©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
N
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N ELLEN M - See MOLLY S.
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N. G.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C none
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1847, Port Dover, Ont
Specs : 92x17x7,
110 t.
Date of loss :
1866, Nov 17
Place of loss : at
Pigeon Bay
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
light
Detail :
She had just been purchased for $800 and was enroute from Cleveland to
her new homeport when she was driven ashore by
a storm and wrecked. Out of Port
Dover, owned by John Jennings, sailmaker.
Rebuilt and
enlarged at Port Burwell in 1852, originally 84x17x7, 97 t.
Heavily damaged in
a wreck near Avon Point in 1855.
Sources :
mmgl,hgl,nsp,wmn
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NAH-MA-PUK - Former entry deleted
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NAGAHO
Other names :
built as schooner-barge F.R. BUELL*, renamed in 1920
Official no. :
120720
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1888, Dulac, Mt. Clemens, MI as a schooner-barge
Specs :
194x36x14, 1438g 1199n
Date of loss : 1922,
Oct 27
Place of loss :
near Port Collins, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Bound
*engine installed
1889 & became package freighter.
Rebuilt to a bulker in 1904.
Sources :
ns3,mv,mpl,eas
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NAHANT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18766
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, package and bulk freight
Build info :
1873, F. Jones,
Specs :
213x35x16, 1204g 1038n
Date of loss :
1897, Nov 29
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
2 or 3
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She caught fire while loading
at ore dock No. 4 and both dock and boat were destroyed. Firefighters were
hampered by sub-zero temperatures and she burned to a total loss. Owned by C. E. Benham,
Major repairs,
1880
Sources :
is,ns3,lmdc,mv,polk,hgl,mpl,wgts,nsp
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NAIAD
Other names :
none
Official no. : C116392
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1863, M. Squires, Huron, OH as a
bark [
Specs :
141x29x11, 312g 296n
Date of loss :
1911, Oct 22
Place of loss : off
Au Sable Point, near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was waterlogged and heavily
damaged in a storm. Later she was towed in to
Also heavily
damaged and lost her rigging in a storm in July of 1895. Two men went over the
side and were lost with the rigging.
Rebuilt,
1876. major repairs in 1882
Sold Canadian in
1902
Sources :
sagl,ns2,polk,mv,mpl,rsl
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H.M.S. NANCY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, built as a commercial fur-trading vessel, later a naval
support vessel and gunboat
Build info :
1789, Detroit
Specs :
94 t.
Date of loss :
1814, Aug 14
Place of loss :
site of Nancy Island, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was burned and sunk by U.S.
warships TIGRESS, NIAGARA and SCORPION after being bottled up in Nottawasaga
Bay. Nancy Island eventually built up around her remains. Parts of the vessel,
raised by the Canadian government in 1927,
reside in a museum at Collingwood, Ont.
Some sources say
she was a commercial vessel at the time of her loss.
Sources :
slh,is,h,mpl
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NAOMI
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18108
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 2-mast*
Build info :
1858, Peck & Masters, Cleveland
Specs :
139x30x11, 320n 435 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1869, Nov 8
Place of loss :
Near Manistee, MI on Big Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 to 5
Carrying :
hard coal
Detail : Bound Erie, PA for Milwaukee,
she was caught in a storm, drove ashore
and was wrecked. Her skipper, his wife
and at least one crewman drowned. Out of Ashtabula, owned by Willard and Capt. Carpenter. Master: Capt. J. M.
Carpenter(d).
Rebuilt in 1865.
One report says
she was lost on
*Shows on her
initial enrollment documents as a “2-mast barque!”
Sources :
lmdc,nsp,hgl,wl,rsl,mdwl,
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NAOMI
Other names :
built as steamer
Official no. :
80861
Type at loss :
propeller, iron, passenger/package freighter
Build info :
1881,Detroit Dry Dock,
Specs :
204x35x12, 1182g 1020n
Date of loss :
1907, May 21
Place of loss : off
Grand Haven, MI
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
7
Carrying :
gen freight
Detail : She caught fire offshore and
produced a very dramatic conflagration in the night. A number of vessels stood
by to help, but she still burned to a shell with loss of life. Owner: Crosby
Transportation Co. Master: Capt. Thos. Triall. She was rebuilt the next year
and operated until 1929.
Sources :
atl,nsp,sol,rsh,mv,was
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NAPANEE
Other names :
built as steamer WOLFE
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1835,
Specs :
80x13 ft.,
Date of loss :
1840, Jun
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Destroyed by fire.
Sources :
csv,
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NAPOLEAN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1853, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs :
110 ft.
Date of loss :
1856, Dec 2
Place of loss :
Western edge of Burlington Bay, near Hamilton, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm/(fire)
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a
gale, perhaps later burned to total
loss. Out of
Sources :
csv,nsp
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NAPOLEON
Other names :
also seen as NAPOLEAN
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, built as a
schooner [also shown as a sidewheeler]
Build info :
1845, Sault
Specs :
92x25x9, 181 t. om
Date of loss :
1857, Dec 2
Place of loss : off
Saugeen, Ont.,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She had gone to the assistance
of the schooner DREADNAUGHT, but went ashore and bent her rudder shoe,
disabling her engine. Helpless, she went on a reef and pounded to pieces. Her
engine, boilers and gear were salvaged in the fall of 1858 and sold at
Also reported as
lost on
Converted to a
passenger steamer about 1850.
Sources :
csv(s2),slh,hgl,nsp,wl,blu[57]
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NAPOLEON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18174
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1854, Barber,
Specs :
88x22x8, 108 t. [148 t. om]
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 30
Place of loss : at
Pierport, 15 mi S of Frankfort, Mich.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber slabs
Detail :
Caught in a storm off Pierport, she was leaking heavily, out of control
and in danger of foundering when the lifesaving service crew in Frankfort was
called. By the time the crew had towed their boat through the storm the fifteen
miles behind the tug HALL, NAPOLEON had gone ashore and her crew was safe. She
was thought to be lost in another storm earlier in the same month and at that
time was said to be "crumbling to pieces with rot, she would be fortunate
if she had safely made the trip in fair weather." On the return trip, the
lifesaving crew lost their lifeboat when the bow was jerked out of it, and the
tug was almost wrecked as well. Master: Capt. Knudson. NAPOLEON was out of
Milwaukee and owned by Hanson. She had changed hands at least 20 times in her
career.
Rebuilt in 1869
Sources :
nsp,wmhs,polk,wmn,hgl,hr
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NARRAGANSETT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18110
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1861, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs :
140x26x12, 317g 301n
Date of loss :
1901, May 13
Place of loss : off
Port Sanilac, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Her old hull sprang a leak and
the vessel waterlogged. She was abandoned by her crew, but the steamer ADVANCE
later picked her up and towed her for 3 hours before she sank 11 mi off
Goderich, Ont. She had been bound Detour for Port Huron for repairs. Crew
landed at Harbor Beach the 14th. Owner: John Leisch, Milwaukee.
Also reported
wrecked near Hammond Bay, L. Huron, in
the great gale of 1872. She was on her first lakes trip after a five-year
venture on the Atlantic seacoast.
major repair in 1880
Sources :
nsp,ns1,mv,slh,rsl
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NASHUA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18537
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "lumber hooker"
Build info :
1868, Lafrinier, Cleveland, as a passenger/package freighter
Specs :
134x26x12, 298g 246n
Date of loss :
1892, Oct 4
Place of loss :
near Bayfield, Ont., S end of the lake
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
14 or 15[all]
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Byng Inlet for Toledo
with barge C.C. RYAN in tow, she capsized in a huge gale after her engine
failed. The RYAN stood by, but was
helpless to assist. Soon after, the steam barge WM. H. GRATWICK arrived on the
scene, but found no trace of the vessel. NASHUA drifted ashore near Bayfield 4
days later, upside-down with her stern and machinery gone. Speculation at the
time was that her boiler came loose in heavy seas and tore the rear of her hull
off. Owned by Sturdevant Lumber Co. Cleveland. Master: Capt. Richard Millen(d0.
Sources :
slh,is,sol,gs,h,mv,lhdc,wb,hgl,mpl,nsp
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NASSAU
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18734
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1872, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs :
137x25x11, 303g 288n
Date of loss :
1898, Oct 14
Place of loss :
near Bar Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : 1
Carrying :
22,000 bu. wheat
Detail : She collided in a storm with
the whaleback steamer JOSEPH L. COLBY and began to sink. The COLBY took most of
her crew of and towed her into shallower water, where she sank. She had been
bound Detroit for Buffalo and was coming to anchor against the gale when she
was run down by the steamer. Owned and sailed by Capt. John Dorrington, Trenton, Mich.
Sources :
osdo,h,mv,nsp,tel,nsp
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MARY NAU
Other names :
none often seen as MARY NAN
Official no. :
16647
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1864, E. Sorenson, Green Bay
Specs :
136gt 129nt
Date of loss :
1883, Oct 30
Place of loss : S
of Harbor entrance at Grand Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 6
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Whitehall, MI, for Chicago,
she drove ashore in a gale. Grand Haven Lifesaving Service rescued her crew,
but she broke up the next day. Out of Chicago; Harmon Oleson, Owner
Sources :
mv,h,polk,nsp,hgl,usls
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NAUTILUS
Other names :
none also seen as NAUTILLUS
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood (sloop, wood, 1-mast)
Build info :
(1816, Sandusky, OH)
Specs :
42x13x5, 24 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Oct 4
Place of loss :
Chicago Harbor, off the foot of Lake St.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
salt
Detail : She touched a bar and was holed
while trying to avoid 3 anchored schooners that were partially blocking the
harbor entrance. She sank just off the
harbor and was not much damaged, but tugs were unable to release her. A storm
about ten days later tore her to pieces. Master: Capt. Hackett. Owned by
Rounds, Hudson & Ranney, Chicago.
One reliable
source states that she was the old sloop shown in parentheses, but newspaper
clippings of 1854 call her a schooner.
One sailor died
when she capsized in a storm 50 mi above Erie, PA, Sep 18, 1817.
Sources :
is,www,hgl,nsp
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NAUTILUS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
130487
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1886, Poughkeepsie, NY
Specs :
88x14x4, 39g 20n
Date of loss :
1892, Aug 14
Place of loss :
Bark Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Heavily damaged by fire and
abandoned, she was later recovered, back in service the next year.
Listed in 1892 mv,
hgl as a yacht.
Sources :
gwgl,mv,lss
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JAMES NAVAGH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
13304
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1857, Baker & Navagh, Oswego, NY
Specs :
276 g
Date of loss :
1868, Oct 30
Place of loss : N
of Twin River Pt.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
15,000 bu. wheat
Detail :
Bound Milwaukee for Oswego, she struck north of Twin River Pt. and broke
in two, a total loss. The survivors of her crew spent a miserable night on her
bowsprit and were later rescued by local residents in two Mackinaw
boats from shore, but her cook later died of exposure. Master: Capt. Griffin.
NAVAGH's rigging was later salvaged and used in the schooner LOUISA McDONALD
(see LILY E.).
She went ashore
near Presque Islae, Mich [L. Huron] on
her maiden voyage in late Nov, 1857. She wasn't released until May of 1858.
Fifteen days before this accident her mate was killed by a piece of gear
breaking in the Welland Canal.
Ashore and
expected to break up on Middle Island, L. Huron, in October, 1864.
Sources :
bb,hgl,osdo,nsp,hr
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NAVAJO
Other names :
built as the steamer KING BEN, renamed in 1904
Official no. : C100660
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "rabbit"
Build info :
1895, R. Davis, Kingston, Ont.
Specs :
109x22x9, 145gc 69nc
Date of loss :
1914, Dec 6
Place of loss : S
side of Main Duck Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 21
Carrying :
light
Detail : She was driven ashore and
wrecked while trying to free the stranded steamer
Owned out of
Major repair after
a fire in 1896; rebuilt, 1905
Sources
: do2,ns2,csv,mmgl
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NAVARINO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18703
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1870, G. Rand,
Specs :
184x35x13, 761 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 9
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : This brand new vessel was lying
at a dock when the city of
Her machinery was
later salvaged and used in the new prop MENOMINEE (later
Sources :
is(1-60),sol,rsh,hgl,mpl,rsh
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NEBRASKA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1849, Hubbell, Milwaukee
Specs :
121x24x9, 241 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Oct 20
Place of loss :
near Milwaukee
Lake :
Michigan
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
brick
Detail :
This brig was run into on a foggy night by the Western Transportation
line propeller ORIENTAL and sunk "in the bay." A judge later decided
the prop was at fault for not taking action to avoid the sail vessel. Owned by
W. Hibbard & J. Stewart, Chicago.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,bb,wmhs,whs, blu[1856]
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NEEBING
Other names :
built as JOHN B. KETCHAM, 2nd; named GREENLAND in 1922, COALHURST in 1927, NEEBING the same
year
Official no. : C130435
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight sandsucker
Build info :
1892, Craig Shipbuilding, Toledo
hull# 52 US# 77057
Specs :
193x40x15, 1109gc 908nc
Date of loss :
1937, Sep 24
Place of loss : 800
yds off Eagle's Nest Pt, Nipigon Strait
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 of 14
Carrying :
gravel
Detail : She filled and sank in a gale
while towing the barge COTEAU. She had been bound Paradise Island for Red Rock,
Ont. Lies in 100' of water.
1st steel vessel
built especially for the lumber trade. Sold Canadian, 1913.
Sources :
mmgl,gwgl,sol,is,ns4,h,csv,lss,win,mpl,do
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NEECHEE
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1863
Place of loss :
shore of Russel Isl., W of Tobermory, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked in the shallows.
Sources :
slh not in
mmgl
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G.M. NEELON
Other names :
noted at launch as GEORGE MORTIMER NEELON
Official no. : C83147
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, S. Andrews & Son, Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Specs :
139x26x12, 334gc 314nc
Date of loss :
1892, Nov 7
Place of loss :
Gull Rock, tip of Keweenaw
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She broke from the tow of the
steamer S.L. TILLEY and struck the rocks in heavy seas. She was abandoned to
her underwriters, but was recovered by wrecker J.H. Gillett in November of
1893. Canadian National Archives shows her wrecked and total loss on Lake
Superior [no specifics], on Nov 29, 1897, while other sources say she may have
lasted even longer.
Sources :
mmgl,is,wbm,lss,bb,nsp
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HARVEY NEELON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C73953
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1876, S Andrews, Port Dalhousie
Specs :
74x17x8, 65gc 47nc
Date of loss :
1906, Aug 23
Place of loss :
Thunder Bay, Ont
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to a total loss
while her crew escaped in yawl. The cause of the fire was unknown.
Reportedly
partially iron framed.
Owned by Michael
Lemoux of Midland, Ont.
Sources :
csv(s2),nsp,mmgl
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ALBERT NEFF - See BUTCHER’S
MAID
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M.C. NEFF
Other names :
none
Official no. : 92013
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight, "lumber hooker"
Build info :
1888, S. Neff, Oshkosh, WI
Specs :
137x29x10, 276g 211n
Date of loss :
1909, Sep 20
Place of loss : St
Louis R., Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
pilings
Detail : She caught fire while unloading
and burned to a total loss.
Owned by Thompson
& Lavaque Lumber Co.
Lies about 500 ft
S of the Interstate Transfer RR brige, 50 ft from E shore.
Sources :
glp,gwgl,is,ns1,lss,mpl,eas
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S. NEFF
Other names :
sometimes seen as SAMUEL NEFF and SAM NEFF
Official no. :
115844
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight, lumber
Build info :
1881, Samuel J. Neff or James Ryan, Oshkosh, WI [on Lake Winnebago]
Specs :
128x30x6, 129g 94n
Date of loss :
1899, Sep 26
Place of loss :
Pelee Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
gravel?
Detail : The NEFF burned to a total loss
at her dock. She may have been Canadian
at time of loss, but owner is reported as John Corrigan, Cleveland.
Driven on
breakwater at Cleveland by storm, Aug 11, 1892. Heavily damaged & declared
total loss, but later rebuilt.
Built as a rafting
tug and packet, her engine and boiler came from the large rafting tug AJAX.
Sources :
h,mv,pss,mpl,usls,wl
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SIDNEY O. NEFF
Other names :
named M.C. & M.C. No. 2 from 1920 to 24, then returned to her
original name
Official no. :
116377
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, Burger, Manitowoc, WI as a schooner-barge
Specs :
150x30x10, 347g
Date of loss :
1940, Jun
Place of loss :
mouth of Menominee R., Menominee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She sprang a leak at the mouth
of the river and sank, then was abandoned
in place. The wreck is located
.35 mi SE of Menominee S. pierhead light.
Some sources say she was abandoned at that spot.
Converted from
schooner-barge to bulk freighter in 1896.
Sources :
glp,sol,ns4,h,lmdc,mv,mpl,wgts
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NEGAUNEE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18467
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, I. Nicholas, Vermilion, OH as 3-mast schooner
Specs :
196x34x12, 641g 609n
Date of loss :
1906, Oct 1
Place of loss : off
Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Tow of steamer CITY oF CONCORD
(which sank as well), she went on reef in a gale and was heavily damaged.
Before she could be released, another storm on the 30th pushed her off the reef
and into deep water. Owned out of Cleveland by Bradley fleet.
Sunk in a
collision with the schooner E. M. PORTCH near Kewaunee, Wis., in 1880.
Sources :
ns1,mv,mv,nsp,eas,wgts
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NEILSON - See NILSON
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EMMA L. NEILSON
Other names :
none often spelled NIELSON
Official no. :
135665
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info :
1883, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, as a schooner
Specs :
98x21x6, 90g 86n
Date of loss :
1911, Jun 26
Place of loss : 12
mi E of Tawas Point
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none?
Carrying :
light
Detail : Upbound, she struck the
deep-laden steel ore carrier WYANDOTTE and sank quickly. Her crew quickly
abandoned in her boat, and were picked up by WYANDOTTE.
Sources :
eas,slh,ns2,mv,lhdc,nsp,phr,mpl,sip
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LENA M. NEILSON
Other names :
none often spelled NIELSON
Official no. :
141426
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info :
1896, Ludington
Specs :
79x25x7, 86 t.
Date of loss :
1898, Nov 10
Place of loss :
near Lakeside, MI, N of New Buffalo
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 4
Carrying :
130,000 board feet umber
Detail : Bound Manistee for Benton
Harbor, she got in trouble trying to navigate around the wreck of the steamer
CITY OF DULUTH (qv) in the mouth of St. Joseph harbor in heavy seas. After
failed attempts by her crew and the U.S. Lifesaving Service and two local tugs
to rescue her, she was driven back out into the lake, drifted almost 25 miles,
then was thrown ashore by a gale and
wrecked, a total loss. Her crew was
rescued by the Lifesaving Service crew from St. Joseph, who came to the site by
train and then spent several hours trying to get a line to the boat. Owned and
commanded by Capt. Evan Neilson, Ludington
Sources :
h,lmdc,nsp,hgl,bb,lotl
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NEKICK
Other names :
also seen as NAKICK, later renamed FLORA
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1838 Sheboygan, Wis.
Specs :
40 t.
Date of loss :
1850, Aug 9
Place of loss :
just W of Cape Vincent, NY
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 [all]
Carrying :
mechandise
Detail :
Bound
Sources :
rp,h,wl,hgl,wmhs
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ELSIE NELL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
136927
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood, fishing
Build info :
1901 or 1911, Peach Bros.,
Specs :
62x16x8, 41g 28n
Date of loss :
1935, Aug 27
Place of loss : at
Drummond Isl.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss in
Pigeon Cove.
Sources :
slh,mv,mpl,bb
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NELLIE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
52204
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1868, J. Lamott,
Specs :
55x17x4, 28g 27n
Date of loss :
1878, Sep
Place of loss :
unreported
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered
at
Sources : vbs,phr,mv
————————————————————————±
NELLIE
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
(1866, Donaldson, Black R., OH)
Specs :
8 t.
Date of loss :
1881, Sep 4 or 5
Place of loss : 1/4
mile W of Port Sherman, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 or 3 [all]
Carrying :
fruit, vegetables
Detail :
Bound Holland for Charlevoix, MI., she capsized in Muskegon harbor
entrance while trying to enter in a gale. Her two-man crew* was swept away and
drowned quickly, even though the Lifesaving Service and several tugs rushed to
her assistance.
*Newspaper
articles say the crew consisted of a man and two boys.
Sources :
usls,nsp
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NELLIE MAY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
130215
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1881, E. Wilkinson, East Tawas, MI
Specs :
58x17x7, 27g 26n
Date of loss :
1900?
Place of loss : at
Harbor Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and abandoned at
Harbor Beach.
Abandoned off
Lexington, Mich, in Sep, 1899, when her crew thought she would sink. She was
found later, floating merrily at anchor.
Sources :
mv,phr,polk,nsp
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NELLIE TERESA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C71063
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1874, Jamieson, Mill Point, Ont.
Specs :
??x23x8, 78gc 78nc
Date of loss :
1884, May 2
Place of loss : at
Port Hope, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was caught in a gale and
wrecked at a pier.
Hailed from
Napanee, Ont.
A steamer (tug?)
called ELIZA BONAR shows in Canadian records with the same official number,
builder information and port of hail.
She was burned
Sources :
mmgl,h,hgl,wmn
————————————————————————
NELSON - See
also SCOURGE
————————————————————————±
NELSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18173
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1866, Ellsworth & Davidson,
Specs :
199x34x14, 767g 729n
Date of loss :
1899, May 13
Place of loss : off
Grand
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 of 8
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Tow of steamer A. FOLSOM(qv),
she broke her towline in a gale, went to pieces and sank offshore in 300 feet
of water. The vessels had been unable to
manage the harbor entrance at Grand Marais, and tugs would not risk the storm
to bring them in. The captain was the only survivor; his wife and child
perished along with the crew when the schooner went to the bottom with the yawl
and its occupants still in its davits. Floating
on the roof of the cabin he came ashore at precisely the same spot that the
sole survivor ot the sunken steamer
Ashore behind
Rebuilt, enlarged
[36 ft. longer, 2 ft wider, 2 ft deeper] in 1887.
Sources :
phr,lssc,gwgl,is,lss,mpl,nsp
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CHARLES NELSON
Other names :
Official no. :
4359
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1862, W. Allen,
Specs :
8 t.
Date of loss :
1876, Oct 14
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Burned to the waterline one Saturday evening, a total loss, as she was
considered to small and old to consider repairing. She had been lying at her
dock at the Chicago Avenue bridge. This had been her third major accident of
the year.
Owned by her
skipper, Charles Johnson, Chicago
Sources :
nsp,mv,wl,wmn
————————————————————————±
O.M. NELSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
155066
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1882, Baker, Suttons Bay, MI
Specs :
104x25x7, 167g 159n
Date of loss :
1899, Jun 4
Place of loss :
near Pilot Isl., Porte des Mortes
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fog
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She ran on a reef southwest of
Pilot Island in a heavy fog and jammed fast. Her crew was taken off by the
Porte des Mortes lightkeeper. The schooner was a total loss by December,
despite the efforts of the tugs MONARCH and ELSIE as well as the big carferry
ANN ARBOR No. 3. Owned by Peter Hanson of Washington Island, Wis, and others.
Some sources say she was also declared a
total loss following an accident on nearby Plum Island, Jun 4, 1889, but this
may be a misreporting of the accident above.
Sources :
mv,h,polk,nsp,atl,bb,wgts
————————————————————————±
W. S. NELSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1855, Lafrinier & Stevenson, Cleveland
Specs :
136x26x11, 378 t.
Date of loss :
1861, Oct 22
Place of loss :
near Presque Isle, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
grain
Detail :
She was driven ashore - along with eight other schooners - by a terrific
gale and broke up over the next few days. Out of Oswego, owned by Wm. Baldwin
& Co.
Sources :
nsp,hgl (says L. Ont),jm
————————————————————————±
NEMESIS
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood,2-mast
Build info :
1868, H. Marlton, Goderich, Ont.
Specs :
74x19x7, 82gc 82nc
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 11
Place of loss :
near Bayfield, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Reported wrecked, but possibly
recovered. Shown on one list as still operating in 1898. Registration closed,
1907 as "no longer operating." Not on 1882 insurance list.
Owned out of
Southampton, Ont. by J. Spence.
Sources :
mmgl,clu,nsp,polk,hgl,mpl,eb
————————————————————————
NEPTUNE - See also W.L. BROWN
————————————————————————±
NEPTUNE
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1836,
Specs :
(166 t.)?
Date of loss :
1839, Nov 25 [also given in error as 1840]
Place of loss :
Little Point Sable
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
18 of 21
Carrying :
general merchandise
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Chicago, she
was driven ashore and wrecked by a gale.
The captain and two crewmen tried to make it to shore to go for help, but only
the captain survived of the three. Two other survivors were found ashore more
than a week later, and had saved themselves from dying of exposure by the
“medicinal” use of a barrel of rum from the cargo. One lost most of the use of
his legs, though, and was for decades afterwards a character at Erie, Pa.,
where he was known as “Peg-Leg” Webster. Master: Capt. John H. Sims, who was
also half owner.
The vessel MAY
have been recovered and rebuilt as a schooner or may have been a recently
rebuilt schooner at the time of her loss.
Sources :
is(1-61,2-60),gs,hgl,nsp,mmo
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NEPTUNE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18115
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1856, V. Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo
Specs :
185x30x11, 774g [636 t. om]
Date of loss :
1874, Nov 24
Place of loss : at
Saginaw, Saginaw R.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss in
Emerson Bayou, Saginaw, probably as a result of a watchman's lantern or stove.
She may have been burned purposely, as a Detroit newspaper clipping says she
was "profitably disposed of."
Owned by Capt. Geo. Felcher, Saginaw.
Document
surrendered at Port Huron 1/14/1878.
Sources :
phr,mv,lhl,mpl,wl,nsp
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NESHOTO
Other names :
also seen as NESHOTA
Official no. :
18104
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1864, G.S. Rand, Two Rivers, WI
Specs :
287 t.
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 28
Place of loss :
Sturgeon Point, North of Harrisville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 of 7
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She foundered near the point in
a powerful, but local, gale. For awhile it was thought that she could be
recovered, but she was totally destroyed during the following winter.
Homeport in 1869,
Milwaukee
See also CORSAIR
Sources :
nsp,slh,nsp,hgl,rep,rsl
————————————————————————±
NESHOTO
Other names :
none Some years of MVUS call
her NESHOTA
Official no. :
130940
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, Quayle & Son, Cleveland
Specs :
284x43x22, 2255g 1905n
Date of loss :
1908, Sep 27
Place of loss :
near Crisp Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none of 16
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound Superior, WI, for Buffalo
and blinded by forest fire smoke, she drove ashore near the Point. Not severely
damaged, but destroyed by a later storm before she could be removed.
Sources :
lssc,lss,gwgl,is,ns1,h,mv,mpl,eas
————————————————————————±
N.J. NESSEN
Other names :
built as H. LUELLA WORTHINGTON, renamed in 1904
Official no. : 95603
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1880, D. Root, Lorain, OH
Specs :
149x28x12, 375g 320n
Date of loss :
1929, Oct 22
Place of loss :
Pigeon Bay, near Leamington, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 13
Carrying :
scrap iron
Detail : She broke in two and sank in a
gale. It is often reported that all hands were lost, but this is not true. Her
crew was rescued by a hastily-formed group of local fishermen.
Sank up to her
decks in 1919 near Meaford, Georgian Bay.
Her bell resides
at the Leamington Marina.
Sources :
scan(31/1),slh,sol,is,ns3,ledc,win,mpl,eas
————————————————————————±
GEORGE NESTER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85976
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1887, S Gibson & G. Nester, Baraga, MI
Specs :
207x35x14, 791g 751n
Date of loss :
1909, Apr 30
Place of loss :
Huron Isls., E of Keweenaw, off the lighthouse
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
probably lumber
Detail : She broke her towline to the steamer
SCHOOLCRAFT in a spring blizzard/gale and drove ashore, where she broke up. Her
crew perished while the U.S. lighthouse tender MARIGOLD was still attempting to
rescue them.
Sources :
eas,gwgl,is,ns1,h,mv,lss,mpl
————————————————————————±
NEVADA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18319
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs :
136x26x11, 318 t.
Date of loss :
1886, Oct 14
Place of loss : 5
mi E of Ashtabula harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Upbound, she was stripped of
her canvas by a gale and went into the shallows. The schooner BENSON rescued
her crew by small boat after several attempts from shore had failed. Owned by
John Martin of Oswego
Major repairs in
1881 and 1884
Sources :
is,polk,nsp,tel,osdo,hgl,mpl,es,rp,ewl
————————————————————————±
NEVADA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
130218
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1882, Crosthwaite, Bay City
Specs :
186x30x12, 634g 504n
Date of loss :
1890, Nov 15*
Place of loss : 20 mi
NE of Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
1,500 t. coal
Detail : She sprang a leak in gale and
began to founder. Her crew was taken off and the vessel taken in tow by the
steamer MANCHESTER, which towed her board-on-board until she sank two hours
later. Originally bound Sandusky for Sheboygan, WI. She was a total loss of
about $55,000. Owned by Capt. Landgraff, Sandusky. Master: Capt. James P.
Godman. In 1893 Capt. Godman and the ship’s engineer were arrested on the
charge of “casting her away” (i.e. scuttling for profit). The results are not
known, but the captain was a member of Shipmaster’s Association after this and
a ship was named for him in 1908.
*Date also given
as Nov 8, in error
Sources :
vbs,slh,gwgl,h,lss,wb,hgl,sb,bb,mpl,eas,es,wgts,nsp
————————————————————————±
OLLIE NEVILLE
Other names : ?
Official no. :
(155136)
Type at loss :
schooner (or paddle steamer), wood
Build info :
1887, (Brownsville, PA)
Specs :
70 t. (93x26x3, 70g 70n)
Date of loss :
1905, Jan 3
Place of loss : off Ripley, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : ?
Loss of life :
none of 3
Carrying :
?
Detail : There is a strangely
sketchy report on her loss, considering
information on the vessel. The report shows in the Merchant Vessels of the U.
S. list of 1906.
Parenthesized
vessel was a sternwheeler registered out of
Wheeling W.Va. in 1894. Only vessel of this name in MVUS.
Sources :
mv
————————————————————————±
NEW BRUNSWICK
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1847, Shickluna, St. Catharines
Specs :
138x26x11, 400 t.
Date of loss :
1858, Aug 26
Place of loss :
abreast of Pelee Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 of 9
Carrying :
black walnut timbers
Detail : Her cargo shifted in a storm as
she was passing Pelee Isl. causing her to capsize and sink. Much of her
valuable cargo, still in excellent condition, was salvaged in 1985. Owner:
Henry Eberts, Chatham, Ont. Master: Capt. McTavish.
Many salvagers had
looked for her, but though some of her lumber was found, the ship herself was
not located until 1982-3.
She was the 1st
vessel to haul grain directly from Chicago to Europe.
Sources :
is,le,h,ledc,lsp,hgl,mpl,eas,ew
not in mmgl
————————————————————————±
NEW CONNECTICUT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss : schooner,
wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1828, Painesville or Fairport, OH
Specs :
64x18x6, 63 t.
Date of loss :
1833, Sep 4
Place of loss : off
present day site of Portland, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
flour and wheat
Detail : Bound Conneaut for Buffalo, she
sprang a leak and capsized. Her crew abandoned ship, leaving a woman passenger, the aunt of the
vessel’s owner, behind. She was found still
alive under the upturned hull 5 days later. Owner: Capt. Gilman Appleby. The vessel is
reported to have survived the incident.
Sources :
is(4-58),hgl,wl,wmn,edd
————————————————————————
NEW DOMINION - See also IDA
WALKER
————————————————————————±
NEW DOMINION
Other names :
none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, Andrews & Son, Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Specs :
190g 154n
Date of loss :
1884, Oct 26
Place of loss : off
Port Maitland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
4 or more [all]
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Left Cleveland bound for St
Catharine's, but never arrived. She was
presumed to have just "gone missing" until her wreckage was found in
the shallows about 8 miles off Gull Island Nov 1. Out of Toronto, owned by her
skipper and her mate, Capts. J Griffith(d) and J J Daley(d).
Probably the
vessel that stranded near Erie, PA, with heavy damage in the spring of 1880.
Ashore with
significant damage near Amherstburg, Ont., Jul, 1879.
(several vessels
of this name. This one not in mmgl)
Major repair, 1870
Scow NEW DOMINION
[65x19x3, 49 t. b. 1867, J. Wyatt, Pike Creek] was reported sunk on L. St.
Clair 5/10/91.
Sources :
mmgl,clu,sol,h,is,nsp,hgl,usls,es,sip,eas,es
————————————————————————
NEW ERA - See EMPRESS
————————————————————————±
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18106
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1846, J. T. Rundell, Kalamazoo R. [Saugatuck], MI
Specs :
87x21x7, 94g 89n
Date of loss :
1885, Oct 21
Place of loss :
Alcona, MI, 4 mi N of lighthouse at Sturgeon Pt., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 3
Carrying :
cordwood
Detail : She pounded her seams open
against a pier, sank and was wrecked. Her outfit was removed by the scow SEA
BIRD. The hulk was later towed out to a nearby reef and abandoned. 39 years old
when lost. Reg out of Detroit, owned by James Brouty.
She capsized and
sank in a collision and was thought to be a total loss in December, 1872.
Also heavily
damaged in a stranding near Marblehead, OH, L.
Erie, in 1879.
Wrecked and
presumed a total loss in the “ALPENA Storm,” Oct 16, 1880.
Rebuilt at
Chicago, 1864. Major repair in 1871.
Sources :
phr,mv,nsp,slh,h,is,hgl,usls,wl
————————————————————————±
NEW LISBON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18111
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, G.A. Thayer, Ashtabula
Specs :
115x25x9, 162 t. [236 t. old
measure]
Date of loss :
1871, Sep 10
Place of loss : off
Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
staves
Detail : Bound for Ashtabula, she
capsized in a white squall. Her crew was
rescued by the prop ANNIE YOUNG. The
hulk drifted around for a few days while several tugs searched for her. It was
finally located in midlake by the Canadian schooner JENNIE P. MACK on the 19th
and towed into port, but was declared a constructive total loss and abandoned
on the 29th. Homeport: Ashtabula, owned by H. Hubbard & Co.
Sources :
nsp,sagl,mv,hgl,rsl
————————————————————————±
NEW ORLEANS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1844, B.F. Goodson, Detroit
Specs :
185x27x13, 610 t.
Date of loss :
1849, Jun 11
Place of loss :
Thunder Bay. MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She went aground in a heavy fog
and became a total loss. Her passengers and crew made it to Thunder Bay Island
by small boat, where they were cared for by the lighthouse keeper.The year of her loss is subject to debate (also given as
1853), but contemporary newspaper clippings show this date. Value of vessel and
cargo: $25,000.
Enrollment
document of Jun 3, 1846 is annotated “surrendered vessel wrecked June 1846.”
Sources :
slh,hdm,lhl,hgl,mpl,nsp,wl,bcw
————————————————————————±
NEW ORLEANS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
130333
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1885, Morley & Hill, Marine City
Specs :
232x38x14, 1457g 1170n
Date of loss :
1906, Jun 30
Place of loss : off
Thunder Bay Isl., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She collided with the steel
steamer WILLIAM R. LINN in a heavy fog and sank. Most of her crew clambered
across to the LINN when the two vessels were still stuck together. LINN also
pulled two from the lake. Owned by John R. Hall et. al. of Buffalo.
Also stranded and
abandoned on Whitefish Point, Lake Michigan [10 mi N of Sturgeon Bay], Oct 18,
1903.
Sources :
nsp,stb,ns1,mv,lhdc,mpl
————————————————————————
NEW YORK - See
also HELLIWELL
————————————————————————±
NEW YORK
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1832, Pt. Peninsula, NY
Specs :
80 t.
Date of loss :
1839, Sep 15
Place of loss : off
Petticoat Shoal, Pt. Traverse
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
9or 6
Carrying :
pipe staves
Detail : She was wrecked and sunk in 4 fathoms of
water, about a half-mile from shore. Wreckage was located in 1895.
Owned by Crocker
& Bronson of
Sources :
1895nsp,hgl,wmn
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C33536
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1847, Oades,
Specs :
125x26x10, 214 t.
Date of loss :
1873, Oct 19
Place of loss :
west of "new pier (i.e. breakwater)",
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
Bound
Out of
Sold Canadian in
1861, converted to a schooner about 1870.
She was owned out
of
Sources :
nsp,hgl,clu,mmgl,wl,jm
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18119
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1856, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs :
183x32x12, 704 t. [995 om]
Date of loss :
1876, Oct 14
Place of loss : off
Forester, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 of 16
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Parry Sound for
*schooner BUTCHER
BOY and barges NELLIE McGILVERAY and A.J. CORREY.
Ashore and heavily
damaged on Point Abino in November, 1874.
Converted to a
steam barge in 1873, major repairs in 1864
Sources :
slh,h,upi,lhl,mv,usls,mpl,rp,es,rsl,eas,nsp
————————————————————————±
NEW YORK
Other names :
none
Official no. : C72588
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1861, H.C. Pearson, Ogdensburg, NY
US#18317
Specs :
96x17x7, 129gc 81nc
Date of loss :
1878
Place of loss : at
Deseronto, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Sold Canadian in 1877,
hopefully at a bargain price, for when she was hauled out on the ways for
rebuilding, she fell apart, a constructive total loss. Her remains were later
burned to clear the ways.
Sources :
csv,lhl,mmgl,rsl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
130157
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freighter
Build info :
1879, Union Dry Dock Co.,
Specs :
269x37x16, 1922g 1752n
Date of loss :
1910, Oct 1
Place of loss : 30
mi NE of North Point,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
(gen frt)
Detail : She began to break up in a
terrific storm. Her distress signals were spotted by the steel steamer
MATAAFA(qv), which came to windward and blocked the weather while
Longest vessel on
the lakes when built. Rebuilt from package to bulk freighter in 1908.
*also given as
"a few miles from Thunder Bay Isl.,""near South Point" and
"center of the mouth of
Sources :
stb,slh,sol,ns2,lhdc,mv,mpl,eas,hcgl
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NEWASH
Other names :
also seen as
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1864, Nov 9
Place of loss :
Horse-shoe [Lucas]
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : [maybe all hands]
Carrying :
lumbermen, horses, supplies
Detail : Bound
Sources :
slh,hgl,nsp,wmn
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NEWAYGO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
130488
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight, lumber
Build info :
1890, A. Anderson, Marine City
Specs :
196x37x13, 906g 698n
Date of loss :
1903, Nov 17
Place of loss :
Devil's Reef, N of Tobermory, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Upbound, she missed the channel
in a blinding blizzard-gale and went
aground. A succession of storms tore her to pieces. She had been bound Cleveland for French
River, Ont., towing the barge CHECOTAH. Wreckage ended up on Devil Isl. Reef.
Owned out of Port Huron by Henry McMorran.
Sources :
slh,s,mv,lhdc,nsp,phr,mpl,eas
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OLIVER NEWBERRY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1832, Fairbank Church, Palmer, MI
Specs :
121x20x8, 170 t.
Date of loss :
1839, Apr
Place of loss :
near Toledo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered. No detail.
Perhaps recovered
- hgl shows her demise as "broken up." Last discovered registration
document is 1836.
Sources :
lhl,wl,wmhs
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A. H. NEWBOLD
Other names :
also seen as NEWBOULD, A. W. NEWBOLD
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1848, J. S. Andrews, China, MI
Specs : 93x22x8,
153 t. om
Date of loss :
1852, Nov 11
Place of loss : on
the breakwall at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
in ballast
Detail :
She set out from the same harbor, but before reaching Point Abino ran
into a gale. She put back for Buffalo, but was unable to enter the harbor due
to the obstruction of the entrance by another vessel. By the time a line was
brought ashore, she was up on the breakwater and going to pieces. Her mate swam
to the breakwater with a rope about his waist and the other crewmen were able
to get ashore via that.
Out of Chicago,
owned by Tremain. Master: Capt. Ballantyne.
In the 2nd
week of December, 1851, she reportedly capsized with the loss of all hands off
Holland, MI, losing about 30 crewmen and passengers. If true this would be the
greatest sailing ship disaster in Lake Michigan history. She was laden with
lumber camp supplies and had 8 yoke of oxen on deck. Also stranded on Racine
Reef in December, 1848.
Sources : nsp,hgl,wl,bb,sf,rnc
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NEWBURGH
Other names :
built as steamer WILLIAM M. TWEED, renamed in 1874
Official no. :
80265
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1871, Union Dry Dock, Buffalo
Specs :
216x33x14, 1299g 1195n
Date of loss :
1892, Nov 19
Place of loss : 10
mi W of Long Point lighthouse
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
"valuable" including flour, pig iron, rags
Detail : She went aground near Port
Burwell and was destroyed by a SW gale and blizzard. She had been bound for
Buffalo and was valued at about $90,000, with her cargo. Owner: Lackawanna Line
[Kelderhouse Syndicate]. Master: Capt. Dunn. Her boiler was recovered in and
1895 went into the steamer RUBE RICHARDS. Much of her cargo was recovered by
the Canadian propeller A. H. JENNIE.
Registered out of
Buffalo to “Lackawanna Line” of the Kelderhouse synducate
Sources :
mv,ledc,polk,wb,hgl,nsp,mpl,wmn
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NEWBURYPORT
Other names :
also seen as NEWBERRYPORT
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1829, Erie, PA*
Specs :
75g 36n
Date of loss :
1834, Oct**
Place of loss :
near Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and lost.
*also seen as
1832, Erie
**1836 also seen
Sources :
lhl,hgl,is,wmn
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H. R.
NEWCOMB
Other names :
none
Official no. :
95428
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1876, Thos. Arnold, E. Saginaw,
Mich
Specs :
184x32x14, 895g 850n
Date of loss :
1890, Nov 22
Place of loss : off Nine Mile Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Went ashore in a late fall storm while in tow of the steamer PROCTOR and
her tow line parted. After drifting from a point off
Sources :
nsp,bb,mv,vbs
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D. NEWHALL - See RAY S. FARR
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JOHN S. NEWHOUSE
Other names :
none also seen as J.S. NEWHOUSE
Official no. :
12764
Type at loss :
barge, wood, lumber
Build info :
1856, Peck & Masters, Cleveland as a 2-mast schooner
Specs :
135(oa)x26x11, 292 t. [381 t. old
measure]
Date of loss :
1874, Oct 25
Place of loss : at
Grand Haven
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She went ashore and wrecked, a total loss. Out of
She caught fire,
burned to the waterline and was scuttled
in
Ashore near
Goderich, Ont. in the great storm of November, 1860.
Dismasted in the
Straits in a storm of Oct, 1856.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,rsl,blu[1856]
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OSCAR NEWHOUSE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19459
Type at loss :
gas propeller schooner, wood, packet
Build info :
1876, Olsen,
Specs :
70x20x7, 70g 65n
Date of loss :
1927, Jul 8
Place of loss :
Rocky Pt., MI
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered
at
Converted from
2-mast schooner to auxiliary gas screw between 1895 and 1910.
She was reportedly
used as a rumrunner in her later years.
Sources :
phr,mv,polk,mpl,eas
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J.B. NEWLAND
Other names :
none also seen as J. B. NEWLAN
Official no. :
75366
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, lumber
Build info :
1870, G. Henderson, Manitowoc, WI
Specs :
111x26x8, 158g 150n
Date of loss :
1910, Sep 8
Place of loss : E
of S. Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 6
Carrying :
?
Detail : She went ashore in fog and
blizzard conditions. Thought to be a total loss, she was later recovered by the
U.S. reverue cutter TUSCARORA.
Sold Canadian in
1914 [C#103820]. Registry closed in March, 1922, then towed out and scuttled
off Kingston, Ont., in 1929, dropped from Canadian List of Shipping in 1932.
Sources :
mv,nb,osdo,mmgl,mpl,wl
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NEWSBOY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18086
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1862, Kirby & Hoyt, Saginaw, MI
Specs :
152x31x13, 413g 393n
Date of loss :
1891, Nov 17
Place of loss :
near Rock Isl., WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
54,000 t. corn
Detail : She was driven ashore on South
Fisherman’s Shoal by a NW gale and was
reported to have gone to pieces on Nov 21. Her crew and two would-be lifesavers
were stranded aboard until rescued on the 19th by the tug MONARCH.
Owned by Tremble and Patterson, Chicago and sailed by Capt. William Patterson.
Collided with and
sunk the schooner E.B. ALLEN(qv) in Nov 18,
1871.
Some sources show
her built as a bark.
Rebuilt, 1884.
Sources :
mv,vbs,h,sbs,polk,wb,hgl,sb,eas,wgts,nsp
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U.S.S. NIAGARA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast, naval vessel
Build info :
1813, Presque Isle(Erie), PA
Specs :
480 t.
Date of loss :
1833 [approx.]
Place of loss :
Misery Bay, off Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Sank out of sheer neglect. Raised and rebuilt in 1913 for Centennial of
Battle of Lake Erie. Still sails the Lakes.
Perry's flagship
during Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812.
Sources :
le,phgl,nsp,mpl
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NIAGARA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1826, Black Rock (Buffalo), NY
Specs :
102x21x8, 157 t.
Date of loss :
1837, Jul 7
Place of loss :
near Huron, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She collided with steamer PENNSYLVANIA and
heavily damaged. She was reserved for future rebuilding, but was never
repaired. The hulk was burned to retrieve metal parts and scuttled in L. Erie,
Apr 3, 1842.
Owned by L. Happ,
Monroe, MI
Sources :
lhl,hgl,is,wl
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NIAGARA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1845, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo, NY
Specs :
230x34x14, 1,009 t. om
Date of loss :
1856, Sep 24
Place of loss : 1.5
miles off Port Washington, WI in 55 ft of water
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
about 70 of around 140. Sources vary widely as to the number of lives
lost.
Carrying :
general freight and passengers
Detail : She caught fire well offshore
while bound Collingwood, Ont. for Chicago. The skipper turned her and ran her
for shore, but the speed just fanned the flames and she burned through and sank
a few miles short. The steamers TRAVELER
and ILLINOIS and a number of schooners including MARBLE and MARY GROVER helped
to rescue the survivors. It was later determined that some flammable material
in her freight was the cause of the fire. The loss caused an uproar in the
Cleveland papers about the shipping of contraband flammable goods. She was an
insurance loss of $70,000, equivalent to
roughly $1.5 million today. Owned by the Collingwood line of the New York and
Erie RR. Master: Capt. F. S. Miller. Out of Erie, Pa., in 1855.
Sources :
lmdc,lhl,glss,lh,lm,is,hgl,lmdc,nsp,mpl,eas,ctw,wl,gmw,air, blu[1856]
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NIAGARA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1850, L. Wilson, Wilson, NY
Specs :
88x19x7, 106gc
Date of loss :
1856, Dec 3
Place of loss : at
Port Hope, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
at least 2
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
The schooner was driven ashore and stranded off Port Hope. Local sailors
assembled two lifeboats and volunteered to crew them, and affected a rescue of
the
Out of
Sources :
nsp,mmgl,air
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
52161
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
1849,
Specs :
173x24x10, 295 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Nov (18)
Place of loss :
near Alabaster,
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Reported ashore and a total loss in the big storm of '69.
Converted from a
passenger steamer to a barge in 1867 after wrecking her machinery near
Sources :
hgl,wmn,bb,wl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
18787
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, Parsons & Humble,
Specs :
205x34x14, 764g 727n
Date of loss :
1887, Sep 7
Place of loss : 3.5
mi off Vermilion Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
9or 10 [all]
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She slipped into the
wave-troughs in a heavy gale, capsized and sank. Her iron ore, which was
usually a very stable cargo, had shifted in the big waves. Tow of steamer
Major repair in
1883. She had also been involved in a number of other serious accidents.
Wreckage located
in 1972.
Sources :
mv,nsp,is(4-73),gwgl,lssc,lss,wb,hgl,usls,sb,mpl,eas,es3-1,bb
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NIAGARA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C73951
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steam barge"
Build info :
1875, Simpson, St, Catharine's
Specs :
136x26x12, 468 t.
Date of loss :
1899, Dec 5
Place of loss : 8 mi E of Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
16 [all]*