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beginning with the letter
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©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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LA BELLE - See MAROLD II
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FRANK LA FARGE
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1901
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and broke up.
Not shown on
official records.
Sources :
slh,nsp
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M. LA LONDE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C74203
Type at loss : barge,
wood, unrigged [St. Lawrence R. barge]
Build info :
1875, M. LaLonde, Coteau du Lac, Que.
Specs : 131x26x9, 340g 250n
Date of loss :
1884
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered in a gale.
Owned by Paradie
of
Sources :
clu,win,mmgl
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LA PETITE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
15100
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1866, J. Ketchum, Huron, OH as a brig
Specs : 119x24x8, 172g 165n
Date of loss :
1903, Sep 7
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
crockery, wood slabs
Detail : She sprang a leak well
offshore. She put up a distress signal and was picked up by the tug SYDNEY
SMITH but foundered on the way in. Owned by Theo. Plathner of
Capsized with
some loss of life and declared lost on L. Huron in 1871, rebuilt after
recovery.
Ashore and
wrecked off Big Sable Point,
Sources :
is(2&3-70,1&2-76),slh,ns1,lmdc,nsp,mpl,wgts
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JULES LA PLANTE*
Other names :
also known as JULIE PLANTE
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
none
Specs : none
Date of loss :
1800's
Place of
loss :
"Lac de Ste. Claire"
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all but 1
Carrying :
not stated
Detail :
a French-accented poem "The Wreck of the Jules LePlante,"
depicting the loss of a scow and its occupants, is possibly based on the loss
of the scow-schooner EMILY(qv) in 1830.
The poem is also seen with Julie Plante as the name.
*a ficticious craft, but the poem was probably
based on a real incident.
Sources
: sol,mol,lm
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LA RABIDA
Other names :
built as JESSE WINTER, renamed in 1903
Official no. :
75850
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1876, Laughlin,
Specs : 75x16x6,
56g 54n
Date of loss :
1906, Nov 25
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
10,000 Christmas trees
Detail :
She was driven ashore by a gale. Her crew made it to shore after much
difficulty, and spent a frigid night on the beach.
Owned by Capt. A.
E. Dow,
Sources :
nsp,mpl,eas
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1835, Parsons, Huron,
Specs : 83x24x10,
167 t.
Date of loss :
1849, Sep 22
Place of
loss :
12 mi off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 of 9
Carrying :
grain
Detail :
Bound
Rebuilt, 1846.
Last known enrollment 10/1846, annotated with a mention of her sale in Mar.,
1848.
Sources :
wmn,hgl,bb,wl,wmhs,whs
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LAC LA BELLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
15803
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1864, Ira LaFrinier, Cleveland as a passenger & package freighter
Specs : 218x36x12, ft., 1187 t. (872 t. when built)
Date of loss :
1872, Oct 13
Place of
loss :
20 mi off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8
Carrying :
grain
Detail : She opened her seams and
foundered in a storm. Eight crew died when their lifeboat capsized. Master:
Capt. W. H. Thompson. Owner: Engleman Transportation Co., Racine.
On
In 1865 she had
gone ashore & was abandoned while upbound with treaty goods on L. Superior.
Repaired for $5000.
She was twin
engined and boilered, being the first or one of the first propellers on the
lakes to have twin stacks.
Sources :
eas,gwgl,ks,sol,nsp,hgl,st,mpl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
140930
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, package freight
Build info :
1888, Cleveland Shipbuilding, Cleveland, hull# 1
Specs : 260x39x22,
2016g 1595n
Date of loss :
1906, Oct 27
Place of
loss :
north of
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
misc. freight
Detail : She collided with N breakwall
and sank. The Lifesaving Service rescued
her crew in a daring exploit. Owner: John McWilliams, Buffalo. Master: Capt.
George Grasser. Declared a total loss,
but soon recovered. She was sold for saltwater use in 1916, scrapped about
1930.
Sources :
slh,mv,ledc,nsp,
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LADY ANN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood (or sloop)
Build info :
1849,
Specs : 48x17x6,
30 t. om
Date of loss :
1855, Sep 18
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Drove ashore in a gale and pounded to pieces.
Sources :
nsp,bb
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LADY BAGOT
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1842, L. Shickluna,
Specs : 87x18x8,
111 t.
Date of loss :
1852, Nov 11
Place of
loss :
near the mouth of the
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She went ashore in a gale and was expected to be recovered, but shows in
records as a total loss.
Out of Hamilton,
Ont.
Sources :
mmgl,hgl,nsp
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LADY COLBOURNE - See
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LADY DUFFERIN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C?
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, salvage vessel
Build info :
1872, L. McDermott or McDermand, Port Burwell
Specs : 135x24x11, 356 gc
Date of loss :
1886, Oct 24
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was lost from the tow of
the prop W.B. HALL and went ashore on the point of land now called Dufferin
Point. She became a total loss.
Heavily damaged
in a wreck on
She reportedly
carried an unusual spritsail as late as 1882.
Sources :
nsp,is,lh,lhdc,mmgl,lss,do,es
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LADY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1851, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs : 231x33x12, 819 t
Date of loss :
1860, Sep 7
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
297 of 400
Carrying :
none
Detail : The luxurious passenger boat
collided with the 2-mast schooner
Wreckage was
located in 1989, much litigation followed.
She suffered a
significant fire on
Ashore near
Sources :
eas,is(1-60),ms,lm,glss,sol,is,lmdc,hgl,nsp,mpl,wl
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LADY
Other names : ?
Official no. :
US?
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
Specs : “small”
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 23
Place of
loss :
1 mi above Goderich, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She drove ashore in a gale the 23rd and was reported broken
up by the 26th. Reported ashore and abandoned in early Nov.
Reportedly out of
Capsized in a
gale on
Sources :
rp,nsp,hgl,jb,es3-1
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LADY ESSEX - See JAY BIRD
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LADY FRANKLIN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14827
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1861, J.W. Banta*,
Specs : 138x27x11, 302g 288n
Date of loss :
1895, Sep 30
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
RR ties
Detail : Caught by a storm while
sheltering, she dragged her anchors until she parted her chains, was driven ashore and wrecked. She was later stripped by thieves. Owned out
of Algonac by Abram Smith
Rebuilt to a
schooner after a major fire on the Detroit R. in Sep, 1876, in which one
crewman died and the vessel burned to the bilges. Master: Capt. Geo. Tucker.
Document surrendered in 1877, reinstated in 1882 after the rebuild.
*Built by Edwards
Bros. at Banta Shipyard.
Heavily damaged
in a grounding in Neebish Channel, St. Mary's R, in October, 1872.
Converted from a
passenger vessel to a steambarge about 1872.
Sources :
nsp,slh,h,lhdc,lhl,phr,mpl,es,rsl
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LADY HILLIARD - See CASPIAN (1866
loss)
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LADY MACDONALD
Other names :
often seen as LADY MCDONALD
Official no. :
C71278
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, G. H. Pontine, Port Burwell, Ont
Specs : 135x23x11,
284gc 284nc
Date of loss :
1892, Jul 16
Place of
loss :
near Fair Haven, N.Y.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Driven ashore by near-hurricane force winds and wrecked, a total loss.
Out of
Ashore near
Salmon Point, Ont., in 1877 and damaged.
Wind-driven, she
crashed into a bridge at
Sources :
nsp,wl,mmgl
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LADY MOULTON
Other names :
built as G.J. WHITNEY, probably renamed in 1862
Official no. : C33574
Type at loss :
schooner, wood