©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
L
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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 :
Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
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 :
Lake Ontario
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered in a gale.
Owned by Paradie
of Montreal.
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
Sturgeon Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
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 Milwaukee.
Capsized with some
loss of life and declared lost on L. Huron in 1871, rebuilt after recovery.
Ashore and wrecked
off Big Sable Point, Lake Michigan, in November of 1874. Four lives lost.
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"
Lake : St Clair
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, Sheboygan, WI
Specs :
75x16x6, 56g 54n
Date of loss :
1906, Nov 25
Place of loss :
near Naubinway, MI
Lake : Michigan
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, Manitowoc and sailed by him.
Sources :
nsp,mpl,eas
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LA SALLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1835, Parsons, Huron, Ohio
Specs :
83x24x10, 167 t.
Date of loss :
1849, Sep 22
Place of loss : 12
mi off Racine
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 of 9
Carrying :
grain
Detail :
Bound Chicago to her homeport of Milwaukee, she was struck by a squall
and capsized, drowning nearly all aboard her. May have been recovered. Out of Milwaukee, owned by Mitchell &
Davis. Master: Capt. A. N. Scott(d).
Rebuilt, 1846.
Last known enrollment 10/1846, annotated with a mention of her sale in Mar.,
1848.
Sources :
wmn,hgl,hr,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 Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
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 Nov 23, 1866,
she was carrying barrels of ores & package freight when she collided with
the steamer MILWAUKEE in the St. Clair R. and sank with loss of 2. Converted to
a bulk freighter after her recovery in 1869.
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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LACKAWANNA
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 Cleveland
Lake : Erie
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, Kenosha, WI
Specs :
48x17x6, 30 t. om
Date of loss :
1855, Sep 18
Place of loss :
near Kenosha, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Drove ashore in a gale and pounded to pieces.
Sources :
nsp,hr
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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, St. Catharines, Ont.
Specs :
87x18x8, 111 t.
Date of loss :
1852, Nov 11
Place of loss :
near the mouth of the Welland Canal
Lake : Ontario
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 THAMES
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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 :
Georgian Bay, near Cabot Head
Lake : Huron
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
Build info :
1857, D. Rodgers,
Specs :
77x18x7, 79 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Jun 2 or May 31
Place of loss : 5
mi off Pt. Petre
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
light
Detail : She foundered in a collision in fog with the bark SIR
EDMUND W. HEAD (qv). She had been bound
Sold Canadian in
1862.
Sources :
tel.,mmgl,h,nsp,clu,hgl,rsl,wl,mdwl,rnc
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LADY OF THE LAKE - See also QUEEN CITY
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1813, Sacket's Harbor, NY as an armed schooner, 89 t. displ.
Specs :
49 t. (also given as 230 t.)
Date of loss :
1826, Dec 13 or 15
Place of loss : off
Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
7
Carrying :
?
Detail : Left York bound for Oswego and
was never heard from again - presumed to have foundered. The only piece of her
that was ever found was a small chunk that washed up on Ford's Shoal. The following year the hulk
was reported 3 miles off Oswego, in deep water.
Master: Capt. John Rogers(d).
Built as a 5-gun
armed schooner for the American Great Lakes navy for the War of 1812. Converted
to a merchantman after the war.
Sources :
is,asn,rp,wmn
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
(1835, Vermilion, OH)
Specs :
73x20x6, ca. 80 t.
Date of loss :
1838, Nov 5
Place of loss :
near Buffalo, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat, flour
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale
and destroyed. The previous day she had been found to be leaking and part of
her cargo had been transferred to another vessel. Owned by her skipper, Capt.
Sheppard of Vermilion, OH, and others
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1843, Detroit
Specs :
(8 t.)
Date of loss :
1847, Aug
Place of loss :
near Oak Orchard, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore and pounded to
pieces.
Another LADY OF
THE LAKE was reported lost near the Manitous [L. Mich] Oct 14 of the same year.
Sources :
is,nb
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1846, S.W. & A.A. Turner, Cleveland
Specs :
141x24x10, 326 t.
Date of loss :
1859, Mar 26
Place of loss : 1/2
mi. off Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
flour, wine, pork, wheat. hams, eggs, etc.
Detail :
A boiler explosion blew her stern off, sinking her quickly in 17 feet of
water. Bound Cleveland for Dunkirk, she had stopped at Fairport for bad weather
and was just returning to her route. Owned by Northern Transportation Co.
