouth of Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
limestone, salt
Detail : Caught fire just after leaving
Alpena, MI. Run into shoal water in a successful attempt to save her crew. The
vessel burned to the waterline, a total loss.
Sources :
stb,slh,ns1,h,mv,mpl,eas,hcgl,ade
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SAM FLINT
Other names :
none also seen as SAM. FLINT, SAMUEL FLINT
Official no. :
23660
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1868, Bailey, Toledo as a 3-mast schooner
Specs :
168x34x15 499g 474n
Date of loss :
1916, Oct 27 or 23
Place of loss :
Mississagi Strait, off NW end of Manitoulin I.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
(lumber)
Detail : She was lost from tow in a storm,
broken up in big waves and sank.
Major repair in
1882, 1895
Sources :
ns2,mv,phr,eas,nsp,hcgl
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FLORA
Other names :
none?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1849, Irving, NY
Specs :
129x26x10, 301 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1853, Sep 2
Place of loss : 13
mi N of Kewaunee
Lake :
Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Bound Cleveland for Chicago with 435 tons of coal. Struck bottom in a
storm and sank. Stripped of gear by the prop ROSSETTER on the 29th and
abandoned, later pounded to pieces.
Owned by Crawford & Price of Cleveland.
Heavily damaged in
a storm near Buffalo in 1850.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,bb,wl,bc,hr
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FLORA
Other names : ?
Official no. :
(120798)
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood, fishing
Build info :
(1889, Saugatuck, MI)
Specs :
(45x12x4 18g 14n)
Date of loss : ?
Place of loss : off
Northport, MI, Grand Traverse Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Swamped and sank in storm.
Sources :
lmdc
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FLORA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120158
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1877 or earlier, Bay City, MI?
Specs :
38x12x4, 10 gt
Date of loss :
1878, Oct
Place of loss :
near Grand Haven, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was blown ashore in a big
gale and wrecked. She was soon mostly
buried in sand and was abandoned.
Document surrendered at Port Huron, 1/31/82, annotated "wrecked." Out of Grand Haven in
1877.
Sources :
phr,vbs,mv,wmn
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FLORA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120210
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1875, Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs :
174x28x11 562g 456n
Date of loss :
1912, Nov 14*
Place of loss : in
harbor at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Destroyed by fire at
shipbreaker's yard, where she was awaiting dismantlement.
*also given as 12/2/1912 in official sources.
Re-engined with
the engines of the old revenue cutter ANDY JOHNSON early in 1899 and and
renamed URANIA. Sold Canadian later that year [C#100303]. Resold American and
given her original name and number in 1905.
Sources :
eas,sol,ns2,mv,phr,mpl,nsp
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FLORA EMMA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1872, W. Redmond, Picton [builder
also given as McClennan, owner as
Specs :
97x23x8, 154 t.
Date of loss : 1893,
Nov 16
Place of loss : in
harbor at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Blown loose of her moorings in
Ashore and damaged
near
Sources :
osdo,wb,hgl,mmgl,mpl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
9193
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1848, Jones, Black R., Oh
Specs :
88x20x8, 90 t. [119 t. om]
Date of loss :
1876, Jun or Jul
Place of loss :
near Free Soil,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Reported ashore in a storm and stripped - a total loss
Out of
Sources :
nsp,wl,mv,hgl,hr
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C88309
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1885, Maritime & Industrial Co.,
Specs :
91x20x13, 113gc
Date of loss :
1933, Nov 14
Place of loss : near Timber Isl., E of Picton, Ont.
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Sprang a leak and foundered in
80 feet of water. Weather calm but visibility poor due to snow.
Also reported sunk
at the W end of Michigan Central RR dock,
Sources :
csqw,csv,h,win,mmgl,mpl,do
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FLORETTA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
9688
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1868, John Stupinsky,
Specs :
134x26x11, 296g
Date of loss :
1885, Sep 18
Place of loss : 15
mi off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail :
She was bound Escanaba for
The wreck was
located in the early 1970’s.
Collided with the
schooner LOUISA McDONALD and sank in 1880 off
Sources :
bb,polk,nsp,hr
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Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
(1832, Wilcox, 3-Mile Bay, NY or 1834, Black R., OH )
Specs :
(76x20x8, 108 t. or 85x23x9, 158 t.)
Date of loss :
1842, Nov 17
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
barrelled flour,pork
Detail : Driven aground and wrecked.
Master: Capt. Nelson W. Napier, skipper of the steamer ALPENA when she was lost
in 1880.
*Also reported
ashore on the NE part of L. Erie.
1832 vessel had
owners in Green Bay in 1836 and later at Mackinac.