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P.W.D. 114
Other names : ?
Official no. : C133941
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
103 t.
Date of loss :
1919, Oct 28
Place of loss : 11
mi ENE of Hamilton, Ont. near Oakville.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered in a storm.
Built or acquired
from foreign sources about 1914.
Sources :
win,h not in
mmgl
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P.W.D. 117
Other names :
built as SIR WILFRID, renamed in 1909
Official no. : C112186
Type at loss :
dredge barge, wood
Build info :
1902, Polson Iron Works, Toronto
Specs :
108x37, 670gc 570 nc
Date of loss :
1952, May 29 [also given as "autumn"]
Place of loss : at
Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : "sank"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered in the harbor.
Numerous salvage efforts failed, and her registry was closed in January, 1954.
Out of Toronto
On her maiden
voyage to Montreal, she broke her boom and was lost from her tug, sinking in 65
feet of water, 8 mi W of Port Hope. No lives were lost. She was recovered in
1907 and rebuilt at Polsons.
Largest of her
kind built up to that time. She was originally 96x37 ft, 399gc, enlarged when
she was rebuilt in 1909.
Sources :
h,ledc,win,nsp,go,mmgl
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FRED PABST
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120784
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, Wolfe & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs :
287x43x24, 2431g 1929n
Date of loss :
1907, Oct 11
Place of loss :
off Point Edward, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
The upbound bulker collided with the propeller LAKE SHORE and sank at
the head of the St. Clair R., near the Canadian side. In February of the
following year she was raised by Reid Wrecking Co., and the hulk was laid up
for rebuilding at Sarnia. This was never done and she lay sunken in the river
until raised and converted to a floating drydock in 1920.
Sources :
hcgl,mv,ns1,bb
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PACIFIC
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1835, Oswego, NY
Specs :
80x20x8, 114 t. om
Date of loss :
1844, Oct 18
Place of loss :
near Dunkirk, NY
Lake :
Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
200-250 bbl salt
Detail :
Bound Oswego for Cleveland, she was blown ashore and wrecked in the
biggest gale of the year. Total loss.
Out of Oswego,
sailed by Capt. Ford.
Sources :
rp,nsp,hgl,wl,bb,jm
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PACIFIC
Other names :
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1836, John Robertson, Amherstburg, Ont
Specs :
61x17x7, 55 gc
Date of loss :
1864
Place of loss : ?
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
Carrying :
Detail : No detail
Out of Montreal.
Rebuilt in 1849
May be the
reporting of the stranding of the scow PACIFIC at Lexington, Michigan, Lake
Huron, about May 14, 1864.
Sources :
clu,hgl,mmgl(NAC)
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PACIFIC
Other names :
built as SYPHAX, renamed about 1883
Official no. :
23836
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1865, Cleveland, OH
Specs :
29x9x5, 10g 5n
Date of loss :
1884, Aug 20
Place of loss :
near Ashland, WI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
none
Detail : Boiler explosion nearly
destroyed this small tug. With his dying breath her engineer admitted he was
carrying too much steam. Out of Houghton, owned by Union Mill Co.
Official opinion
was that she would be a total loss, but she was recovered and rebuilt.
Lytle list reports
her as abandoned in 1898.
Sources :
mv,lhl,lss,polk,bb,nsp
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PACIFIC
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19616
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight*
Build info :
1864, Peck & Masters, Cleveland
Specs :
188x29x11, 766g 603n
Date of loss :
1887, Nov 16
Place of loss :
near Deer Park, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : low water
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She grounded on a shoal after
leaving the dock, then was broken up by a gale on the 19th. Bound Deer Park for
Michigan City, IN. The nearby Lifesaving Service took her crew off, and later
returned for the captain's dog. Master:
Capt. John Cassin. Owned by Cook & Wilson of Chicago
*built as a
passenger/package freighter for Dean Richmond of Buffalo
major repairs in
1872, 1881 & 1887
Sources :
mv,nsp,gwgl,lss,lssc,h,lhl,wb,hgl,mpl,rsl,eas,bb
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PACIFIC
Other names :
none
Official no. : C85323
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freighter
Build info :
1883, Owen Sound Dry Dock, Owen Sound, Ont.
Specs :
179x31, 918gc 624nc
Date of loss :
1898, Nov 3
Place of loss :
Grand Trunk dock at Collingwood, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
mixed freight
Detail : She caught fire at the dock and
burned to a shell, despite a concerted effort to save her. Her dock and some
surrounding warehouses were also destroyed in the blaze. She was later towed
out into Georgian Bay and scuttled. Owned by Great Northern Transit Co.
Sources :
mol,slh,sol,h,lhdc,csv,win,mmgl,hgl,mpl,nsp
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ROBERT A. PACKER - See BATCHAWANA
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CHARLES
B. PACKARD
Other names :
built as prop ELFIN-MERE, renamed in 1902
Official no. :
135940
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1887, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City, MI
hull# 35
Specs :
191x34x21, 1054g 796n
Date of loss :
1906, Sep 16
Place of loss :
7.75 mi NW of Pelee Passage light, in the “Middle Ground”
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : While driving on through a
gale, she struck the wreckage of the schooner ARMENIA(qv) and foundered on
Colchester Shoal. She had been bound for Chicago with the barge HAROLD in tow.
Owner: J. A. Calbrick, Chicago. Master: Capt. J. McCaffery.
Almost totally
destroyed by a fire at Green Bay in Nov, 1901.
Completely rebuilt afterwards.
Sources :
glp,vbs,gsgl,sol,ns1,h,ledc,nsp,mpl,ew
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JOHN A. PAIGE
Other names :
built as P.F. THRALL, renamed before 1884
Official no. :
150215
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1881, Thrall, Green Bay, WI
Specs :
74x16x8, 52g 26n
Date of loss :
1892, Sep 6
Place of loss : off
Siskowit R., WI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
log raft
Detail : She caught fire while
assembling a large raft of sawlogs and was
burned to a total loss. The fire was thought to have been due to an
overheated boiler. After making it to shore, her crew walked 30 miles to
Bayfield, Wisconsin. Out of Marquette, owned by W. H. Singer, of Chicago.
Master: Capt. D. Courlik?.