Her safe was
recovered the following July.
Sources :
eas,nsp,is,sol,lhl,hgl,wl
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast*
Build info :
1853, Harvey Stevens, Ohio City [Cleveland], OH
Specs :
139x23x11, 317 t. om
Date of loss :
1862, Oct 4
Place of loss :
near Pt. Betsie , Michigan side
or SW of Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
grain [chinaware also given]
Detail :
She drove ashore in a gale and became a total wreck. Her crew remained
in her rigging for 36 hours until the storm blew itself out.. Owned by Elon W.
Hudson of Detroit.
*Perhaps changed
from 3-mast to 2-mast schooner shortly after building, but described in
newspapers as a bark.
Sources :
hr,wl,hgl,nsp
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
48296
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1866, Pine River, MI
Specs :
38x10x3, 7g
Date of loss :
1882 or 83?
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered
at Port Huron 12/15/83, annotated
"wrecked," shown in 1884 Merchant
Vessels as "lost or otherwise out of service."
Out of Bay City.
Sources :
mv,phr
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LADY OF THE LAKE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C111854
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1902, Thornbury, Ont.
Specs :
70x15, 47 t.
Date of loss :
1911, Nov 30
Place of loss : off
Christian Isl., near Penetanguishene
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Reported sunk in collision. No
detail available.
Sources :
slh,h,mmgl,win
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LADY WASHINGTON
Other names :
none built as WASHINGTON,
renamed in 1797
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1797, Presque Isle, near Erie, PA
Specs :
80 t.
Date of loss :
1803, Nov 11
Place of loss : off
(Eight or 18)-mile Creek near Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
chinaware
Detail : Went missing - last seen at
location above. Master: Capt. Murray(d).
After building she
was carried on wheels to the lake, some miles away. Sold Canadian and hauled
down the Niagara escarpment on skids in
the winter of 1797-8.
Sources :
hgl,h,osdo,mpl
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LADY WASHINGTON
Other names : none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood,2-mast
Build info :
1816, Sacket's Harbor, NY
Specs :
60x18x5., 50 t.
Date of loss :
1828, Oct 19 or 16
Place of loss : off
Sturgeon Pt., near Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
salt and dry goods worth more than $10,000.
Detail : She stranded on and a reef, the
pulled free and foundered in 18 feet of water,
a total loss. She was reported to be unseaworthy.
One source says
she was lost off Sturgeon Pt. Lake Huron, in error.
Sources :
slh,is,ledc,hgl,nsp,wl,rp
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LADY WASHINGTON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
140241
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, packet (former tug)
Build info :
1877, Kirby, Grand Haven, MI
Specs :
72 x20x8, 76gt 47nt
Date of loss :
1890, Sep 14
Place of loss :
near Seul Choix Pt.*, E of Manistique
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
gen frt
Detail : Struck bottom and sank in a NW
gale while on her usual run between St. Ignace and Manistique, Michigan. Total
loss of about $10,000.
*often pronounced
in Michigan as "shoe-shwa,"
called by sailors "sole choice," which is the name's literal
translation from French. The lighthouse was completed on the point the
following year.
Sources :
eas,hgl,polk,mv,slh,h,lmdc,wb,sb,nsp
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LAFAYETTE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
141657
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1900, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH
hull# 310
Specs :
454x50x29, 5113 t.
Date of loss :
1905, Nov 29
Place of loss :
Encampment Isl., near Two Harbors, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
light
Detail : Rammed from behind by her
towbarge MANILA(qv) in a terrific gale, she was rendered helpless and thrown
against the cliffs of the island. Broke
in two, the front portion quickly going to pieces while the crew huddled in
back part. Only the engine was salvaged from the almost-new steel ship.
Pittsburg fleet member. Master: Capt. D. P. Wright.
Sources :
eas,gwgl,mol,is,sol,mv,lss,nsp,mpl
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LAFRINIER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14665
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1862, I. Lafrinier, Cleveland as a bark
Specs :
157 ft., 415g 395n
Date of loss :
1886, Nov 9
Place of loss : Hog
Island Shoal, Beaver Islands
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She struck the shoal in a gale
and was wrecked. Her crew suffered great hardship before their rescue. Stripped
on the 11th and pounded to pieces soon after, a total loss of about $15,000.
Out of Cleveland. Owned by Becker, et. al.
Major repair in
1879
Sources :
mv,nsp,eas,slh,h,lmdc,wb,hgl,sb
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LAGRANGE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1826, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs :
74x20x8, 101 t. om
Date of loss :
1835, Nov 17
Place of loss : on
Pt. Pelee [1895 nsp: 3.5 mi SSE of the spit at Pt. Pelee]
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 or more
Carrying :
wine, brandy and Swedish iron
Detail :
Bound
Owned by Oliver
Newberry of Cleveland. An 1895 newspaper article says her wreckage was struck
by the steamer J.C. LOCKWOOD.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl
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LAGURE, LAGUIRE - See LIGURE
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LAKE BREEZE
Other names :
none also seen in error as LAKE BRUZE
Official no. : C71259
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1868, J. Bailey, Toledo
[US#15572]
Specs :
122x22x8, 301gc 198nc
Date of loss :
1878, Nov 26
Place of loss : at
Leamington, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was destroyed by fire. She
was raised in 1880, but the hull was demed to be worthless. The machinery and
metal gear were all removed in the spring of 1881, and sold to an American
company.
Sold Canadian,
1875.
Out of Windsor
Sources :
mmgl,nsp,letter,h,csv,win,es,jb
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, canaller
Build info :
1873, M. Simpson,
Specs :
136x23x17, 464cg
Date of loss :
1881, Nov 24
Place of loss :
near Poverty Isl., mouth of
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
?
Detail : Collided with the steamer
NORTHERN QUEEN in a fog and blizzard. Quickly declared a total loss, but later
recovered, though she does not appear on records again. QUEEN picked up her
crew and passengers. One crewman died enroute to shore from being scalded
during the sinking. Both vessels owned by New England Transportation Line.
Master: Capt. J. M. Johnson.
One source gives
"Pte Aux Barques" as location, probably referring to the one on the
This is official,
but hgl says "burned, 1890."
Sources :
sol,is,h,csv,mmgl,win,hgl,rp,wgts
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Other names :
sometimes seen as SEA SERPENT
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1821, (John Burtis?), Cleveland
Specs :
47x15x4, 27 t.
Date of loss :
1829, Sep 29
Place of loss :
Lake Erie Islands
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
6 [all]
Carrying :
stone
Detail :
Bound Put-in-Bay for Cleveland, she was struck by a storm soon after
leaving the harbor. No tidings came until the bodies of her owners and crew
washed up on shore days later. Owned by 2 Wright brothers of Rockport, Ohio,
Capt. Ezra Wright was the master..
Bilged and sunk
after running aground on Pt. Pelee in May, 1826.
Sources :
gmw,nsp,wl
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LAKE SHORE - See ALTADOC
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LAKELAND
Other names :
built as
Official no. :
126420
Type at loss :
propeller, iron, package and automobile freighter
Build info :
1887, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland
Specs :
280x40x20, 1878g 1378n
Date of loss :
1924, Dec 4
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life : none [a diver was lost on the wreck in
1999]
Carrying :
new automobiles
Detail : She sprang a leak and
foundered. Foul play (insurance fraud) was suspected, but was never proven.
1st vessel on
lakes over 300' overall.
1st vessel on
lakes with a triple-expansion engine.
Built as
passenger/freighter, last configuration in 1919.
Sources :
ml,gsgl,sol,is,ns3,h,mv,lmdc,mpl,eas,wgts
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LAKETON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14826
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, package freighter
Build info :
1868, Pierson,
Specs :
95x17x8, 147g 74n
Date of loss :
1888, Nov 8
Place of loss : 5
mi NE of Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber camp supplies
Detail : She drove ashore in heavy
weather. The Lifesaving Service rescued
her crew. Though reported as a total loss, the vessel later was saved as well.
Reported as "out of commission" in 1893
Rebuilt to a
schooner at some point and back to a propeller at
Sources :
gwgl,h,lhl,phr,wb,hgl,eas
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H.A. LAMARS
Other names :
also seen in error as H.H. LAMARS, H.A. LAMAR
Official no. :
42218
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1868,
Specs :
96x22x5, 88 t.
Date of loss :
1881, Nov 13
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
capsized
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
wood
Detail : She attempted to come into the
harbor on the 12th, but failed and lay-to in the gale for the night.
The next day a tug picked her up, but while she was being towed into the harbor
she capsized and sank 600 feet off the north pier. By the 17th she
was reported broken up.
