Great
beginning with the letter
I
The
©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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ICEBERG
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1857, Counter's Shipyard ["Railway Shipyard"], Hamilton, Ont.
Specs : ca. 80 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Aug [ca. 17th]
Place of
loss :
unknown
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life :
all
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Bound
Sources :
hgl,wl,nsp
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ICEBIRD
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss : ?
Build info :
?
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1861, fall
Place of
loss :
unreported
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
all
Carrying :
?
Detail : Sank following a collision.
May refer to loss of ICEBERG.
Sources :
is(1-76)
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IDA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
100038
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, "steam barge"
Build info :
1872, J. Sanders,
Specs : 82x20, 52g
38n
Date of loss :
1904, Sep
Place of
loss :
Catawba Isl. near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She was wrecked on Catawba, then stripped of her engines and gear. She
was towed away and abandoned, but later washed back ashore on Catawba.
In July, 1900,
the little steamer was struck by a squall and was not powerful enough to oppose
the winds. As she dragged ashore, her crew was rescued by the Marblehead
Lifesaving crew and the tug MONK.
Out of
Sources :
nsp,wl,bbs,polk,wmn
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IDA
Other names :
none. Nicknamed “The Potato Ship”
Official no. :
12140
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1867, Allen & McClelland,
Specs : 121x27x8
170g 161n
Date of loss :
1908, Sep 29
Place of loss : 12
mi off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 6
Carrying :
potatoes
Detail : Bound for
Major repairs in
1880
Sources :
eas,ns1,is,lmdc,mv,mpl
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IDA & MARY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
44150
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1858, B. Hoose,
Specs : 106x26x7
130g
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 23
Place of
loss :
near Sturgeon Point, W of Buffalo, NY
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
paving stone
Detail : She was driven ashore and went to pieces
in a gale, a total loss. Document not surrendered until 1879. Owned by Andrew
Bates of
Also sank on
Sources :
slh,nsp,mv,phr,hgl,rsl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
12069
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, package freight
Build info :
1863, Peck & Masters, Cleveland
Specs : 221x32x12
1111g 907n
Date of loss :
1897, Nov 5
Place of
loss :
4 mi off Long Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
19 of 21
Carrying :
Christmas supplies
Detail : She foundered in a gale. Two
crewmen clambered up to the tip of her tall mast as she went down and clung
there for 12 hours. In what must be one of the great feats of shiphandling of
all time, the skipper of the bulker MARIPOSA brought his big ship right up to
the wooden mast and plucked them off in mountinous waves. Owned by Western
Transit Co. Master: Capt. Alexander Gillies(d) - his body came ashore near Port
Maitland 355 days later.
She had just come
out October 22, after having been out of commision for several years.
Ashore at 14-mile
Point, near
major repairs in 1874,75 & 80
Sources :
eas,is(1-60),nsp,gwgl,sol,is,h,ledc,mv,wb,hgl,mpl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
12247
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1863, W. Raynor,
Specs : 136x25x11, 257 t. [351 t. om]
Date of loss :
not reported - after 1872
Place of
loss :
Type of loss : "sunk"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Sunk in the lower lock of
Location of loss
also given as
Sources :
is,letter,rsl,mv,ec
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IDLE HOUR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
100559
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & excursion
Build info :
1893, J. Mason,
Specs : 140x32x10
348g 284n
Date of loss :
1901, Dec 8
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She burned at
Sources :
ns1,wl,wmn
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IDLER - See also VERANO
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IDLER
Other names :
built as O. B. REED, renamed in 1893
Official no. :
100579
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1886, Kingsbury,
Specs : 114x24x5,
233g 191n
Date of loss :
1896, Jan 26
Place of
loss :
at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Burned to a total loss.
Owned by E. L.
Kingsbury,
Built to run on
the Wolf River, Wisconsin, moved to
Sources :
hcgl,bb
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IDLER
Other names :
Official no. :
12163
Type at loss :
schooner yacht
Build info :
1864, Samuel Pook,
Specs : 97x23x10,
84g
Date of loss :
1900, Jul 7
Place of
loss :
20 mi off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
6
Carrying :
passengers
Detail :
The large yacht of millionaire fleet owner James Corrigan was caught in
a squall with her sails out full and capsized. The six drowned passengers
consisted of Capt. Corrigan’s wife, his 3 daughters, a neice and an infant
grandchild. The captain of the yacht was later arrested for manslaughter in
mishandling the vessel. All but one of the drowned were in the cabin. All of
the crew and one passenger survived. Master: Capt. Chas. J. Holmes. The yacht
was recovered soon after. Owner Corrigan
subsequently equipped a scow with a glass bottom and strong electric lights
with which to search the bottom in the area for his daughters’ bodies.
Rebuilt 1873,
1876 and 1890. Came to the lakes in 1879.
The yacht once
competed in the
Sources :
nsp,wmn,bb,mv
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1834, Sacket's Harbor, NY
Specs : 76x19x7,
81 t. [95 t. om]
Date of loss :
1865, Jul 1
Place of
loss :
off Vermilion, OH
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
115 t. coal
Detail : Bound
Reportedly the
oldest working vessel on the lakes at the time.
Also wrecked on
Sources :
nsp,wl,rsl,hgl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none (one source says she had an official number - 12071)
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1849, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs : 182x28x11,
530 t. om
Date of loss :
1865, Jun 29
Place of
loss :
off Pt Pelee light, Ont.
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat,flour,merch
Detail : Bound
Stranded and
thought a total loss of N. Fox Island, L. Michigan, late Nov., 1851.
Major repairs in
1861,
Sources :
ledc,lhl,nsp,hgl,mpl,wl,rsl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "propeller barge" [i.e. steam
barge]
Build info :
1837,
Specs : 205x29x13,
755 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1868, Sep 13
Place of
loss :
off Port Austin, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
16,000 feet lumber
Detail :
She was not able to maintain steam in a terrific storm, reportedly due
to a bunker full of inferior quality coal. She became unmanageable and finally
foundered, overwhelmed by the storm. Her crew made it to shore in her
smallboats. Reportedly owned by Ives,
She was built for
Oliver Newberry of
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl,lhl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
12094
Type at loss :
barge , former sidewheeler and
prop
Build info :
1854, B. Goodsell,
Specs : 269x26x12, 608 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Nov
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Tow of the prop
As a passenger
steamer, she struck a reef off
Built as a
sidewheeler, converted to a steambarge in 1863 at the Stupinsky yard,
Sources :
lol,slh,is,lhl,hgl,mpl,rsl,nsp
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
12082
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1848, J.J. Randall,
Specs : 95x21x7,
86 t.
Date of loss :
1873, Oct 29
Place of
loss :
near Bailey’s Harbor, WI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