Sources :
mv,gwgl,is,polk,lss,hgl,nsp
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JOSEPH PAIGE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
75593
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info :
1872, Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee as a schooner
Specs :
190x32x12, 626g 595n
Date of loss :
1897, Dec 1
Place of loss : off
Vermilion Point, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 9
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Outbound from Marquette in tow
of the steamer H.B. TUTTLE, she was cast adrift and drove onto a reef. A
patrolling Lifesaver spotted her and the Vermilion Pt. Lifesaving Service
managed to take her crew off before she broke up, even though the USLS boat was
smashed in a most difficult rescue. Master: Capt. Steven Rose. Owner: John
Wedow, Cleveland.
Sources :
lss,gwgl,h,mv,phr,wb,hgl,mpl,nsp
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S.B. PAIGE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
116335
Type at loss : schooner,
wood
Build info :
1863, Fowler, Oshkosh, Wis.*
Specs :
79x20x5, 47g 45n
Date of loss :
1907, Sep 10
Place of loss : off
Sturgeon Bay, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
30 cords shingle bolts
Detail : Caught by a gale, she dropped
anchor and attempted to ride it out. Her hook failed to hold and the schooner
was blown in to shallow water, where she was abandoned
Also wrecked on Green Bay in Jul, 1898,
wrecked near Menominee in 1893.
*Fowler was a
shipbuilder from Maine, and the vessel was reported rigged like a “down east”
fishing schooner.
Sources :
lmdc,mv,hgl,wgts,nsp
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L. PAINTER
Other names : none
Official no. :
15441
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, South Haven, Mich
Specs :
94 t.
Date of loss :
1877, Oct 17
Place of loss : 7
to 10 mi N of St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She was scuttled in a storm at
Union Pier on the 15th, then
raised and began her trip downbound again the following day. Struck by another
squall off her homeport, she was stripped of her sails, deckload and much gear,
and drove into shallow water, where her captain again scuttled her. Though it
was thought she could be pulled off, she was given up for lost a few days later
after the U. S. revenue steamer ANDREW JOHNSON unsuccessfully tried to save
her. Master: Capt. W. R. Johnson.
Out of South Haven
in 1872
Sources :
nsp,mv,bcha,bb
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PAL
Other names : none
Official no. :
238189
Type at loss :
propeller fish tug, wood, gas engine
Build info :
1938, Omena, Mich
Specs :
36x11x4, 17g 13n
Date of loss :
1947, Nov 18
Place of loss : off
Pentwater, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered in a gale. Her
wreckage later washed ashore and was dismantled in place.
Out of Muskegon,
owned by D. Loncar.
Sources :
h,bb,mv
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PALESTINE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847, Black R., OH
Specs :
210 t.
Date of loss :
1853, Nov 23
Place of loss : 8
mi W of Rochester NY, in Braddock’s Bay
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
railroad iron
Detail :
Bound Kingston for Cleveland at about the same time as the like-laden
schooner ONTONAGON. Both vessels ran
ashore, pounded heavily and sank. Both vessels also reported the same
erratic variations in their compasses which caused them to strike the beach a
few rods apart. [The same thing had happened in the same place to two other
iron-laden vessels a few years previously.] The cargoes were removed and the
ONTONAGON was pulled off on Dec 7, but PALESTINE was abandoned to break up in
place.
Sources :
nsp,hgl
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PALMBAY
Other names :
built as prop PUEBLO, renamed RICHARD W in 1916, renamed PALMBAY in 1923
Official no. : C133822
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1891, Milwaukee Shipyard, Milwaukee
hull# 33
Specs :
219x37x19, 1493 t.
Date of loss :
1926, Jan 16
Place of loss : Kingston, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned at her winter layup
dock. Thought to be rebuild-able, but finally scuttled in L. Ont. in 1937 without
repair.
Sold Canadian in
1913, US Official no.150512
Rebuilt and
shortened 7' in 1913. Originally 1349g
1054n
Sources :
mmgl,ns3,h,csv,mv,win
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E.B. PALMER
Other names :
built as schooner LENNIE POWELL, later RICHARD MORWOOD(qv), renamed 1889
Official no. :
136094
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1856, Waterbury, Port Dover [Welland,] Ont.
Specs :
138x26x10, 277g 268n
Date of loss :
1892, Nov 13*
Place of loss : off
Middle Isl. or North Point Reef
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
stone
Detail : She stranded a week or so
earlier and later broke up and sank in
deeper water. Her crew was rescued by the
U.S. Lifesaving Service. She had gone ashore in a NE gale - when the
storm shifted to SE on the 13th, she was
destroyed, despite a concerted effort to save her. Out of Marquette, owned by
J. H. Gillett.
*date also given
as Nov 28, but newspapers of the 15th report her breaking up.
Built Canadian,
sold US as a wreck & rebuilt at Port Huron in 1889.
Sources :
stb,slh,h,lhdc,nsp,wb,hgl,mmgl,mv,usls,wl
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JULIA PALMER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1836, John Carrick, Buffalo, as a bark or full-rigged ship*
Specs :
108x26x11, 300 t. om
Date of loss :
1847, fall
Place of loss : W
of Whitefish Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She ran out of fuel while
battling a storm. The crew burned her furniture and woodwork, then she drifted
for nearly two weeks before going ashore. Later recovered, converted to a dock
facing.
Woodburning
steamboats of this era consumed huge amounts of fuel in traveling the length of Superior, even in
good weather. Palmer burned 100 cords of wood on that trip.
Converted to a
steamer in 1839.
An 1873 Detroit
Free Press article describes her as the first full-rigged ship built on the
lakes,
but she was actually the third, behind the ship MILWAUKIE (qv) launched a week
earlier, and, reportedly, the ship (former steamboat) SUPERIOR (qv) of 1837.
Sources :
lsp,lhl,lss,smfc,hgl,mpl,nsp,wl
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JULIA PALMER
Other names :
none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
280 t.
Date of loss :
1889
Place of loss :
near Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Ran aground and destroyed.
Not on usual
lists.
Sources :
is
not in '84 mvus
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THOMAS W. PALMER - See also SAMOA
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THOMAS W. PALMER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145513
Type at loss :
propeller, composite, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI
hull# 90
Specs :
281x41x20, 2134g 1622n
Date of loss :
1905, May 16
Place of loss : off
Stannard Rock
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She was rammed amidships and
almost cut in two by the steel steamer HARVARD. HARVARD stayed in the hole she
had caused until PALMER's crew made it
aboard, then backed away, allowing PALMER to sink like a brick. The collision,
which occurred in heavy fog, had jammed PALMER’s whistle, which blew until she
settled. Master: Capt. Geo. F. Stilthen. Owner: Wm. Livingstone, Detroit.
Sources :
atl,is(2-69),lss,gwgl,ns1,nsp,mpl
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WILLIAM P. PALMER - See SIDNEY E. SMITH
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PALMETTO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847, A. Wilcox, Three Mile Bay, NY
Specs :
113x24x10, 240 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1865, Oct
Place of loss : off
Forestville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was reported ashore and a
total loss.
Owned by Johnson,
Chicago.
Went ashore in
Whitefish Bay, WI, July, 1855.
Sources :
slh,hgl,nsp,bb,rsl
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FRANCIS PALMS
Other names :
also seen (erroneously) as PRINCESS PALMS
Official no. : 9749
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1868, T. Arnold, Marine City as a
bark
Specs :
173x33x15, 560 t.
Date of loss :
1889, Nov 2
Place of loss : 3
mi NW of Gray's Reef, near Beaver Isl.*
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound Escanaba for Detroit, she
was driven ashore and pounded to pieces in a westerly gale. Her crew was taken
off by the tug GLADIATOR, which also pulled in vain to try to rescue the boat.
Owned by Byron Whitaker & Son of Detroit. Master: Capt. Wilson.
*also reported as
Simmons' Reef
Also wrecked on
Long Point [L.Erie] Nov 3, 1874, and at Duluth in Nov, 1872.
Major repair in
1882, converted to a schooner in 1870.
Sources :
mv,eas,slh,h,lmdc,nsp,wb,hgl,ssm,mpl
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PAMLICO
Other names : none
Official no. : 19615
Type at loss : brigantine, wood*
Build info : 1866,
F N Jones, Buffalo as a schooner
Specs : 379 t.
Date of loss : 1880 or 81
Place of loss : Little Traverse bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reported wrecked near Petoskey, but no
reliable detail has been found. Owned by Prindiville Bros., Chicago.
She inaugurated a mini-trade from Chicago to Ireland in 1874 when
she carried 25,000 bushels of grain there. The trip home was a fiasco. First
she made it all the way to Labrador's coast before being heavily damaged in a
gale and towed back to England by an English bark. After laying up for the
winter and repairing she set out again, only to be damaged in another storm and
forced to return for repairs again. She finally made it to the U.S. coast by
early August, but encountered two more gales on the way to Chicago and didn't
make it home until September 16, 1875, more than 16 months after starting out.
*In her second English repair job she was converted to a saltwater
brigantine rig, and when she finally made it back to the lakes she was
considered "unfitted for service" on them, so she was returned to the
European trade.
Sources : es,hgl,'71list,mv,nsp,wmn
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PANAMA
Other names :
built as steamer JOHN CRAIG, renamed, 1904
Official no. :
76729
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1888, Linn & Craig, Trenton, MI
hull# 34
Specs :
275x42x20, 2044g 1596n
Date of loss :
1906, Nov 21
Place of loss :
Mineral Point, near Ontonagon, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Upbound with schooner-barge
MATANZAS in tow, she was found to be leaking in a gale. She was run to shore to
prevent her sinking, but was then pounded to pieces by storm waves. Owned by
Capt. James Davidson, of Bay City. Her engine went into a new Davidson steamer
built at Buffalo in 1907.
Heavily damaged in
an accident on Simmons Reef, Lake Michigan in Jun, 1903 as JOHN CRAIG, rebuilt.
Sources :
nsp,gwgl,lss,is,ns1,mv,phr,sagl,mpl,eas,bb
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PANTHER
Other names : none
Official no. : C138004
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City, MI
hull# 35 US# 150497
Specs :
237x36x19, 1373gc 1118nc
Date of loss :
1916, Jun 27
Place of loss : off
Whitefish Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
grain
Detail : She was rammed in dense fog by
the steamer JAMES J HILL, which was kept running into the hole until PANTHER's
crew clambered aboard. She sank quickly when HILL backed away.
Date also given as
6/26.
Wreck located in
1975.
Sold Canadian,
1916
Sources :
is(2-69),vbs,mmgl,lssc,lss,gwgl,ns2,h,mv,csv,win,mpl
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PARAGON
Other names : ?
Official no. :
19688
Type at loss :
schooner or schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1852, Lamoree, Oshawa, Ont. as a brig
Specs :
212 t., 165 n.
Date of loss :
1868, Oct 19
Place of loss : 25
mi N of Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm/collision
Loss of life :
4 of 6 [2 passengers]
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Tow of the tug WILLIAM A. MOORE
in company with 4 other barges, she ran into a gale and the tow was broken up.
While MOORE was trying to regain her charges, she collided with PARAGON,
causing heavy damage. Most of the crew abandoned ship and were drowned - the
two survivors were rescued by the Canadian gunboat/tug PRINCE ALFRED. The
schooner was later towed into Sarnia in a waterlogged condition, where she was
allowed to sink and was abandoned. Out of Detroit.
Maybe her hull was
later used to build the Canadian schooner KEEWAHTIN [1888], she was still lying
abandoned in Bear Creek in 1879. She was later raised and rebuilt, and was in
operation as PARAGON as late as 1882.
Rebuilt in 1863
Sources :
hgl,mv,slh,st,rsl,nsp
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PARANA - She was a bark
shown in several sources as lost in the fall of 1863 on Lake Huron, but
actually was recovered with only slight damage. Also reported lost on Lake
Michigan in Nov., 1875. Lasted until 1904.
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PARISIAN
Other names :
also seen as PARISIEN
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
fishing boat, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1890, Apr 9
Place of loss :
near Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
fishing gear
Detail : She had left Goderich with the
rest of the fishing fleet that morning, but at about noon a heavy northeaster
blew up. All of th fleet except the PARISIAN were able to make it back to the
port with difficulty. Some wreckage was later found between Goderich and
Bayfield. The three lost crew of the boat were the sons of her owner. Owned by
D. Matheson, Goderich.
Sources :
slh,nsp
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T.F. PARK
Other names :
built as steamer PLOUGHBOY, renamed in 1864
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, pass. & package frt ferry
Build info :
1851, J. McDermott, Chatham, Ont.
Specs :
170x28, 450 t.
Date of loss :
1870, Jun 3
Place of loss : at
Detroit
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She burned to the water's edge
and sank, a total loss, at the dock near the Detroit and Milwaukee grain
elevator. She was destroyed while she
was being worked on to prepare her for running a passenger line between Port
Stanley and Cleveland. The hull was later removed after being struck by several
other vessels.