Ashore and heavily
damaged near
Sources :
hgl,sagl,h,usls,mv,wl,nsp,hr
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L.L. LAMB
Other names :
none
Official no. :
15609
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1869, Williams, Erie, PA
Specs :
120x26x11, 254g 241n
Date of loss :
1902, Aug 16
Place of loss : off
Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
large riprap stone
Detail : She foundered in heavy seas
while in tow of the steamer McCORMICK(qv), which rescued her crew.
Wreck lies 1 mi NW
of Fairport E pier light, in 28 ft of water.
Rebuilt at Oswego,
winter of 1874-5.
Sources :
glp,nsp,is,ns1,ledc,rp,ew
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R.T. LAMBERT
Other names :
also seen as "R.J. Lambert"
Official no. :
110106
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1873, Lambert & Davis,
Specs :
50x15x4 23g 22n
Date of loss :
1873, Oct
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
almost brand new at the time when she wrecked near Pte Aux Barques.
Declared a total loss but later recovered and rebuilt.
Rebuilt at
Sources :
slh,mv,vbs,nsp
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LAMBTON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
48551
Type at loss :
scow- schooner, wood
Build info :
1885,
Specs :
133g 125n
Date of loss :
1895, Sep 30
Place of loss :
near New Baltimore, MI
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
crushed stone
Detail :
In tow of the tug FARRAGUT near Huron Point, she struck a rock and sank
right in the vessel track in 10 feet of water.
Her master marked her location with a fender, and she was probably
removed saoon after.
Sources :
nsp,hr,wmn
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LAMBTON
Other names :
none
Official no. : C126409
Type at loss :
propeller, lighthouse tender [Canadian]
Build info :
1909, Sorel, Que.
Specs :
108x25x13 323cg 182nc
Date of loss :
1922, Apr 19
Place of loss : somewhere
between Caribou Isl. and
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
22 [all]
Carrying :
gear, passengers
Detail : She was carrying relief keepers
to various Canadian lighthouses when she
disappeared in a spring gale. Several freighters spotted the boat and later wreckage near
Caribou Island. A Georgian Bay paper company’s tug G. R. GRAY searched for her
for more than a week. The lost included two young sea cadets from Soo, Ontario.
Master: Capt. Alex Brown(d).
Though always a
government tender, she was somewhat yacht-like, with tinted, shuttered windows
on her main deck, large plate-glass windows in the wheelhouse, many brass
fittings and a relatively narrow beam for her length..
Sources :
is(2-79),mmgl,lssc,gwgl,lss,is,wms,h,csv,win,mpl,fg
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LAMBTON
Other names :
built as GLENAFTON, renamed LAMBTON in 1925, named SALVUS in 1930.
Official no. : C150234
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1921, Port Arthur Shipbuilding,
Specs :
252x43x21, 1866gc 1056nc
Date of loss :
1927, Dec 8
Place of loss : on
Parisienne Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 of 20
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Stranded on the island
northwest of the Soo and heavily damaged. She was recovered the following year and rebuilt as a barge.
Registration
closed in 1952.
Sources :
mmgl,csv,lss,lssc,gwgl,sol,is,h,s,win
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GEORGE LAMONT
Other names :
also seen as GEORGE L. LAMONT
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1880, Pentwater, Mich.*
Specs :
5 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Mar 14
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3 [all]
Carrying :
none
Detail : She was participating in a tug
race when she was struck by a blizzard and overwhelmed. Her skipper and that of
the tug GEM had bet $25 on which tug could reach Lundington first, starting at
Pentwater. The GEM made it to the far port and back by
Hull may have been
recovered and used in the building of the tug MAX FISHER in 1881.
Also sunk on
*date approximate
Sources :
sol,nsp,mmo,bb
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Other names :
none(?)
Official no. : C?
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
(1872, Strickler, Lancaster, Ont.)
Specs :
(270 t.)
Date of loss :
1907
Place of loss :
Bayfield Sound, E side of
Type of loss : "lost"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail
Rebuilt in 1882
A
Sources :
polk,slh,(mmgl)
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LANGELL BOYS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
141067
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, S. Langell,
Specs :
151x30x11, 387g
Date of loss :
1931, Jun 13
Place of loss : near AuSable Pt., 6 mi S of AuSable, MI
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
in ballast
Detail :
a fire from unknown causes started in her coal bunker while she was
upbound. Despite a desperate effort by her crew to fight it, the vessel was
consumed to the waterline. The crew abandoned and was later picked up by the
Tawas Coast Guard. Master: Capt. Bert Payea.
