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beginning with the letter
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©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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G.L. 37
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
scow, wood?
Build info :
1907,
Specs : 242 t.
Date of loss :
1913, Oct 9
Place of
loss :
near head of St. Mary's River
Type of loss : sunk
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Cause not reported.
Remains lie on W
side of channel, just above the power company outlet canal.
Sources : eas,gwgl
not in mmgl, 1910 mv
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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
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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.
Sold Canadian in
1912.
Registered out of
Amherstburg, Ont.
Sources :
mmgl,h,win,csv
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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
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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
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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 ISLE and sank quickly to her decks at about 10:30 pm. PRESQUE ISLE rescued her crew of 7.
Sources :
nsp,mv
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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 CITY
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 CITY
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
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GARDEN CITY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85293
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info :
1873, H. Miller,
Specs :