Sources :
clu,nsp,sol,slh,csv,mpl,mmgl
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PARKDALE - See WILLIAM C. MORELAND
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A.A. PARKER
Other names :
built as propeller KASOTA(qv) renamed in 1892
Official no. :
14428
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1884, Quayle & Sons, Cleveland, OH
Specs :
246x38x21, 1661g 1274n
Date of loss :
1903, Sep 19
Place of loss : off
Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She sprang a leak in a heavy
gale. Lifesaving Service answered her distress signals and rescued 18 crew and
2 dogs just before she went down. She sank in 120 feet of water. Owned by
Gilchrist Transportation Co. of Cleveland. Master: Capt. George S. White.
The wreck was
located off Grand Marais in the summer of 2001.
Sources :
lssc,lss,is,gwgl,sagl,ns1,h,mv,nsp,mpl
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B.W. PARKER
Other names :
also seen as BYRON W. PARKER
Official no. :
3473
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1890, Linn & Craig, Gibraltar, MI
Specs :
249x41x18, 1477g 1421n
Date of loss :
1905, Nov 13
Place of loss : off
Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Tow of prop LANSING in tandem with
NELLIE MASON(qv), she was overwhelmed by a gale and driven onto the west
breakwater, where she sank. The crew saved themselves by leaping to the
breakwater. The 3 boats had left Cleveland earlier that day, had fought
the gale for several hours, then turned back. Owned by Gilchrist Transportation
Co., Cleveland
Sources :
eas,nsp,ns1,h,mv,mpl,es3-2,
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CHARLES W. PARKER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
125222
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1873, Gregory, Chicago
Specs :
67x15x7, 36gt 18nt
Date of loss :
1891, Oct 4
Place of loss : 2
mi N of Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
3 crew, 4 bystanders
Carrying :
none
Detail : This tug was destroyed by a
boiler explosion after her flue collapsed. Several of those who died had
gathered on shore to watch the PARKER and three other tugs attempt to pull the
steamer S. E. PICKANDS off the bottom. Home port: Chicago. Master: Capt. James
B. Carter(d).
Also heavily
damaged by explosion Sep 22, 1879 and declared a total loss. 4 lives lost.
Major repairs in
1878, 1880
Sources :
mv,h,usls,polk,nsp
————————————————————————±
CLARA PARKER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
4357
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1865, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs :
175(oa)x29x12, 425gt 404nt
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 13
Place of loss : near
mouth of the Pigeon R., S of Grand Haven
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 9
Carrying :
corn
Detail :
after fighting a losing battle with storm-incited leaks, PARKER was
beached 400 yards offshore to save her. She was spotted by a small boy on a
large horse who rode hastily to the U.S. lifesaving station at Grand Haven. The
Lifesaving Service crew returned a few hours later and plucked her imperiled
crew from the rigging by breeches’ buoy after she had gone down to her decks
and was breaking up. Owned by John N.
Lindgreen, out of Chicago, and bound for Collingwood, Ont. Master: Capt. Andrew
Lewis.
Major repairs in
1875, 77
Sources :
mv,h,lmdc,ssa,nsp,polk,hgl,usls,m&h
————————————————————————*NEW*
ELLEN PARKER
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1846,
Chicago
Specs : 133x26x10, 333 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Nov 4
Place of loss : Manitou Islands
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : wheat
Detail : She had put into South Manitou earlier to
repair damaged rigging and was just getting under way again when she collided
with the schooner RAPID. She was steered for shore in a sinking condition to
save her, but was soon after struck by the schooner ELDRED. She was an insurance loss of nearly $23,000.
Out of Chicago. Her skipper was the famous Capt. David Dall.
Ashore near Buffalo in 1846 and again in 1849, and collided with the
brig CUMBERLAND there in 1847. Struck by lightning near Point Peleee in 1855.
At least five other accidents in her short career.
When built she was one of the largest sail vessels on the lakes.
Sources :
nsp,wmhs,wmn,hgl,blu[56]
————————————————————————
GEORGE H. PARKER - See SALVOR
————————————————————————±
GEORGE W. PARKER
Other names :
built as prop L.G. POWELL renamed
in 1921
Official no. :
141860
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "sandsucker"
Build info :
1903, A. Anderson, Marine City, MI
Specs :
105x27x6, 143g 121n
Date of loss :
1929, May 8
Place of loss : 6
mi S of Algonac, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was destroyed by fire and
sank in the channel. Her crew escaped in the yawl.
Sources :
ns3,mv
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O.E. PARKS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
155208
Type at loss :
diesel propeller, wood, lumber hooker
Build info :
1891, Elliott, Saugatuck, MI as a steamer
Specs :
134x28x11, 393g 289n
Date of loss :
1929, May 3
Place of loss : off
Thunder Bay Isl., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 9
Carrying :
lumber or pulpwood
Detail : On her first trip with her new
diesel engine, she was struck by a storm. The engine went out of balance and
shook her seams open. She filled and sank.
Rebuilt from
steamer to barge in 1928, converted to diesel, winter of 1928-9.
Sources :
rkr,stb,slh,ns3,mv,mpl,eas
————————————————————————±
CHAS. STEWART PARNELL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
126483
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1888, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI
hull #86
Specs :
256x39x20, 1740g 1293n
Date of loss :
1905, Nov 29
Place of loss : off
Squaw Isl., Beavers
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound for Chicago, she caught fire and was destroyed on Thanksgiving
Day. She later sank. The crew abandoned her in yawl, 6 miles from
shore, and were later picked up by the prop HARLEM. Owned by M.J. Cummings of
Oswego, NY. Master: Capt. William Griffin.
Sources :
atl,nsp,ns1,mv,mpl
————————————————————————±
PARROTT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1834, Ashtabula, OH
Specs :
43x12x3, 20 t. om
Date of loss :
1835, May 19 or 20
Place of loss :
somewhere west of Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
6 [3 crew and 3 passengers]
Carrying :
iron, glass, whiskey, hogs on deck
Detail :
Sailed for Detroit on the 19th. The next day many of the hogs swam
ashore and later a lot of gear from the boat drifted to the beach. It was
presumed she foundered, but no storm is mentioned. Master: Capt. Thomas
Booth(d).
Enrolled to a new
owner at Cleveland the previous day [18th].
Sources :
nsp,wl
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B. PARSONS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2420
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, B. Parsons, Vermilion, OH
Specs :
218 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Jul 17
Place of loss : at
Charlevoix, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She struck the north pier while entering the harbor in a southwest gale
and sank athwart the channel. The hulk blocked passage into the harbor for two
weeks until it broke up sufficiently to allow vessels to pass. The tug S.S.
