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beginning with the letter
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©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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LUCY RAAB
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood,2-mast
Build info :
1858, P. R. Beaupre,
Specs : 114x26x10,
(ca. 250 t.) 14,000 bu capacity
Date of loss :
1862, Nov 1(?)
Place of
loss :
Middle Island Reef
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
(grain)
Detail : She drove ashore on the
reef in a storm. The big wrecking tug
WINSLOW was sent from
Built at
Sources :
slh,hgl,nsp,bb
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JOHN RABER
Other names :
built as brig GENERAL WORTH. Renamed after 1871
Official no. :
10150
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1848, Wm. Treat,
Specs : 118x25x10, 224g 212n
Date of loss :
1895, Sep 29
Place of
loss :
near Whiting,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
Lumber
Detail :
Caught in a storm while approaching Chicago, the old. Worn-out schooner
began to go to pieces. Her crew worked the pumps until she went into the
shallows, but her skipper was still drowned while going ashore to get a tug to
try to save her. The balance of her crew was rescued by U.S. Lifesavers.
Master: Capt. Andrew Johnson (d).
On the 10th
of the same month, while bound Pine Lake [Charlevoix, MI] for Milwaukee, she
ran aground in dense fog and a SE gale, 1 mi from shore and 4 mi S of Ahnapee.
Her crew abandoned and the schooner later reportedly broke up, but apparently
not, as she was wrecked later the same month.
She was heavily
damaged and expected to be a total loss in a storm of
Sources :
hgl,mv,nsp,h,wb,rsl,wmn
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RACER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
21189
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, B.B. Jones,
Specs : 258 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Nov 17
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound
Homeport:
Major repair in
1863
Sources :
mv,slh,nsp,hgl,rsl,mdwl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1844, (S. Doolittle),
Specs : 95x20x10,
175 t. (as a prop)
Date of loss :
1849
Place of
loss :
near Rondeau, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Capsized and lost in a light
gale.
She was
considered top-heavy as a propeller and was converted to a schooner in 1846.
After the conversion she was still known as a “tender” boat.
Sources :
lhl, nsp,wl,hgl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1856, Luther Moses,
Specs : 193x30x13, 715 t.
Date of loss :
1864, Aug 10
Place of
loss :
off Rondeau, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
8
Carrying :
flour, passengers
Detail : Fire on board, originating near
her boiler, quickly destroyed the ship. One crewman was killed during the
lowering of a lifeboat and 7 others died when that boat swamped. The propeller
The hull was
raised in fall, 1866 and rebuilt to a bark [
Stranded in the
Straits in the fall of 1863 following a collision, and off the mouth of the
Sheboygan R. the same November.
Major repairs in
1862
Sources :
msv,hgl,osdo,lhl,gsgl,ledc,nsp,mpl,rsl,nsp,eas
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
21183
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1853, Justice Bailey,
Specs : 214 t.
Date of loss :
1868, Oct 30
Place of
loss :
off Port Austin, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
grain
Detail :
She was driven into the shallows in a gale. The wrecking tug DISPATCH
was sent from
Out of
Also wrecked near
Sources :
nsp,mpl,mv,hgl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
21184
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1844, Sanford & Moses, Cleveland
Specs : 106x24x10,
168g 160n
Date of loss :
1892, Jul 3
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She was downbound when reported
stranded and lost.
Rebuilt, 1872
Ashore with heavy
damage near
Probably the
vessel reported capsized and lost in a storm NE of Milwaukee
Major repair in
1862
Sources :
mv,slh,mv,lhdc,wb,hgl,usls,nsp
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
21708
Type at loss :
scow or scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1867,
Specs : 195x30x12,
534g 508n
Date of loss :
1893, Aug 19
Place of
loss :
near the harbor entrance at
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
stone
Detail : Sank, no detail.
Out of
Sources :
mv,h not in mmgl
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RADIENT or RADIANT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
ca. 1856 [described as “new” in articles reporting her loss]
Specs : ? [described as “not of the largest class,”
meaning she was probably less than 130 feet in length]
Date of loss :
1857, Nov 20?
Place of
loss :
unknown
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
10 [all]
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Left
Sources :
hgl,gs,nsp not in
mmgl
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JOHN
RAE -
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R.H. RAE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1857, Donaldson &Andrews,
Specs : 136x23x11,
344 t.
Date of loss :
1858, Aug 3 or 4
Place of
loss :
S of Pt. Traverse
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : She capsized and sank in a
"white squall" off Duck's Creek. She went down slowly enough for her
people to abandon in her smallboat. They were later picked up by the propeller
COLONIST. There was a big effort to salvage her the next summer, but to no
avail. She was a total loss of $20,000. Owned by Rae Bros. & Co., Hamilton,
Ont. Master: Capt. Bowman.
She was
reportedly built for the trans-Atlantic trade and looked more like a seagoing
schooner.
Named after and
owned by a well-known arctic navigator of the time.
Wreck is in very
good condition. The famed Cousteau organization lost a diver on her in 1980.
Sources :
is,hgl,do2,sol,sagl,pdw,rnc ,wl
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RAINBOW
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
“small”
Date of loss :
1837, Aug 21
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was driven ashore and
wrecked, but her crew made it to shore.
A 2-mast schooner
of this name existed at this time out of
but she was still
extant in 1841. Built 1834,
Sources :
ledc,hgl,wl not in mmgl
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RAINBOW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
21300
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1855, F.N. & B.B. Jones,
Specs : 125x27x10,
257g 244n
Date of loss :
1894, May 18
Place of
loss :
off the mouth of the
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Her sails ripped out by a
terrific storm, she was driven along the beach until she finally capsized and
broke up. Four of her crew were rescued by the tug MOLLIE SPENCER. 3 others,
adrift on a hatchcover raft, were saved by brave bystanders from shore. Master:
Capt. John Pugh, Out of
Rebuilt in 1875-6
Sources :
mv,is(2-92),h,lmdc,nsp,wbm,hgl,rsl
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RAINBOW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
111064
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1894,
Specs : 47x12x5, 15g
7n
Date of loss :
1927, Jun 10
Place of
loss :
Peche Isl.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : She caught fire in the river,
was beached on the island to save her crew, and burned to the waterline.
Built as fish tug.
Sources :
mv,ledc
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
21138
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1848, Sandford & Moses, Cleveland
Specs : 212 t.
Date of loss : 1869,
Oct 31
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Bound
Owned by
McElligott & Richardson, Chicago, Capt. McElligott being her skipper.
Also reported as
a Canadian lost near Manitoulin Isl.,
Major repairs in
1861, 66 and 70.
Sources :
hgl,slh,nsp,mdwl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
110154
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1871, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 227x34x15, 1206g 1105n
Date of loss :
1911, Nov 30
Place of
loss :
5 mi E of Port Colborne, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
pulpwood
Detail : She broke her rudder in a gale.
Helpless, she was driven ashore and pounded to pieces on Schisler Point. Out of
Sources :
ns2,h,mv,ledc,win,mpl,do,eas,ewe
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RALPH - See E.H. MILLER
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P.J. RALPH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
150460
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight<