©1999-2011,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
G
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G.L. 37
Other names : none
Official no. : 165469
Type at loss :
scow, wood
Build info :
1908,
Specs :
242 g 242
n
Date of loss :
1913, Oct 9
Place of loss :
near head of St. Mary's River
Type of loss : sunk
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Cause not reported, but stated as
lost in several sources. Out of
Remains lie on W side of
channel, just above the power company outlet canal.
Sources :
eas,gwgl,mv,wl
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MOSES GAGE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
50563
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1886, Gage,
Specs :
128x26x9, 225g 214n
Date of loss :
1894, May 18
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Stranded and pounded to pieces.
Her people were rescued from shore by US Lifesaving Service crew. Master: Capt.
Hurst; out of
Sources :
is(2-92),h,lmdc,mv,nsp,hgl,mpl
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E.F. GAIN
Other names :
also reported in the press as "W. J. GAINES"
Official no. :
8188
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, J. Gain,
Specs :
84x23x4, 86 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Sep 9
Place of loss :
foot of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was driven ashore and
wrecked, a total loss of about $7,000. Her crew swam ashore. Document
surrendered
Sources :
phr,mv,jb,nsp
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GALATEA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85709
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
built as schooner
Build info :
1882, F. Wheeler,
Specs :
180x33x12 606g 580n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 20
Place of loss :
near Grand
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Upbound in tow of the propeller
L.L. BARTH with her sister NIRVANA, she was driven ashore so far that her crew
could step off onto solid ground by clambering over her stern. Even though
salvagers dug a 900 foot channel to her, she was unsalvagable and broke up the
following winter.
Sources :
eas,vbs,lssc,gwgl,ns1,h,lss,nsp,mpl,mv
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GALATEA - (1924) former entry removed pending further information
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CHARLIE GALE
Other names :
built as ACTIVE, renamed in 1912, also seen as CHARLES GALE
Official no. : C130382
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1894, Port Clinton, OH
Specs :
55x13, 34gc 23nc
Date of loss :
1913, Aug 27
Place of loss :
North dock, Pelee Isl.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss, but no
additional detail. Registered out of Amherstburg, Ont.
Rebuilt at Port
Sources :
mmgl,h,win,csv,tbms
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STEVEN F. GALE
Other names :
also called S.F. GALE, S. E. GALE
Official no. :
22343
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1846, B.B. Jones, Chicago as a brig
Specs :
123x24x10, 266gt 225nt
Date of loss :
1876, Nov 28 (also erroneously reported as 1866)
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7
Carrying :
mixed merchandise and stone
Detail : Foundered in a storm while in
transit
Rebuilt in 1862. Rebuilt
again in 1873 and converted to a schooner.
Collided with the schooner
TELEGRAPH, capsized and sank in the Straits of Mackinac in Nov, 1850.
Recovered, but an $11,000 monetary loss.
Sources :
is,mv,ledc,hgl,usls,rsl,bc,slh,nsp,hcgl,nsp,ew,cbt
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
10148
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1857, Luther Moses, Cleveland
Specs :
193x30x12, 709 t.
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 25
Place of loss : S
of North Point,
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
all hands
Carrying :
?
Detail : Bound Alpena for
Young J.C. Gilchrist was her
purser.
Sources :
eas,is(3-59),stb,slh,lhdc,hgl,nsp,mpl
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JOHN GALES
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C78032
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1879, J & W Scott, Mitchell's Bay, Ont.
Specs :
70x16x5, 42gc 42nc
Date of loss :
1907, spring
Place of loss : at Wallaceburg, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm/flood
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
(none)
Detail :
Carried ashore by a spring freshet and left on the bank. She was too old
and of too little value to salvage, and so was dismantled in place.
Sources :
mmgl,polk,hgl
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EDWARD GALLAGHER
Other names :
also seen as E. GALLAGHER and ED. GALLAGHER
Official no. :
8220
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1863, VanSlyke & Notter,
Specs :
8 t.
Date of loss :
1873, Aug 15
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
towing raft
Detail :
She suffered a boiler explosion near
Sources :
wl,wmn,mv
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Other names :
none also seen as GALATIN
Official no. :
10207
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1863, A. Miller,
Specs :
138x26x13 422 t.
Date of loss :
1882, Apr 23
Place of loss :
near Point Pelee, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 8
Carrying :
545 t. pig iron
Detail :
Sources :
osdo,is,hgl,rp,sip,es,nsp
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GALLINIPPER
Other names :
built on hull of NANCY DOUSMAN*
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1846, H. Gibson,
Specs :
95x22x7, 145 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1851, Jul 7
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She capsized and foundered in a
white squall, then drifted to a point about 10 mi SSE of Manitowoc, where she
sank.
*NANCY DOUSMAN was 69x20x7,
86 t., and built 1833,
Wreck probably located off
Sources :
is,sagl,hgl,bb,wl,slh,hr
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GAME
Other names : ?
Official no. : US
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1871, Sep 24
Place of loss :
Near Collingwood, Ont.,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore on the breakwater and wrecked
while inbound. Out of
Sources :
slh,hgl,nsp not in
'69 mvus or mmgl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
85325
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1874, J. Oades,
Specs :
135x26x12, 333gt 317nt
Date of loss :
1899, May 16
Place of loss : 8
mi off
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Rammed by the steel steamer
PRESQUE
Sources :
nsp,mv,es
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E.
B. GANNETT
Other names :
also seen as just GANNETT
Official no. :
7243
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1864, Gannett & Minor, Galloo Isl., NY
Specs :
44 t.
Date of loss :
1870, Aug 23
Place of loss : 12
mi N of Oswego
Type of loss :
(hull failure?)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
plaster or water lime
Detail :
Bound
Sources :
nsp,wl,rp,mv
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GARDEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1853, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs :
218x30x11, 657 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1854, May (about the 15th)
Place of loss : on
Martin Reef, W of Detour, MI, Straits
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Went on the reef and wrecked
while bound
Sources :
eas,slh,lhdc,hgl,nsp,wl
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GARDEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, Roderick Calkins, Cleveland
Specs : 131x26x11,
329 t. om
Date of loss :
1858, Oct 17
Place of loss : 10
miles off Little Sable Pt
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
steam pump, cargo had been lightered
Detail :
She went ashore in a storm on
October 7 and her cargo of railroad car wheels and salt was soon lightered to
the beach. The tug SALVOR pulled her off on the 17, and started for the
Sources :
bb,wl,wmn,wmhs,mmo,hr
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GARDEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85293
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info :
1873, H. Miller,
Specs :
133x26x12 352g 256n
Date of loss :
1902, Oct 10
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Caught fire and destroyed while
bound upriver for fall layup. She sank 4 mi above
When part of the Gilchrist
fleet
Sources :
nsp,slh,is,ns1,mpl,hcgl
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F.B. GARDNER
Other names :
also seen as FANNY GARDNER, but that was a different vessel
Official no. : 9198
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, A. Gilson & F. B. Gardner, Little Sturgeon, WI (or Sheboygan) as a brig
Specs :
177x31x10 402 g 383n
Date of loss :
1904, Sep 15
Place of loss : 2.5
mi from shore, 7 mi N of Port Sanilac, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Tow of steamer D. LEUTY(qv),
she caught fire and burned to the water's edge off Forester, Mich.. She sank in
50 feet of water with her foremast emergent. Owned by John C. Pringle of St. Clair, MI
Near-total wreck near Buffalo
in 1879 with $15,000 damage to a $20,000 boat.
Built as 117 ft. brig, in
1866 rebuilt to a 177 ft bark, still later a 3- mast schooner, then this
schooner barge
Sources :
mv,is,ns1,nsp,lhdc,phr,usls,mpl,umr,ade
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NELLIE GARDNER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18777
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, D. Lester, Marine City, MI
Specs :
178x32x13, 567g 537n
Date of loss :
1883, Oct 14
Place of loss : 1
mi SE of Scarecrow Isl., Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
39,000 bu corn
Detail : Tow of steamer JOHN PRIDGEON,
Jr., she released herself from tow in heavy weather to run for the shelter of
Thunder Bay under sail. Unable to make it, she turned back for Tawas but struck
a reef, broke in two and wrecked. Her crew made it to shore in her yawl.
Owned by John Pridgeon of
Detroit.
Reportedly converted from a
schooner-barge to a three-and-after in 1876, but listed as a barge again when
she was lost.
Sources :
nsp,slh,lhdc,polk,hgl,es
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WM. GARDNER, JR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
80279
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1872, Notter, Buffalo
Specs :
108g 54n
Date of loss :
1883, May 10
Place of loss :
off Galoup [Galloo] Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
2 barges in tow
Detail :
She caught fire while engaged in her usual coal-barge towing, burned to
the waterline, and sank. Her crew escaped to safety.
Probably out of Ogdensburg.
Rebuilt in 1882
Sources :
nsp,wmhs,hgl,polk,rp
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J.A. GARFIELD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
46280
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1880, J. E. Monk, Sandusky, OH
Specs :
85x20x5, 72 g
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 29
Place of loss : S
of Pelee Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
stone
Detail : Foundered in a NE gale. Value
of the vessel and her cargo estimated at only $750.
Sources :
mv,h,www,wb,sb,hr
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GARGANTUA
Other names :
built as D.C. WHITNEY(qv), renamed in 1909
Official no. : C122435
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1882, S. Langell, St. Clair, MI
US# 157075
Specs :
240x40 1490 gc
Date of loss :
1912
Place of loss : Beausoliel Isl., Ont., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : "wrecked"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Simply reported as wrecked in
1912. Hull was recovered for conversion to a barge in 1913 and to a drydock in 1920. Reportedly
not abandoned until 1950.
Ashore near Port Washington,
WI in 1905, burned in 1906.
Sold Canadian in 1908
Image
as D. C. WHITNEY from TBRC collection
Sources :
mmgl,csv,mpl,hcgl,tbms
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GARGANTUA
Other names :
[built on hull of the uncompleted vessel SEAFARER*]
Official no. : C138277
Type at loss :
barge or schooner-barge
Build info :
1919, S & P McLouth, Marine City, MI and 1923,Toronto Dry Dock, Toronto as a large tug
Specs :
130x32x16, 381 t.
Date of loss :
1952, Jun 12
Place of loss :
Wingfield Basin, near Cabot Head, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Lost from her tow steamer, and
sank near Tobermorey. Later towed in. Her superstructure was burned in 1972,
probably by vandals.
Originally a steam tug she
was rebuilt to a barge in 1952
*Laid down in WWI as a U. S.
Shipping Board vessel. Towed from Marine City to Chippawa, Ont. and later
Toronto and completed in 1923.
Sources :
lhdc,csv,mmgl,mpl,do,hcgl
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GARIBALDI
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, McKay, Chatham, Ont. as a sloop
Specs :
120 t.
Date of loss :
1865, Oct 19*
Place of loss :
Georgian Bay between Meaford and Collingwood
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
4 [all] or 6**
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Caught at an exposed dock by a
quickly-rising gale, she put to sea to escape and was never seen again. She was
reportedly in poor condition. Owned by Capt. Harkley of Owen Sound. Master: Capt. Thomas
Creighton(d).
*also given as Sep 25 - date
above is from local press
**may have been two
passengers aboard
Rerigged as schooner by 1862.
Sources :
slh,is,hgl,rsl,nsp,rnc,wmn
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GARIBALDI - Former entry deleted (1880,
Lake Huron) - vessel was recovered
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GARIBALDI
Other names :
none
Official no. : C77700 or C77814 [both given for this
vessel]
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1863, Nathan Woodard, Port Rowan, Ont.
Specs :
103x26x10, 173 gc 164nc
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 3
Place of loss : 5
mi S of Port Elgin
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
cedar
Detail : Driven into shallows by a gale.
Communications with shore were sent in by bottle until her crew was finally rescued. The vessel later broke
up.
On Nov. 17, 1880, after riding out gale for
15 hours, her anchor cable parted and her crew was forced to attempt bringing
her into Weller's Bay. She stranded irretreivably on a bar. The lost sailor,
her mate, froze solid in a standing
position while awaiting rescue after the schooner's tiny lifeboat fell apart.
His ghost is said to have haunted the area ever after. Reported broken up, but
later recovered. Master: Capt. John McGlenn.
Rebuilt in 1874 and 81.
Wrecked twice on Lake
Superior in July, 1884.
Sources :
mmgl,h,nsp,win,jk,wmn,csqw,clu,hr
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JAMES GARRETT
Other names :
none also seen as JAMES GARRAT,
GARRET
Official no. :
13875
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1868, Stokes, Sheboygan, WI
Specs :
138x27x9, 266g 253n
Date of loss :
1889, May 25
Place of loss :
Whitefish Bay near Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
200 cords wood
Detail :
Driven ashore in a gale while lying to after loading at Masheks’ pier,
Lily Bay. She was reported pounded to pieces and a total loss by the 31st. Out
of Milwaukee.
Also went ashore on Beaver
Island in 1871.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,hr,wl,wgts
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GARROWEN
Other names :
built as the barge
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner or bark, wood
Build info :
1850, G. Ault, Kingston, Ont as a
barge
Specs :
333 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Jul 1
Place of loss : off
Wheeler Creek, near Geneva, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Toronto,
sprung a leak in fine weather and sank about 10 miles offshore, with 60 feet of
water over her deck. Crew escaped in yawl. Some crew members later claimed she
was scuttled as an insurance scam, but a number of divers visited her at the
time and the claim was eventually refuted. Owned by M. Miles and her skipper,
Capt. Hughes, both of Toronto.
Built as barge, which foundered
in St. Lawrence in about 1854 with some loss of life. Rebuilt as prop INKERMAN,
which suffered a shattering explosion and sank at Toronto May 3, 1857, killing 6 crew and seriously
injuring the rest. Raised in June and
rebuilt as the bark TORNADO. Bound from Chicago, she ran ashore near Kingston
Nov 27, 1860, with all hands lost. Rebuilt as the bark STORK the next year and later GARROWEN; sunk with
all hands in Dec., 1866, raised and
finally lost on this date. In all, her career was rife with fatal accidents in
which more than 30 sailors and bystanders died.
Sources :
nsp,csv,sol,hgl,clu,net,mdwlk,wl,rnc,umr
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GARY D.
Other names :
built as COL. E. A. OLIVER
Official no. : C154870
Type at loss :
propeller tug, (steel)
Build info :
1932, Midland, Ont
Specs :
47x11x5, 18 t.
Date of loss :
1958, Aug 5
Place of loss : near
Strawberry I. Light, North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Destroyed by an explosion and
fire.
Registered out of Midland,
Ont.
Built or acquired from
foreign sources about 1928.
Sources :
slh,h,win,hr not in
mmgl
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GORDON GAUTHIER
Other names :
none
Official no. : C88625
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1883, W.J. McDonald, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs :
53x11x5, 21 gc 15 nc
Date of loss :
1911, Oct 8
Place of loss :
Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Destroyed by fire in the
harbor.
Owned by Lake Superior Tug
Co.
Vertical high pressure engine
Sources :
mmgl,is,mpl,do
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THOMAS GAWN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24915
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info :
1872, J.F. Squires, Lorain [Black R.], OH as 3-mast schooner
Specs :
171x32x13 550g 522n
Date of loss :
1926, Apr 26
Place of loss :
River Rouge, MI
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Sprang a leak, sank and
abandoned after a 54 year career. The hulk was removed the next month.
Builder also given as R.
Wallace.
Also sank at Duluth in 1903.
Major repairs in 1878
Sources :
gwgl,le,ns3,mv,lss
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JAMES GAYLEY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
77523
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1902, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland
hull #410 [American Shipbuilding also
given - mpl]
Specs :
416x50x28, 4777g 3359n
Date of loss :
1912, Aug 7
Place of loss : 35
mi E of Manitou Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Collided with the steamer
RENSSELAER in a dense fog and sank in 16
minutes. Cool thinking on the part of both skippers is credited with
saving all on board.
Member of the Mitchell Fleet.
Sources :
is(2-69),gwgl,sol,ns2,lss,mpl
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GAZELLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1858, J. Wolverton, Newport [Marine City], MI
Specs :
156x27x11, 422 t.
Date of loss :
1860, Sep 8 (also given in error
as same date in 1858)
Place of loss :
near Eagle Harbor, MI, Keweenaw Pen.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked.
Wreckage removed in 1864.
Part of the Ward Line, she
had just been moved to this route from
Lake Michigan a few days before.
Sources :
eas,gwgl,ks,lhl,lss,hgl,wl,hr
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GAZELLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C51692
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847, Philo, Sackett's Harbor, NY
Specs :
84x21x8, 94gc 94nc
Date of loss :
1885, Oct 6
Place of loss : 6
mi above the Upper Gap, near Germain's Wharf, Bay of Quinte
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none of 4
Carrying :
bunch wood
Detail :
Bound for Kingston, she became waterlogged, capsized and sank. Her crew
made it away in her yawl and were picked up by the tug MIXER. Owned and
skippered by Capt. Cornelius
Rebuilt in 1863, sold
Canadian 1868
Canadian record closes in 1884!
Sources : nsp,mmgl,clu,jm
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C.
GEARING
Other names :
also seen as GEHRING
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1869, Tate, Milford, Ont.*
Specs : 90x20x8,
112 t.
Date of loss :
1891, Jul 10
Place of loss : at
Trenton, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Caught fire and burned to a total loss. Her wreckage reportedly still
lies off Trenton.
She was known on Lake Ontario
as a very fast sailer – made a few trips across the lake averaging over 11 mph.
*Also seen as South Bay,
Harrisburgh and Marysburgh, Ont.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,hr,osdo,nsp
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A.
GEBHARDT
Other names :
also spelled on official documents as A. GEBHART
Official no. :
29504
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info :
1869, D. Lester, Marine City, MI
Specs :
146x29x12 354g 336n
Date of loss :
1909, Jun 4
Place of loss : at
Drummond Isl., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
cedar posts
Detail : Discovered to be afire during
loading, she was consumed quickly. Owned by H.R. Harvey of Detroit
Sources :
eas,ns1,mv,mpl,hcgl,tbms
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GEHRING - See GEARING
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FRANK GEELE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120120
Type at loss :
propeller fish tug, wood
Build info :
1872, S. Neville, Sheboygan, WI
Specs :
50x12x6, 25g 12n
Date of loss :
1887, Aug 28
Place of loss :
near Muskegon
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She caught fire while upbound and burned quickly to the water’s edge.
Owned by Barry Bros. of Manitowoc
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,jb,hr
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
10155
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, G. S. Weeks, Buffalo
Specs :
120x26x11, 325 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 7
Place of loss :
Pigeon Bay, E. of Bar Pt.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Upbound, she began to leak in a storm and was run to shore to save her
from sinking. She went down before reaching shoal water, with 6 feet over her
decks.
Out of Buffalo.
Major repair in 1871
There was another schooner
Sources :
nsp,rsl,wl
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GENERAL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
86498
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1900, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City
Specs :
98x24x10 132g 70n
Date of loss :
1930, Apr 7
Place of loss :
Detour, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Destroyed by fire. Owned by T.
L. Durocher.
Also wrecked in a collision
with the Canadian freighter ATHABASCA(qv)
at the mouth of Georgian Bay, Nov 30, 1910. Both vessels foundered.
GENERAL was recovered and rebuilt by T.L. Durocher of Detour 9 YEARS later.
Sources :
eas,lhdc,sbs,vbs,slh,is,win,mpl
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GENERAL BURNSIDE - See also JAMES REID
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GENERAL BURNSIDE
Other names :
built as GIPSEY QUEEN, later renamed QUEBEC, this name by 1864
Official no. :
10163
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1862, J. Oades, Wolfe Isl., Ont. as a bark
Specs :
138x25x11, 308g 292n
Date of loss :
1892, Jul 16
Place of loss :
near Southeast Shoal Light
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Foundered while trying to make
it to the piers at Cleveland after having been abandoned by the small tug A. P.
WRIGHT. The weather was mild, but she
had been through a teriffic storm the night before. Her crew was rescued by the
tug GREGORY. Owned by Capt. Nelson Little of Port Huron.
Sold U.S. in 1862, but
sailing out of Sarnia, Ont. in 1866.
Wrecked off Long Pt., 1872.
Major repairs in 1872, 1881,
82, 88
Sources :
mv,(csv),eas(72 wreck),clu,phr,wb,ledc,hgl,mpl,rsl,hr,nsp
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GENERAL Q. A. GILMORE
Other names :
also seen as Q. A. GILMORE [name changes in successive Merchant Vessels] and S. A. GILMORE
Official no. :
20543
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, Wilson, Black R., Oh
Specs :
52 t.
Date of loss :
1881, Jun (ca. 12th)
Place of loss :
Gull Isl. Reef, near Kelley's Island
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
stranded
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Went ashore on the reef. She was reported the next day as having been
lightered, but later reports said she was too old and small to be salvaged.
Still later reports say she had "gone to pieces." Out of Lorain, Oh, owned by Moore, et. al. of
Black River
Listed in 1884 Merchant Vessels as "lost or
otherwise out of service"
Sources :
mv,wmn,nsp
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GENERAL GRANT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10633
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1864, J. Monk, Sandusky, Oh
Specs :
110x22x7 153g
Date of loss :
1876
Place of loss :
Detroit, MI
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a shell, her hull was
raised and preserved for possible rebuilding, but was finally abandoned in
1880.
Sources :
www,lhl,hgl
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GENERAL HAMILTON - See HAMILTON
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GENERAL HARRISON - See also WILLIAM H. HARRISON
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GENERAL HARRISON
Other names :
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
“old” (prob. 1835, Jas. Garrety, St. Clair, MI)
Specs :
(77x20x8, 115 t.)
Date of loss :
1854, Sat. before Oct 17
Place of loss : 15
mi E of Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
gale
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
35,000 staves
Detail :
Left Erie for Tonawanda in heavy weather, but was quickly found to be
leaking too heavily for her pumps to handle. Her crew put up distress signals
and were rescued by the passing schooner ROSCOE just before HARRISON capsized.
Her wreckage later drifted ashore near Barcelona, NY. Master: Capt. Halverson. Owner: Olson.
Sources :
nsp,wl,rnc,hgl
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GENERAL HOUSTON
Other names :
(none)
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1844, French Creek, NY
Specs :
83x20x8, 123 t.
[om]
Date of loss :
1859, Jun 4
Place of loss :
near Grand River [site of Fairport] OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She had been bound Port Huron for
Buffalo when she missed the mouth of the river in a teriffic gale and went on
the pier, where she broke up.. The lighthouse keeper on the pier light later
refused to light the lantern while the wreck was in place, for fear of other
drawing vessels into it. U.S. Govt. quickly contracted to remove the hulk from
the channel, but a storm a month later did the job more cheaply, obliterating
the wreck so completely that it was reported that it had just “disappeared.” Owned
out of Detroit by J.B. Scott. Master: Capt. VanEps.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
British gunboat
Build info :
1812, Wm. Bell, Amherstburg
Specs :
small
Date of loss :
1813, Oct 5
Place of loss :
Thames R., near Moraviantown, Ont
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
military hardware
Detail : She was pulled into the river
during the withdrawl of British Gen. Proctor from Amherstburg to Chatham, Ont.,
during the War of 1812. She was filled with tons of cannonballs and muskets and
burned in the river at Pikeville to prevent her from falling into the hands of
the advancing Americans under Gen. William Henry Harrison. Proctor’s army and
his ally, the native chief Tecumseh, were subsequently defeated by Harrison in
a significant battle. The hulk of the MYERS was recovered in 1901, but was
destroyed due to lack of funding in 1912. There may be other 1812 boats,
including 3 more gunboats and the schooner ELLEN, in the same area.
Sources :
nsp,es,wl
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Other names :
also seen in error as
Official no. :
10856
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1862, Donald McKay, Boston Navy Yard, E. Boston, MA
Specs :
248nt.
Date of loss :
1879, Nov 19 (year also given in
error as 1875)
Place of loss :
near Grand Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : Though making good weather of
it, she struck a submerged crib, broke
up and sank in a terrific gale. All 15 aboard were able to make it ashore with
the help of the Lifesaving Service. Five other vessels [MAPLE LEAF, J.A.
HOLMES, MARGARET DALL, C.O.D. and MYSTIC, all schooners] were lost or damaged
in the same area at the same time.
She was used as a passenger
steamer plying between Muskegon and Chicago during the late 1860's.
She was reportedly used as
a government dispatch boat during the
period 1862-5. She was well- and
expensively built, being pegged together with brass spikes.
Sources :
mv,h,lmdc,lhl,usls,mpl,nsp
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GENERAL PIERCE
Other names :
also seen as FRANK PIERCE and FRANKLIN PIERCE
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1853, Silver Creek, NY
Specs :
72x17x6, 64 t.
