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Unnamed or with the name unknown
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U. S. Coast Guard motor buoy tender
Other names :
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
steel motor buoy tender
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1967, May
Place of
loss :
on Gravelly Shoal, W side of
Type of loss :
navigational error
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
navigational buoys
Detail :
This small CG vessel struck bottom and sank while placing buoys in the
spring. She was later raised.
Sources :
nsp,uscg
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U. S. Coast Guard motor rescue boat
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
motor rescue boat, wood
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1933, Apr 10
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
While on a rescue mission, this small rescue craft was caught in the ice
and crushed, a total loss.
Sources :
lssc
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U. S. Coast Guard motor patrol boat
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
motor patrol boat, wood, probably a former yacht
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1947, May 29
Place of
loss :
near Presque Isle, NW of Marquette, MI
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
This Coast Guard vessel was attempting to aid the stranded gas screw
FAVORITE (qv) when her propeller fouled her tow cable. Helpless, the boat was
driven ashore and smashed.
Sources :
ms
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fishing boat, name unknown
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
commercial fishing boat
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1894
Place of
loss :
off Powell Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
Detail :
This small vessel was reportedly lost
Sources :
gwgl
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French Warships
Detail :
The French reported having lost nine vessels on the Great Lakes in
combat with the British during the French & Indian War (i.e. Seven Year’s
War), 1755-62. Three are shown above: Le MARQUISE de VANDREUILL, L'IROQUOISE
(see JOHNSON) and OUTOUAISE (See WILLIAMSON), but the names of the others are
not reported. Two French vessels of
about 90 tons and a number of smaller craft were reportedly burned in 1755 in a
small bay on the downstream side of
Sources :
hgl,lo,wmn
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schooner, name unknown
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 18
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : This schooner reportedly sank
in a heavy gale, but her crew were rescued by the tug WARD. No mention is given
of her name.
Sources :
gwgl
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unnamed
Other names :
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
Montreal-type cargo canoe
Build info :
Specs : 36 ft,
3 to 4 t. cargo capacity
Date of loss :
1816, Aug 26
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
10
Carrying :
cargo, prisoners
Detail :
This large canoe capsized while under sail. Some of the lost were
reportedly prisoners being transported.
Sources :
ls,gwgl
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unnamed crane barge
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
crane barge
Build info :
Specs : 40 ft
Date of loss :
1982
Place of
loss :
1/2 miles off
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
Detail :
Sank, no detail.
Sources :
alm
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unnamed drill rig barge
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
drill rig barge
Build info :
?
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1958, Nov 5
Place of
loss :
midlake off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5?
Carrying :
drilling equipment
Detail :
The barge was engaged in natural gas drilling when it went missing,
reportedly with five men aboard. U.S. Coast Guard sighted the barge two days
later, 15 miles off
Owned by
Underwater Gas Development Corp. of
Sources :
nsp
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unnamed dump scow
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
dump scow
Build info :
"new"
Specs :
Date of loss :
190(8), Oct 13 or 14
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She foundered in a storm. She was reported by fishermen the next day,
lying on her side in 35 feet of water, ¼ mile south of the
Sources :
nsp
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unnamed dump scow
Other names :
none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
dump scow-barge, steel
Build info :
?
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1918, Aug 8
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
dedge tailings
Detail :
Engaged in dredging on the river, she broke her towline and headed for
the falls. Her two crewmen dumped her load and she stranded precariously about
2,500 feet above the falls. The men were finally rescued after 20 hours in an
heroic and dangerous rescue. The scow barge is still visible in the fast moving
current, but has deteriorated in recent years.
More detailed story, click here.
Sources :
nsp,net
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unnamed ferry
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
wood ferry, probably a small sailboat or sailing scow
Build info :
?
Specs : "small"
Date of loss :
1839, Nov 25
Place of
loss :
halfway between
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 of 10 or 11
Carrying :
passengers, bagged wheat and oats
Detail :
This small
Sources :
nsp,ss,rnc
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unnamed fishing vessel
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
fishing vessel of unreported type
Build info :
1853, Fairport
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1853, May 19
Place of
loss :
1 mi E of Fairport harbor
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3 of 4
Carrying :
none
Detail :
As yet unnamed vessel was running her trials when she capsized in a
storm. One man survived by clinging to the wreckage. Master and owner: Capt.
William Kelley, Fairport.
Sources :
nsp
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unnamed lightship
Other names :
unknown
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
privately-owned lightship, wood
Build info :
?
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1880, late fall
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm,ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Late in the fall the crew of the lightship asked Dominion officials that
she be relieved of her post, as the fall weather was worsening. The answer was
in the negative, and a few days later the lightship was shoved from the reef by
a storm and crushed by moving ice. Her crew was rescued with difficulty by a
local tug. The ship owners had much difficulty in collecting for their loss, as
the government disavowed any responsibility in the matter.
Sources :
es,wo
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unnamed private lightship
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
private lightship, wood
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 10 or 11
Place of
loss :
S of Colchester Shoal
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
none
Detail :
A private lightship on station on Colchester Shoal, she was driven off
her station and disappeared. On the 13th it was said that she had gone to
pieces, after the tugs BOB HACKETT and SWAIN had searched for her. Much concern
was felt at
Sources : nsp,es,eb
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unnamed Pile Driver
Other names :
none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
pile driver, wood
Build info :
?
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1892, Aug 18
Place of
loss :
near Muskallonge Lake Lifesaving Station
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Sprang a leak and foundered in
a gale. USLS saved her one crewman, as they had done on July 15 of the same
year, when the same thing had happened.
Sources :
usls,gwgl
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unnamed scows (2)
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
scows, wood
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1851, Sep 13
Place of
loss :
Braddock's Bay, near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
Detail :
Sheltered from a storm in
Sources :
nsp,wmn
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unnamed scow
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
scow, wood
Build info :
Specs : "small"
Date of loss :
1882, Oct 24
Place of
loss :
at Whitefish Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber camp supplies
Detail :
This small scow was in tow of the yacht/supply boat GRACE (qv) when that
vessel's engine failed in a storm enroute to
Sources :
nsp
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unnamed scow
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
scow, wood
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1897, Oct 24
Place of
loss :
off “old
Type of loss :
unreported
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
?
Detail :
This unnamed vessel sank in
Sources :
h
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unnamed scow
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
scow, wood
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss :
1902, May 2
Place of
loss :
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She sank in the harbor with the loss of one life.
Sources :
gwgl,lss,is
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unnamed scow
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
scow, wood
Build info :
Specs : “large”
Date of loss :
1895, May 20
Place of
loss :
bet.