©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
T
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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.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
a storm built up over the whole length of Lake Ontatio drove her ashore
and pounded her to pieces on Four Mile Pt.
Sold Canadian
1911, registered to Capt H. Daryaw of Kingston
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), Cape
Vincent, NY, as a brig
Specs :
116x27x8, 179g
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 29
Place of loss : on
the outside of Tawas Point
Lake : Huron
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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TACOMA
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
Ludington, MI
Lake : Michigan
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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TACOMA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145673
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1894, E.W. Heath, Benton Harbor, MI
Specs :
73x18x9, 76g 39n
Date of loss :
1929, Nov 4
Place of loss :
Chicago harbor, straight out from 68th St.
Lake : Michigan
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 Calumet Harbor light in 30 feet of water.
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
Lake : Superior
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, Cattaraugus Creek, NY
Specs :
70 t.
Date of loss :
1851, Nov 17
Place of loss :
near Sturgeon Point, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She was inbound for Buffalo with a consignment of lumber for the Bidwell
and Banta shipyard when she capsized in a storm. Her crew was picked up by the
steamer HENDRICK HUDSON(qv). She was a total loss. Master: Capt. Ames.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wmhs
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TALLAHASSEE
Other names :
also seen as TALLAHASSA
Official no. :
145249
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1881, L. Larsen, Manitowoc, Wis.
Specs :
75x21x6, 83g 79n
Date of loss :
1884, Oct 26
Place of loss :
near Jacksonport, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Went ashore and became a total loss. Owned by Lars Larsen, Manitowoc.
Sources :
es,wmn,mv,polk,bb
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TAMPA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145555
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, F Wheeler, W. Bay City
hull#74
Specs :
292x41x20, 1972g 1633n
Date of loss :
1911, Jul 18
Place of loss : at
Walkerville, Ont. at Walker Distillery
Lake : Detroit R.
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 Detroit Mar 25, 1912. She was raised in 1914 and
towed to Marine City, where the McLouth Shipyard planned to turn her into a
drydock. Plans never materialized, however,
and she sat there until scrapped in 1923.
Driven ashore by a
100 mph gale on Lake Superior in 1896. Recovery and rebuilding cost $50,000.
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, Milwaukee
Specs :
157x32x13, 435 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Sep 10
Place of loss : at
Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
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 Milwaukee for Buffalo. Master: Capt.
Howard(d).
*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., Charlotte, NY
Specs :
122x24x10, 161 t.
Date of loss :
1860
Place of loss :
near Bois Blanc Isl. (Bob-Lo)
Lake : Erie
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, Milan, OH
Specs :
110x24x10, 188 t.
Date of loss :
1870, Dec 1
Place of loss : off Pt Pelee
Lake : Erie
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 Buffalo in
1869
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, Wyandotte, MI
Specs :
303x38x14, 1344g 766n
Date of loss :
1936, Jun 18
Place of loss :
Amherstburg, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R.
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 steamer CITY OF ERIE in an exciting "Great Steamboat Race"
in 1900.
Sources :
mv,ns4,gsgl,mol,sol,is,win,eas
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TASMANIA
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, Port Huron, MI
Specs :
221x35x16, 979g 931n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : 3.1
mi SW of Southeast Shoal Lt., Pelee Pass.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 [all]
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Tow of the steamer BULGARIA(qv)
in a gale, she dropped off a big wave and struck bottom. She began to sink,
then foundered quickly when her towline was cut. Bound Escanaba for Cleveland.
Member of Corrigan Flt. Master: Capt. William Radford(d).
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 [Vicksburg], MI
Specs :
98x18x9, 88g
Date of loss :
1874, May 14
Place of loss : off
Rock Falls, near Sand Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
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). CHANDLER was also
damaged, and her second mate, standing
more than 300 feet from the blast, was killed instantly by a flying timber.
Sources :
phr,mv,nsp,lhl,slh,hgl,mpl,eas
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A.B. TAYLOR - See OTTAWA
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E.S. TAYLOR
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.
Lake : Erie
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, Ahnapee, WI
Specs :
71x20x5, 55g 53n
Date of loss :
1901, Nov 10
Place of loss :
Heizer Bay, 20 mi N of Menominee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wood
Detail : Bound Arthur Bay for Green Bay,
she drove into the shallows where waves broke completely over her all night.
The captain had his wife and two
children aboard, plus 2 sailors - all were rescued by local fishermen. Master
and owner Capt. Charles Stone, Gladstone, Mich.
Sources :
mv,nsp,hgl,wgts,bb
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HATTIE TAYLOR
Other names :
also seen as HETTY TAYLOR and HETTIE TAYLOR
Official no. : 95356
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1874, E.C. Penney, Milwaukee
Specs :
84x23x8, 85 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Aug 26
Place of loss :
about 5 mi SE of Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : She capsized and sank in a
squall while bound for Escanaba. Her crew of four abandoned her in her yawl.
There were
numerous salvage attempts between the date of her loss and summer of the
following year.
She parted her
cables and went high on the beach under Eagle Harbor Bluffs, Lake Superior, in early December, 1876. She
was recovered by the tug WELCOME the following March.
Out of Milwaukee
in 1877
Sources :
nsp,hgl,bb,mv,lss,ks
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HELEN TAYLOR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
96270
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info :
1894, Grand Haven, MI
Specs :
56x30x4, 43g 33n
Date of loss :
1930, Jan 1
Place of loss : 8
miles off Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered, no detail
Foundered off St.
Helena Island in a storm in 1923 and abandoned. An amateur salvager later
raised and rebuilt her.
Burned near Hessel,
MI in October 1919.
According to
Runge, she was nicknamed “Pumpkin Seed” due to her odd shape.
Sources :
mv,eas,slh,is,lmdc,mpl
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J. FRATER TAYLOR - See also ALGOSOO
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MARY TAYLOR - see ANN BELL
CHAMBERS
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MATILDA TAYLOR
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none (C?)
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1848
Place of loss : 2
mi E of Point Breeze, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was driven ashore by gale
and wrecked. A barge that came to her assistance was also wrecked (name not
known.)
Sources :
is,
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ROBERT TAYLOR - See QUEEN OF THE LAKES
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WILFRED R. TAYLOR - See STUART H.
DUNN
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WILLIAM F. P. TAYLOR
Other names :
none also seen as W.F.P. TAYLOR
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1835, Silver Creek, NY
Specs :
88x18x7, 95 t.
Date of loss :
1838, Sep*
Place of loss :
near Michigan City, IN
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was stranded and became a
total loss. She may have had a fire aboard also.
Burned at Cattaraugus Creek, Lake Erie, in 1836,
with loss of 1 life.
*also given as
1842. Final enrollment document is annotated: “Lost near Michigan City in the
month of September, 1838”
Sources :
lhl,hgl,is,nsp,wl
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ELLA TEAL
Other names :
also seen as ELLEN TEAL
Official no. :
7493
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
before 1869
Specs :
45x12x4, 19 gt
Date of loss :
1870, Apr 24
Place of loss :
Chicago harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
18,000 bd ft lumber
Detail :
Bound Muskegon for Chicago, she became waterlogged while a few miles out
and was driven against the breakwater at
Chicago, just north of the lighthouse. She was quickly pounded to pieces, with
the loss of the life of her mate. Master: Capt. Samuel T. Wood. Owned by Wood
& Sibley, Pentwater, Mich.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv
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TECUMSEH
Other names : MAY
have been built as FAIRPORT
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1845, John McDermot, Algonac, MI
Specs :
139x23x10, 285 t.
Date of loss :
1850, Nov 14 or 16
Place of loss :
near Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and lost. Final
enrollment document is annotated “S.B. Tecumseh wrecked at Buffalo, November
16, 1850."
Sources :
lhl,hgl,wl,eas,bc
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TECUMSEH
Other names : ?
Official no. : C (?)
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
(1853, Chatham, Ont.)
Specs :
(82 t.)
Date of loss :
1881
Place of loss :
near Port Huron, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Lost offshore. No detail
Sources :
hgl,slh,rsl not in
mvus,mmgl,clu
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TECUMSEH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood (also described as
steambarge)
Build info :
1862, H. Marlton, Goderich, Ont.
Specs :
111x29x10, 245 gc 196 nc
Date of loss :
1882, Nov 27
Place of loss : E
end of Cove Island
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
After missing her stays while trying to shelter from a gale, she dropped
anchor, but stranded and wrecked anyway.
Her crew made it to shore on Cove Island in a makeshift raft after her
yawl had washed away, then took the closed lighthouse's yawl and rowed 9 miles
to the mainland. The wrecking tug ERIE BELLE was later dispatched to assist her
by her insurance company, but was recalled shortly after. She finally went to
pieces the following summer.Reg out of Goderich, owned by E.J. Peters of
Windsor, who also sailed her
Major repairs in
1878
Sources :
polk,mmgl,clu,h,nsp,rp,es
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TECUMSEH
Other names : none
Official no. :
C103691
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood, fish tug
Build info :
1895, Providence Bay, Ont
Specs : 37x9x3,
10gc, 6nc
Date of loss :
1901, May 2
Place of loss : 9
miles off Gore Bay, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
engine/hull failure
Loss of life :
3 of 6
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She was found by the Northern Navigation Co. steamer GERMANIC in
distress with engine trouble. The steamer took her in tow, but after awhile the
tug’s crew signaled wildly that she was sinking. The GERMANIC rounded two to
pick up her crew, but the tug sank before all could be rescued. The skipper,
his sister and a passenger drowned. Owned by W. J. Berry, Providence Bay, Ont.
Master: Capt. John Wylie (d).
MAY have been
recovered - she shows up on a later list.
Sources :
nsp,wmn,jm,bb
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TECUMSEH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C80774
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, Hyslop & Ronold, Chatham, Ont.
Specs :
200x30x13, 839g 530n
Date of loss :
1909, Jan 16
Place of loss : in
harbor at Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at
her winter berth. Owner: B. McArthur, Toronto. Master: Capt. Wylie?.
Ashore with heavy
damage on Manitoulin Island in late Nov, 1884.
Sunk in Marquette,
MI, harbor in 1898.
Major repair, 1874
Sources :
polk,csv,win,slh,ns1,nsp,hgl,lss,mmgl,mpl
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H.M.S. TECUMSETH
Other
names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : armed schooner, wood
Build info : 1815, Chippawa, Ont.
Specs : 76 ft., 166 t.
Date of loss : 1817
Place of loss : in harbor at Penetanguishene, ONt.
Lake : HuronType of
loss :
hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Her seams opened
and she sank while lying in ordinary at Penetanguishene.
Hull remains raised in 1927 and 53. Now on display at Penetang.
Her sister ship
H.M.S. NEWASH met a similar fate, but was not raised.
Sources : is(3-69),wl
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TELEGRAM
Other names :
none
Official no. : C85497
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1885, J. Storey, Collingwood, Ont.*
Specs :
108x21x9, 322gc 216nc
Date of loss :
1908, Nov 1**
Place of loss :
Rattlesnake Harbor, Fitzwilliam I., Geo. Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
?
Detail : She caught fire and was
destroyed in the harbor.
**Oct 1 also given
Out of Collingwood
*Build site also
given as Waubaushene, Ont. Rebuilt,
1889
Ashore northeast
of Collingwood in September of 1886. Two steamers pulled her stern off trying
to extricate her.
Sources :
csv,win,sol,slh,ns1,lhdc,mmgl
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TELEGRAPH - See JACK THOMPSON
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TELEGRAPH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
steamer (sidewheeler, wood, passenger & pkg frt)
Build info :
(1836, A. Sprague, Dexter, NY)
Specs :
(131x19x8, 196 t.)
Date of loss :
1850's
Place of loss : off
Beaver Isls.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : piracy?
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Not much detail. She was supposedly
lost during this decade. Some blamed the loss on pirates from Beaver
Island. If it is the vessel above, it
was rebuilt to a schooner in 1852 after a fire. An 1853 nsp report shows her
ashore near White Lake, MI in a gale Oct 2 and probable total loss.