Date of loss : 1854,
Dec 2
Place of loss : at
Duck Pond, 5 mi W of Charlotte, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
General merchandise worth $32,000
Detail :
Bound Oswego for Hamilton, Ontario, she capsized and sank. Her crew made
it ashore in her lifeboat, or were rescued by a government lifeboat. Insurance
had run out Nov 30. Recovered the following June.
(Oddly, another report of the
same time says she was bound Cleveland for Detroit with coal and came to anchor
under the point to shelter from a gale. Sprung a leak and capsized. The prop
OCEAN, anchored nearby, quickly lowered a boat and rescued the crew.)
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl
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GENERAL SCOTT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1839, Fairbanks Church, Huron, OH
Specs :
131x20x8, 200 t.
Date of loss :
1848, Oct
Place of loss :
Lake St Clair
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Collided with schooner
Heavily damaged in a
stranding near Buffalo in April, 1840. Frozen in near Monroe in November, 1842,
and ran out of steam trying to get out. Her passengers and crew cut a line in
the ice, and her upperworks and furniture was broken up for fuel to raise
steam.
Sources :
hgl,is,lhl,wl,nsp,hr
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GENERAL SCOTT
Other names :
none?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1852, Darius Cole, Saginaw, MI
Specs :
105x12x5, 64 t.
Date of loss :
1853, Mar 21
Place of loss :
Saginaw River
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Tied to her dock, crushed
beyond repair when ice went out of the river in the spring breakup, according to
one source. Master: Capt. Cole. A later newspaper clipping says she was
accidentally allowed to sink during a spring cleanup when her seacock was left
open. May thus have been recovered.
Sources :
vbs,hsc,lhl,nsp,wl
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Other names :
most often seen as WINFIELD SCOTT
Official no. :
10225
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1852, Wm. Jones, Black R., OH
Specs :
114x25x10, 213 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Aug 18
Place of loss : off
Spider Island, Death's Door
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Menominee of Chicago when
she sprang a leak in a gale and capsized. Crew clung to her for 13 hours until
rescued by the passing schooner ETHAN ALLEN. Her wreckage eventually came
ashore on Hog Island, just east of Washington Island. Out of Chicago – sailed
and owned in part by Capt. Harry Faith.
Aground with heavy damage on
Pt. Pelee in 1865.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,wl,wgts
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GENERAL SHERMAN - See also ALEXANDER
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GENERAL SHERMAN
Other names :
also seen as just SHERMAN
Official no. :
39389
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
1865, E. Saginaw, Mich
Specs :
109x25x7, 94 t.
Date of loss :
1874, Oct 29
Place of loss : off
Fairport, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
15,000 feet of lumber and 4,200 bbl salt
Detail :
Tow of the tug JOHN T. EDWARDS and bound Bay City for Ashtabula, she waterlogged 2 miles
offshore and came to anchor. Her crew abandoned her and made for Fairport, but
their boat capsized near shore and the captain's young son drowned.
Out of Bay City, owned and
commanded by Capt. Joseph Mills.
Rebuilt in 1872.
Sources :
nsp,mv,wmn,hr,hgl,wmhs
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GENERAL SIGEL
Other names : not
to be confused with
Official no. :
10220
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, Collins, Youngstown, OH
Specs :
145 gt.
Date of loss :
1882, Nov 24
Place of loss : Big
Point Sauble
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
shingles
Detail :
She went ashore in a teriffic gale, her wreckage being near the schooner
ECLIPSE(qv), with which she had just left Manistee for Chicago. She reportedly
broke up soon after. Shown in 1884 Merchant Vessels as “lost or otherwise out
of service.”
Out of Ludington, MI
Sources :
nsp,mv
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GENERAL FRANZ SIGEL
Other names :
none also seen as GENERAL FRANZ SIEGEL
Official no. :
10217
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1862, G. W. Jones, Black R. OH as a bark
Specs :
137x26x12, 317g 301n
Date of loss :
1903, Jul 8
Place of loss :
near the lighthouse at Monroe, MI
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
570 t. coal
Detail : Bound Huron, Ohio, for
Sandwich, Ont., this old schooner foundered in a gale in relatively shallow
water. Her crew clung to rigging for hours until finally rescued by the U. S.
Survey Vessel GENERAL WILLAMS. The
vessel was in a good position for salvage, but was abandoned due to age. Master and owner: Capt. W. J. Curtis. Wreck
is located 1.8 mi SE from Stoney Pt. in 24 ft of water.
Major repair, 1876, rebuilt, 1881
Sources :
mv,polk,hgl,glp,ns1,nsp,es
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GENERAL TAYLOR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1848, F. Jones, Buffalo, NY
Specs :
173x26x11, 462 t.
Date of loss :
1862, Oct 3*
Place of loss : on
Sleeping Bear Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
flour, gen. merch
Detail : Driven aground by a storm and
wrecked. Owned by W. D. Walbridge & Co., Detroit.
The bottom of her hull washed
ashore in the 1950's.
*also given as Oct 18
Had many accidents during her
career, including a stranding at Chicago in Oct, 1856 when she was declared a
total loss. Rebuilt in 1859.
Sources :
lhl,hgl,eas,is(2-60),smi,lhdc,mv,ssb,nb,umr,blu[1856]
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Other names :
also seen as just THORNTON
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood,*2-mast
Build info :
1837, St Joseph's Mich
Specs :
56x15x7, 49 t.
Date of loss :
1850, Aug 31
Place of loss : at
Calumet, Ill.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
4
Carrying :
?
Detail : She went ashore bottom up and was wrecked, a
total loss. Steamer J. D. MORTON found her skipper floating on a makeshift raft
five miles offshore on her route Chicago-New Buffalo. The raft was found Sep 7,
and the occupant had reportedly begun to eat his own hand to avoid starvation.
Master: Capt. Davidson. Final enrollment
document annotated "lost."
Sources :
rp,hgl,wl,bc
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GENERAL TRACY - See TRACY
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GENERAL VANCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1838, Perrysburgh, OH
Specs :
90x14x7, 76 t.
Date of loss :
1844, Jun 25 or 23
Place of loss : at
Windsor, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life :
at least 4, maybe as many as 9
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : Exploded her boiler and was
destroyed at a ferry dock. Master: Capt. Samuel Woodworth(d).
Sources :
eas,lhl,le,hgl,nsp,wl,hr,jm
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GENERAL WAYNE - See ANTHONY WAYNE
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GENERAL WOLSELEY
Other names :
none
Official no. : C85526
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1884, Oakville, Ont.
Specs :
103x20, 123 t.
Date of loss :
1886, Sep 9
Place of loss :
near Cape Croker, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Bound Owen Sound to Dyer's Bay, Ont., she
caught fire and was run ashore, where she burned to the water's edge.
Sources :
nsp,mmgl,csv,slh,nsp,hgl
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GENERAL WORTH - See JOHN RABER
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GENESEE CHIEF
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10243
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1846, Geo. Steers, Carthage, NY
as a sidewheel steamer
Specs :
142x25x10 275g 261n
Date of loss :
1891, Aug 24
Place of loss :
South Channel, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
shingles
Detail : Severely waterlogged in a storm
and was towed in and abandoned at a dock at Cheboygan. After an examination she
was declared a constructive total loss. The hulk was later towed out and
scuttled in Duncan Bay.
Apparently very fire-prone,
she was nearly destroyed in a fire at Clarke's Drydock, at Springwells
[Detroit], April 15, 1868 and rebuilt to this barge afterwards. She also
suffered a fire in May of 1854. Suffered $10,000 damage in a fire at Rochester,
NY, in November, 1856. On her maiden voyage, with 450 passengers aboard, she
caught fire five times, and on the return trip she collided with and sank a
schooner and was libelled for $16,000.
Rebuilt from a sidewheeler to
a propeller in 1863 at Cleveland.
Ashore three different times
in May-June, 1864.
Document not surrendered
until 1897. See also CUBA
Sources :
mv,ssm,slh,nsp,hgl,osdo,lhl,mpl
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GENEVA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1859
Place of loss : 1
mi off E shore of S. Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
bricks
Detail : She was assaulted by a gale and
wrecked on a reef. A mass of bricks reportedly marks her final resting place.
Part of her cargo was
recovered in the 1950's.
Sources :
lmdc,hgl,nb,hgl
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GENEVA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85275
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight steambarge
Build info :
1873, (Detroit or Cleveland)
Specs :
742 t.
Date of loss :
1873, Oct 23
Place of loss : 15
miles off Caribou Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Downbound, the violence of a
storm damaged her stern pipe and bent
her propeller shaft. The flailing blades cut a large hole in her stern counter
and she went down by the stern. Her crew evacuated in her small boat and made
it to her tow, the barge GENOA.
One of first bulkers with the
classic Great Lakes fore and aft deckhouses.
Owned by Hanna Co. of
Cleveland.
Sources :
lss,gwgl,is,nsp,hgl
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GENEVA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
86005
Type at loss :
excursion steamer, wood
Build info :
1875, Geo. Chaffey, Portsmouth, Ont.
C#72558
Specs :
93x20x5, 97gc 39nc
Date of loss :
1891, Sep 23
Place of loss :
Beach Oswego, Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
passengers
Detail :
She had just dropped off a small party of excursionists when she was
discovered to be afire. The blaze spread quickly and the vessel burned to the
waterline before anything could be done to extinguish it. Master: Capt. George
Atkinson. Owner: Nelson Skinner, Oswego.
Sold American, 1888. Formerly
a passenger packet on the Bay of Quinte, then later at Rochester, NY..
Sources :
rp,mmgl,mv
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GEORGE
Other names :
built as GEORGE MURRAY
Official no. :
85305
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, bulk freight, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, WI
Specs :
203x34x14, 790g 751n
Date of loss :
1893, Oct 24
Place of loss :
Pictured Rocks, near Munising, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
1300 t. soft coal
Detail : Upbound, her masts were blown
out by a quick-rising NW gale. Helpless, she was driven aground about 30 yards
offshore at Pictured Rocks and torn to pieces. Bound Lake Erie for Marquette.
Master: Capt. C. C. Roberts. Owner: her skipper, plus Miles Fox, Marblehead,
Ohio.
Sources :
ms,gwgl,is,h,wb,lss,net,es
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GEORGE E.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
86430
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1892, Thos. Dagwell, Indian River, MI
Specs :
47x11x5, 16g 12n
Date of loss :
1909, Oct 30
Place of loss : Les
Cheneaux Isls., Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Destroyed by fire at
Cedarville, Mich..
Homeported out of Cedarville,
MI
Sources :
slh,mv,hcgl
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GEORGE N
Other names : none
Official no. : 202896
Type at loss : propeller
tug
Build info :
1905, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Specs :
55x11x5, 10g 7n
Date of loss : 1914,
May 10
Place of loss : Sturgeon
River, Mich
Type of loss : sunk
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Reported foundered on Sturgeon River, near L’Anse, Mich. Out of
Marquette.
Maybe raised and
becamea Canadian bottom years later.
Sources :
mv,hr
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F.A. GEORGER
Other names :
none
Official no. : C112354
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info :
1874, Jones, Tonawanda, NY
[US#120193]
Specs :
201x35x15 826g 784n
Date of loss :
1940, Nov 11
Place of loss : N
of Girard, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : The broke up and sank in the
"Armistice Day Storm" of 1940. She had been the tow of the steamer JOHN B. LYON(qv).
She had been abandoned for
poor condition in 1926, but later reconditioned and returned to service.
66 years old at loss.
Major repair, 1883
Sources :
h,mv,ledc,mpl
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GEORGIAN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C80596
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, steambarge
Build info :
1864, Potter, Port McNicoll, Ont. as a passenger/freight propeller
Specs :
130x22 377gc
Date of loss :
1888, May 9
Place of loss :
near Cape Rich, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
450 t.coal
Detail : Bound Huron, Ohio, for Owen
sound with the schooner
Stranded with heavy damage
and a costly salvage near Little Current, Ont., fall of 1882.
Purchased by Confederate
agents during the U.S. Civil War, ostensibly for use as a commerce raider on
Lakes Huron and Erie. Authorities got wind of the plan, and it never came off,
however. Story.
Converted from propeller to
steambarge not long before her loss.
Rebuilt, 1874, 80, 83
Sources :
nsp,clu,mmgl,slh,csv,hgl,es3-1,sc
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GEORGINA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C92617
Type at loss :
propeller, wood (tug?)
Build info :
1893, Port Arthur, Ont.
Specs :
74x15x7, 44gc 30nc
Date of loss :
1907?
