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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
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
light
Detail :
She had just been purchased for $800 and was enroute from
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,
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.
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,
Specs : 94 t.
Date of loss :
1814, Aug 14
Place of
loss :
site of
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was burned and sunk by
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
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 to 5
Carrying :
hard coal
Detail : Bound
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
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
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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.
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
Rebuilt in 1869
Sources :
nsp,wmhs,polk,wmn,hgl,bb
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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,
Specs :
137x25x11, 303g 288n
Date of loss :
1898, Oct 14
Place of
loss :
near Bar Point
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
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,
Specs : 136gt
129nt
Date of loss :
1883, Oct 30
Place of
loss :
S of Harbor entrance at Grand Haven, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 6
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound
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,
Specs : 42x13x5, 24 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Oct 4
Place of
loss :