COE towed it 1/2 mile down the beach and
abandoned it in December.
Owned by McGraw of
Sheboygan, WI.
Major repair in
1863
Sources :
wl,mv,polk,hgl,nsp
————————————————————————±
JOHN S. PARSONS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
76999
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1891, Chaumont, NY
Specs :
93x21x9, 123g 117n
Date of loss :
1913, Nov 24*
Place of loss : off
Fair Haven, NY [near Oswego]
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Tow of steamer FRANK D. PHELPS,
she foundered in a gale.
Converted to a
propeller in 1895, later back to a schooner.
*date also given
as Nov 29
Sources :
eas,ns2,sol,is,mv,osdo
————————————————————————±
PHILO PARSONS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19678
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1861, C. Hinman, Algonac, MI
Specs :
221 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 8
Place of loss :
Chicago River
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
at dock
Detail : Burned to total loss in the
Chicago Fire. She burned so completely that her remains were not located in the
Chicago River until 1876, near Ogden's Canal in the North Branch of the river.
She was raised the next year and the hull tied up at Ogden's Canal. In Aug,
1880 she was finally towed to a boneyard north of Chicago's north pier and
abandoned.
She was the vessel
commandeered by Confederate raiders in a plot to capture the iron gunboat
U.S.S. MICHIGAN during the Civil War [Lake Erie], and later scuttled by them at
Sandwich, Ont.
Her engine came
from the burned steamer JOHN OWEN (qv).
Sources :
is(3-58,1-59,1&2-64),lhl,hgl,mpl,rsl,nsp
————————————————————————±
THOMAS PARSONS
Other names :
none also seen as THOMAS PARSON
Official no. :
24666
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1868, G. Hardison, Charlotte, NY
Specs :
135x26x13, 350g 333n
Date of loss : 1891,
Sep 28
Place of loss : a
few miles off Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound from Ashtabula to upper
lakes in tow of the prop NASHUA, she foundered in a storm. She became a total
loss of about $6,000. Her crew made it to shore safely. Owned and commanded by
Capt. John Mullins, Buffalo.
Also sank at
Sarnia, Ont., in 1882; ashore for
several weeks and declared a total loss on Lake Michigan in October, 1874.
Sources :
mv,nsp,is,slh,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,rp
————————————————————————
PARTHENON - See ROBERT McDONALD
————————————————————————±
PASADENA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
150465
Type at loss :
barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, Quayle & Sons, Cleveland as a prop bulk freighter
Specs :
250x40x13, (1761g 1468n*)
Date of loss :
1906, Oct 8
Place of loss :
near Upper Entry to Keweenaw Waterway
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 of 10
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound for Superior, WI, she was
in tow of the steamer GLADSTONE when she went out of control in a gale. Her
skipper had her towline cut, but she was thrown against a pier and wrecked,
pounding to pieces in a few hours. Eight crew made it to shore on wreckage.
Owner: M. A. Bradley, Cleveland.
*dimensions as
steamer
Converted from
propeller steamer to barge in 1905
Sources :
is,gwgl,ns1,h,mv,nsp,lss,mpl,eas
————————————————————————±
PASSAIC
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19691
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1862, Mason & Bidwell, Buffalo, NY as a passenger vessel
Specs :
198x28x11, 532g 412n
Date of loss :
1891, Oct 31
Place of loss :
near Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber, 4 consorts in tow
Detail : She foundered in a heavy gale
after springing a leak. Her crew made it to one of her barges - the HATTIE - in her yawlboat. It was at first reported that she
had gone ashore, but she went down four miles offshore and six miles west of
Dunkirk. She had in tow the barges ELMA, SUPERIOR, HATTIE and B. W. JENNESS, more than 1,500 gt total. Owned by
C. C. Blodgett, Detroit Master: Capt.
Canartney. She was one of the last
remaining externally “arch-braced” wooden
steamers operating on the lakes.
Sources :
mv,h,ledc,polk,lhl,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,eas,ewe,nsp
————————————————————————±
A.D. PATCHIN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1846, J.M. Keating, Truago [Trenton], MI
Specs :
226x29x14, 873 gt. [om]
Date of loss :
1850, Sep 27 [often seen in error as 1853]
Place of loss :
Skillagalee Reef*
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
general merchandise
Detail : Though believed to be on
course, she was driven 2-3 miles out of line by
a current and stranded on Skillagalee Reef. At first not much damaged
but thoroughly stuck, she was pounded regularly by a stormy fall and finally
broken up by a storm in late November after over two months of concerted
efforts to save her.
*Also known at
this time as "Sunken Island"
Also stranded in a
fog and wrecked N of Racine, Jun 11,
1848.
Re-engined with
the powerplant from the wrecked steamer MISSOURI (qv) in the winter of 1849-50.
Sources :
eas,lhl,slh,csv,hgl,ssm,nsp,bb,wl,bc
————————————————————————±
PATHFINDER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1847, Weeks, Oswego
Specs :
140 ft, 325 t.
Date of loss :
1855, Nov 3
Place of loss : off
the Chicago breakwater
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 9
Carrying :
1377 bars RR iron
Detail :
Sank off the breakwater in a gale while attempting to come into harbor
through the south channel. Missed the channel and came to anchor, where she
sank up to her decks and later was reported dismasted and going to pieces. Crew were taken off by the
schooner E.C.L. in her yawl. Owned by M. Merrick & Co., Oswego.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,bb,rp,wl
————————————————————————±
PATHFINDER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
20290
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1869, Campbell & Owen, Detroit
Specs :
188x31x14, 634 gt 603nt
Date of loss :
1886, Nov 18
Place of loss :
near Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail :
She went into the shallows, broke in two and sank so far from deep water
that it was deemed impossible to refloat her. The steam barge JOHN H. PAULY
removed her outfit and brought it to Milwaukee on the 20th. Owned by J. Pauley,
Milwaukee.
Major repairs in
1872,’79.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,polk,mv,wl,es,whs
————————————————————————±
PATHFINDER
Other names :
built as the tug JOHN A. CRAWFORD, renamed in 1887
Official no. :
12770
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1863, Banta, Chicago
Specs :
69x16x9, 38g 19n
Date of loss : 1895,
Sep 1
Place of loss :
near Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
none
Detail : She collided with a rival
line’s tug MEDINA while competing with
her for the tow of the steamer JOLIET.