Place of loss :
Thunder Bay, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
none
Detail :
This well-known Candadian tug was destroyed by fire, but details are
lacking. Her registration was not closed until 1958
Sources :
mmgl,csv
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GERALDINE
Other names : ?
Official no. :
10154
Type at loss :
schooner, wood (3-mast)
Build info :
(1856, Little, Wilson, NY as a bark)
Specs :
232 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Oct 18
Place of loss : 5
mi below "The Cut", Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Detroit in
heavy weather, she collided at night
with the schooner E.M. PORTCH(qv) and sank in five minutes. PORTCH stood by
while GERALDINE’s crew abandoned her in the yawl. Soon after, she went down by
the head in 50 feet of water. Out of Buffalo. Master and owner: Capt. McEwen.
This is probably the vessel
which, as a bark, went ashore on South Manitou, Lake Michigan, with heavy
damage, on Nov 12, 1863.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,rsl,mdwl
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HOWARD S. GERKEN
Other names :
built as the steamer ROSAMUND BILLETT for use on Manitoba's Red R. in
1910, later renamed
Official no. : ? US
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, sandsucker
Build info :
1918, Tidewater Ship Building,
Trois Rivieres, Que. C#
140953 hull #4
Specs :
241x41x16 1322g 803n
Date of loss :
1926, Aug 21
Place of loss : off
Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
sand
Detail : Just finished offshore loading
when she was struck by a gale and foundered in 80 feet of water.
Gravel Products Corp.,
Buffalo
Image
as PHELEN from TBRC collection
Sources :
sol,is,ns3,csv,mmgl,mpl,ewe
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GERMANIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85022
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1869, J. Monk, Sandusky, OH
Specs :
90x18x5 72 t
Date of loss :
1881
Place of loss : on Cedar Point, near Sandusky
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore and broke up.
Sources :
www,mv
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GERMANIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85435
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight (steam
barge)
Build info :
1875, G King, Marine City, MI
Specs :
136x28x11 263g 176n
Date of loss :
1899, Jan 17
Place of loss : at
Ecorse, Mich
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Laid up for the winter at her
wharf behind her owner's home when she caught fire at night and burned to the waterline. Probably caught fire from an overheated stove
which was being used to warm the cabin while it was being painted. Owned by W.
G. Smith, Detroit.
Sources :
jb,mv,hcgl,wmhs,nsp
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GERMANIC
Other names :
rebuilt as RELIEVER(qv)
Official no. :
85911
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1888, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City
Specs :
216x36x19 1131g 892n
Date of loss :
1904, Nov 6
Place of loss :
Stag Island, near Corunna, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She caught fire while underway,
burned and sank on the island. Her remains were abandoned, then later sold
Canadian. In 1908 she was recovered and extensively rebuilt and her name
changed to RELIEVER(qv).
Sources :
ns3,vbs,ledc,sbs
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GERMANIC
Other names :
none
Official no. : C107164
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1899, Collingwood Dry Dock,
Collingwood, Ont.
Specs :
184x32x13 1014gc 676nc
Date of loss :
1917, Mar 30
Place of loss : at
Collingwood
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : This propeller was destroyed by
fire at her winter berth as she was being prepared for the upcoming season.
She was the last wooden ship
built at Collingwood.
Owned by Canada Steamship.
Sources :
slh,sol,ns2,csv,mmgl,mpl
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GERTRUDE -
See also G.J. DORR
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GERTRUDE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10203
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, G.W. Jones, Cleveland
Specs :
137x26x11, 269 t.
Date of loss :
1868, Apr 21
Place of loss : 4
mi W of Mackinac City
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo, GERTRUDE
was cut by ice and sank in deep water. Her crew made it to shore in the yawl.
Out of Chicago
Also wrecked near Manitowoc
in 1860.
Rebuilt at Detroit, 1867.
Sources :
mv,slh,ssm,hgl,mpl,NSP
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GERTRUDE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10202
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1856, J. Harbridge, Two Rivers, WI
Specs :
81 ft 70 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Oct 23
Place of loss : Off
Otter Creek, near Sleeping Bear
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
firewood
Detail : Sheltering at anchor when her
chains parted and she was thrown ashore and wrecked. One crewman drowned while
attempting to swim to the beach.
Beached and expected to
become a total loss 7 mi S of Kenosha, Mar, 1878.
Date also given as Sep 26,
but Oct date is from contemporary newspaper.
Sources :
mv,smi,sb,nb,usls,nsp,mpl
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GESINE
Other names :
none also seen as GESSINE
Official no. :
10333
Type at loss :
schooner, wood,
Build info :
1853, Rand, Manitowoc
Specs : 99gt
94nt
Date of loss :
1887, Aug 23
Place of loss : Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Shoved up against the
breakwater by storm waves and pounded to pieces. Crew jumped overboard and
clung to the breakwater pilings until rescued. Bound Ludington for Chicago. Her
skipper, Capt. Chris Anderson of
Chicago, was also her owner.
Sources :
nsp,mv,es3-1
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GETWORK
Other names : ?
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood, fishing
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1917
Place of loss : at
Collingwood, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Destroyed by fire.
Sources :
slh not in mmgl
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GEYSER - See T.J. JARMIN
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R.J. GIBBS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
21195
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 3-mast
Build info :
1855, Squires, Vermilion, OH
Specs :
122x24x8, 177g 168n
Date of loss :
1893, May 23
Place of loss : 6
mi off Bar Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
310 t. coal
Detail : She foundered while riding it
out a gale at anchor. Her crew was rescued by the steamer IRON CHIEF. Master
and owner: Capt. Wm. H. Pope. The wreck was removed in fall of 1894 under
Canadian government contract.
Heavily damaged and declared
a total loss after a collision with the prop COLORADO on the St. Clair R., May
4, 1877. Not raised until December of 1879.
Heavy damage to her foremast
& rigging by a lightning strike on Lake Erie in May, 1860.
Sources :
nsp,ledc,wb,hgl,st,es
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GIBRALTER
Other names :
none also seen as GIBRALTAR, but "E" is official
Official no. : C83149
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1854, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont. as a bark
Specs :
138x26x11, 289gc 270nc
Date of loss :
1888, Oct 3
Place of loss :
near White Rock, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and broke up.
Rebuilt, 1877
Sources :
clu,h,win,mmgl
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GIBSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85194
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1870, S. Gibson, Buffalo
Specs :
327 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Oct 31
Place of loss :
near Port Burwell, Ont., piers
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Stranded and pounded to pieces
in a gale while bound Toledo for Buffalo. No sooner had a tug left Buffalo to
go to her assistance than a telegram was received saying she was a total loss.
Her crew were rescued by the Canadian bark LILLY. Owned by Capts. Gibson &
Muir. Master: Capt. James Muir
Sources :
h,win,es,wl,nsp not in
‘69,'72 mv
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J.
R. GIDDINGS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1844, Stephen Lockwood, Ashtabula, Oh
Specs :
114x26x9, 258 t. om
Date of loss :
1857, Jul 13
Place of loss : between Big and Little Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 10
Carrying :
light
Detail :
She capsized in heavy weather, her crew being picked up by Lake
Navigation Company's schooner COLLINGWOOD, from whence they were taken to Port
Huron. Out of Chicago and owned by E. A. Bruce.
Location also given as Twin
Rivers Point.
Sources :
bb,wl,hgl,nsp,hr
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J.G. GIDLEY
Other names :
also seen as J.C. GIDLEY
Official no. : C107946
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1901, (Gidley), Little Current, Ont.
Specs :
71x15, 57gc 39nc
Date of loss :
1909, Jun 14
Place of loss :
Sand Bay, 18 mi from Meldrum Bay, North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Registered out of St.
Catharines
Sources :
mmgl,slh,h,win
————————————————————————±
C.
M. GIFFORD
Other names : ?
Official no. :
probably an unregistered river tug
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
?
Specs : “small”
Date of loss :
1889, Sep 25
Place of loss : a
few miles off Waugoschance Pt.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
“sunk”
Loss of life : 1
Carrying :
none
Detail :
No detail. Owners: Capt. M. O’Brian, Cheboygan and F. E. Martin, Indian
River, Mich.
Sources :
nsp,tbms
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FRANK
W. GIFFORD
Other names :
often seen as "F. W. GIFFORD"
Official no. :
9752
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1868, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs :
159x31x12, 452g 429n
Date of loss : 1897,
Oct 21
Place of loss :
midlake between Point Betsie and
Ahnapee, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound Escanaba for Fairport,
she sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew took to her yawl, and spent several
hours drifting about until picked up by the Chicago-bound schooner
Sources :
hgl,jb,mv,bb,wgts,nsp,hr
————————————————————————±
E.
K. GILBERT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7238
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, Wm. S. Redfield, St. Clair, Mich
Specs :
93x24x8, 132 t. [161 t. om]
Date of loss :
1868, Nov 23 or 24
Place of loss : 15
mi below [i.e. East of] Pt. Pelee
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
“sunk”
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
200 t. coal
Detail :
Bound Cleveland for Detroit, she sprung a leak and foundered. Owned by
Stinson, Detroit. Total loss of ship and cargo, valued at about $10,000.
Sources :
hgl,hr,eww,wl,mv
————————————————————————±
W.H. GILBERT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
81382
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1892, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City
hull #89
Specs :
328x42x20 2820g 2200n
Date of loss :
1914, May 22
Place of loss : 15
mi off Thunder Bay Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She collided with the 500 foot
steamer CALDERA in a fog and sank quickly. She had been struck amidships and
nearly cut in two.
Wreckage discovered by divers
in 1983.
Sources :
sbs,vbs,stb,slh,sol,is,ns2,lhdc,mpl,ade
————————————————————————±
W.H. GILCHER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
81326
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1891, Cleveland Ship Building, Cleveland
Specs :
302x41x21, 2415g 1987n
Date of loss :
1892, Oct 28
Place of loss :
off Manitou Isls.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
21 [all]
Carrying :
3,000 t. coal
Detail : Bound for Milwaukee, this new
ship foundered in a heavy gale. Several other vessels passed the ship as she
was struggling in the storm, and from a distance one saw her lights disappear
suddenly. Master: Capt. L. H. Weeks(d).
The last reported sighting of the steamer was from the schooner SEAMEN, 20 mi
NW of N Manitou and 15 mi due W of Fox Island light. There is some speculation
that she collided with the schooner OSTRICH(qv), lost in the same area on the
same day, but the OSTRICH showed no signs of it.
Sister of WESTERN
RESERVE(qv).
There were unconfirmed
reports that the wreck lay near Hay
Island, in the Beavers Group, in 1893, and the wreck was reportedly discovered
again by a Chicago diver in July of 1935.
Engraving
from Walter Lewis Website
Sources :
mv,is(3-59),gsgl,gs,sol,wm2,lmdc,h,smi,mol,wb,nb,hgl,mpl,nsp
————————————————————————
GILCHRIST - See PRINDOC
————————————————————————±
Other names :
Official no. :
17350
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1861, Toledo
Specs : 41x13x8,
27 t.
Date of loss :
1868, Aug (6)
Place of loss :
Peach [Peche] Island
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber and lath
Detail :
She got ashore on the island. For awhile efforts were made to recover
her, but they were later abandoned and the vessel given up for lost. Newspaper
reports late in August wondered why she was abandoned as she still appeared to
be in good condition. At the end of the season she showed up on loss lists as a
total wreck.
Out of Grant, MI, in '69 mv
Sources : mv,nsp,phr,wmn
————————————————————————±
EDWARD GILLEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
136214
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1891, Buffalo
Specs :
68x18x10 59g 29n
Date of loss :
1903, May 15
Place of loss :
Duluth-Superior harbor
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
none
Detail : She was rammed and sunk by the
steamer MAUNALOA in a fog and sank quickly. The hulk was raised July 15, but
was later declared a constructive total loss. However, she was completely
rebuilt and re-registered as a new vessel in June of 1904 - still registered of of Duluth in 1920.
Sources :
gwgl,is,h,mv,nsp,mv
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EDWARD E. GILLEN
Other names :
built as ERASTUS K. KNIGHT, renamed AUBREY in 1918, last name in 1964
Official no. :
205312
Type at loss :
propeller tug, steel
Build info :
1908, B.L. Cowles, Buffalo
Specs :
61x16x9 47g 32n
Date of loss :
1981, Jun 4
Place of loss : 2.5
mi off Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Undergoing strain tests on the
towing winch of the U.S.C.G. WESTWIND off her homeport of Milwaukee when she
inexplicably capsized and sank.
Rebuilt in 1958
A previous tug of the same
name (US#75591) was built as J. J. HAGERMAN in 1872 abandoned in 1928.
Sources :
is,lmdc,mpl,hcgl,mv
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KATE GILLETT - See
HORACE H. BADGER
————————————————————————±
GILLY or GILLEY
Other names :
built as schooner B. ET T.
Official no. : C138139
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1916, Anse St. Jean, PQ as a
schooner
Specs :
73x28, 94gt
Date of loss :
1937, Sep 18*
Place of loss : 12
mi N of Goderich, Ont., in the "Goderich Gap"
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
35,000 cedar posts
Detail : Bound Southampton, Ont., for
Sarnia in tow of the tug SUPERIOR when she broke her tow cable. She went ashore
and became a total loss, but her crew was saved by the small Goderich vessel
ANNAMAC.
Rebuilt from a schooner to a
tug in 1920.
*also given as December
Sources :
mmgl,h,win,wsm
————————————————————————±
J.E. GILMORE
Other names :
also seen as JAMES E. GILMORE
Official no. :
13307
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, A. Wilcox, Three Mile Bay, NY
Specs :
138x25x11, 291g 276n
Date of loss :
1892, Oct 17 or 19 [Nov 2 also given in error]
Place of loss :
Pilot Island, Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Ran aground in a nighttime
storm and wrecked. Her crew was taken off by the local lighthouse keeper. She
was immediately stripped and abandoned but took a long time - several years -
to break up. Owned by John Gerlach, Cleveland.
Sunk at Cleveland in 1875.
Major repair in 1882
Sources :
mv,tel,nl,wb,hgl,osdo,mpl,nsp,hgl,wgts
————————————————————————±
GILPHIE
Other names :
built as the steam yacht
Official no. : C85370
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1884, Morgan & Sutton, Lockport, NY
Specs :
75x12x11, 19gc 18nc
Date of loss :
1909, Jul 22
Place of loss : at
Whippoorwill Shore, near Lion's Head, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm/fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Went aground, then caught fire
and was totally destroyed.
Sold Canadian, 1892. Out of
Ottawa
Sources :
slh,h,csv,win,mmgl
————————————————————————
GIPSEY QUEEN
- See GENERAL BURNSIDE
————————————————————————
GIPSY - See
also ELLA
————————————————————————
GIPSY or GIPSEY- Entry deleted - vessel
recorded as lost in 1883 was recovered in July, 1885
————————————————————————±
GLAD TIDINGS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85788
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1883, Jas. Butler, Manitowoc, WI
Specs :
79x20x6 82g 78n
Date of loss :
1894, Jul 29
Place of loss :
Near Fighting Island
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
4 [all]
Carrying :
stone
Detail : This schooner collided with the
ore-laden whaleback steamer PATHFINDER and sank quickly in 36 ft. of water,
about 300 ft. from the Canadian shore. Master: Capt. Michael Westphal(d) of
Detroit and owned by him. Her rigging
was later sold en masse for use on a new schooner
being built at Gibraltar.
She was built for Capt. Henry
Bunday, the 3rd of his “Gospel Ships.” The hull was originally designed as a
steam yacht.
Sources :
nsp,h,mv,mpl,usls,es
————————————————————————±
GLAD TIDINGS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10238
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1866, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs :
113x26x8 183g 174n
Date of loss :
1898, Apr 19
Place of loss :
below 9-mile Point, Hammond Bay, near Cheboygan, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She stranded in a gale near
Carp Creek. Her crew was rescued by the Hammond’s Bay lifesaving crew, but the
vessel was stripped and abandoned a few
days later. Out of Detroit, owned by her skipper.
She had had a number of other
serious accidents. In October, 1870, she went ashore on Long Point and was
given up for lost. She was recovered the following spring and rebuilt.
Sources :
slh,h,sagl,mv,ssm,mpl,nsp
————————————————————————±
GLADIATOR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10320
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1854, W. H. Adams, Sheffield (Black R.), OH as a scow-brig
Specs :
99x24x8, 141g 124n
Date of loss :
1890, Jul 4
Place of loss :
near Grosse Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Capsized and sank. The storm in
which she was lost was said to have been one of severest summer storms ever to
hit Lake Michigan. The hulk floated around in the vicinity for almost two
weeks, posing a great hazard to shipping until it finally sank 2 mi off the
Chicago Marine Hospital.
Sources :
mv,h,hgl,bb,wl,es3-2,nsp,hr
————————————————————————±
GLADSTONE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1869, Beaupre, Dog Lake [Battersea], Ont.
Specs :
103x25x9, 183gc 175nc
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 12
Place of loss :
near Southampton, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
light
Detail :
While waiting out a storm at a pier, she was driven ashore with several
other vessels and wrecked
Owned by Malott & Co. of
Kingston
Sources :
mmgl,clu,slh,nsp,hgl,wmn
————————————————————————±
GLADSTONE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85996
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1888, W. Radcliffe, Cleveland
Specs :
283x40x22 2112g 1812n
Date of loss :
1918, (Dec)
Place of loss :
Pine River, St. Clair, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Her hull was crushed by an ice jam
while she was lying at her winter moorings. Sank. Wreck purchased by C. Peel of
Chatham, Ont. for use as a breakwater at Sarnia, Ont., in Dec 1923, and removed
there.
Rebuilt in 1918 but
never used before her loss.
Sunk near Bar Point with
expensive damage in 1903.
Image
from TBRC collection
Sources :
nsp,ns2,mv,tbms
————————————————————————±
W.E. GLADSTONE
Other names :
built as tug
Official no. : C78026
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1882, J. Storey, Collingwood,
Ont.
Specs :
72x16x7, 59gc 30nc
Date of loss :
1908, Nov 23
Place of loss : at
Lyon's Head, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : While lying at a dock with
three barges, waiting out a storm, she was torn loose and thrown into
boulder-strewn shallows, where she pounded to pieces.
Out of Owen Sound, owned by
Pedwell & Lemcke, Lyon's Head.
Image as
a wreck from TBRC collection
Sources :
win,mmgl,hgl,wmn
————————————————————————
GLADYS - See NORTHERN BELLE
————————————————————————±
GLADWIN or GLADWYN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, warship, 8 guns
Build info :
1764, Navy Island
Specs :
ca. 80 t.
Date of loss :
1770 or 1771
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all hands
Carrying :
light
Detail :
She foundered in a gale after her commander refused to take on ballast
as suggested, and the vessel was overwhelmed.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl
————————————————————————±
GLASGOW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85199
Type at loss :
propeller, wood “steam barge”
Build info :
1872, A.A. Turner, Trenton, MI
Specs :
304g 227n
Date of loss :
1889, Oct 6
Place of loss : at
Pt. Pelee
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She drove hard ashore in a
gale, with 4 barges in tow [A.W WRIGHT, ANTELOPE, TAYLOR, WEND THE
Major repair in 1882
Sources :
phr,polk,hr,nsp,es3-2
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GLEN L. -
See ALETHA B.
————————————————————————
GLENAFTON - See LAMBTON
————————————————————————
GLENBULAH -
See CHARLES H. BURTON
————————————————————————
GLENCADAM -
See ARLINGTON
————————————————————————±
GLENFINLAS
Other names :
built as steamer CALABRIA, renamed, 1881
Official no. : C77695
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1873, A. Muir, Port Dalhousie,
Ont.
Specs :
158x26x11, 686gc 425nc
Date of loss : 1883, Aug 17
Place of loss :
near St Catharine's, Ont. [homeport]
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none?
Carrying :
20,000 bu corn plus general cargo
Detail :
Bound for Montreal from Detroit,
she caught fire around the boiler, and was destroyed in the Welland Canal.
Though all of her crew were saved, an unidentified human skull was found in the
burned-out wreckage.
Built on hull of the
propeller BRANTFORD, built by Shickluna, in 1851.
Rebuilt in 1876 and 81.
Sources :
clu,h,csv,polk,rp,es,nsp
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GLENIFFER
Other names :
none also seen as GLENIFER
Official no. : C83148
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1873, J. Abbey, Port Robinson, Ont.
Specs :
140x26x12, 338gc 314nc
Date of loss :
1902, Jun 2*
Place of loss : Off
Star Island house
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
?
Detail : Tow of steamer SEAMAN with
LOTHAIR, she collided with the steamer ADMIRAL and went down quickly. The
captain’s wife and a sailor drowned. The vessel soon broke up in 7 mph current.
ADMIRAL continued on her way and was later censured for neglecting her
responsibilities. GLENIFFER and her towmates were bound up on a stormy and very
dark night. Owned by W. J. Strong, Port Elgin, Ont. Master: Capt. Moore.
Driven ashore near Mimico,
Ont., in the fall of 1888 and not recovered until late October of 1891. Rebuilt
at Toronto.
*date often given as June 27,
in error
Sources :
mmgl,nsp,is,ns1,h,mpl,hcgl,wl
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GLENISLA - See WESTERN
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GLENLYON
Other names :
built as steamer WILLIAM H. GRATWICK. Renamed MINNEKAHTA in 1911, sold
Canadian in 1914 and named GLENLYON at that time.
Official no. : C126660
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1893, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City
hull# 93 US# 81427
Specs :
328x42x20 2818g 2203n
Date of loss :
1924, Nov 1
Place of loss :
Siskiwit Bay, Menagerie Isl., Isle Royale
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat, 143,000 bu.
Detail : Heading for shelter in gale,
she grounded on a reef and was holed. Intially damage was light, but a series
of storms which followed destroyed her.
2nd loss for "Glen
Line" in 3 days. See GLENORCHY. The wreck site is on National Register of
Historic Places.
Sources :
mmgl,vbs,mv,irs,sbs,gwgl,is,ns3,h,csv,win,mpl
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GLENORA - See also HECTOR
————————————————————————±
GLENORA
Other names :
none also seen as GLENDORA
Official no. : C80699
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1882, R.Robertson, Kingston, Ont.
Specs :
166x35x13, 660gc 627nc
Date of loss :
1887, Nov 19
Place of loss : 2.5
mi W of Amherst Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
grain (one hopeful source says
she had a quantity of gold and silver coinage aboard, not likely for a barge)
Detail : Tow of steamer GLENGARRY, she
was torn loose and sank. Bound from Duluth. Recovered, rebuilt, reregistered
and renamed HECTOR in 1896.
Sources :
mmgl,eas,h,nsp,wb,sb
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GLENORCHY
Other names :
built as steamer A.E. STEWART, renamed in 1917
Official no. : C138213
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1902, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City
US# 107778
Specs :
346x50x28 3943g 3049n
Date of loss :
1924, Oct 29
Place of loss : 6
mi SE of Harbor Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Collided with the steamer
LEONARD B. MILLER in a dense fog and sank. GLEN was a total loss, with $80- to $100,000 damage to MILLER.
Master: Capt. Fred Burke. Her owner, Great Lakes Transportation Co. lost 2
major vessels in 3 days, see GLENLYON.
Sold Canadian and renamed in
1917.
Sources :
mmgl,vbs,nsp,slh,gsgl,ns3,h,csv,win,mpl
————————————————————————
GLENRIG - See MATOA
————————————————————————
GLENSHEE - See HOWARD M. HANNA, Jr.
————————————————————————±
GLENSTRIVEN
Other names :
built as steamer AMERICA, renamed in 1919
Official no. : C138218
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, Union Dry Dock, Buffalo
hull #48 US# 106638
Specs :
275x42x14 2152cg
Date of loss :
1923, Nov 16
Place of loss :
near Cove Isl., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She struck a reef in fog and
was wrecked. Salvaged by James Reid in
1924 and declared a constructive total los. Scuttled off Midland. Another "Glen Line" steamer, owned
by Great Lakes Trans. Co., Ltd., Midland, Ont.
Sold Canadian and renamed in
1919.
Image as
AMERICA from TBRC collection
Sources :
mmgl,slh,ns3,mv,mpl
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JOHN N. GLIDDEN
Other names :
sometimes seen as JOHN H. GLIDDEN
Official no. :
76080
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1879, Radcliffe & Langell, Cleveland
Specs :
222x35x19 1323g 1111n
Date of loss :
1903, Oct 9
Place of loss : Off
Harsen's Island, mouth of St Clair R.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She collided with the giant
steel barge MAGNA and sank. Owner: William Gerlach, Cleveland. At least 6 other
boats hit her wreckage before it was finally marked on the 12th. Hulk blocked
the channel for several weeks at "the flats" until dynamited flat - remains were removed
in 1904.
She had a penchant for collisions. Heavily damaged
in a collison with the Escanaba ore docks in the fall of 1901 and with steamer
the PRINCETON at Windsor in 1902.