Sources :
h,lsp,lhl,hgl
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TELEGRAPH
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner,
wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1848, John Conner, Ferry’s Point Mill, Mich
Specs : 104x24x8, 179 t. om
Date of loss : 1853, Sep 28
Place of loss : off White Lake, Mich
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She went ashore in a storm north of Muskegon. She went to pieces by
mid-October, a total loss of about $5200. Owned by Wm. M. Ferry, Grand Haven,
Mich.
Sources : mmo,bb,hr,wmn,wl
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TELEGRAPH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1849, J.W. Abbott, Truago [Trenton], MI
Specs :
130x18x8, 181 t.
Date of loss :
1858, Aug 2
Place of loss : 40
mi N of Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She collided with the schooner MARQUETTE and sank.
Sources :
hgl,lhl,ledc,nsp,wl,eas
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WILLIAM TELL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
26348
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1851, C. Rose, New Baltimore, MI
Specs :
33 gt (44 t om)
Date of loss :
1869, Aug 20
Place of loss : off
St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
barrelled lime and misc merchandise
Detail :
Bound Milwaukee for St. Joseph, she caught fire, probably from the
spontaneous combustion of her cargo. The crew did not discover the blaze until
it had burned through the deck, and the vessel was quickly destroyed. Her
captain and crewmen escaped in the smallboat.
Owned by Capt.
Robinson of Benton Harbor, homeported at St. Joseph. Master: Capt. Hugh Keenan.
Sources :
nsp,mv,hgl,rsl,bcha,mdwl
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MARIAN TELLER
Other names :
also seen as MARION TELLER
Official no. : 91130
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1879, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City, MI
hull #5
Specs :
52x15x6, 33g 22n
Date of loss :
1900, Jun 30
Place of loss : 1
mi from Lake St. Clair Lightship
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
3 of 5
Carrying :
none
Detail : Towing the barge CANTON, she
reportedly sprang a leak and sank after the rising water in her bilges put out
her fires. Yawl was swamped in the scramble for safety. The two survivors, the
captain & his son, were picked up by the passing steamer NORWALK. Owned by her skipper, Capt. John Cornwall of Port
Huron. Raised Aug 12th, but it's not
known what happened to her after that. Salvagers said her hull was perfectly
sound and she must have shipped seas from above.
Sources :
vbs,nsp
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TEMPERANCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1848, Randall, St. Joseph, Mich
Specs :
109x22x7, 147 t. om
Date of loss :
1857, Apr 2
Place of loss :
off Racine, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
Reported as a total loss near Racine in a powerful gale. She broke away
from the tug McQUEEN and beached north of Racine, where she broke up.
wmhs - last reg.
1/'57
Sources :
hgl,wmn,bb,wmhs
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TEMPEST
Other names :
none also seen as TEMPEST 2ND
and TEMPEST No. 2
Official no. :
145105
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1876, D. Robertson, Grand Haven, MI
Specs :
138x27x11, 370g 260n
Date of loss :
1909, Jun 28
Place of loss :
Parry Sound, Ont., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
6 of 12
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She burned to a total loss
while unloading at Galnais Dock. She was
consumed very quickly at the lumber wharf. MVUS says no lives were lost. News
reports say different.
Caught fire and
burned - supposedly to a total loss - at Marine City, MI, in October, 1888.
Sources :
rkr,ns1,mv,nsp,slh,sol,lhdc,win,mpl
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TEMPEST
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24940
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "rabbit"
Build info :
1872, D. Lester, Marine City
Specs :
159x30x13, 412g 341n
Date of loss :
1918, Aug 27
Place of loss : 20
mi off Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
coal
Detail : With the schooner J.I. CASE in
tow, she developed a leak in heavy weather and foundered soon after.
575 hp engine
Sources :
mv,polk,hmc,ns2,mv,sol,mpl,eas,hcgl
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TEMPLETON
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
(steamer)?
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1893
Place of loss :
North side of S Manitou Isl. near MORAZAN
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
350 bbl whiskey*
Detail : No detail
Though there are
lots of reports on those barrels of whiskey, there seems to be no record of the
ship.
not in '84 mvus. Probably has "1st" name
*also had mixed merchandise and (supposedly)
lots of cash.
Sources :
nb,h,smi,lmdc
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TENNESSEE - See PERE MARQUETTE 8
————————————————————————±
TENNIE & LAURA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145115
Type at loss :
schooner or scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1876, G. Jorgenson, Manitowoc, WI
Specs :
73x19x5, 57g 54n
Date of loss :
1903, Aug 8
Place of loss : on
route between Muskegon and Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 of 2
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She capsized and foundered 10
mi off Milwaukee. The survivor was
picked up by the steamer MARK COVELL. Master: Capt. John Sather.
Sources :
mv,polk,h,nsp,mpl
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TERISA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145314
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1882, Port Sanilac, MI
Specs :
39x12x3, 10g 10n
Date of loss :
1905?
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered
at Port Huron 5/25/1905, annotated
"total loss."
Sources :
phr,mv,polk
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ELLEN S. TERRY - See DON M.
DICKINSON
————————————————————————
TEUTONIA - See A.B. KING
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S. THAL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
115781
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, lumber
Build info :
1867, B. Johnson, Oshkosh, WI*
Specs :
75x20x4, 55g 53n
Date of loss :
1898, Nov 10
Place of loss : off
Glencoe, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
5 [all]
Carrying : Christmas trees
Detail : Destroyed while downbound from Sturgeon Bay, Wis., with an early load
of Christmas trees for Chicago. She came to anchor the evening of the 9th
to ride out a gale, but in the morning
nothing was visible but wreckage. Owned by Capt. August Scheunemann of
Chicago [brother of skipper of "The Christmas Ship" - See ROUSE
SIMMONS] and sailed by him. He died in
the wreck.
