Great
beginning with the letter
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©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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HORACE TABER
Other names :
built as 2-master AMOSKEAG, renamed in 1883
Official no. : C130324
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1867, S. Langell,
Specs : 138x27x10,
244gc
Date of loss :
1922, Nov 27
Place of
loss :
Simcoe Isl., SW of Kingston, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
a storm built up over the whole length of
Sold Canadian
1911, registered to Capt H. Daryaw of
Rebuilt, enlarged
and converted to 3-master, 1883
Sources :
polk,mv,hgl,ns3,osdo,is(2-90),mpl,do,nsp not in mmgl
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TABLE ROCK
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24146
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1853, (H. C. Person),
Specs : 116x27x8, 179g
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 29
Place of
loss :
on the outside of Tawas Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all but 1
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She was lost from the tow of
the tug ZOUAVE in a gale came ashore and wrecked. Part of her crew, including
the skipper, the mate and his wife, were last seen drifting away on the cabin
roof. Master: Capt. James McAuley(d).
Sources :
mv,nsp,slh,hgl,bb
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
145268
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1881, Quayle, Cleveland
Specs : 261x39x22,
1879g 1609n
Date of loss :
1914, Aug 23
Place of
loss :
at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She caught fire and burned to a
total loss at South Mill dock, where she had been lying idle.
Sources :
mv,polk,ns2,mpl,hcgl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
145673
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1894, E.W. Heath,
Specs : 73x18x9,
76g 39n
Date of loss : 1929,
Nov 4
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Her seams opened in a storm and
she sank on Clark Shoal.
Lies 2.66 mi, 343
deg from
Sources :
mv,glp,lmdc,mpl,eas
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TAILWINDS
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
charter fishing boat, gas
Build info :
Specs : 36 ft.
Date of loss :
1975
Place of
loss :
Port Wing, WI
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : She was destroyed in a boatshed
fire.
Sources :
is,lss
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W. D. TALCOTT
Other names :
also seen as W. G. TOLLCOTT
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1850,
Specs : 70 t.
Date of loss :
1851, Nov 17
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She was inbound for
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wmhs
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Other names : also seen as TALLAHASSA
Official no. :
145249
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1881, L. Larsen,
Specs : 75x21x6,
83g 79n
Date of loss :
1884, Oct 26
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Went ashore and became a total loss. Owned by Lars Larsen,
Sources :
es,wmn,mv,polk,bb
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
145555
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, F Wheeler,
Specs : 292x41x20,
1972g 1633n
Date of loss :
1911, Jul 18
Place of
loss :
at Walkerville, Ont. at Walker Distillery
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
sand
Detail : She was unloading sand at a
dock when she was rammed by the freighter JOHN W. GATES and sank. Her
enrollment was surrendered at
Driven ashore by
a 100 mph gale on
Sources :
mv,vbs,ns2,nsp,lss,eas
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TANNER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24236
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast*
Build info :
1863, Ellsworth & Davidson,
Specs : 157x32x13,
435 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Sep 10
Place of
loss :
at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : She missed the south pier and
went ashore, where she was pounded to pieces by the 17th. The single casualty
was her skipper. The rest of the crew - except for the cook, who swam ashore -
were saved by the tugs J.J. HAGERMAN and J. B. MERRILL and the revenue cutter
ANDREW JACKSON. She had been bound
*May have been
converted to 3-mast schooner by the time of her loss.
Sources :
nsp,mv,usls,mpl, es,bb,rsl,wl,sip
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TARRY NOT
- See also J.G. McGRATH
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TARRY NOT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, Bailey Bros.,
Specs : 122x24x10, 161 t.
Date of loss :
1860
Place of
loss :
near Bois Blanc Isl. (Bob-Lo)
Type of loss : "lost"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail
Later recovered
and rebuilt as D. McINNES [C#33524]
Sources :
is,slh,rsl not in
clu[54-6]
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TARTAR
Other names :
none also reported as TARTIN,
TARTAN
Official no. :
24108
Type at loss : schooner,
wood
Build info :
1853, Bates,
Specs : 110x24x10,
188 t.
Date of loss :
1870, Dec 1
Place of
loss :
off Pt Pelee
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She struck a reef and stranded.
Her underwriters stripped and abandoned her the following spring.
Out of
Sources :
mv,hgl,ledc,win,wl,rsl,nsp
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TARTIN - See TARTAR
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TASHMOO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145843
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, steel, passenger [excursion]
Build info :
1900, Detroit Dry Dock,
Specs : 303x38x14,
1344g 766n
Date of loss :
1936, Jun 18
Place of
loss :
Amherstburg, Ont.
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : She was bound downriver with a
full complement of passengers when she hit a floating object and began to sink.
Her quick-thinking skipper ran her to a dock on the Canadian side, where her passengers disembarked without
incident. The famous TASHMOO settled at the dock and later was declared a
constructive total loss.
She lost to the
passenger
Sources :
mv,ns4,gsgl,mol,sol,is,win,eas
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Other names :
built as schooner JAMES COUCH renamed in 1890
Official no. :
75598
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 4-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1871, Muir & Livingston,
Specs : 221x35x16, 979g 931n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 20
Place of
loss :
3.1 mi SW of Southeast Shoal Lt.,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 [all]
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Tow of the steamer
She was one of
the largest vessels on the lakes when built.
Converted to
schooner-barge before 1894.
Sunk in a
collision with the steamer J. H. WADE in the St. Mary's River in August of 1890
and raised late in September.
Souvenir hunters
who had removed her anchor were forced to return it in 1989.
Sources :
mv,ns1,glp,gs,gsgl,h,ap,ledc,nsp,mpl,sip,eas,ew
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TAWAS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24505
Type at loss : propeller
steam tug, wood
Build info :
1864, M. Williams, Marysville [
Specs : 98x18x9,
88g
Date of loss :
1874, May 14
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
explosion
Loss of life :
6 [5 killed from the tug, 1 from the schooner]
Carrying :
none
Detail : Lying alongside or towing the schooner ZACH CHANDLER when her boiler
exploded and she sank. Master: Capt. J. C. Robinson(d).
Sources :
phr,mv,nsp,lhl,slh,hgl,mpl,eas
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A.B.
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E.S.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, Sam’l J. Root, Black R., OH
Specs : 89x23x6,
117 t. om
Date of loss :
1860, Oct 15
Place of
loss :
between the mouth of the Detroit R. and Bar Pt.
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
prob. none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
She collided at night with the downbound schooner COMET and was sunk.
Her crew abandoned in her boat just before she went down in 18 feet of water.
She broke up by the 10th of Nov., but her anchors and outfit were recovered.
COMET was quite seriously damaged.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,rnc
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EMILY TAYLOR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
136386
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1893,
Specs : 71x20x5, 55g
53n
Date of loss :
1901, Nov 10
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wood
Detail :