Rebuilt in 1921
Sources :
mod,slh,ns4,mv,phr,mpl,eas
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SIMON LANGELL
Other names :
none
Official no. : C138373
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1886,
Specs :
195x35x14, 845g 678n
Date of loss :
1936, Nov 23
Place of loss :
Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : St. Clair R.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She caught fire and burned to
the waterline at her layup dock. She was raised in 1937, towed out into Lake
Huron and scuttled.
Some sources say
the loss occurred at Kingston or Portsmouth, Ont., Sarnia is official.
Sold Canadian in
1919, retired in 1927.
Sources :
slh,ns4,h,mv,csv,win,mpl,eas not
in dfp
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LANGHAM
Other names :
built as TOM ADAMS, renamed in 1902
Official no. :
145481
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1888, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City, MI
hull #36
Specs :
281x41x20, 1810g, 1452n
Date of loss :
1910, Oct 24
Place of loss :
Bete Grise Bay, Keweenaw Pen.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Sheltering from a storm, she
caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank. She was a total loss.
Changed her name
in mid-voyage in 1902, causing much confusion among ship reporters.
Sources :
lss,gwgl,is,ns2,vbs,mpl,eas
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H.
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1867, Oct 15
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
mechanical failure/storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
stone
Detail :
Her rudder was found to be insufficient to control her while she was
entering the harbor in heavy seas. She went out of control, drove ashore, and
in a short time became a total wreck. Out of
Sources :
nsp,wmn
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J. W. LANGMUIR
Other names :
reportedly built on hull of schooner HANNAH
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1865, David Tait, Picton, Ont. as a brig
Specs :
88x21x9, 116 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Oct 7 or 8
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound for
Major repair in
1868, proabaly converted from a brig to a schooner at that time.
Sources :
nsp,wl,rsl,hgl
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H. L. LANSING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast [also recorded as a bark]
Build info :
1852, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs :
362 t. om
Date of loss :
1865, Oct 27
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
She was stranded and destroyed in a gale. Owned by Whitaker & Co.,
Stranded in a
storm near New Buffalo, MI, in early December, 1856. The tug SALVOR out of
Aground and
heavily damaged on Colchester Reef in November of 1864.
Major repairs in
1853.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,rsl,air
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LARK
Other names :
none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1855, Lafrinier & Stevenson, Cleveland
Specs :
138x26x11, 388 t.
Date of loss :
1872, Nov 10
Place of loss :
near mouth of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and went to pieces in
a storm.
Wreckage is
reportedly still visible from shore.
not in 1869 mvus
Some sources shows
a schooner of this name lost on L. Mich in Nov., 1857, a total loss of $13,500.
Sources :
ssb,hgl,nsp,blu[57]
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JULIA LARSON
Other names :
also seen as JULIA LARSEN
Official no. : C116363
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1874, P. Larson,
Specs :
70x19x6, 60g 57n
Date of loss :
1912
Place of loss : SE
corner of Thunder Bay Isl., MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Downbound in a gale, her
steering gear became disabled and she reportedly stranded and broke up, a total
loss. Crew of 2 men, a woman cook and a boy were taken off by Lifesaving
Service crew. She was later recovered and lasted to the 1930's.
Sunk in a gale
near Grand Marais,
Rebuilt in 1877
Sold Canadian in 1904.
Sources :
gwgl,mv,stb,rep,mpl,rb
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LAURA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, H. Jenking, Walkerville, Ont.
Specs :
140x23x12, 348gc 348nc
Date of loss :
1893, Aug 13
Place of loss :
15-25 mi from
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
While bound
Sources :
mmgl,wb,nsp
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Other names :
also seen as LAURA
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1871, O'Mara, Oliver's Ferry, Ont
Specs :
67x16x5, 45 t.
Date of loss :
1876, Aug 22
Place of loss : 15
mi from
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 3
Carrying :
60 t. iron ore
Detail :
Began to leak and foundered off
Sources :
nsp,wl,mmgl,hgl,rp,wmn
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BELLE LAURIE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
3042
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1876, Laurie,
Specs :
60x16x6 36g 34n
Date of loss :
1894, Aug 10
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered. May have been
recovered.