*sometimes shown
as 1881
Sources :
mv,polk,sol,mh,h,hgl,mpl,nsp,ts
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THAMES
Other names :
built as LADY COLBOURNE
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1833, Chatham, Ont.
Specs :
80x17 ft., 160 t.
Date of loss :
1838, Dec 4
Place of loss : at
Windsor, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
fire [arson]
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was burned at her dock by
Canadian "patriots" during a raid on
Windsor involving more than 500 armed men from both sides. Owned by
Duncan McGregor of Chatham
Sources :
csv,hgl,le,is,eluc,nsp,mmgl
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H.C. THATCHER
Other names :
none also seen as H.C. THACHER
Official no. :
42560
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1879, Toledo
Specs :
74x19x5, 44g
Date of loss :
1884, Jul 25
Place of loss : in
harbor at Toledo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
light
Detail : She burned and sank in the
harbor. She was declared total loss, but was later recovered.
Has the # of an unrigged
barge, probably built as such. She was converted to a prop after this accident.
Gone by 1894.
Sources :
mv,h,polk,usls
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ALGIE O. THAYER
Other names :
also seen as A. O. THAYER
Official no. :
105216
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1872, Buffalo
Specs :
43x10x5, 10g
Date of loss :
1879, Nov 17
Place of loss : 10
mi off Oswego
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all
Carrying :
gear
Detail :
Part of a small fleet belonging to Hisckler & Arnold of Buffalo and
consisting of 3 dredges, 5 tugs and a number of scows, she foundered in a gale
while returning from work at the Lachine canal, St. Lawrence R. See also tug PHILIP BECKER
In Canadian
registry part of her career C#74238, maybe at time of loss
Sources :
nsp,rp,bb
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J.O. THAYER
Other names :
later MIKE CORRY
Official no. :
75730
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1874, Two Rivers, WI
Specs :
154x29x11, 380g 361n
Date of loss :
1881, Nov 18
Place of loss :
near Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 8
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She stranded on sandy bar with
heavy damage and was abandoned as a
total loss after many salvage attempts.
However, she was recovered the following year and rebuilt as MIKE CORRY in 1883. CORRY may have been lost in Georgian Bay in 1916
[Jul 16] or 1919. Owner of THAYER: J. Bertschy, Sheboygan.
Sources :
mv,h,ns,usls,mpl,bb,eas,nsp
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THE CRAFTSMAN
Other names :
also seen as CRAFTSMAN
Official no. :
221068
Type at loss :
steel derrick barge
Build info :
1921, American Shipbuilding, Cleveland
Specs : 90x28x8,
163g 111n
Date of loss : 1958,
Jun 3
Place of loss : 2
mi off Avon Point, near Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Tow of the tug TOLEDO, she
foundered and was a total loss. Her crew was rescued by the Coast Guard.
L. A. Wells Const.
Co., Cleve., was the owner.
Location also
given in error as 2 mi N of Oswego, NY
Sources :
is(3-58),h,eas,hcgl,ew
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THEANO
Other names :
none
Official no. : BR110350
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk & pkg freight "saltie"*
Build info :
1889, P. Smit, Slikkerveer, Neth.
hull #16
Specs :
255x36x17, 952 t.
Date of loss :
1906, Nov 17
Place of loss :
Trowbridge Isl., 4 mi E of Thunder Cape
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
steel rails
Detail : She struck Marvin Island , was
holed and sank. Storm waves later pushed her off into deep
water near Trowbridge I. The crew escaped in her boats. Master: Capt. George
Pearson. Owner: Algoma Central Railway.
*3-island
"tramp" type steamer, "sister," in design, of steamer MONKSHAVEN(qv)
Registered out of
Newcastle, England
Sources :
ns1,win,csv,is(4-67),gwgl,lss,nsp,mpl,rf
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THERESA
Other names :
built as D.C. WEST, renamed in 1885*
Official no. : C90564**
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1874, R. Davis, Clayton, NY [US#6839]
Specs :
86x18x5, 84 t.
Date of loss :
1887, Aug 3
Place of loss : at
Toronto
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss in the
harbor.
Dimensions when
built: 65x14 ft, 38t.
1st Canadian reg.,
1876; rebuilt to 80x14, 60 t in 1877.
Major rebuild to
final dimensions at Toronto in 1885
after a fire.
*may have been MAUD S. briefly in 1885.
**Previous #: C72575
Sources :
csv,mmgl,hgl,mv
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THERESA T - See MYLES
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W.P. THEW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
81024
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1884, H.D. Root, Lorain, OH
Specs :
133x24x8, 207g 169n
Date of loss :
1909, Jun 22
Place of loss : E
of Thunder Bay Isl, near Alpena
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none of 11
Carrying :
in ballast
Detail : She was creeping through fog
when she was rammed by the big steel freighter WILLIAM LIVINGSTON. After the
collison LIVINGSTON drifted away and lost track of THEW. Fortunately the
steamer MARY C. ELPHICKE answered her distress whistle and picked up her
lifeboat-borne crew. The THEW went down in 80 ft. of water. Owned by H. R.
Harvey of Detroit. Master: Capt. Patterson.
The wreck is a
frequent dive target.
Heavily damaged by
fire off Chicago in 1892 and again in 1894.
Sources :
stb,lol,slh,ns1,h,mv,lhdc,gsg,mpl
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ALMERON THOMAS
Other names :
sometimes seen as THOMAS ALMERON
Official no. :
106848
Type at loss :
schooner, wood (2-mast)
Build info :
1891, A. Thomas, Bay City
Specs :
50x17x6, 35g 33n
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 30
Place of loss :
near Point Lookout, NW Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
gravel
Detail : She sprang a leak in a gale and
ran for the beach, where she struck bottom and capsized, breaking up in 20 feet
of water. Master: Capt. Samuel Murdock.
Sources :
vbs,slh,mv,phr,nsp
————————————————————————±
EMMA E. THOMPSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135168
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1875, D. Edwards, Saginaw, MI
Specs :
127x28x14, 276g 199n
Date of loss :
1914, May 24
Place of loss :
behind Innes Isl., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound French R. for Manistee,
she was caught in a storm and sheltered at anchor behind the island. There she
caught fire and burned to the waterline. The Canadian prop GERMANIC rescued her
crew. Master: Capt. W. G. Phelps. Owner: A. Cobb. Enrollment surrendered at
Detroit, June 1, 1914.
Rebuilt from a
prop to schooner at Grand Haven, MI, in
1880, after sinking there, but given
engine from old prop AKRON (US#394) in 1881. Also rebuilt in 1884.
At least two died
when her boiler exploded as she was trying to release herself from the
Carrollton Bar on the first trip, Jun, 1875. Capsized and sank in the harbor of
Charlevoix, Mich in June of 1901 when she was misloaded with a heavy deck cargo
of lumber.
Sources :
vbs,mv,slh,ns2,mpl,do2,nsp
————————————————————————±
JACK THOMPSON
Other names :
built as schooner TELEGRAPH, renamed in 1883
Official no. :
24220
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1847, Lent, Conneaut, OH
Specs :
120x26x10, 210g 199n
Date of loss :
1894, May 18
Place of loss :
waterfront at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Garden, MI for Chicago,
she went out of control in terrific gale, rammed schooner RAINBOW and sank near
shore. Local police, firemen and bystanders got a line to her and saved her
crew. Out of Chicago. Master: Capt. Thos. Williams.
Rebuilt in 1865.
Sources :
polk,mv,h,lmdc,nsp,is(2-92),hgl,mpl,wl
————————————————————————±
DAVID G. THOMSON
Other names :
none also seen as DAVID G.
THOMPSON
Official no. : C85306
Type at loss :
propeller, wood (tug)
Build info :
1883, R. Robertson, Kingston, Ont.
Specs :
103x17x10, 182g 75n
Date of loss :
1927, Mar 26
Place of loss :
Tecumseh Reef, SE of Port Maitland, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She struck a reef during an
early season run and later went to pieces.
Out of Montreal
Sources :
csv,h,win,mmgl
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THORNTON - See also GEN. THORNTON
————————————————————————±
THORNTON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24105
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo
Specs :
274gt.
Date of loss :
1870, Aug 26
Place of loss : 15
mi SE of False Detour passage
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
ore
Detail : She sprang a leak in heavy
weather and foundered near the foot of Cockburn Isl.. Her crew took to the yawl
and watched as the schooner broke up due to the release of confined air in the
hull and went down. It was claimed that she was very unseaworthy at time of
loss
Out of Cleveland,
owned by Palmer & Pennington. Master: Capt. Lamphere.
Damaged in a
collison on L. Huron in 1860.
Major repairs in
1862
Sources :
mv,slh,hgl,nsp
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THOUSAND ISLANDER
Other names :
none
Official no. : C141756
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, passenger
Build info :
1912, Toledo Shipbuilding, Toledo, OH
US#209906 hull #126
Specs :
166x32x10, 355g 241n
Date of loss :
1928, Nov 21
Place of loss :
midlake off Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
(none)
Detail : Upbound in tow of propeller
COLLINGWOOD, she broke her cable and went down quickly in a storm. Bound Port
Huron for Collingwood for repairs.
Sold Canadian,
1915. Registered out of Montreal. Owned by
Canada Steamship.
Sources :
csv,ns3,win,mmgl,slh,h,lhdc,mpl,hcgl
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P.F. THRALL - See JOHN A. PAIGE
————————————————————————±
THREE BELLS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24643
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854,
F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
123x26x10, 197g 187n
Date of loss :
1884, Dec 1
Place of loss :
Good Harbor, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 5
Carrying :
oak timbers
Detail : She sank in a storm. Some
wreckage was recovered and is now at a restaurant in Northport, MI.
A barge THREE
BELLS was also reported lost on L. Michigan in 1869.
NOT vessel of this
name built at Racine same year
Sources :
mv,polk,lmdc,sb,nb,hgl,rsl,mdwl,bb,wmn
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THREE BROTHERS
Other names :
built as MAY DURR, renamed JOHN SPRY in 1892, this name in 1903
Official no. : 91998
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1888, Milwaukee Shipyard Co., Milwaukee
hull# 28
Specs :
162x31x12, 583g 444n
Date of loss :
1911, Sep 27
Place of loss : S.
Manitou Isl. near MORAZAN wreck
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Boyne City for Chicago,
she began to leak and sink in a storm and was run ashore to save her crew.
There she was abandoned and broke her back soon after. S. Manitou Lifesaving
Service took crew off.
Owned by White Transportation of Buffalo. 422
hp engine.
Wreckage located
in 1996 when a sandbar washed off her.
Sources :
mv,ns2,gs,is,nb,nsp,mpl,eas
————————————————————————±
THREE FRIENDS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
US ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1864, G. Hardison, Port Dover, Ont.
Specs :
82x20x8, 115 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Oct 29
Place of loss : on a line Charlotte, NY-Toronto
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
215 t. coal
Detail :
Bound Oswego for Toronto, she was caught by a storm and sprung a leak.
Despite the efforts of her crew she began to founder and the crew plus the
captain and his wife escaped in the smallboat. They spent more than thirty
hours adrift until the boat finally came ashore west of Whitby, Ont., with the
occupants badly frozen, but still alive. Out of Oswego, sailed by Capt. Malone
and owned by his wife, Mrs. Malone.
Early in May of
the same year she was struck by a gale when off Port Weller. She ran for the
shelter of Presqu'ile, but was not able to wear in to the harbor. She dropped anchors, but the cable soon
parted and she went into shallow water. Bound Oswego for Toronto.
Sources :
nsp,mmgl,wmn,bb
————————————————————————
THREE SEAS - See LOCHIEL
————————————————————————±
THREE SISTERS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145884
Type at loss :
gas auxiliary schooner, wood
Build info :
1901, Jas. Larsen, Fish Creek, WI
Specs :
69x20x7, 52g 52n
Date of loss :
1912, Nov 4
Place of loss : Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
4 [all]
Carrying :
hay
Detail : She was blown ashore and
wrecked by a gale. One of the lost was her owner and builder, J. Larsen. Out of
Marinette, Wis. Three bystanders were latrer awarded civilian lifesaving medals
for their heroic attempts to save her crew.
Stranded with
heavy damage in Grand Traverse Bay in 1905.
One of the last
commercial lake schooners built. Gas auxiliary engine added about 1910.
Sources :
mv,gs,sol,h,nsp,mpl,wgts
————————————————————————±
LIZZIE THROOP
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14678
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1849, J. Connor, Mill Point, Mich
Specs :
86x21x8, 97 gt. [123 t. om]
Date of loss :
1873, Oct 17
Place of loss : at
South Haven
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Driven ashore and reported a total loss. Out of Chicago
Also had a serious
accident on Lake Michigan in Nov, 1854.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl,rsl
————————————————————————±
THRUSH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C97200
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1890, A. Cantin, Montreal (or Quebec City)
Specs :
181x34x12, 584gc 584nc
Date of loss :
1916, May 9*
Place of loss :
Entrance to Fairhaven, NY harbor
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Stranded, filled and sank, a
total loss. She had been bound Kingston for Fairhaven.
*also given as May
16
Sources :
win,mmgl,ns2,dmt
————————————————————————±
JOHN THURSBY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
12772
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, R. L. Page, Cattaraugus, NY
Specs :
251g [360 t. om]
Date of loss :
1867, Oct (8)
Place of loss :
near Antrim City, Grand Traverse Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
14,500 bu. wheat
Detail :
She sailed from Milwaukee for Cleveland on the 7th and was
immediately caught in a storm, which drove her ashore near the mouth of Grand
Traverse Bay. Her crew escaped harm, but the vessel was reported a total loss.
Owned by Chas. Coats, Cleveland. Master: Capt. Penny.
May have been
recovered, as she is still on “Merchant Vessels” lists of 1869 and 1872.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,mv,wmhs,bb
————————————————————————±
GEORGE THURSTON
Other names :
none (one source calls her “David
Thurston”)
Official no. :
C77639
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1857, Geo. Thurston, Kingston, Ont.
Specs :
135x26x12, 307gc 307nc
Date of loss :
1882, Oct 23
Place of loss :
near Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
Returning from a trip to Algoma Mills, she stranded and was pounded to
pieces on a reef southwest of Byng Inlet.
Also ashore near
Pt. Edward, Lake Huron, in 1876.
Rebuilt in 1869
and at Quebec in 1880.
Sources :
mmgl,hgl,mdwl,nsp
————————————————————————±
JOHN TIBBETS
Other names :
built on the hull of the Canadian schooner PERSEVERANCE, which was
formerly the SCOTIA [built 1855, Port Robinson, Ont. by J. & J. Abbey]
Official no. :
13299
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1863, Clayton, NY
Specs : 93x23x10,
149g
Date of loss :
1888, Jul 11
Place of loss :
Clear Creek, 7 mi W of Port Rowan, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She foundered in the shallows
and then broke up in storm waves. Most of her crew made it to shore in yawl but
two were saved by a crew from the Port Rowan lifeboat station. She was reported
completely gone to pieces by September.
Also sunk on L.
Huron in 1883, and near Muskegon in 1873.
Reported in
newspapers and win as a Canadian, but not in NAC
Major repairs in
1874 & 79. Rebuilt in 1867 on the Canadian side.
Sources :
polk,mv,h,ledc,nsp,win,hgl,mpl,wl,bb
————————————————————————±
J.H. TIFFANY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1856, Lafrinier & Stevenson, Cleveland
Specs :
136x25x11, 370 t.
Date of loss :
1859, Nov 29
Place of loss :
about 5 miles SE of Gray's Reef Light
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
5
Carrying :
railroad rails
Detail : This schooner tacked in front
of the propeller MILWAUKEE and was rammed near the bow. Her crew tried to run
the wrecked schooner to Skillagallee, but she sank first. The crew scrambled up
the mast, but half were lost. MILWAUKEE (qv) also sank. The survivors of both
vessels were picked up by the prop FREE STATE, which witnessed the accident.
She had been bound Oswego for Chicago. Most of her cargo was later salvaged
[1874].
Owned by Baldwin
& Co. of Oswego.
Sources :
hgl,ssm,slh,nsp,mpl,rnc
————————————————————————±
TIGER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24104
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1860, G.H. Notter, Buffalo
Specs :
41x11x5, 26g 12n
Date of loss :
1869, Nov 20
Place of loss : off
Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Struck a pier and foundered.
Probably recovered.
Sources :
lhl,mv,bb,wl,rsl,mdwl
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TIGER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24507
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1863, Whitney Bros., Green Bay
Specs :
63x11x7, 31g
Date of loss :
1870, Nov 21
Place of loss : at
Bay City, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to a total loss on
the E side of the Saginaw River at Ballou's dock. May have been recovered,
still shows on a list in 1871, but newspaper articles of Dec, 1870 mention the
engine being removed from the hull.
Owned by King
& Parke, Saginaw.
Built as a 65 t.
barge, converted to steam in 1865.
Sources :
phr,mv,slh,lhl,nsp,hgl
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TIGER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
166685
Type at loss :
dredge scow, steel
Build info :
1918, Kingston, NY
Specs :
71g 71n
Date of loss :
1929, Jul 26
Place of loss : off
Lakeside, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned and sank.
*Also shown as
built 1915, Ft. Wayne, Ind.: 80x26x5, 102g
102n.
Sources :
eas,mv,h,lmdc,eas
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TILLEY - See SIR S.L. TILLEY
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W. C. TILLSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
80599
Type at loss :
tug, wood, rafting
Build info :
1876, Chas. Huntley, Sheboygan,
Wis.
Specs :
54x16x7, 49g 25n
Date of loss :
1889, Oct 30
Place of loss : near
the mouth of Sturgeon Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
towing a raft
Detail :
While underway across Green Bay, near the eastern shore, she caught fire
and burned to the water’s edge. After discovering the fire, her crew had only
just enough time to abandon her. Owned by Leathem & Smith, Sturgeon Bay
Sources : nsp,bb,mv,wmhs
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DAN TINDALL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
6137
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1858, W. Totten, Fremont, Oh
Specs :
299 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Sep 18
Place of loss : N
side of North Bay, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
270,000 bd ft lumber
Detail :
She was bound Oconto, Wis. For Chicago when she went ashore in heavy
weather and became a total loss. Owned by Roach & Finnegan, Chicago.
Bound Chicago for
Collingwood, she went on Waugoschance Reef, Lake Michigan reef and was reported
as broken up in May of the same year.
Rebuilt in 1870.
Sources :
nsp,mv,wl,hgl,wgts
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TINTO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
Canadian
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1856, Sorel, PQ
Specs :
approx 135x25, 400 t..
Date of loss :
1856, Jul 17
Place of loss :
between Snake Island and Nine Mile Point
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
18 [including most of the
passengers]
Carrying :
? (probably misc. freight)
Detail :
Bound Montreal for lake Erie, she
caught fire and burned to a total loss only two miles from the beach. All of
the women and children on the boat and most of the crew lowered her lifeboat
while the vessel was still running ahead, and all were drowned when the boat
immediately capsized. The survivors went into the water and were picked up by a
boat from shore and the schooner MARY ADELAIDE. The hulk drifted to Cedar
Island, where it burned out. She was a $35,000 loss. A newspaper stated that
she had no good lifeboat aboard, and it later turned out that her skipper had
sold 2 of her 3 lifeboats just prior to thew fateful trip. Her machinery was
later recovered and installed in the prop AVON(qv). Out of Sorel, Que. Master:
Capt. Patrick Campbell(d).
Sources :
csv(s2),nsp,mmgl,hgl,rp,rnc,ctw,tol,air, blu[1856]
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TIOGA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24167
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight lumber steamer
Build info :
1862, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs :
549 t.
Date of loss : 1877,
Oct 5
Place of loss : W
of Grubb Reef, off Pt. Pelee
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire/storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
general merchandise
Detail : Towing barges at the time, she
caught fire and burned to a total loss, with high winds fanning the flames. The
crew made it to her barges and were later picked up by the steamer BADGER
STATE. The burned out hulk foundered the next day, in 30 feet of water. Owned
by C. C. Blodgett of Detroit. Master: Capt. McFarlane.
Converted from
passenger steamer to bulker in 1877.
At least four died
in a boiler explosion aboard her off Cleveland in May of 1863.
Sources :
do2,polk,hgl,ledc,lhl,nsp,eh,mpl,es,ew
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TIOGA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145405
Type at loss :
propeller, iron, package and bulk freighter
Build info :
1885, Union Dry Dock, Buffalo
Specs :
286x39x26, 2320g 1684n
Date of loss :
1919, Nov 26
Place of loss :
Sawtooth Reef, just off Eagle River, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : She was making for shelter in a
gale when she struck the reef. Her crew made it to shore in her boats, but the
vessel was pushed off into deep water.
Suffered a cargo
explosion with up to 30 lives lost - mostly stevedores - at Chicago, July 11, 1890.
Sources :
mv,ns2,eas,gwgl,sol,mh,nsp,mpl,es3-2
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TIP TOP
Other names : ?
Official no. :
59171
Type at loss :
scow, wood [former canal boat]
Build info :
1862, Phoenix, NY
Specs :
124 t.
Date of loss :
1882, Jul 31
Place of loss : in
harbor at Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
1 of 4
Carrying :
stone
Detail : Tow of the tug S. H. LYONS, her
bottom dropped out and she sank in the harbor. She had been heavily laden with
stone for a harbor improvement project.
Sources :
hgl,is,h,nsp
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TITAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24149
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1856, Goble & Crockett,
Oswego, NY
Specs :
132x26x12, 361g 336n
Date of loss :
1869, Nov 5
Place of loss :
near Pentwater, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 of 9
Carrying :
17,500 bu wheat
Detail : She was driven toward shore by
terrific gale. Her anchors were dropped as she
came close in, and they held for about an hour, but the ship finally
dragged ashore, losing both her masts and breaking up as she struck. The one
survivor was found crawling along the beach in a dazed state. Owned by R.G
Rounsaveil of Chicago. Master: Capt. (Steven) Holford(d).
On her first trip
from Chicago to Oswego she arrived after 8 days and 4 hours, the fastest
passage up to the that time by a sail vessel. The next day the record was
broken by 6 hours by the schooner SURPRISE.
Sources :
mv,nsp,osdo,tel,is,rsl,mdwl
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TITANIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145074
Type at loss :
propeller, iron, excursion vessel
Build info :
1875, D. Bell, Buffalo
Specs :
98x14x6, 73g 47n
Date of loss :
1908, Aug 11
Place of loss :
near Charlotte, NY [Rochester]
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none of 26
Carrying :
none(?)
Detail : She tried cutacross the bows of
the Canadian sidewheeler KINGSTON, and rammed the larger vessel and sunk. She
went down near the harbor entrance, where her crew and passengers were rescued
from shore - some by the Lifesaving Service and the KINGSTON, and many others by local boats. The captain
and some of the five crewmen jumped to the KINGSTON as she struck, leaving the
passengers to their own devices. Owned by Fixx Bros. of Charlotte and used in
the excursion business from Charlotte to Seabreeze, NY. Master: Capt. Patrick
Thorpe. The hull was later raised and towed into the Genesee River, where it
was abandoned in a swamp south of the harbor.
Converted from a
yacht, tug and packet to this excursion vessel in 1877 by H. Jewett of Buffalo.
Sources :
h,mv,nsp,is
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TOBOGGAN
Other names : ?
Official no. :
(unregistered?)
Type at loss :
scow, wood, self-unloading
Build info :
1886, Milwaukee Shipyard Co., Milwaukee
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1887, Jul 12
Place of loss : 15
mi off Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
loading error
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
2,000 bbl. salt & 350,000 bd. ft. lumber
Detail :
She capsized and foundered while in tow of the steamer MARSHALL F.
BUTTERS (qv). Her crew escaped in her yawl before she went down. She was
reportedly overloaded. Master: Capt. Cooney.
Sources :
bb,hgl,wmn
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DAVID TODD
Other names :
also seen as DAVID TOD
Official no. :
6138
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, Peck & Masters, Cleveland
Specs :
129x30x10, 303 t. [373 t. om]
Date of loss :
1868, Oct 30
Place of loss :
foot of Bois Blanc Isl.
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss :
navigational error
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She was upbound when she got out of the channel and ran aground. On the
25th a local newspaper predicted that if she was not saved soon, she
would go to pieces, and she was reported in a year-end list as a total loss.
Owned by Mears & Bates, Chicago.
Sources : nsp,rsl,wl,mv
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H.N. TODMAN
Other names :
also seen as N.H. TODMAN
Official no. : C80951
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, J. Tait, Wellington, Ont. (also given as Picton)
Specs :
92x20x10, 110gc 110nc
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 19 or 20
Place of loss :
near Goderich, Ont
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : "stranded"
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail : Ashore and reported a total
loss. No detail. Owned by McLeod & Co., Wellington, Ont.
She had a serious
accident on Lake Huron in 1881, but was recovered.
Registry not
closed until 1902 or later
Sources :
csqw,mmgl,slh,hgl,clu,nsp
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TOKIO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145507
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, J. Davidson, W. Bay City, hull# 23, as a 4-mast schooner
Specs :
222x38x16, 1385g 1316n
Date of loss :
1917, Oct 9
Place of loss :
between St. Clair & Marine City, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She collided with barge HOMER
and sank. She was later recovered, but found to be a constructive total loss
and abandoned in 1919
Wreck located 150
ft from shore, 1800 ft below Edison coal dock, where it was moved in 1963.
Sources :
vbs,mv,ns2,glp,ledc,mpl
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TOLEDO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1836, John Carrick, Buffalo
Specs : 98x24x10, 215 t. om
Date of loss :
1838, Nov 5
Place of loss : .5
mile E of the mouth of the Grand River [Fairport]
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
dry goods worth 100- to $150,000 [part of them were saved]
Detail : Upbound, she was driven ashore
by gale and broke in two. Owned by Charles Howland of Buffalo and sailed by
Capt. Scoville. Maybe later resurrected (1844) and rebuilt as a brig, and maybe
wrecked at Ahnapee, Wis., in 1848.
Sources :
hgl,is(3-60),nsp,wl
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TOLEDO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1854, B.B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
178x30x12, 585 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1856, Oct 22
Place of loss : off
Port Washington, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
40 to 55 [later newspaper acct said about 50 bodies of the 60-70 aboard
had been recovered.] 3 survivors
Carrying :
general merch
Detail : Preparing to get underway in a
storm [while lifting her hook], she sprang several bow strakes and filled
quickly, with great loss of life to drowning. The wreck was towed in and
allowed to sink, and was later pounded to pieces in a storm. The vessel and cargo were an insurance loss of
$170,000.
Sources :
hgl,eas,is(3-66),glss,sol,h,lmdc,lhl,nsp,bb,mpl,ctw,air,blu[56]
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TOLEDO - Entry
for the steamer from previous editions now deleted. She went ashore on Lake
Huron twice in 1869, but was recovered both times.
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TOLEDO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24234
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1843, A. Miller, Oswego, NY
Specs :
93x20x8, 139g
Date of loss :
1875, Aug 5
Place of loss : at
Perry's Pier, 13 mi N of Manistee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
wood
Detail : She was caught by a storm while
loading, was driven ashore, broken in two and wrecked. By the 17th
she was reported as rapidly going to pieces.
Sources :
is,mv,hgl,osdo,nsp
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TOLEDO
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1869, Ricketts, Toledo
Specs :
5 t.
Date of loss :
1880
Place of loss : Bay
City, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss. May
have been recovered.
Not in '69 mvus
Sources :
hgl,slh,bb
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TOLEDO
Other names :
none
Official no. : 24112
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1862, Peck & Masters, Cleveland
Specs :
181x32x11, 579g 389n
Date of loss :
1898, Sep 29 (Sep 20, Oct 29 also given in error)
Place of loss : off
upper entrance to Portage Ship Canal
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
475,000 board feet lumber
Detail : Downbound with barge SHAWNEE in
tow, she sprang a leak and began to founder. Kept afloat by her cargo, she was
towed into Portage harbor and sank near the entrance. She partially blocked the lower end of the
canal and was later dynamited as a
navigational hazard. Owned by John S. Gray, Houghton.
Sources :
mv,polk,hgl,gwgl,h,lhl,lss,mpl,df,nsp
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TOLEDO
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
dredge barge
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1924, Nov 19
Place of loss : 1
mi. off Rattlesnake Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 7
Carrying :
stone
Detail : Foundered in a gale while in
tow of the tug BURLEY. She was bound S. Bass Isl. For Toldeo, but was
attempting to turn back to Put-in-Bay because of the weather. Owned by LeBeau
Wrecking Co., Toledo. Master: Capt. Clarence LeBeau.
Wreck lies in 3
pieces 35 ft. of water, 2.8 mi N of Green Isl. light.
Sources :
glp,ledc,gmw,ew
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TOM BOY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
145103
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1863,
Specs :
50 ft, 19 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Aug 1
Place of loss : off
Presque Isle, NW of Marquette
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
over 2,000 kegs blasting powder
Detail : She sprang a leak in heavy seas
and foundered 2 miles offshore while trying to make Marquette. The crew just
had time to cut away her yawl before she went down, and they were picked up by
the steamer SELAH CHAMBERLAIN 3 hours later. Her skipper later said it had been
his ninth shipwreck. Out of Houghton in 1877.
Sources :
mars,lss,mv,nsp
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ANNIE TOMINE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
1900*
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, lumber
Build info :
1867, Soren Anderson, Green Bay
Specs :
103x23x9, 127g
Date of loss :
1885, Oct 4