©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
O
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ELLEN O'BRIEN
Other names :
also seen as JOHN O'BRIEN, JULIAN V. O'BRIEN
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1864, Buffalo
Specs :
27 t.
Date of loss :
1866, May 27
Place of loss : off
Sheerwater, Grand Island, Niagara R.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
tug in tow
Detail :
She had just arrived off Sheerwater when her boiler exploded violently.
Fortunately, her skipper/owner was the only casualty.
Owned by her
master, Capt. John J. Klepser(d),
Buffalo.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,lhl
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FRANK O'CONNOR
Other names :
built as prop CITY OF NAPLES, renamed in 1916
Official no. :
126899
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1891, J. Davidson, W. Bay City
hull# 50
Specs :
301x43x20, 2109g 1772n
Date of loss :
1919, Oct 2
Place of loss : 10
mi off Cana Isl., near tip of Door Pen.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She caught fire, burned to
total loss and sank offshore. Her crew was rescued by the Cana Isl. lightkeeper
and the Bailey's Harbor C.G.
Sources :
eas,vbs,mv,ns2
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MARY O’GORMAN
Other names :
also seen as M. O'GORMAN
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, Wm. LaChappelle, Kingston, Ont.
Specs :
89x20x7, 108 t.
Date of loss :
1884, Jan 22
Place of loss : at
Kingston, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She burned to a total loss. She was probably laid up for the winter at
the time. Owned out of
Found dismasted
and abandoned off Oswego, NY, in Nov of 1869, with her cabin door locked and
her crew apparently lost [yawl later found capsized]. She later came ashore 9
miles E of Oswego. 7 lives were lost.
One report says
she was ashore near
Sources :
hgl,nsp,mmgl,mdwl,wmn
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LOUIE O'NEILL
Other names :
built as S.D. CALDWELL, renamed in 1884
Official no. :
14654
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1862, Stevens & Presley, Cleveland
as a propeller
Specs :
196x31x13, 523 t.
Date of loss :
1887, Apr 29
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
collision/storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She foundered as a result of a
collision with the schooner THOMAS L. PARKER, another of a line of schooners
behind the tug V SWAIN, which encountered a gale and went out of control. Her
crew made it to Conneaut in her boat, after struggling against the storm for 60
hours. Her name change and her loss were reported at
Owned by Robert
Holland,
Major repair in 1879.
Rebuilt from prop to barge in 1884.
Sources :
phr,lhl,mv,hgl,mpl,es2-4,es3-1,ewe
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W.H. OADES
Other names :
none also seen as WALTER H.
OADES
Official no. :
62445
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1869, J. Oades,
Specs :
170 ft., 230g 219n
Date of loss :
1888, Aug 20
Place of loss : 2
mi from "the Dummy" [Pt. Pelee]
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
16,000 bu wheat
Detail : She collided with big schooner
R. HALLARAN and sank. The HALLORAN just continued on, while the OADES' crew
escaped in her yawl to the "Dummy" lighthouse. Out of Oswego, owned
by Stone, et. al. Master: Capt. Pat Hurley.
She had been
dubbed "the unluckiest boat on the lakes," due to her numerous
mishaps and accidents, including groundings in 1872, 1880, 1881 and 1884.
Not in '69 mvus
Sources :
polk,hgl,mv,nsp,osdo,hgl,es3-1,wmn
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OAKLAND
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19298
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, package freight
Build info :
1867, Wm. Loomas, Erie, PA on the hull of the 1840 steamer MISSOURI
Specs :
184x28x10, 311g
Date of loss :
1883, Sep 17
Place of loss : off
Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 11
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Bay City, MI, for Erie,
PA, having just dropped the barge GEORGE
W WESLEY at Cleveland, she was overwhelmed by a NW gale. Foundered after seven of her crew had
abandoned in her tiny yawl. The four who remained on board as she went down
were rescued from a makeshift raft 30 hours later. Out of Cleveland, owned by
Capt. Stevens, her skipper.
Lytle list shows
her as "abandoned" the same year.
Sources :
lhl,hgl,polk,iwm,nsp
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OAKWOOD
Other names :
built as prop CITY OF BERLIN, renamed CHARLES A LUCK in 1915, RICHLAND
STAR in 1916, OAKWOOD in 1925
Official no. :
126717
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1891, J. Davidson, W. Bay City
hull# 40
Specs :
298x41x21, 2050g 1711n
Date of loss :
1925, Aug 9
Place of loss :
Blackwell's Canal, Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : stranded/fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : She stranded on Miller's Point,
Lake Erie, in heavy weather on Jun 8. She was recovered by a Toronto salvager
and towed to Buffalo, but burned to a total loss during surveying. What was
left of her was later burned again to salvage metal parts.
Sources :
vbs,mv,sol,ns3,mv,eas
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OCEAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood. 2-mast
Build info :
1836, Swan Creek, Mich
Specs :
43 t.
Date of loss :
1845, Nov 10
Place of loss : 6
mi N of St. Joseph
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
6
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
Found on her beam ends 2 miles off shore after a heavy storm. She appeared
to have capsized and all her crew lost.
Out of Mackinac.
Master: Capt. McGregor(d). Her 2nd mate, Henry Newton Quiner [perished], was
grandfather to author Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Sources :
wmn,wmhs,nsp,bb,wmn
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OCEAN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1843, Brockville, Ont. [Cleveland]
Specs :
121 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Oct 17
Place of loss :
Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
“valuable” merchandise [vessel & cargo worth £80,000.]
Detail : Bound
Sources :
is,hgl,nsp,clu,rnc
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OCEAN
Other names :
built as brig
Official no. : C33455
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1847, F.N. Jones,
Specs :
119x23x9, 210 t.
Date of loss :
1865, Oct 15
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
hoops
Detail : She sprung a leaka and capsized
off Fairport. Her crew held on to her upturned keel until she washed
ashore. The vessel and her cargo were a
total loss. Owned by Neill and Bulley,
Declared a total
loss after waterlogging near
Sold Canadian,
1851.
Sometimes shown as
a bark.
Sources :
tel,slh,hgl,mmgl(NAC),rsl,nsp
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OCEAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
53063
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1850, E. B. Ward,
Specs :
246x36x13, 578 t.
Date of loss :
1873, Oct 20
Place of loss :
near Pte Aux Barques, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She was lost from tow of the
propeller NEPTUNE off
Dragged onto a
reef by ice and sunk near
Former Ward Line
steamer was rebuilt from sidewheeler to barge at
Repaired in 1866.
Sources :
phr,slh,nsp,hgl,mpl
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OCEAN
Other names :
rebuilt to barge HELENA after this accident
Official no. : C88633
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1872, Andrews & Son., Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Specs :
137x29x12, 683gc 454nc
Date of loss :
1904, Nov 18
Place of loss :
Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned at Muir's drydock.
She was a total loss, but her remaining hull was later converted to a barge.
Hailed from
Also sank on
Rebuilt, 1884
Sources :
hgl,win,is,polk,nsp,ns3,csv,eas
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OCEAN EAGLE
Other names :
built as brig H. H. SIZER, renamed in 1860
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1845, Pillar Point [Sackett's Harbor]
Specs :
381 t.
Date of loss :
1862, Oct 23
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
15,000 bu rye
Detail :
While attempting to enter
Major repairs in
1855 by
As SIZER, she had major accidents in 1846 (with
loss of life), 1851 & 1853
Sources :
hgl,wmn,bb,jm,nsp
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OCEAN WAVE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1852, Molson & Merritt,
Specs :
174x26x11, 182t.
Date of loss :
1853, Apr 30
Place of loss : 3
miles off Pt. Traverse, near False Duck Isl
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
36 (also given as 23, 28, and 33)
Carrying :
flour, pearl ash, seed, hams, butter, tallow
Detail : She had been bound Toronto for
Ogdensburg, NY when she caught fire offshore and her upperworks were totally
destroyed in 10 or 15 minutes, according to witnesses. The hull sank about 90
minutes later. Her captain was the only survivor. She reportedly had much gold
& silver coinage in her safe. A wood-burner, she caught fire on the upper
deck from sparks from her stack., or possibly from her engine (reports of the
crew vary). 27 [or 22] survivors were rescued by schooners EMBLEM(see OLIVIA)
and GEORGIANA. She was replaced by the propeller
Wreck located in
1991.
Sources :
csqw,hgl,sol,is,csv,osdo,mmgl,hgl,rp,eas,do2,nsp
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OCEAN WAVE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18912
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1853,
Specs :
129x25x10, 214 t. [308 t. om]
Date of loss :
1869, Nov (19)
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
13,000 bu corn
Detail : Bound
She was struck by
a violent squall and capsized near
Major repairs in
1862.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,rsl,wl,mv
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OCEAN WAVE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19197
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1860, Robert Chambers, Harsen’s
Specs :
73x20x7, 74 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Sep 23
Place of loss : 15
to 20 mi SE of Bailey’s Harbor, WI
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
stone
Detail :
Bound Mud Bay, WI, for White Lake, MI, with stone for a harbor
improvement project, she struck a deadhead or a floating wreck and went down
with only enough time for her crew to launch a boat. They pulled for shore and
landed on Whitefish Point the next day. The vessel went down in about 360 feet
of water. Owned by Fletcher Hackett, Milwaukee, recently purchased from Fish
& Abram, Algonac.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,phr,mv,wl,rsl,mdwl,wgts
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OCEAN WAVE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1868, Tait & Redmond, Picton, Ont.
Specs :
81x20x8, 96 t.
Date of loss :
1890, Nov 9
Place of loss :
about 15 mi off Oswego, NY*
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all (5 or 6)
Carrying :
barrel parts,shingles
Detail : She capsized and foundered in a
gale at an unknown position. Vessels passing later sailed through a mass of her
wreckage but her yawl and crew disappeared. This was reported to be her last
planned trip before her owner/operators retired. They were lost with her. Bound
*12 mi due S of
Cobourg, Ont. also given
Driven ashore near
Port Ontario, NY,
Major repairs in
1881
Sources :
mmgl,win,clu,tfgl,nsp,osdo,wb,sb,rp,dmt,eas,es
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JAY OCHS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
77018
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1888, Huron, OH
Specs :
54x14x3, 18g 11n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : 3.5
mi SW of Middle Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Overwhelmed and foundered in a
gale.
Sources :
slh,mv,wmn,jm
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OCONTO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1853,
Specs : 307 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Oct
Place of loss :
Manitoulin Isl.