Name is 1st/last
compound name, not descriptive.
Sources :
h,mv,wbm
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LAURINA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
15875
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1872, Frederickson, Chicago
Specs :
72x19x5, 55g 53n
Date of loss :
1893, Apr 20
Place of loss : 2.5
mi N of Milwaukee
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She drove into the shallows in
easterly gale when the
Sources :
h,mv,wb,hgl,mpl
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LAVINIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1847, Sanford & Moses, Ohio City, OH [Cleveland]
Specs :
108x22x9, 199 t. om
Date of loss :
1858, Sep
Place of loss :
near Port Washington, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
cobblestone
Detail :
She stranded and became a total loss.
Also stranded near
Sheboygan in 1852.
Sources :
hr,wl,hgl,whs
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LIZZIE A. LAW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
140133
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info :
1875, E. Fitzgerald, Port Huron
Specs :
196x34x13, 747g 710n
Date of loss :
1908, Oct 19
Place of loss :
Traverse Isl. E. side of Keweenaw Pen.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Tow of steamer EDWARD HINES,
broke her towline and drove ashore where she quickly went to pieces. Bound for
Collided with the
schooner-barge DAVID VANCE [qv] in Pelee Passage in July, 1893, and sank.
Recovered at great cost.
Rebuilt 1882
Sources :
gwgl,lss,ms,ns1,mv,nsp,mpl,eas,hr
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E. J. LAWAY, Jr
Other names :
none
Official no. :
212765
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1914, E. J. Laway,
Specs :
73x21x6, 70g 48n
Date of loss : 1929,
Apr 19
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Foundered, a total loss. Document surrendered 8 days later.
Owned by E. J.
Laway, Jr.,
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A.W.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
105948
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1880, Capt. J. Gregory,
Specs :
72x16x9, 51g 24n
Date of loss :
1888, Oct 31
Place of loss : off
North Point, near
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
4 of 6
Carrying :
none
Detail : Her boiler exploded, sinking
the tug and killing most of her crew. None of their remains was found. The tug
MERRILL rescued her cook and single passenger.
Sources :
mv,h,nsp,hgl,mpl,hr
————————————————————————±
GEORGE LAWRENCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1847, D. Merrill,
Specs :
120 ft, 284 t.
Date of loss :
1850, Apr 10
Place of loss :
Straits of Mackinac, 1 mi W of St. Helena Isl.
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
11,000 bu. wheat
Detail : Bound Milwakee for
The wreck may have
been salvaged in 1880's, her anchors and chains were taken off in 1882.
Sources :
slh,is,ssm,nsp,bc
————————————————————————±
H.C.
Other names :
none
Official no. : 95529
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1878,
Specs :
35x12x3, 10g 9t
Date of loss :
1897?
Place of loss :
unreported
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered at
Rebuilt 1881,
Sebewaing
Sources :
phr,vbs,mv
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JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
12976
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, Farman & Barber, Milwaukee
Specs :
83x22x7, 88 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Oct 16
Place of loss : near Bailey’s Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She was driven ashore .5 mile east of the Bailey’s Harbor range lights.
Over the next few months she sank down into the sand was was finally declared a
total loss.
Run down by the
propeller FAVORITE and wrecked near Manitowoc in August, 1872
Also wrecked in an
accident in 1854.
Sources :
wgts,mv,hr,mv
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IVER LAWSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
12436
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1869, Miller, Chicago
Specs :
116x25x8, 149g 142n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 19 or Sep 2
Place of loss : Horseshoe Bay of Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
(lumber)
Detail : She was driven ashore in a huge
storm which wrecked many other vessels, being driven so far on the beach that
visitors could walk completely around her. Despite several years of salvage
attempts, she ended up being dismantled on the beach in 1908.
One newspaper
gives the location as Egg Harbor, near Sturgeon Bay.
Rebuilt and
shortened 2 feet in 1882.
Sources :
nsp,ns1,mv,mpl,wgts*
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CLARENCE E. LE BEAU
Other names :
built as steamer CITY OF HOLLAND, renamed MELBOURNE in 1913, renamed in
1920
Official no. :
126967
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, package freight
Build info :
1893, R. Rogers, Saugatuck, MI
Specs :
147x30x8, 275g 57n (sic)
Date of loss :
1922, Jul 11
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her
home dock.