Image as
a wreck from TBRC collection
Sources :
nsp,is,sol,ns1,mv,hs,mpl,hcgl,es
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GLOBE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1832, Augustus Jones, Black R., OH
Specs :
84x23x9, 157 t.
Date of loss :
1839, Jun 4
Place of loss : 6
mi S of Detroit
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
a small partial cargo of pig iron
Detail :
She was capsized by a squall while bound Buffalo for Detroit. Her crew
was taken off by the schooner AGNES BARTON and the steamer DeWITT CLINTON later
tried to right her. She was owned by Pease, et al of Cleveland. Master: Capt.
Rosseter.
Final enrollment is annotated
“lost in 1839”
Sources :
nsp,wl
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GLOBE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1847, Port Sarnia, Ont.
Specs :
320 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Nov
Place of loss :
near Port Bruce, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
railroad ties
Detail : She went on a reef and was
wrecked in a gale. Brig BURLINGTON went ashore alongside while trying to
assist. GLOBE was pounded to pieces by the 28th. Owned by M. Cameron of Port
Sarnia, Ont.
Location also given as Port
Burwell.
Sources :
sagl,hgl,nsp,dem,rnc
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GLOBE
Other names : laid down as ODDFELLOW, name changed
before launch
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight as a sidewheeler
Build info :
1847, B. Goodsell or J. Robinson, Trenton, MI
Specs :
251x35x14, 1233 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1860, Nov 6
Place of loss :
Chicago Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
16
Carrying :
gen frt
Detail : Her boiler exploded while she
was unloading, killing crewmen and dockwallopers alike. Her engine and gear
were salvaged the following March.
Rebuilt from a sidewheel
steamer to a propeller in 1853.
Sources :
is(2-60),lhl,hgl,lc,nsp,eas
————————————————————————±
GLOBE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
39339
Type at loss :
barge, wood,
Build info :
1846, S. Hubbell, Maumee, OH as a
propeller
Specs :
140x25x16, 313 t.
Date of loss :
1873, Oct 21
Place of loss :
Pigeon Bay near Pt. Pelee
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Tow of the steamer T.U.
BRADBURY, she broke loose in a gale and
was driven ashore, a total loss, along with her towmate DAVID MORRIS (qv).
Owned by Parks and King of
Saginaw
Had many serious disasters in her career. One
sinking at Buffalo in 1849 resulted in a loss of over $100,000.
Burned and sank on Saginaw
Bay near Big Charity Island Aug 12, 1863. Salvaged in July of 1867 and
converted to a barge.
Sold Canadian in 1856,
Canadian registry 1856-60 [C#33471], wrecked on Lake Superior in 1860,
recovered by US parties and returned to an American bottom.
Sources :
nsp,slh,mmgl,wl,eas,bcw,hcgl
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GLOBE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
209121
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood, oil or gas
Build info :
1911, Toledo
Specs :
43x12x4, 23g 19n
Date of loss :
1954, Sep 9
Place of loss :
Saginaw Bay, NW of Pte Aux Barques
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : mechanical failure
Loss of life :
none of 2
Carrying :
none
Detail : Threw a prop through her hull
and sank quickly. The tug usually didn't carry a life raft, but one crewman's
wife had a premonition and implored the 2-man crew to take a small rowboat on
board the day of the loss. Both men took to the temporary boat when the GLOBE
sank and were saved.
Owned by Stender Marine of
Bay City.
Sources :
phone,slh,h,mpl,hcgl
————————————————————————±
W.A. GLOVER
Other names :
built as VELOCITY, renamed in 1861
Official no. : C33529
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1843, C. Stevens, Buffalo
Specs :
94x18x10, 99g
Date of loss :
1867, Oct
Place of loss : at
Toronto Point
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked in a
gale.
Sold Canadian, 1861. Rebuilt
in 1861-2
Sources :
mmgl,osdo,hgl,rsl,nsp
————————————————————————±
GO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
86035
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1889, Zadoc A. Bridge, Point Lookout, MI
Specs :
44x14x3, 19g 18n
Date of loss :
1896?
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered
at Port Huron, 12/30/96, annotated "wrecked."
Sources :
vbs,mv,phr,hgl
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GEORGE GOBLE
Other names : renamed M. C. CAMERON in 1873
Official no. :
10544
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1863, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs :
137x26x12, 319 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Dec 5
Place of loss :
near Kettle Point
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Missed the channel after the
markers had been removed for the year and went ashore. She reportedly broke
up and declared a total loss, but the
next spring she was recovered by Canadians and was rebuilt as M.C. CAMERON
[C#61159] in 1873.
Registry closed at the end of
1879. A brief report in early Nov.,
1878, shows her ashore at Goderich, Ont., L. Huron. Perhaps she was a
total loss at that time.
Sources :
tel,hgl,osdo,mmgl,nsp
————————————————————————
GODERICH - See HOWARD M. HANNA, Jr., MINNESETUNK
————————————————————————±
GOGEBIC
Other names :
later rebuilt to barge GREEN RIVER
Official no. :
85977
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1887, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City
Specs :
227x40x19 1680g 1312n
Date of loss :
1919, Jun 13
Place of loss :
Dead Man's Rock
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and heavily damaged.
Thought to be a total loss, but later recovered. Out of
Duluth.
Sold Canadian in 1921 [C#
138863] and converted to a barge.
Scuttled in 1932 off
Out of
Sources :
gwgl,h,mv,vbs,win,hcgl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
13040
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1856, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs :
135x26x11, 271 t. [327 t. om]
Date of loss :
1879, Nov 6
Place of loss : 10
mi N of Sturgeon Pt., near Black R. Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound L'Anse to
Mentioned in a Detroit Free
Press article from Apr, 1859 as being “got up” for a trip to
Rebuilt in 1867, major repair
in 1868.
Another
Sources :
mv,lmdc,sb,h,nb,hgl,usls,mpl,ssb,nsp
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1862, D Tait, Marysburgh, Ont.
Specs :
114(oa)x26x19, 219 gt.
Date of loss :
1890, Oct 14
Place of loss :
near Wiarton, Ont. at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
cedar logs
Detail : Struck a shoal and wrecked
while attempting to make it through the channel to the open lake.
Also stranded with heavy
damage on Cabot Head,
Registration not closed 'til
1901.
Sources :
csqw,mmgl,clu,h,win,hgl,nsp,do
————————————————————————±
GOLDEN FISHER
Other names : ?
Official no. : C154623
Type at loss :
(propeller tug, fisher)
Build info :
?
Specs :
39 t.
Date of loss :
1943, Jun 5
Place of loss : 2
mi off
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned offshore and sank.
Sources :
slh,h,win not in mmgl
————————————————————————±
GOLDEN FLEECE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10197
Type at loss :
schooner, wood (3-mast), built as a bark
Build info :
1862, Peck & Masters, Cleveland
Specs :
162x31x13, 452 g 429 n
Date of loss :
1890, Oct 14
Place of loss : 7
mi W of Dunkirk, NY
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Her sails were blown out in a
storm and she lay-to to wait it out. She dragged anchors into the shallows and
stranded in only three feet of water, 150 feet from shore. She was lightly
damaged, but her owners thought Reid's quote on salvaging her was too high.
While they were haggling she was wrecked by a storm. Reid later bought the hulk
but was unable to get her off before she was burned by arsonists in April of
1895. Owned by "Porters of
Converted from a bark to a
schooner in 1869 after a stranding. Rebuilt,1878; major repair in 1882.
Sources :
nsp,mv,s,h,ledc,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,hcgl,ewe
————————————————————————±
GOLDEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1852, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs :
222x30x12, 770 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Nov 30
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
passengers, general freight including tallow, hides, flour
Detail : Bound
Sources :
lhl,hgl,nsp,wl,eas,blu[56]
————————————————————————±
GOLDEN
HARVEST
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10342
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, B.B. Jones,
Specs :
129x28x10, 255g 242n
Date of loss :
1895?
Place of loss :
unreported
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
lumber?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered
hgl shows her still in commission, 1898.
Rebuilt in 1867 at
Out of
Sources :
phr,mv,polk
————————————————————————±
GOLDEN RULE
Other names :
none
Official no. : US
Type at loss :
schooner, wood (sail yacht?)
Build info :
(ca. 1875)
Specs :
"small" (ca.40x10x5, 20
t.)
Date of loss :
1884, Sep 24*
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
capsized
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
none
Detail : Capsized and reported
foundered. Out of
*
Sources :
sol,lss,df,hr,wmn
————————————————————————±
GOLDEN WEST
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10199
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1861, Jones,
Specs :
456g 434n
Date of loss :
1884, Oct 21
Place of loss :
near Snake isl.,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail : Bound
Major repair in 1883 after
stranding on N. Manitou, L. Michigan in July of that year.
Sources :
mv,eas,slh,hgl,usls,es
————————————————————————
L.
GOLDISH - See
————————————————————————±
JOS. GOLDSMITH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
76317
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1882, Wolf & Davidson,
Specs :
82x18x8, 60g 30n
Date of loss :
1901, Jul 26
Place of loss :
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She and her tow, the dredge NO.
2 foundered in a squall near a crib in the “straight channel.” Both crews were rescued . On the 28th the
heavily-laden steamer CADILLAC struck her wreckage, damaging both vessels. She
was listed as "abandoned" in Merchant Vessels of 1903. Owned by
Berriman Bros.,
Sources :
polk,mv,hgl,atl,nsp
————————————————————————±
GOLIAH*
Other names :
often seen as GOLIATH
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1846, O.M. Goodsell,
Specs :
131x26x9, 279 t.
Date of loss :
1848, Sep 13
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
explosion/storm
Loss of life :
18 (all)
Carrying :
gen. merch, lumber, bricks and 205 kegs of blasting powder
Detail :
Probably also the vessel
which sprung a leak and was wrecked off Black R.,
She was the first propeller
vessel to be lost beyond recovery on the lakes.
*GOLIAH - a variation of the
name “Goliath” - is her actual name, according to her registration documents,
though “Goliath” is seen much more often.
Sources :
slh,lh,ttgl,sol,lhl,hgl,nsp,mpl,wl
————————————————————————±
GOLSPIE
Other names :
built as steamer OSCEOLA, renamed in 1906
Official no. : C112204
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1882, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City, MI
hull #15 US #155063
Specs :
184x34x14 981g 787n
Date of loss :
1906, Dec 4
Place of loss :
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life :
none, but 5 crewmen lost hands or feet to frostbite
Carrying :
oats & barley
Detail : Driven broadside on a rocky
beach, where broke up and became a total loss by the 7th. Her crew suffered
greatly from the cold while walking to shelter. Master: Capt. Bault. Owner: R.
O. and A. P. McKay, Hamilton.
Stranded and heavily damaged
in a storm on Pte Aux Barques, MI,
Sold Canadian in 1905.
Rebuilt in 1887 from single
deck to double-deck prop
Image
as OSCEOLA from TBRC collection
Sources :
gwgl,irs,is,ns1,h,csv,nsp,vbs,win,mpl
————————————————————————±
GOOD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85633
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steam barge"
Build info :
1880, Henderson, NY
Specs :
96x18x8, 126g 96n
Date of loss :
1887, Jun 11
Place of loss :
Grosse Ile, Mich
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lime
Detail :
Bound Kelley's Island for Detroit, she caught fire while approaching the
the latter and was run ashore near Ballard's, Grosse Ile. There she burned to
the waterline.
Out of Cleveland
Sources :
es2-4,polk,hgl,mv,hr
————————————————————————±
GOOD INTENT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
180?, Mill Creek,
Specs :
(30 t.)
Date of loss :
1825, late Nov or early Dec
Place of loss :
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
4 [all]
Carrying :
140 bbl salt
Detail : She was caught in a storm just
after leaving
Owned by her skipper, Capt.
Talbot(d), out of
Another vessel named GOOD
INTENT (maybe same vessel) was reported lost in 1805 or 6 on Point Abino with
loss of all hands. She was built by Capt. Wm Lee in 1799 or 1800.
