Great
beginning with the letter
F
The
©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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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.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Downbound from
Owned by Capt.
Bates
May have
originally been the ROYAL OAK which sunk at
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,
Specs : 64 ft., 83 t.
Date of loss :
1818, Oct
Place of
loss :
off mouth of Salmon R.
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked. Worth about $1,000 at
time of loss. Master: Capt. Sweet.
Purchased by the
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,
Specs : 47x15x6,
32 t.
Date of loss :
1829, late Nov
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail :
The vessel was at anchor at
Owned by her
skipper, Capt. Harvey Fitch and Alvah Cable. Out of
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,
Specs : 205x37x11
980g 831n
Date of loss :
1895, May 3
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail : Bound
Location also given
as
Also heavily
damaged in fire on
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,
Specs : 136 ft, 347 t. 287n
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 6
Place of
loss :
off the tip of Long Point
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Bound
Converted from
bark to schooner about 1870.
Major repairs in
1864
Sources :
is,mv,hgl,nsp,rsl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
9195
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1846, L. Shickluna,
Specs : 111x24x10, 169 t. [223 t. old meas.]
Date of loss :
1869, Sep 29
Place of loss : at
Bailey’s Harbor, WI
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
After a long
career in Canadian service she came into
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,
Specs : 136x23x9, 259 t.
Date of loss :
1844, Oct 12 or Oct 18
Place of
loss :
off
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
Stranded and lost
near
Out of
Sources :
eas,lhl,hgl,st,nsp,bb,jm
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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
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
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,
Specs : 199x30x12,
664 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Oct 18
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
grain
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
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FALCON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
(9190)
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
(1853, Bailey,
Specs : (97x25x9, 126 t. [183 t. om])
Date of loss :
1869, Oct 5
Place of
loss :
at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
shingles and lath
Detail :
Bound Alpena for
Major repair in
1861
Vessel shown in
parentheses, only one on official lists, still existed and was reported lost in
1876.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,bb,rsl,mdwl
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FALCON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
9190
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, Bailey,
Specs : 97x25x9, 126 t. [183 t. om]
Date of loss :
1876, Apr 27
Place of
loss :
at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She went ashore near
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 :
Lake :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound Escanaba for East Jordan,
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,
Specs : 107x24x9, 201g, 175n.
Date of loss :
1904, Nov 12
Place of
loss :
off South Bay Point, near Amherst Isl.
Lake :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She swamped and sank in a
storm. Her crew made it safely to
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,
Specs : 37 t.
Date of loss :
1875 or 74
Place of
loss :
?
Lake :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : no detail
Sources :
is,bb
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Other names :
built as TURNER & KELLER, renamed in 1876
Official no. :
24984
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, Hanson & Scove,
Specs : 234 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 21
Place of
loss :
harbor mouth at
Lake :
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