Both tug skippers were arrested for the death of a fireman and lost their licenses over the matter. Owned by
Inman Tug Line, Duluth She was later recovered and rebuilt, though she had been
cut nearly in two.
Sources :
gwgl,h,mv,lhl,lss,rsl,nsp
————————————————————————
A.J. PATMORE - See B.B. McCOLL
————————————————————————±
GRACE PATTERSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85634
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, tug & frieghter
Build info :
1880, J. Callister, Grand Haven
Specs :
111 t.
Date of loss :
1882, Mar 15
Place of loss : Two
Rivers Point, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded/fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber & lath
Detail : Stranded broadside to the
beach, then caught fire and destroyed. Lifesavers rescued her crew. The big tug
LEVIATHAN, assisted by other tugs, tried in vain to pull her off. Owned by John
Patterson, Manistee.
Still listed in
some later sources (polk,mv).
Sources :
gwgl,h,lmdc,polk,hgl,usls,nsp
————————————————————————±
Other names :
also seen in error as PAUHASSET
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1847, Luther Moses, Ohio City, OH
Specs :
140x22x10, 325 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Aug 23
Place of loss : at
Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
empty [had just finished unloading]
Detail : Caught fire at a dock at Dunkirk
and was cut loose to save the dock after the fire got out of control. Drifted
to near the breakwater and burned to water’s edge. Owned by the Dunkirk,
Cleveland, Sandusky & Toledo Line out of Sandusky. Master: Capt. Sissons.
Underwriters paid $6,000 on the loss - equivalent to about $200,000 today.
Sources :
hgl,lhl,nsp,wl,eas,air blu[1856]
————————————————————————±
JOHN H. PAULY
Other names :
built as prop THOMSON KINGSFORD renamed in 1886
Official no. :
145223
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info :
1880, J.E. Riley, Oswego, NY as a passenger/package freighter
Specs :
116x23x9, 185g 132n
Date of loss :
1906, Aug 10
Place of loss : at
Marine City, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She caught fire at Marine City
and burned through her lines, then drifted 3 miles downstream before beaching
near Port Lambton Ont., and burning out. Owned by her skipper, Capt. J.
Marsbero of Marine City, but he was not aboard at the time.
As KINGSFORD she
was sunk at Belleville, Ont. by collison with the steamer SAXON. Raised and
rebuilt as PAULY.
Sources :
eas,osdo,ns1,mv,nsp,rp
————————————————————————±
PAULINA
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1818, Nov
Place of loss :
mouth of Grand R., OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and pounded to pieces.
Sources :
is
————————————————————————
PAULINE - See EDWARD E. SKEELE
————————————————————————
PAWNEE - See
MAPLEGULF
————————————————————————
PAYDAY II - See MARY KAY
————————————————————————±
WILLIAM PEACOCK
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1829, Steward and Bidwell, Barcelona or Portland, NY
Specs :
102x19x7, 120 t.
Date of loss :
1835
Place of loss :
near Ripley, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Broke up, no detail.
On Sep 17, 1830
she suffered the first major boiler explosion on Lake Erie. Lying at dock at
Buffalo, she blew up, killing 15 to 30. Rebuilt 2 years later. Reportedly
suffered another boiler explosion on Lake Erie in 1832.
Sources :
sol,is,le,ledc,lhl,hgl,wl,eas,bb
————————————————————————±
PEARL
Other names : none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847, Toledo, Oh
Specs :
151 t. om
Date of loss :
1855
Place of loss : E.
Sister Reef
Lake : Erie*
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Wrecked on a reef, no detail.
*location also
given as E Sister Reef, Georgian Bay
Sources :
slh,ledc,hgl,bb
————————————————————————±
PEARL
Other names :
built as ABSALOM SHADE, renamed in 1871
Official no. : C
none?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1857, H. Marlton, Goderich, Ont
Specs :
71x17x8, 72 gc
Date of loss :
1871, 3rd week of April
Place of loss :
near Napanee, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She was driven ashore and
wrecked, a total loss.
Out of Napanee
Rebuilt, 1864
Sources :
nsp,rsl,mmgl,hgl,clu,wl
————————————————————————±
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
scow or scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
(1867, Slighter,
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1882
Place of loss :
Whitefish Point
Type of loss : "wrecked"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : no detail
Perhaps scow
Possibly the
Canadian scow built 1868, R. Davis, Battersea,
Ont. 81 t. Out of Napanee in
1882.
Sources :
lssc,lss,(mmgl),clu,wl
————————————————————————±
HIRAM PEARSONS
Other names :
also seen as H. PEARSON
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1838, Samuel Ellis, Chicago*
Specs :
71x21x8, 97 t.
Date of loss :
1849, Oct 6
Place of loss : at
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She was driven ashore in a storm and came to rest "between the two
Calumets." She broke up quickly,
and a vessel agent sent out from Chicago to find her located only her
bedraggled crew, camping on the beach. Owner: Norton & Co., Chicago.
*May have been
built from the hull of the 1832 schooner COMMERCE [built Black Rock, NY]. Her
first document shows her as a steamboat, but the document was not completed.
Sources :
wmhs,wmn,nsp
————————————————————————±
EDWARD S. PEASE
Other names :
built as Canadian prop CALIFORNIA(qv)*
Official no. :
136025
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs :
168x26x19, 716g 442n
Date of loss :
1904, Nov 24
Place of loss : at
Collingwood, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She caught fire while unloading
and burned to a shell. The hull was later repaired and used for a barge.
She capsized and
sank off AuSable, MI in Jun, 1889, on her first trip after being rebuilt from
CALIFORNIA. Owned by C.E. Benham of Cleveland
Two were killed in
a fire which swept her in December, 1891, at Cleveland.
*See CALIFORNIA
for earlier accident.
Sources :
slh,is,ns1,h,mv,csv,mmgl,nsp,win,mpl
————————————————————————
FRANK H. PEAVY - See WILLIAM A. REISS
————————————————————————±
E. M. PECK
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7490
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1857, Peck & Masters, Cleveland
Specs :
111x26x9, 228 t. om
Date of loss :
1868, Apr 13
Place of loss : off
Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She capsized in a squall. Speculation at the time was that she had
struck the reef four miles off Racine. The vessel was found floating 7 miles
off Kenosha a week later, was taken in tow and brought to Kenosha, and then
pulled to Chicago for repairs. Master: Capt. Robert Anderson(d). She was let go
to sink in Chicago harbor May 4, with the intent that she would be towed in
later, but was reported by the harbormaster as an obstruction to ship traffic
early in June.
Sources :
bb,wl,hgl,nsp
————————————————————————±
W. L. PECK
Other names : none
Official no. :
72781
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1873, P. Morgan, Carrollton, MI
Specs :
154x32x10, 361g 343n
Date of loss :
1891, Oct 5
Place of loss :
15-18 miles NNW of Ashtabula
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying :
700 t. coal
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Bay Mills,
Mich., and Fort William, Ont. in tow of the prop ONEIDA, she sprung a leak in a heavy gale. After her crew worked t he pumps for 12 hours
she began to founder rapidly. The ONEIDA dropped her hawser and rounded in
about in the gale, taking PECK's crew off in a skillful maneuver. The barge
went down in about 75 feet of water. Owned by Pinett Bros. of Saginaw.
On May 8, 1885 she
was reported as a total loss after striking a pier and sinking at Harbor Beach,
Mich. She had been in tow of the tug THOMAS QUAYLE.
Sources :
vbs,slh,hgl,mv,nsp
————————————————————————
HENRY PEDWELL - See EASTNOR
————————————————————————
PEERLESS - See
MUSKEGON
————————————————————————±
PEERLESS
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1852, M. Simpson, Dumbarton, (Ont.) or Bronte
Specs :
106x22x9, 172 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Aug 23
Place of loss : at
Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
staves
Detail :
She was beset by a powerful storm and waterlogged above Long Point. She
was abandoned by her crew and later drifted ashore at the location shown,
pounding to pieces against the breakwater.
May have been U.S.
owned a t the time of loss - insured by Oswego and Philadelphia companies.
Sources :
hgl,bb,wmn,nsp,bb
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PEERLESS
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, Melancthon Simpson, Oakville, Ont.
as a brig
Specs :
103x25x10, 181gc 181nc
Date of loss :
1883, Sep 27
Place of loss : 12
miles off St. Peter (Pt. Petre?)
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail :
Bound Belleville, Ont., for Cleveland, she fought against a gale for a
full day and had lost part of her canvas when she was found to be leaking. She
was abandoned by her crew after 3 hours at the pumps, and went down in deep
water. Out of Hamilton, Ont, owned by
Capt. Jas. Savage, her skipper.
Rebuilt in 1866 by
Shickluna and again in 1881.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mmgl,wl
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PEG
Other names : ?
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
tug, wood probably fish tug
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1878
Place of loss : on
Cockburn Isl., North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : "wrecked"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : no detail
Sources :
slh not in mmgl, clu
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PELICAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
20415
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1872, J.P. Clark, Detroit
Specs :
205x35x14, 813g 772n
Date of loss :
1893, May 16
Place of loss : a
short distance off Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
4
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She was wrecked offshore while
riding out a storm at anchor. The survivors were rescued by the tug SUNOL.
Missing for a week
after a Lake Superior storm in Nov, 1891. Finally found sheltering and
repairing damage.
Major repair in
1882
Sources :
mv,ledc,polk,nsp,wb,lss,hgl,mpl
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JAS. H. PELLETT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
162507
Type at loss :
barge, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1905, Buffalo Shipbuilding, Buffalo
Specs :
170x36x15, 346g 296n
Date of loss :
1943, Jul 2
Place of loss : in
harbor at Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(hull failure)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She sank in the harbor. One
source says she was lost in 1939. Owner: Kitchen, Cheboygan, Mich.
Officially retired
from lakes service in 1937.
Sources :
h,mv,ns4
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CHARLES E. PENDELL
Other names :
built on the hull of burned tug STAR No. 2*
Official no. :
125773
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1879, J. Robarge, E. Saginaw, Mich
Specs :
57x13x6, 29g 14n
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 8
Place of loss : 2
mi W of Whitefish Pt.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
While gathering logs she was caught in a deadly nor'wester and driven
ashore. She was broken in two and almost
completely pounded to pieces by October 20th.
Out of Cheboygan,
Mich
*(US#23574), b.
1862, E. Saginaw and burned in the Saginaw R. in 1879
Sources :
vbs,hgl,bb,wmn
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DORCAS PENDELL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
157124
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1884, P. Rappelyea, E. Saginaw
Specs :
148x31x11, 408g 389n
Date of loss :
1914, Jul 6
Place of loss : near breakwater at Harbor Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm/fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was driven hard ashore in
the "Big Storm" of Nov 8-13, 1913.
She remained jammed in place until she caught fire and was destroyed the next summer,
probably due to an overheated shipkeeper's stove.
She was reportedly
in poor condition when she went ashore.
Sources :
eas,vbs,mv,slh,ns2,phr
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PENELOPE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
150582
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood, fishing
Build info :
1892, S. Langell, St. Clair, MI as a yacht
Specs :
74x14x9, 54g 35n
Date of loss :
1909, Dec 19
Place of loss : ¼
mile off Avon Point, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none of 3
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Bound for St. Clair, MI, for layup, she was discovered to be ablaze in
her foc'sl. After fighting the fire during a run for shore, her crew finally
abandoned her in her smallboat and made their way to shore. The tug grounded in
shallow water, where she burned to the waterline. Owned by A. H. Langell of
Cleveland and skippered by Capt. Chas. Inches.
Sources :
gmw,nsp,eas,ew
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PENINSULA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1849, P. Lester, Vicker's Landing [Marysville], MI
Specs :
155x22x11, 355 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Nov 15
Place of loss :
Sawtooth Reef, near Eagle R., MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
gen. mechandise, including a quantity of blasting powder.
Detail :
She was unloading cargo when a gale hit. She backed away from the dock
but broke her propeller shaft, becoming helpless, being then driven on the reef
and destroyed by wave action. Owned by McKnight’s Lake Superior Line and sailed
by Capt. McKnight (often referred to in the press as “Col. McKnight.”)
Portaged around
the Soo in 1853.
Parts of her were
still visible on shore as late as June, 1958.
Sources :
is(2-60),slh,mh,lsp,ks,lhl,lss,nsp,eas,bb
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WILLIAM PENN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1826, Erie, PA
Specs :
214 t.
Date of loss :
1836, May 28
Place of loss :
near Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She stranded and was pounded to
pieces.
Hgl says she was
dismantled in 1837.
Sources :
lhl,is,hgl,eas
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WILLIAM PENN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1840, Calvin, Cook & Co., Garden Isl., Ont.
Specs :
88x18x9, 123 t.
Date of loss :
1856, May
Place of loss :
below Point Pelee
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Ashore and wrecked. No detail available.
Sank in a white
squall in 1851.
Capsized off
See also MARION M.
BRECK
Sources :
sagl,hgl,nsp,mmgl,clu,air
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GEORGE PENNIMAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
86301
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1894, C. Dutcher,
Specs :
93x20x6, 84 t.
Date of loss :
1903, Nov 6
Place of loss :
near
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Little detail. Document surrendered at
Date also given as
1902, location near Alpena, but she was recvered from that accident..
Sources :
phr,vbs,wmn
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1836,
Specs : 90 t.
Date of loss :
1844, Oct 18
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
10 [all]
Carrying :
flour, whiskey, etc.
Detail :
Downbound from
Sources :
hgl,nsp,bb,jm
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PENOBSCOT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
150193
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "sandsucker"
Build info :
1880, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc
as a schooner
Specs
: 129x27x9, 285g
299n (257g 244n)*
Date of loss :
1925, Aug 19
Place of loss : off
Marine City, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She collided with an unknown
vessel and sank in shallow water. She was later removed from her perch, but
deemed a constructive total loss. One
source says she was destroyed by fire, but maybe scrapped by burning.
*tonnage as a
schooner
Converted to a
steambarge in 1908.
Not officially
abandoned until 1929.
Sources :
sol,ns3,mv,phr,mpl,eas,hcgl
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PENOBSCOT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
150705
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1895, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City
Specs :
454x44x23, 4077g 3503n
Date of loss :
1951, Oct 29
Place of loss : in
harbor at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
2 of 29
Carrying :
light
Detail : This big freightercollided with
gasoline barge MORANIA #130, in tow of tug DAUNTLESS #12(qv,both). The barge
exploded, causing a terrfic explosion and fire. 10 men were killed on the three
vessels. Master: Capt. Louis F. Guyette. Owner: Nicholson Transit Co. Her
forward end was so heavily damaged that she was thought to be a total loss, but was later rebuilt,
lasted 'til 1963.
Lengthened 102' in
1906. Equipped as an auto carrier from 1926-43.
Sources :
nsp,smgl,is,ns5,vbs
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PENSAUKEE - See also JAMES G.
BLAINE
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PENSAUKEE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
150057
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1875, T. Spears, Pensaukee, WI (Little Sturgeon Bay)
Specs :
52x14x6, 34g 17n
Date of loss :
1902, Jun 5
Place of loss :
Cleveland harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : The barge AURORA, in tow of the
tug LUTZ, broke her towline while rounding a bend in the Cuyahoga, went out of
control and rammed this tug at her dock, where she was in for repairs, cutting her in
two. Master: Capt. Sweeney. Owner: Independent Tug Line, Cleveland. Later in
the month the harbormaster ordered the hulk removed as an obstruction to navigation.
Watterlogged by a
storm and scuttled to save her near Sand Beach, MI, Lake Huron, in September of
1885.
Sources :
is,mv,polk,nsp,usls
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PENTLAND
Other names :
none
Official no. :
150656
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1894, D. Robertson, Grand Haven
Specs :
193x35x14, 827g 618n
Date of loss :
1928
Place of loss :
Port Colborne, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She collided head-on with
breakwall and was damaged beyond repair.
Sources :
ns2,mv,mpl
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PEORIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
19668
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, A. Gilman, Black R., OH
Specs :
112x24x9, 167g 159n
Date of loss :
1901, Nov 12
Place of loss :
near Bailey's Harbor, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
hardwood lumber
Detail : Bound East Jordan, Michigan for
Chicago she was blown ashore and wrecked. Her crew was rescued by the Bailey’s
Harbor Lifesaving Service crew. She was a total loss. Probably owned by M. J.
Bonner, St. James, Beaver Island.
Also wrecked and
declared a total loss in the “ALPENA Storm,” Oct 26, 1880.
Sources :
ns1,h,lmdc,mv,nsp,mpl,wgts
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PERE MARQUETTE - See ROBERT C. PRINGLE
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PERE MARQUETTE 3
Other names :
built as F.&P.M. No.3 renamed
in 1901
Official no. :
120677
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, pass & pkg frt break-bulk carrier [NOT a carferry]
Build info :
1887, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI hull# 77
Specs :
190x33x12, 925g 678n
Date of loss :
1920, Mar 7
Place of loss : off
Ludington, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
$100,000 worth
Detail : Caught in a ice field in
February, a change in wind shifted the pack and caused her hull to be crushed.
Her crew was able to step out her gangway and walk to PERE MARQUETTE 18(qv),
standing by. The railroad saved almost all of her cargo and gear before ice
opened up and she sank. The hull was later raised, but found to be beyond
repair and abandoned.
Sources :
atl,glc,is,sol,ns3,mv,lmdc,mpl,eas
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PERE MARQUETTE 4
Other names :
built as F.&.P.M. No. 4 renamed in 1901
Official no. :
120719
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, pas & pkg frt
break-bulk carrier [NOT a carferry]
Build info :
1888, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI
hull# 89
Specs :
187x35x12, 941g 680n
Date of loss :
1923, May 15
Place of loss : off
Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
gen frt
Detail : Bound Ludington for Milwaukee,
she collided almost bows-on with the carferry PERE MARQUETTE 17 in a passing
error and was heavily damaged. Towed into Milwaukee by the ferry, but soon
declared a constructive total loss. The hull was used by a local yacht club as
a clubhouse until January, 1936, when it was sunk by gunfire off Evanston, IL.
Sources :
atl,glc,ns3,mv,mpl,eas
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PERE MARQUETTE 8
Other names :
built as prop H.W. WILLIAMS, renamed TENNESSEE in 1910, last name in 1913
Official no. : 95952
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, pass & pkg frt break-bulk carrier [NOT a carferry]
Build info :
1888, H.W. Williams, South Haven, MI
Specs :
171x35x11, 691g 548n
Date of loss :
1927, Oct 27
Place of loss : at
Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at
her winter layup dock on
One of only Pere
Marquette boats without an icebreaking hull
Enlarged from
140x28x11 in 1897
Sources :
sol,ns3,mpl,eas,mv
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PERE
————————————————————————±
PERE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
150972
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, carferry, 30 car
Build info :
1902, American Shipbuilding,
Specs :
338x56x20, 2909g 1722n
Date of loss :
1910, Sep 8
Place o