Sources :
sol,h,hgl,mpl,rp
————————————————————————±
N.P. GOODELL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18468
Type at loss :
schooner or schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1854, E. Lockwood, Fairport*
Specs :
119x25x10, 224g 213n
Date of loss :
1891, Nov 26
Place of loss :
near Yankee Reef, 35 mi NE of Pte Aux Barques
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was the tow of the
storm-crippled steamer OSWEGATCHIE(qv) with 2 other barges. Overwhelmed by a
storm, she broke away, drifted to near midlake and sank to her decks. Her crew
drifted in an open boat to near the Canadian shore. Several members were
severely frostbitten. The hulk reporttedly later drifted ashore near Bayfield,
Ont. Owned and sailed by Capt. Henry[Horatio]
N. Jex. Document surrendered at
*Merchant Vessels show her as
built in 1864, but she was actually just rebuilt and enlarged at
Sources :
mv,slh,mv,vbs,wb,nsp,eas,es
————————————————————————±
R.F. GOODMAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
110546
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1882, Union Dry Dock,
Specs :
51x14x7 23g 11n
Date of loss :
1898, Aug 16
Place of loss : off
Lester Park, MN, north of the
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to the waterline 3 miles
offshore.
Owned by Thompson Bros. of
Sources :
gwgl,is,mv,lss,hgl,mpl
————————————————————————±
WILLIAM GOODNOW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
26251
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1866, Allen & McClellan,
Specs :
120x20x12, 171g 141 n
Date of loss :
1869, Jun 14 (or Jul 16)
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
none
Detail : While lying to and waiting for
a tow in the dark, she was rammed by the bark SUNNYSIDE and sunk in 13 fathoms.
She went down in 15 minutes, but the bark was able to save her crew. Master:
Capt. Oliver or John Miner, who was also her owner. Later recovered by the
steamer
Rebuilt 1879
Sources :
slh,lhl,mv,nsp,hgl,st
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GOODRICH - See MINNESETUNK
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FRANK H. GOODYEAR
Other names : none
Official no. :
121240
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1902, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH
hull# 319
Specs :
436x50x28, 4815 t
Date of loss :
1910, May 23
Place of loss :
above Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
16 to 23
Carrying :
?
Detail : She collided with the steamer
JAMES B. WOOD and sank in less than 4 minutes. WOOD was heavily damaged as
well. She was one of the largest vessels in operation when lost. Master: Capt.
M. R. Nemenger. Owner: Buffalo & Susquehanna Trans Co., Buffalo and
operated by Mitchell Trans. Co., Buffalo.
Had a luxury rail car
installed athwart her deck for the private use of her owner.
The vessel’s wreck was found
in the summer of 2003, 35 mi N of Port Austin.
Sources :
eas,mv,slh,sol,ns2,h,lhdc,mpl,nsp
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GORDON
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
dredge, wood
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1879, Nov 17
Place of loss : 10
mi off Oswego
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3 [ 6 including the crew of the tug ]
Carrying :
gear
Detail :
Part of a small fleet belonging to Hisckler & Arnold of Buffalo and
consisting of 3 dredges, 5 tugs and a number of scows, she foundered in a gale
after taking aboard the crew of sinking tug PHILIP BECKER (qv). Though though
lost, nearly all of the rest of the fleet survived.
Sources :
nsp,rp,osdo
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D.A. GORDON
Other names :
none
Official no. : C116482
Type at loss :
barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1902, L. Scagel, Wallaceburg, Ont.
as a propeller
Specs :
115x23x7 148 t.
Date of loss :
1909, Apr 20
Place of loss : off
Wallaceburg, Ont.
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Destroyed by fire offshore.
Rebuilt from a propeller to a
barge after a fire in 1905.
Image
as a steamer from TBRC collection
Sources :
ns1,h,csv,mmgl
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R.J. GORDON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
110504
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger vessel
Build info :
1881, A. Anderson, Marine City
Specs :
104x23x8 187 g 144n
Date of loss :
1899, Sep 28
Place of loss :
Chicago harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to total loss in a basin
off the lake front, along with the steamer IVANHOE (qv). Owned by Ben Newman,
Chicago. Dropped from documention, but later recovered and rebuilt as a
freighter at Grand Haven. Redocumented in 1900. Abandoned 1916.
Sources :
sol,mv,hcgl,jb,nsp
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GOSHAWK
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10224
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1866, Ira Lafrinier, Cleveland
Specs :
180x32x13 550g 522n
Date of loss :
1920, Jun 16
Place of loss : 4
mi off Tawas Point
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Her seams opened in a storm and
she sank. She was one of oldest operating vessels on the lakes at the time (54
years)
Frequent dive target.
Sources :
eas,slh,gsgl,ns3,mv,mpl,hcgl
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GOSSOON
Other names :
built as steam yacht BERTIE, renamed & converted to a tug before
1894
Official no. :
3402
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1888, Detroit
Specs :
39x10x3, 15gt 8nt
Date of loss :
1899, Jul 25
Place of loss :
Erie basin, off Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She was passing in front of the big tug CONNEAUT, which was pulling on
the stranded whaleback steamer JAMES B. COLGATE, when the CONNEAUT’s hawser
broke. The big tug shot forward and rammed GOSSOON, causing her to sink
quickly.
Sources :
nsp,mv
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GOTHAM
Other names :
none
Official no. :
240182
Type at loss :
propeller fish tug, steel
Build info :
1940, Saugatuck, MI
Specs :
56x16x7, 57g 39n
Date of loss :
1943, Dec 11
Place of loss :
north of Saugatuck
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 [all]
Carrying :
none
Detail : Went down in a gale while
returning to port.
Touted as being unsinkable
because of her steel construction
Later recovered [1944] and
converted to a harbor tug, still later a barge.
Sources :
ssa,hcgl
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GOTHAM 85 - See
CLEVECO
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GOUDREAU
Other names :
built as PONTIAC renamed in 1917
Official no. :
150476
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, Cleveland Shipbuilding, Cleveland
hull# 5
Specs :
300x41x12 2298g 1788n
Date of loss :
1917, Nov 23
Place of loss : S
shore of Lyal Isl., Stokes Bay, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
After her rudder was ripped off by heavy storm, the helpless vessel was
cast on a reef by mountainous waves. She later slipped into deep water.
As PONTIAC, she was rammed head
on and sunk by the steamer ATHABASCA in the St. Mary’s R., in July of 1891.
Image
as stranded at Stokes Bay from TBRC collection
Image
as sunk in St. Mary’s R., 1891, same source
Sources :
slh,sol,is,ns2,mv,lhdc,mpl,hcgl
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E.F. GOULD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135334
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1875, Morgan & Gould, Carrollton, MI
Specs :
137x28x8 844g 802n
Date of loss :
1898, Oct 27
Place of loss :
near Oscoda, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
preparing to load lumber
Detail : She was lying at the Oscoda
lumber dock when she was broken loose by a gale and went ashore. She was a
total wreck in a few hours, but her crew was rescued by the USLS crew from
Tawas Point. She was a short distance from the wreck of the schooner GEORGE
STEELE (qv), wrecked a short time earlier.
Stranded and expected to
become a total loss on Port Austin reef, early October, 1875. Recovered in the
summer of 1876.
Rebuilt 1883
Sources :
vbs,slh,mv,sbs,phr,hgl,nsp,jb
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JAY
GOULD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
75117
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1869, Union Dry Dock, Buffalo
Specs :
214x33x12 997g 837n
Date of loss :
1918, Jun 17
Place of loss : 3.4
mi NE of Southeast Shoal light
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Towing barge COMMODORE and
fighting a gale, her seams opened and
she sank. She had retired earlier, but was pressed into service because of
wartime needs. Her crew was rescued by the steamer MIDVALE.
Owned by Rochester Transit
Co.
She reputedly had the 1st
marine compound engine used on the lakes, but that engine type predates this
vessel by several years.
Major repairs in 1877.
Sources :
glp,sol,lssc,gsgl,mol,ns2,h,mpl,ew
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GOVERNOR CUSHMAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1857, Luther Moses, Cleveland
Specs :
152x24x10, 384 t.
Date of loss :
1868, May 1
Place of loss :
Buffalo Harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
boiler explosion
Loss of life :
11
Carrying :
20,000 bu wheat
Detail : Destroyed by an explosion and
sank during the night while getting under way in Buffalo Creek. She was bound
for Port Colborne, though her regular route was Buffalo to Chicago. One of her
deckhands was thrown entirely over a nearby grain elevator by the blast. Owned
by Dwight Scott, Buffalo. Master: Capt. Thompson.
The wreckage was removed
during dredging operations in 1901.
Rebuilt and lengthened, 1862.
Rebuilt again, 1865.
Sources :
lhl,eas,sol,hgl,mpl
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GOVERNOR HUNT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10227
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, D. Rogers, Olcott, NY
Specs :
140 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Aug 15
Place of loss : a
few miles east of Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
963 bbl refined oil, 200 bbl naptha
Detail :
Sprung a leak near Erie, PA in heavy seas and a NE wind, turned back for
Conneaut, but was unable to make the harbor before the wind died and then
turned to the SW. She made for shore in the dark and ran on a rock and was
destroyed after struggling against the storm for three days. The cargo was
salvaged by the tug S.S.
Major repairs in 1867
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,rsl,mdwl
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GOVERNOR MARCY
Other names :
none?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1837
Specs :
40 t.
Date of loss :
1844, Oct 18
Place of loss :
near Pt. Abino
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 [all?]
Carrying :
in ballast
Detail :
Bound for the Canadian side for a cargo of stone, she anchored under the
point to shelter and later foundered in big waves, a total loss. Master: Capt.
Ferry.
Named for the governor of New
York.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,hr,jm
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GOVERNOR MARCY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1834, Black Rock [Buffalo], NY
Specs :
125x19x7, 162 t.
Date of loss :
1847, Jun 4
Place of loss :
below Van Buren Pt., near Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Bound Erie, PA, for Buffalo,
she stranded and was wrecked in a gale.
Rebuilt at Detroit in 1844
Sources :
lhl,hgl,is,nsp,wl,eas
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GOVERNOR MASON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1837, R. Godfrey & Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Specs :
84x15x5, 53 t.
Date of loss : 1840,
May 3
Place of loss :
mouth of Muskegon R. (also seen as Grand R.)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
passengers, luggage
Detail : Blown ashore and wrecked.
Built with the engine from
the steamer
Sources :
is(2-61),is,sgr,lhl,hgl,nsp,wl,wmn
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GOVERNOR PORTER
Other names : none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1834, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs :
52x16x5, 37 t.
Date of loss :
1853, Jun 21
Place of loss :
east point of Kelley’s Island
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
stone
Detail :
Bound Kelley’s Island for Erie, PA, she ran ashore and became a total
wreck. The Sandusky papers said she was “a very old craft, and considerably
rotten,” - she was worth only $700. Master: Capt. Ames.
Ashore at Conneaut in May of
1848.
Rebuilt from sloop to
schooner about 1844. Owned by E. Ames in 1851
Sources :
nsp,wl,wmn
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Other names :
none also seen as GOVERNOR SMITH
Official no. :
86066
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, package freight
Build info :
1889, Detroit Dry Dock, Detroit, MI
hull# 97
Specs :
240x42x23, 2044g 1547n
Date of loss :
1906, Aug 19
Place of loss : 10
mi. NE of Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
package frt, grain
Detail : She collided on a foggy night
with the much larger steel steamer URANUS (see W. C.FRANZ) and sank. URANUS
loitered to pick up her crew, then
proceeded. Owned by Rutland Transit Co. of Buffalo.
Sister of JAMES R. LANGDON,
Sources :
mv,atl,ns1,eas,slh,lhdc,mpl
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GRACE
Other names : ?
Official no. :
85264
Type at loss :
cargo vessel, lumber camp supply
Build info :
1873, Marquette, Mich. as a steam
yacht
Specs :
7 t.
Date of loss :
1882, Oct 12*
Place of loss : off
Whitefish Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
2 of about 8
Carrying :
camp supplies
Detail : Ran ashore in heavy weather and
wrecked while enroute to Goulais Bay, Ont. after her engine failed. Driven 25
miles to the east by the gale before she finally went ashore 2-3 miles S of
Whitefish Point. Out of Marquette, owned by Edw. Currier, the vessel’s engineer.
Probably the vessel shown,
but maybe the former yacht LILY
*date also given as Oct. 19,
in error.
Recovered and rebuilt several
years later.
Sources :
nsp,gwgl,lss,hgl,usls,mv,es,emt,hr
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GRACE
Other names : none
Official no. : 208971
Type at loss : gas
screw fish tug
Build info :
1901, John Ommundson, Jackson Harbor, Wis.
Specs :
28x9x3, 7g 7n
Date of loss : 1913,
Aug 22
Place of loss : North
Bay, Door Co. Wis
Type of loss : (storm?)
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
fishing gear
Detail :
Stranded and a total loss. Out of Milwaukee.