Rebuilt and
converted to a bulk freighter at
Sources :
eas,ns3,mv,mpl
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LE GRIFON - See
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LE BLANC HENRI
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
frigate, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1764, Jun 17
Place of loss : off
Wolfe Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked on a spit. Reportedly
carrying over $100,000 in gold & silver bullion.
French Naval
vessel.
Sources :
h,do2
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LEADER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14714
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1856,
Specs :
134x26x11, 247g 236n
Date of loss :
1899, Aug 9
Place of loss :
head of Belle Isle at
Type of loss :
navigational error/collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
500 t. coal
Detail : Sheered off from her tow, the
steamer POINT ABINO after colliding with the barge DUNSMORE, in tow of
Sources :
nsp,mv,wl,hcgl
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LEADER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14195
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1882,
Specs :
58x16x4, 32g 30n
Date of loss :
1902, May 22
Place of loss :
below St. Clair Flats
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal,charcoal
Detail : She would not obey the helm in
a squall, struck the entry pier of the flats canal, drifted downstream and
sank. Capt. Yax, the only crewman, saved his wife & children, asleep below.
Sources :
nsp,mv,polk,hgl,phr
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LEADVILLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
140367
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1879, G. Goble,
Specs :
136x26x12, 345g 326n
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 13
Place of loss : E
side of Long Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
20,000 bu wheat
Detail : She was driven ashore and
wrecked in a very destructive gale. Her crew was taken off by the propeller
Also sunk at Port
Dalhousie in a storm in Novemeber of the previous year.
Sources :
is,nsp,tel,polk,osdo,hgl,mv,rp,es
————————————————————————±
LEAFIELD
Other names :
none
Official no. : BR97990
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight, "3-island"
Build info :
1892, Strand Slipway Co., Sunderland, Eng.
Specs :
249x35x17, 1454gc 922nc
Date of loss :
1913, Nov 8
Place of loss : 20
mi E of Thunder Bay, Ont., near Angus Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
18 [all]
Carrying :
RR rails & equipment
Detail : Overwhelmed by the huge storm
[probably the most violent ever recorded on the lakes] and driven on the rocks.
Waves ripped up her bottom, then shoved her into deep water.
Off. number also
given as 97790
Also tore up her
hull and sank on Beausoliel Isl., Ont., Aug 17, 1912.
Sources :
is(4-67),mmgl,lol,gsgl,gwgl,sol,ttgl,ns2,h,win,mpl
————————————————————————±
LEANDER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1838, Marblehead, OH
Specs :
85x24x8, 145g 130n
Date of loss :
1857, Nov 17
Place of loss :
near Gros Cap, W Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and a total loss, she
broke up on the beach a short time
later.
Other sources say
this was a Canadian schooner out of Quebec or Port Hope.
Sources :
slh,ssm,wl,rnc
————————————————————————±
DAISY LEE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
6207
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1864, F. N. Jones, Buffalo, NY
Specs :
47x13x6, 20 g
Date of loss :
1888, Jan 5
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered
at Port Huron Jun 30, 1888, annotated "Total loss." This may be the
misreporting of an accident where she burned to the water's edge on the Rouge
River Oct 29, 1887.
Owned by G. P.
Felcher
Sources :
phr,lhl,wl,es3-1
————————————————————————±
FRED A. LEE
Other names :
also seen as FREDERICK A. LEE and FRED LEE
Official no. : C134379
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1896, Port Huron, MI US#121019
Specs :
72x16x9, 65gc
Date of loss :
1936, Nov 13
Place of loss : 12
mi N of Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
5 [all]
Carrying :
none
Detail : Bound Port Huron for Soo, Ont.,
in heavy weather, she foundered quickly. Though the ore boat JOHN MUNSON had
her in sight when she went down, and arrived at the spot within 15 minutes,
there was no trace of her crew left. Master: Capt. Achille Renaud(d).
Wreck was located
upright in 200 feet of water in June, 1994.
The wreck’s intact boiler disproved the theory that her boiler had exploded.
She had run aground the day previous to her sinking, and her hull may just have
failed.
Sold Canadian
about 1915. Out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Sources :
slh,lm,is,sol,h,win,mmgl,mv,nsp
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IDA H. LEE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
100058
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1863, Hingston Bros, Buffalo
Specs :
45x10x5, 18 t.
Date of loss :
1874, Apr 23
Place of loss : 2
mi NE of Milwaukee harbor mouth
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
none
Detail : Rammed from astern by the
schooner IDA, which she was towing, when she ran afoul of her own towline. She
sank quicky, trapping her engineer
below.
Sources :
lhl,hr,wl,nsp not in '69
mv,hgl
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J. M. LEE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1852, Wm. Walker, Irving, NY
Specs :
124 t. om
Date of loss :
1866, Jun 18
Place of loss :
near Buffalo
Lake :
Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
After her anchors failed to hold, she was driven ashore in a teriffic
but localized gale and became a total loss.
Major repairs in
1859.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,rsl,rnc
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JOHN LEE, Sr.
Other names :
built as the tug T. KEDDLE*, a most appropriate name for a small steam
tug
Official no. : C100122
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1888, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs :
86x21, 88t**
Date of loss :
1913, Aug
Place of loss : at
Port McNicoll, Ont., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to total loss.
*Built on hull of
tug A.T. KELLEY [C#85705], 56x14x7, 39 t., which had burned in 1885 (qv).
**Built at 61x21,
52t., rebuilt and enlarged in 1895
Sources :
slh,csv,mmgl
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LAURA H. LEE
Other names :
built as schooner yacht JUNIETTA, later WAVE CREST [1882]
Official no. : C130228
Type at loss :
propeller motor tug, wood,
tug/lumber hooker/packet
Build info :
1864, Albertson Bros., Philadelphia
[US#12667]
Specs :
87x24 92gc 81nc
Date of loss :
1929, Oct 23
Place of loss :
Meldrum Bay, North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at
her dock after heavy seas knocked over a kerosene lamp.
Out of Owen Sound
Sold Canadian,
1923. Probably converted to motor at that time.
Sources :
do2,mmgl,win,mpl
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OLIVER LEE
Other names :
built as steamer CANADIAN, see below for name changes
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1844, Niagara Dock Co., Chippawa, Ont. as a sidewheeler
Specs :
160x28x11, 530 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Nov 17
Place of loss :
near Old Mackinac Point [E of Mackinac Bridge site]
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
oats
Detail : Downbound, she was wrecked in a
gale. Went ashore with LEANDER and two others. Reported to have gone to pieces
on Dec 1. Her remaining gear was stripped by the wrecking schooner C.J.
MARSHALL in June of 1858.
Seized by U.S.
Treas. Dept. & sold at a marshall’s sale to a U.S. buyer in 1850, renamed
LONDON (maybe built as LONDON). Became the bark OLIVER LEE in 1856.
Location of loss
also given as Gros Cap, L. Michigan.
Rebuilt from
sidewheel steamer to bark, 1856.
Sources :
ssm,is(2-60),csv,slh,lhl,hgl,nsp
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LELAND
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847, S & A Turner, Cleveland
Specs :
110x25x9, 250 t.
Date of loss :
1855, late July
Place of loss :
near Pilot Isl., Death’s Door
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
Driven ashore and stranded. A tug worked on her, but as of August 2nd
had not budged her. Shows as a $2,000 loss in a later annual list, but it's not
known if that represents a total loss. Master: Capt. Hutchinson.
Reportedly brought
a locomotive and three tenders to Milwaukee in 1852.
Sources :
nsp,jm,wmn,wgts,hr
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LELAND
Other names :
none
Official no. :
15917
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, McLeod, New Jerusalem, OH
Specs :
148x28x11, 366g, 318n
Date of loss :
1910, Dec 7
Place of loss : Huron,
OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Destroyed by fire at a dock.
Some sources say
she was recovered, rebuilt and later abandoned at Marine City, MI
Severely damaged
in another fire, 1888, on Lake Huron.
Stranded off Point Pelee in the summer of 1889, with heavy damage to her
bottom.
Sources :
slh,is,ns2,mv,ledc,hgl,mpl,es3-2
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CHARLES LEMCKE - See EASTNOR
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LENNOX
Other names :
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1854, Isle Tante, Ont.
Specs :
230 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Dec (mid)
Place of loss :
unknown
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
12 [all]
Carrying :
iron, firewood
Detail :
Bound Kingston for Toronto, she was reported as missing three weeks
after leaving port. A short article in January of the following year states
that she was never seen again. Out of Kingston, owned by Jas. Morton
Sources :
rnc,clu,wmn
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LEO
Other names :
none
Official no. : ?