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
Driven ashore in a gale on
She had been
purchased the previous year for $11,000.
Also ashore with
damage in 1853 and 1855.
Sources :
nsp,wl,wmn,bb,blu[1856]
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OCTAVIA
Other names :
probably none
Official no. :
18911
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1849, Capt. Stockton, Singapore, MI
Specs :
109x24x6, 136 t. om
Date of loss :
1874, May 2
Place of loss :
near Kewaunee, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
navigational error
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
110 cords wood
Detail :
She went ashore just north of the
Kewaunee harbor entrance and was abandoned as unsalvagable.
Out of Chicago in
1872
Sources :
bb,wgts,wl,mv,wmhs,wgts
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ODD FELLOW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, "miniature" [i.e. tug]
Build info :
1841, (Buffalo)
Specs :
8 t.
Date of loss :
1841, Nov 6
Place of loss : 2
mi E of Gravelly Bay
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
chestnuts
Detail :
This small very early tug was driven ashore by a storm and ended up a
total wreck. Her three crewmen were able to swim to shore. Owned by Capt. William Baker, Buffalo, who
was also her skipper.
She had been
engaged for the season in towing schooners up and down the Niagara River.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wl
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ODD FELLOW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1844, S.W. & A.A. Turner, Cleveland
Specs :
107x24x9, 125 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Nov 30
Place of loss : 3
miles from Mackinaw City, Straits
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Bound Kenosha for Buffalo, she
foundered in storm. Her outfit was later salvaged by the schooner BELLE. Out of
Buffalo, owned by W.O. Brown
Sources :
slh,hgl,ssm,nsp,wl
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ODD FELLOW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
155042
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1881, E. C. Penney, Washington Island, WI
Specs :
104x27x7, 124g 118n
Date of loss :
1892, Oct 28
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
(lumber)?
Detail : Stranded in NW gale and
wrecked, a total loss.
Sources :
mv,hgl,wb,polk,bb
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ODD FELLOW - See GLOBE, PHILIP
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ODEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
155186
Type at loss :
scow, wood
Build info :
1888, Fon Du Lac, MN as a ferry
steamer
Specs :
89x27x7, 96g 63n
Date of loss :
1907, Jul 8
Place of loss : off
Superior, WI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail
Probably rebuilt
from steamer to scow-barge after sinking in Duluth harbor after hitting an
obstruction, Aug, 1896.
Built in
Minnesota, not Wisconsin
Sources :
mv,nsp,gwgl,eas
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OGARITA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19190
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1864, Lent, Conneaut, OH
Specs :
174x39x13, 605g 575n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 29
Place of loss : 15
mi off Thunder Bay Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Tow of the steamer ZILLAH, she
caught fire from spontaneous combustion. Her crew abandoned and she drifted
around the area while burning to the waterline over a period of three days. She
finally sank. Part of Blodgett Fleet of Bay City. Master: Capt. John Thurston.
Rebuilt, 1879,
major repair, 1883
Sources :
polk,hgl,mv,slh,ns1,nsp,phr,sip,eas
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MARTHA OGDEN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1823, A. Crane, Sackett's Harbor, NY
Specs :
104x23x9, 150 t.
Date of loss :
1832, Nov 12
Place of loss :
near Stoney Point, NY
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : Bound
The year after she
was lost, an
Enlarged from 74
ft, 49 t. after mid-1830.
Sources :
is,mol,sol,lhl,hgl,rp,wl
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OGDENSBURGH
Other names :
also seen as OGDENSBURG
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1852, Moses & Quayle,
Specs :
138x25x11, 352 t.
Date of loss :
1864, Sep 30
Place of loss : 5
mi off
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat and flour
Detail : Downbound, she collided with
the heavy-laden upbound schooner SNOW BIRD and foundered. Passengers and crew
were able to abandon her with their luggage and effects. Owned by the Northern
Transportation Co. Master: Capt. L. M. Tyler.
This is the vessel
which collided with and sank the steamer
Sources :
lhl,hgl,wl,rsl,nsp,eas,gmw
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OGEMAW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
155035
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1881, S. Langell, St. Clair, MI
Specs :
168x30x13, 594g 325n
Date of loss :
1922, Dec 3
Place of loss : 1.5
mi S of Grande Pointe, Ont.
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss : stranded/fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Stranded, caught fire and was
destroyed while upbound Toledo for Marine City, Mich.
Stranded in gale
on Drisco Shoal, Green Bay, Dec 4, 1891 after she was reported as sunk.
Declared a total loss, but recovered in
August, 1893. Her recovery was hailed as a great wrecking feat because she was
recovered from 65 feet of water with her iron ore cargo still in her hold. She
came out, almost entirely rebuilt, in April, 1894.
Sources :
h,ns3,wb,hgl,mv,mpl,eas,hcgl,nsp
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E.W. OGLEBAY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
136547
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1896, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City
hull# 114
Specs :
376x46x23, 3666g 3019n
Date of loss :
1927, Dec 8
Place of loss :
Shot Point, 10 mi E of Marquette, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Upbound light for Ft. William,
Ont., she was driven ashore by a NE
blizzard/gale. Her crew were rescued by U.S.C.G. and the tug COLUMBIA. She was
gutted by fire and became constructive total loss a short time later. Her hull
was removed to Drummond Island in 1942
where it is still in use as a dock facing for the stone quarry.
Stranded on Pt.
Abino with heavy damage in 1907.
Sources :
eas,rkr,vbs,gwgl,lss,sbs,ns3,h,win,mpl
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OGONTZ
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1848, Sanford & Moses, Ohio City as a passenger steamer
Specs :
154x26x10, 374 t.
Date of loss :
1862, Nov 1
Place of loss : at
Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
fish and lumber
Detail :
Struck the bar in Chicago harbor and wrecked - went to pieces.
Out of Milwaukee
Converted from
Goodrich liner to bark in 1860-61.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wl,jm,wmhs,bb
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OHIO - See also STATE OF OHIO
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OHIO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1830, Sandusky, OH
Specs :
138x20x7, 188 t.
Date of loss :
1842
Place of loss :
Toledo, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Heavily damaged in
a sinking on Lake Erie in 1837.
Sources :
le,is,lhl,hgl,wl,eas
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OHIO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1840, Tisdale, Cleveland
Specs :
85x21x8, 128 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Sep 18
Place of loss : 10
mi off Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 of 4
Carrying :
staves
Detail :
Bound Erie, PA, for Tonawanda, she capsized and foundered in a gale. The
crew made it into her yawl before she went over, and finally came ashore near
Pt. Abino, but her skipper and owner was drowned when the yawl went bottom up
in the breakers. Master: Capt. Barney Hoy(d), out of Erie. Insurance was paid
on her as a total loss.
Sources :
nsp,wmn,wl,air, blu[1856]
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OHIO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1848, Burnett, Black River, OH
Specs :
149x26x11, 442 t. om
Date of loss : 1859, Nov 6
Place of loss : 30
mi W of Long Point, 10 miles from land
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
2 of 17
Carrying :
350 tons general merchandise, noted as “very valuable”
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Cleveland,
she sank following an explosion of unreported origin, but powerful enough to
blow the after part of her cabins off. The survivors of those aboard drifted in
a rising gale in a tiny yawl for more than 15 hours until picked up by the
propeller EQUATOR(qv). Owned by the American Transportation Co. Master: Capt.
Alfred Nickerson. Final enrollment document is annotated just “lost 1859.”
Sources :
is,lc,lhl,hgl,rp,wl,nsp,eas
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OHIO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19438
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1875, Squires, Huron, OH
Specs :
203x35x18, 1102g 851n
Date of loss :
1894, Sep 26
Place of loss : 10
mi north of Presque Isle, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
flour & feed
Detail :
Bound Duluth for Ogdensburg, NY, this freighter collided at night
about 15 mi offshore with the schooner
IRONTON, which was in tow of the steamer
C.J. KERSHAW(qv). A twelve-foot square hole was cut in the steamer’s side. The
nearby schooner MOONLIGHT rescued OHIO's crew just before she sank. Owned by C.
W. Elphicke of Chicago
Sunk by collision
in Mud Lake [St. Mary's R.] in May, 1890. Raised from 30+ feet of water.
Sources :
slh,mv,nsp,hgl,mpl,jb,es
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OHIO
Other names : none
Official no. :
208153
Type at loss :
propeller tug, steel
Build info :
1910, Great Lakes Towing, Cleveland
Specs :
71x20x11, 98g 51n
Date of loss :
1954, Jun 14
Place of loss :
Kelley's Isl.*
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : The tug was maneuvering the
steamer WILLIAM F. WHITE in strong winds when WHITE swung out of control and
crushed the tug against a dock. Constructive total loss.
*May have occurred
at Kelley's Dock, Buffalo.
Owned by Great
Lakes Towing. 1,000hp.
Sources :
is(1-76),mv
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OKONRA
Other names :
also seen as OKONZA, OKENZA, O'KORNO and OKOURA
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1868, Dunn, Owen Sound, Ont.
Specs :
60x13x5, 77gc 52nc
Date of loss : 1878, Sep 5
Place of loss : at
Wiarton, Ont., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to a total loss
while lying at a dock at Wiarton. Only the tug's fireman was aboard at the time
and he escaped unharmed. Owned out of
Owen Sound by Capt. E. Dunn.
She had been built
as a rafting tug.
Sources :
mmgl,win,clu,slh,h,wmn
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OLD CONCORD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18923
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
1855, Dixon, Marine City, as a propeller
Specs :
166x28x11, 318g 302n
Date of loss :
1888, Jul
Place of loss : off
Gun Pt., near Lion's Head, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
(lumber)
Detail : Foundered in a gale.
Damaged in storm
off Pt. Pelee, 1859
Converted to a
schooner-barge from a propeller after an 1876 accident. She was 457 t. om as a
propeller
Major repairs 1883
Sources :
polk,do2,mv,slh,hdm,lhl,hgl,nsp,mpl
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OLGA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
155029
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1881, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, as a schooner
Specs :
137x30x10, 308g 293n
Date of loss :
1905, Nov 26
Place of loss : NE of Oscoda, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
(lumber)
Detail : She was lost from the tow of
the steamer F.A. MEYERS during a gale and was abandoned by her crew when she
began to sink. They were picked up by the steamer MAUNALOA, which was out
looking for her own lost barge MARSALA. OLGA drifted about for several days,
becoming a serious hazard to shipping, 'til she finally went ashore near
Goderich, Ont., and broke up. Master: Capt. Andrew Biggar.
Sources :
nsp,slh,mol,sol,mv
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OLIVE BRANCH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1816, Henderson, NY
Specs :
54x12x3, 20 t.
Date of loss :
1831, Oct
Place of loss : off
mouth of Grand R. (site of Fairport, O)
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
whiskey, merchandise (copper ore also reported, but copper ore is
dubious at this early date)
Detail : Sank while trying to enter the
harbor in heavy seas.
Sources :
ledc,is,hgl,fw,rp,ew
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OLIVE BRANCH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19061
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1866, G. Goble & McFarland, Oswego, NY
Specs :
138x26x11, 267 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Nov 14
Place of loss : 2
mi below Toronto in the Eastern Gap to Toronto Harbour
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : This schooner stranded in a
storm after losing her mainmast in midlake. She broke up quickly. After two
tugs sent to her rescue were unable to
approach her, a fisherman, Mr. Ward, who lived nearby [on what is now called
Reported in
newspapers as a Canadian vessel, but on the U.S register at the time
Another OLIVE
BRANCH reported stranded and given up for lost near
Sources :
h,is,osdo,tel,rp
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OLIVE BRANCH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1871, W. Redmond, Picton, Ont
Specs :
92x22x8, 121 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Sep 30
Place of loss : 4
mi NW of Main Duck Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 [all]
Carrying :
200 t. coal
Detail : Bound
Osdo says this was
Oswego-built schooner (see prev. entry), but not so.
Sources :
csqw,h,nsp,mmgl,do,rp
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OLIVE JEANETTE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
15581
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 4-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, F. Wheeler,
Specs :
242x39x16, 1271g 1208n
Date of loss :
1905, Sep 2
Place of loss : 4
mi off Huron Isls., E of Keweenaw
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Tow of steamer IOSCO(qv), she
foundered in a terrific gale at an uncertain position. IOSCO was also lost with
all hands. Master: Capt. McGreevey(d). Owner: W. A. Hawgood.
Had been in tow of
steamer L.R. DOTY(qv) when that vessel was lost in 1898.
Rated as a
schooner, but usually used as a towbarge.
Position also
shown as west of Keweenaw Pen.
Sources :
vbs,phr,gwgl,lss,wm2,ns1,sbs,mv,mpl,eas
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OLIVER
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1906
Place of loss : E
of harbor at Lorain, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : "sank"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
stone
Detail : no detail
Vessel not on 1894
mvus, mmgl
Sources :
h
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OLIVER NO. 1
Other names :
none
Official no. :
166148
Type at loss :
unrigged scow, wood
Build info :
1909, Sault Ste Marie, Mich
Specs :
75g 75n
Date of loss :
1920, Oct 21 or 27
Place of loss : St.
Marys R.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : ?
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
Detail :
Foundered, no detail. Out of Marquette.
Sources :
eas,mv,bb
————————————————————————
JESSE OLIVER - See BUTCHER’s
MAID
————————————————————————±
OLIVIA
Other names :
built as schooner EMBLEM, renamed by 1864
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1851, Littles, Bronte, Ont.
Specs :
153 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 18
Place of loss : 15
miles off Oswego
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying :
?
Detail : Knocked down by a white squall,
her crew clung to the side of the hull until finally able to salvage the
lifeboat. A passing scow, whose captain was later strongly censured,
halfheartedly tossed them a line then kept on going. The ship was declared
total loss, but later recovered. Owned by E. W. Rathbun & Co.
She rescued
survivors of the burning steamer OCEAN WAVE(qv)in 1853.
Still in
operation, 1898. Remains lie near Picton.
In 1855 she was
rammed off
Rebuilt by
Tait[Picton], 1867; by
Sources :
csqw,clu,sagl,osdo,hgl,nsp,rsl,rp
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MARGARET OLWILL
Other names :
none
Official no. : 91953
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1887, H.D. Root, Cleveland
Specs :
176x35x10, 555g 490n
Date of loss :
1899, Jun 28
Place of loss : off
Kelley's Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
9of 13
Carrying :
stone
Detail : Bound for
Sources :
nsp,smgl,sol,h,mv,ledc,mpl,eas
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OMAR
Other names :
also seen as OMER, OMAH
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs : “small”
Date of loss :
1854, Dec 5
Place of loss :
Cleveland breakwater
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3 of 6, plus one rescuer
Carrying :
salt
Detail :
Bound Oswego for Cleveland, she missed the channel while entering the
harbor and went on the stone breakwater. Her freezing crew huddled on deck
within sight of a helpless crowd. After several rescue attempts had failed, the
steamer PAUGASSET(qv) pulled in alongside and took the survivors off. Master:
Capt. Alpheus Keich or Keech.
Sources :
nsp,rnc,wmn
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OMAR PACHA
Other names :
also seen as OMAR PASHA
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1853, Jackman, Oshawa
Specs :
220 t.
Date of loss :
1862, Nov 24
Place of loss :
Stony Island, NY
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
Bound
OMAR PASHA was
also reported ashore and gone to pieces at
See OMAR PASHA for
the derivation of the ship’s name.
Sources :
rnc,clu,wmn,bb,nsp
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OMAR PASHA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18918
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1854, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs :
139x26x11, 343 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1869, Oct 8
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
(lumber)
Detail : Destroyed by fire at Wilson
& Co.'s mill dock. Owned out of
Sunk in November
of 1855 in a gale near
Major repair in
1862, 63
Named for a
Croatian soldier named Michael Lattas
who converted to Islam and became commanding general of the Turkish army
during the Crimean War [1854-6].
Sources :
hgl,lhl,mol,sol,is,nsp,mpl,bb,wl,rsl,mdwl,eas,rnc
————————————————————————
ONAPING - See
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ONAWA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
155440
Type at loss :
gas screw yacht or tug, wood
Build info :
1902, Elco Co.,
Specs :
42x14x6, 17g 15n
Date of loss :
1954, Oct 6
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Out of Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich., in 1946.
May have been
recovered.
Sources :
slh,h,mv,bb
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ONEIDA - See also MAGGIE
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ONEIDA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1836, G.S. Weeks, Oswego, NY
Specs :
132x19x9, 227 t. om
Date of loss :
1842, Nov 19
Place of loss :
near Sackett's Harbor, NY
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
gen frt
Detail : She sprang a leak and was run
ashore to save her people and cargo. Master: Capt. Child(?). Thought to be a
total loss, she was recovered years later and rebuilt to a schooner in 1845.
Possibly wrecked
on L. Erie in 1845, and is possibly the schooner reported foundered with all
but one of 7 or 8 crew lost on
Sources :
is(3-66),osdo,gsgl,lhl,hgl,nsp,wl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1846, B.B. Jones, Cleveland
Specs :
138x24x11, 345 t.
Date of loss :
1852, Nov 11
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
19 [all]
Carrying :
gen frt
Detail : She capsized in a gale and
sank.
Owned by O. A.
Knight, Cleveland
Sources :
is(3-63),gsgl,sol,ledc,lhl,hgl,wl,nsp,eas,ewe
————————————————————————±
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847, J. Oades,
Specs :
150 t.
Date of loss :
1853, Oct 4
Place of loss : 2
mi off Pt. Abino
Type of loss :
collision/storm
Loss of life :
7 or 8 - one survivor
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
The steamer
Also wrecked near
Sources :
nsp,mpl,hgl
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ONEIDA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18888
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1862, W. Crosthwaite, Buffalo
Specs :
200x32x12, 887g 569n
Date of loss :
1893, Aug 20
Place of loss : off
North East, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : She was destroyed by fire while
bound Buffalo for Bay City, Mich. She
drifted ashore 2 miles from North East and burned out. A few days later a
wrecking master assessing her damage said she was the most completely destroyed
vessel he'd seen. Enrollment surrendered in October. Owned by Capt. Jas.
Davidson, Bay City, Mich.
She was built for
the People’s Line (J. Kelderhouse) and was sister of the props EMPIRE STATE and
BADGER STATE.
Also heavily
damaged by fire at Collingwood, Ont., Dec 6, 1882 and sunk in the St. Lawrence
R. Oct 31, 1883.
Sources :
mv,nsp,gsgl,lhl,phr,polk,hgl,mpl,jb,ewe
————————————————————————
ONEIDA - “1894
or later” loss deleted (US#18920). Vessel was abandoned in 1914.
————————————————————————±
ONEIDA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19363
Type at loss :
tug, wood
Build info :
1872, Carroll Bros. or Notter,
Buffalo, NY
Specs :
55x14x6, 22g 11n
Date of loss :
1906, Sep 25
Place of loss :
Randolph Street Dock, Detroit
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She was smashed against the dock by the steamer CHARLES B. HILL, which
was docking, and became a total loss.
Owner: Capt. Harrow. Document
surrendered early in October. Her boiler and engine were probably later sold.
————————————————————————±
ONEIDA CHIEF
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19126
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847, John Oades, Clayton, NY*
Specs :
ca. 120 ft., 266g 252n
Date of loss :
1868, May 30
Place of loss :
near Au Sable Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
pig iron
Detail : She was driven into the
shallows surrounding the point and broke up. She had been bound Marquette for
Lake Erie. Owned by Charles Wheeler, et al, Milwaukee.
Rebuilt in 1861.
*year also given
as 1841
Sources :
ms,lss,mv,net,rsl,mpl,nsp
————————————————————————±
ONGIARA
Other names :
built as steamer QUEEN CITY, renamed in 1889
Official no. : C90562
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1885, M. Simpson, Toronto
Specs :
91x18, 98gc 64nc
Date of loss :
1918, Oct 17
Place of loss : at
Bowmanville, Ont.
Type of loss : "wrecked"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Total loss, no detail
Sources :
mmgl,csv
————————————————————————±
ONOKO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
155048
Type at loss :
propeller, iron, bulk freight
Build info :
1882, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland,
hull# 4
Specs :
287x39x21, 2164g 1933n
Date of loss :
1915, Sep 15
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
none of 18
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Bound Collingwood for
Largest vessel on
the lakes when built, and the first purpose-built metal bulker, but she was
considered to be very ugly of line. In the press she was called, variously,
"the worst looking sight on our inland seas," "far from
beautiful," and "an eye-sore."
Sources :
is(3-69),gwgl,lm,ns2,h,mv,lss,mpl,se,eas,nsp
————————————————————————±
ONONDAGA
Other names :
none also seen as ONONDAGO
Official no. :
18892
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1866, Bailey Bros., Fairport, OH as a bark
Specs :
573 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Sep 10
Place of loss :
near North Pier, Chicago Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She was driven against end of
North Pier and sank to her decks, then was pounded to pieces by the gale. Her
skipper was drowned. Bound Buffalo for Chicago. Master: Capt. Bain(d). Owned by
A.C. Taylor of Chicago
Sources :
nsp,mv,hgl,usls
————————————————————————±
ONONDAGA
Other names :
none also seen as ONONDAGO, ONANDAGO
Official no. : C80913
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1870, H. Roney, Garden Island, Ont. as a schooner
Specs :
137x26x12, 320gc
Date of loss :
1907, Nov 5
Place of loss :
near Stoney Point, NY(also seen as Strong Pt)
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She was driven ashore in a
storm and became a constructive total loss. Bound
Builder also given
as Calvin & Breck.
Converted to a
schooner-barge by 1883.
Sources :
mmgl,clu,polk,nsp
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. : British Royal Navy
Type at loss :
armed sloop-of-war, 2-mast, 22-gun
Build info :
1779-80, Carleton Isl., CW
Specs :
80x25, 225+ tons
Date of loss :
1780, Oct 31
Place of loss : ca. 30 mi E of Ft.
Niagara, NY
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : “over 120*” [all]
Carrying :
soldiers, passengers, American prisoners
Detail : Bound Fort Niagara for Oswego and
Fort Haldimand on the St. Lawrence, she foundered in a sudden blizzard and gale.
The
next day wreckage and personal effects came ashore west of what is now
Shadigee, NY. British searchers were
unable to locate anything else except some of her sails. Six bodies were found
ashore the following summer.
She was reported
at the time as having been "too flat-bottomed."
*numbers as high as
350 are also given
Used by the British
navy for shuffling troops and supplies among Lake Ontario ports, she never saw
combat.
Wreck located and
identified in 2008 by Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville, one of the most significant
wrecks ever found on the lakes. She is considered a British war grave and is
thus protected.
Sources :
is,h,eluc,sgl,mpl,jk
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1816, Smythe, Lusher & Co., Sackett’s Harbor, NY
Specs :
112x28x8, 232 t. om
Date of loss :
1832
Place of loss :
Oswego, NY
Type of loss :
unreported
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Reported by some sources as wrecked or broken up, other sources say
abandoned. However, she was still listed in official documents as late as 1836.
She was one of the
first steamboats on the
Sources :
nsp,lhl,mpl,wl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1851, Sorel, Que.
Specs :
176x25x10, 284 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Nov 30*
Place of loss : on
Nicholson, Isl. Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
800 tons merchandise
Detail :
ashore and wrecked. Some sources said she was totaled, but she was later
recovered and rebuilt to a schooner. Owned by Hooker & Jacques of
*Nov, 1857 also
given,
but doesn’t show on insurance claim list for that year.. Registry surrendered
3/1863.
Sources :
csv,mmgl,nsp,rnc
————————————————————————±
Other names :
(none)
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
(1842,
Specs :
(131 t.)
Date of loss :
1858
Place of loss :
Type of loss : "sank"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
gen merch
Detail : no detail
(Out of
Sources :
lmdc,hgl
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. : C71204
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, Robinson & Walters, Hallowell, Ont.
Specs :
80x20x7, 79 t.
Date of loss :
1881, Sep 10
Place of loss : 15
mi W* of Pt. Petre
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
corn
Detail : Bound
Hailed from
Picton. Masterand owner: Capt. Daniel O”Hagan.
*also given as
same distance SE
Sources :
hgl,h,mmgl,rp,nsp
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19127
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1856, Wm. Cramp & Son, Pettys
Specs :
77x16x8, 54g 27n
Date of loss : 1883,
Nov 17
Place of loss : S
of
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She caught fire while docked at
Owned by H.N. Jex
out of
Also burned at
Algonac in October of 1870 and near
Sources :
slh,phr,lhl,polk,nsp
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. : C80875
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1881, R. Davis, Wolfe Isl., Ont.*
Specs :
104x23x6, 150gc 93nc
Date of loss :
1885, Aug 3
Place of loss :
Toronto harbour
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Destroyed in the
"Esplanade Fire" which burned a number of vessels [see entry for
ferry ANNIE CRAIG for a list].
Build date also
given as 1871.
Rebuilt from 259
to 150 t. in 1884.
Sources :
csv,hgl,mmgl,wmn
————————————————————————±
Other names :
none
Official no. : C71211
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, Simpson & Chisholm, Chatham, Ont. as a passenger steamer
Specs :
181x35x12, 655 t.
Date of loss :
1899, Aug 10
Place of loss :
Type of loss : fog
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light or coal, two schooners in tow
Detail : This steamer went ashore and was
destroyed by wave action in a summer snowstorm. Bound for Nipigon, Ont. Her
boilers are still ashore on Battle Isl. Registered out of
Rebuilt from 1388
t. passenger -package freighter to 655 t. bulker in 1898.
Wreck located in
1977.
Sources :
mmgl,nsp,lss,win,mpl,do,jmk
————————————————————————±
Other names : none
Official no. : C77775
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, H. Marlton, Goderich, Ont.
Specs :
105x23x9, 150gc
Date of loss :
1907, Oct.*
Place of loss :
Southampton, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven on the breakwater and
wrecked, the n torn to pieces by action
of waves.
(Details similar
to ERIE STEWART(qv))
*1910 also given.
One source suggests she may have lasted into the 1930’s.
Went ashore near
Goderich in a gale in October 1871 and heavily damaged. Pulled off about 10
days later by the Canadian gunboat PRINCE ALFRED. Ashore on Point Clark, Lake
Huron in Nov, 1883, and not expected to live.
Sources :
mmgl,slh,nsp,mpl,wmn
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C94885
Type at loss :
barge, steel, pulpwood
Build info :
1890, Poulson Iron Works,
Specs :
297x41x15, 1663gc 1615nc
Date of loss :
1927, Oct 13
Place of loss :
East of Outer Isl. in the Apostles
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
pulpwood
Detail : Tow of the tug BUTTERFIELD, she
foundered in a storm.
Qu says built as
CANADIAN.
Built as a
propeller river carferry of 16-car capacity. Reduced to a barge in 1926.
Sources :
mmgl,gwgl,glc,is,ns3,lss,win,mpl
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ONTONAGON
Other names : none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1847, Madison Dock, OH
Specs :
106x24x9, 211 gt [om].
Date of loss :
1862, Nov 3
Place of loss : at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Bound
Out of
Capsized off
Carried the first
cargo of iron ore
Sources :
osdo,hgl,bb,nsp
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ONTONAGON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
18963
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1856, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs :
176x30x10, 377 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Sep 25
Place of loss : Off
Stag Isl,
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
probably lumber
Detail : She caught fire and was run
ashore on the Canadian side to save her
crew. Allowed to burn out, she became a total loss.
Hailed from E.
Saginaw in 1883 [H. Turner or W.S. McLane].
Sank after
striking a rock near the Soo, Aug 9, 1870, she was abandoned to her underwriters
Sept 1, recovered Sept. 10.
Sunk near
Colchester, Ont., L. Erie, in Sep, 1876 after breaking her stern pipe in a
storm. She was finally recovered after a difficult wrecking job in which she
sank several more times. Sat idle at Clark's dry dock, Detroit, for some time
after this until rebuilt to a bulk freight steam barge in 1878-9.
Ashore with damage
near Fairport, OH in November of 1880.
Rebuilt 1865,
66, major repairs in 1862, 1870.
Sources :
gwgl,sagl,lhl,nsp,hgl,phr,polk,mpl,es,wl,rsl,eas
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ONWARD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19060
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, Ellenwood, Sacket's Harbor, NY
Specs :
132 ft., 238g, 226n
Date of loss :
1885, Sep 21
Place of loss :
north of Leland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber [loading]
Detail : She was blown ashore from the
dock at Gill's Pier, later broken up by wave action. Registered out of
Milwaukee to Maxon, Parker & Saveland.
Major repairs in
1870, 1876
Sources :
mv,ssb,nsp,rsl
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ONWARD
Other names : ?
Official no. : ? US
Type at loss :
tug (propeller tug), wood
Build info :
(1866, Detroit)
Specs :
(10 t.)
Date of loss :
1892
Place of loss : SE
corner of Grand Traverse Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Stranded and lost.
Tug shown in
parentheses was reported abandoned in 1867, but may have remained in service as
an unregistered vessel.
Sources :
lmdc,(lhl)
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ONWARD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
155008
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1879, Putnam, Wilson, NY
Specs :
84x25x7, 99g 94n
Date of loss :
1900?
Place of loss : at
Port Clinton, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : "Sunk." Total loss.
Document surrendered at Port Huron 6/28/1900.
Sources :
phr,mv,polk
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OPHIR
Other names :
none
Official no. : C112173
Type at loss :
propeller tug,
Build info :
1902, M. Pearde, Owen Sound, ONt.
Specs :
42x9, 11g 8n
Date of loss :
1919, May 27
Place of loss :
Parry Sound, E side of Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss in the
harbor.
Hailed from
Toronto.
Sources :
mmgl,slh,h,win
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OPECHEE
Other names :
also seen as OPEECHEE, OPUCHEE
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1864, Samuel Miller & Co., Oswego, NY
Specs :
124 t.
Date of loss :
1864, Sep 5
Place of loss : 20
mi ENE from Pt. Pelee
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life :
6 [all]
Carrying :
?
Detail : The new schooner went down in a
fall blow with her topmasts emerging from the lake. One of the crewmen lashed
himself to the mainmast and was visible both before and after his death to
passing vessels in this busy corridor, but, due to the weather and a reef, none
were able to assist, though several
tried. It was more than 10 days before the schooner DENMARK removed the
body and took it to Buffalo. Owned by Kitts and
Samuel Miller, her builder, of Oswego.
The name is an
Indian word for “robin.” She was built with the outfit of the schooner
ALLIANCE.
Sources :
hgl,nsp,rsl
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ORCADIAN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, C. Richard, St. Ours, Que.
Specs :
94x20x9, 147 t.
Date of loss :
1858, May 8
Place of loss : off
Little Sodus
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
8,200 bu. wheat
Detail : Bound Bayfield, Ont.,