Sources :
mv,hr,wgts,wmhs
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GRACE AMELIA
Other names :
none also seen as AMELIA GRACE
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1836, W.S. Reafield, Sandusky, OH
Specs :
60x20x5 45 t.
Date of loss :
1851, Oct 20
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She waterlogged and capsized, then drifted ahore, where she
was pounded to a total wreck. Value: $1,200.
Sources :
www,hgl,wmn,wl
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GRACIE M.
Other names :
also seen as GRACE M
Official no. : US
Type at loss :
propeller fish tug
Build info :
?
Specs :
45 ft, 12 t.
Date of loss :
1905, Jun 7
Place of loss : off
Middle Islands
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
none
Detail : Purposely rammed by Canadian
Fisheries Patrol vessel VIGILANT for fishing illegally in Canadian waters.
Before the ramming, 3 warning shots had been fired across the fish tug's bow.
Warnings had also been issued on previous occasions. Her master, Capt. William
Galbraith [prob. also owner] later adnitted he had ignored the law and the
warning shots. The VIGILANT’s report stated that she was trying to head the tug
off as she ran for the border, but that the collision itself was an accident.
Two of the men who died were crushed between the two boats. Out of Lorain, Oh.
Sources :
h,ledc,win,nsp,es
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GEORGE A. GRAHAM
Other names :
built as steamer MARINA renamed
in 1912
Official no. : C131051
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1892, Chicago Shipbuilding, Chicago
hull# 1 US#92282
Specs :
292x40x21 2432g 1992n
Date of loss :
1917, Oct 17
Place of loss : W
coast Manitoulin Isl., near South Baymouth
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Lost her way in a blinding gale
and drove ashore S of South Baymouth, Ont. Locals rowed out from shore and
rescued the crew, then housed them until they could return home.
Machinery was later
recovered, but the wreck was slowly dismantled by locals until the remains were
cut up for scrap in 1937.
Sold Canadian, 1912,
registered out of Port Arthur..
Image as
MARINA from TBRC collection
Sources :
is(3-85),slh,sol,ns2,is,lhdc,csv,mmgl,mpl,do,bt
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JENNIE GRAHAM
Other names :
also seen as JENNIE C. GRAHAM
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1871, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ont.
Specs :
144x27x12 450 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Apr 16
Place of loss :
near Great Duck Isl. off Manitoulin
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Struck a large submerged
boulder [still called Jennie Graham Rock] stranded and later sank in 40 feet of
water. She had been bound Chicago and Milwaukee for Midland, Ont. Out of St.
Catharines, owned by two Capts. Graham.
Also capsized by a squall 20
miles above Port Huron, MI, with the loss of 3 of 10 crew, including her
skipper, Capt. Duncan Graham, in the
spring of 1872, while bound for Saginaw, light.
Sank in Welland Canal in
1875.
Sources :
do2,mmgl,win,clu,gsgl,slh,lhdc,hgl,es,sii,pdw
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GRAMPUS
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
bark or schoooner, 3-mast, timber barque
Build info :
1845, (Hamilton, Ont)
Specs :
160x26x14, (400) t.
Date of loss :
1846, Nov 20
Place of loss : off
Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
loading squared oak timber
Detail :
She was blown from the dock where she was loading and broke in two on
the rocks near Ft. Ontario. Her crew were rescued by the next day by members of
the Revenue Cutter Service in the yawl from their cutter. Out of Hamilton, Ont,
owned by Messrs. Gunn. Master: Capt. Young.
She had several unique
construction details, including a midships cabin and transom hatches for the
loading of long timber. She had been partially dismasted in a gale the previous
month, but was already chartered for a trip to Europe the following spring.
Sources :
nsp,rp,hgl
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NISBET GRAMMAR
Other names :
none
Official no. : BR147208
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1923, Cammell, Laird & Co., Birkenhead, Eng.
Specs :
253x43x20 1745 t
Date of loss :
1926, May 31
Place of loss : off
30-mile Point, New York
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Bound for Montreal, she
collided with the steel prop DALWARNIC and sank. DALWARNIC picked up her crew.
One of largest vessels ever lost on Lake Ont.
Sources :
mmgl,sol,ns3,h,csv,win
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G.J. GRAMMER
Other names :
later
Official no. :
86610
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1902, American Steel Barge Co., W. Superior, WI
Specs :
418x48x28, 4471g 3703n
Date of loss :
1913, Nov 11
Place of loss :
harbor at Lorain, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Sunk in harbor by "Big
Storm" of 1913. Recovered.
Also collided with prop
NORTHERN QUEEN at Corsica Shoals, Lake Huron, in a dense fog, Jul 14, 1912, and
sank.
Sources :
slh,ns2,h,mv,hcgl
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GRAMPA WOO
Other names : ?
Official no. :
US
Type at loss :
propeller excursion boat, steel
Build info :
1980
Specs :
110 ft.
Date of loss :
1996, Oct 30
Place of loss :
Passage Isl., near Isle Royale
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Broke free from her moorings at Grand Portage, MN at 9:30am with 2 men
aboard, when 50 mph winds tore the mooring buoy’s 4000-lb anchor loose.
Helpless because her rudder and propeller had been removed for repair, the
vessel was somehow taken in tow by the big M/V WALTER J. McCARTHY and pulled to
the mouth of Thunder Bay, Ont. There her towline broke and she was adrift
again. The two crewwmen were taken off
by the Canadian tug GLENADA in a daring rescue. Vessel finally washed into the
cliffs of Passage Island. Plans were made to rescue her, but by the end of the
year she had broken up. Master & owner: Capt. Dana Kollars.
Currently replaced by GRAMPA
WOO
Sources :
net(Duluth News Tribune),ns
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GRANADA
Other names :
none also seen as GRENADA
Official no. :
10543
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1856, H.M. Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
239 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Oct 17
Place of loss : off
Muskegon
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
4 of 7
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Muskegon for Chicago, she
waterlogged offshore and broke up after her steering gear failed in “the ALPENA
Storm.” The Lifesaving Service crew refused to go out, so a volunteer crew
saved the 3 survivors. Two crewmen had been lost overboard the previous day,
two more perished when she broke up. The wreck drifted ashore near Muskegon and
was obliterated by the next day. Owned by McGraft & Montgomery. Master:
Capt. Robert Linklater(d).
Rebuilt in 1867
She was reported wrecked and
a total loss in the Straits of
Mackinac, Nov 28, 1873, recovered the
next spring.
Sources :
h,lmdc,slh,hgl,osdo,usls,nsp
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GRANADA
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
(270 t.)
Date of loss :
1886, (ca.)
Place of loss :
Murray Bay, Grand Isl. MI near Munising
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Sprang a leak in a storm under
the burden of a heavy cargo. She was put ashore to forstall her sinking, but
slipped off into deep water and was lost.
Sources :
ms,
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GRAND TRAVERSE
Other names :
built as steamer MORLEY, renamed in 1885
Official no. :
91129
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info :
1879, W.B. Morley, Marine City
Specs :
181x33x14 870g 749n
Date of loss :
1896, Oct 20
Place of loss :
near Colchester Shoals
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
800 t. coal, plus apples, cider and fish
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Green Bay,
she was struck by struck the propeller LIVINGSTONE and sank. The two vessels
confused passing signals at night, and the the bigger LIVINGSTONE collided with
GRAND TRAVERSE on her port side. Her
crew scrambled to the top of her texas as she went down and were saved by
LIVINGSTONE. Owned by M. M.
Drake, Buffalo[Lehigh Trans. Co.]. Master: Capt. Kelley, of Buffalo. Her
machinery and other salvage was brought in by the wrecking steamer FERN soon
after, and the hulk was later dynamited to flatten it. The wreck lies 1.1 mi N
of Colchester Shoal Light with 23 ft of
water over it. In May of 1898 the owners of the LIVINGSTONE were sued by
Legigh Trans. Co. for $65,000 in
damages, but a court found that both vessels were equally at fault.
Nearly lost on Lonesome Pt.,
Lake Superior, Nov 21, 1884 and spent the winter ashore. When she was towed
into Detroit for rebuilding the next spring, she was described as “ one of the sorriest-looking wrecks ever towed here
for repairs.”
Rebuilt, 1885
Sources :
glp,lssc,ledc,lss,mpl,hcgl,ew,jb,nsp
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GRAND TURK
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10216
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1854, Wm. Lent, Irving [Cattaraugus Cr.], NY
Specs :
130x26x11, 240n 327 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1869, Nov 17
Place of loss :
near Leland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
wood
Detail : Riding out a storm at anchor,
she broke her chains and was driven ashore, a total wreck near Carp R.
Homeport: Chicago
In the early 1860’s she spent
two years hauling cargoes to and among European
and Caribbean ports.
Sunk and almost destroyed in
a collision near Presque Isle, Mich, Lake Huron, in the fall of her first year
of service. Repaired and returned to service in the summer of ‘55.
Major repairs in 1862
Sources :
sb,nsp,mmgl,wmn,rsl,mdwl,wwl
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WILLIAM GRANDY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
26838
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1867, Lafrinier, Cleveland as a 3-mast schooner
Specs :
166x32x12 465g 442n
Date of loss :
1906, Aug 28
Place of loss :
Euclid Beach, near Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm/fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore and stranded in a
gale. she was destroyed by fire while still aground Sept 10. She had been the
tow of the steamer STEWART(qv) with
AGNES L. POTTER(qv). Owned by L.P. & J.A. Smith of Cleveland
Rebuilt in 1881.
Sources :
ns1,mv,nsp,eas
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GRANGER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85376
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1874, Hanson & Scove, Two Rivers, WI
Specs :
155x29x10 366g 348n
Date of loss :
1896, Aug 24
Place of loss :
Seul Choix Point., Michigan's U.P.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
cedar lumber
Detail : She went aground and wrecked on
the point in a sou'wester, a total loss. Bound for Chicago. Owned & sailed
by Capt. W. Powers, Chicago.
Sources :
nsp,mv,slh,wb,hgl,mpl
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GRANITE STATE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10815
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, steambarge
Build info :
1852, Moses & Quayle, Ohio City, OH as a passenger vessels
Specs :
137x24x11, 351 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1881, Oct 3
Place of loss : S
of Sturgeon Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
cedar
Detail :
After springing a leak, she was run ashore and stranded on a reef near the Claybanks pier in heavy weather. She
went to pieces in a few days, despite the efforts of the big wrecker LEVIATHAN.
Owned by J. Russell of Chicago.
Rebuilt in 1866.
Sources :
mv,eas,is,lhl,mpl,wl,nsp,wgts
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GRANT - See
also GENERAL GRANT, LIEUT.-GENERAL U.S. GRANT
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JOHN GRANT
Other names :
none Maybe JOHN GRANT Jr.
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1832, Genesee R. {Brighton], NY
Specs :
75x20x7, 93 t.
Date of loss :
1845, May
Place of loss : off
Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
merchandise & marble
Detail : Capsized and sank. Bound Oswego for Erie and
sailed by Capt. Davison, her crew was
taken off by the schooner KINNE.
Rebuilt in 1842
Another (or the same) JOHN
GRANT went ashore at New Buffalo, Michigan, Lake Michigan and was reportedly
pounded to pieces, May 18, 1853. No lives were lost.
Sources :
is,hgl,nsp,wl,bb
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KITTY GRANT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14035
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1853, G. Barber, Milwaukee
Specs :
78x21x7, 75g
Date of loss :
1884, Oct 8
Place of loss : 20
mi off Little Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
4 [all]
Carrying :
Lumber
Detail :
Bound Pentwater, MI, for Chicago, she capsized and foundered in a gale.
Her overturned hull sank during an attempt to tow it in. Hailed from Saugatuck,
Mich. Master & owner: Capt. B. W. Davis, Saugatuck.
Capsized in a terriffic gale
off Racine in late October, 1855. Four passengers died and the rest of those
aboard clung to the wreck for 36 hours until rescued by the schooner FLORA
WATSON.
Sources :
mv,h,hgl,usls,nsp,hr,sip
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LEVI GRANT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
15874
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1872, G. McClellan & Co., Sheboygan, Wisc. As a 3-mast schooner
Specs :
127x26x7 204g 194n
Date of loss :
1913, Jul 11
Place of loss :
Green Bay, Wisc.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
cedar posts
Detail :
Stranded at Little Cedar River, became a total loss. Owned by Capt.
William Anderson. Her document was
surrendered only five days later.
Damaged in a collision with
the prop CLARION near Racine in June, 1892.
Sources :
eas,mv,hcgl,bb,wgts,hr
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U.
S. GRANT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25199
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood