Great
beginning with the letter
V
The
©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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WALTER VAIL - See HERMAN H. HETTLER
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VALENTINE
Other names :
none?
Official no. :
25732
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1867, White,
Specs :
128x26x10, 270 t.
Date of loss :
1877, Oct 10
Place of
loss :
15 mi off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 8
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound
Also wrecked on
Port Austin reef in 1873.
Sources :
mv,slh,hgl,nsp,ew
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VALETTA
Other names : none
Official no. :
C ?
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast*
Build info :
1864, L. Shickluna,
Specs : 407 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 8
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Burned to the waterline and sunk during the great Chicago Fire.
Owned and
sailed by Capt. P. Larkin of
*May have been a
schooner at the time of her loss.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,is,clu,mpl,rsl not in
mmgl
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A. C. VAN RAALTE
Other names :
also seen as just VAN RAALTE
Official no. :
none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1850,
Specs : 44x12x4, 50 t.
Date of loss :
1860, a few days before Mar 23
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Crushed by the Spring breakup of ice in the bay. “Total loss except the
rigging.” Capt. O Evans.
Probably out of
Sources : nsp,’54 tonnage list,is(4-99)
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VAN STRAUBENZIE- See SIR C.T.
VAN STRAUBENZIE
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D. A. VAN VALKENBURG
Other names :
none
Official no. :
6318
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1866, Albert Little,
Specs : 167x34x12, 539 t.
Date of loss :
1881, Sep 15
Place of
loss :
between Jacksonport and
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 of 8
Carrying :
30,000 bu. corn
Detail :
Bound
*Also given as
Sources :
usls,mv,wl,nsp,bb,wgts
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LUCINDA VAN VALKENBURG
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14614
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1862, Albert Little,
Specs :
129x26x13, 302g 286n
Date of loss :
1887, Jun 1
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Collided with the iron steamer
LEHIGH in fog & storm and sank. Bound for
Out of
Major repairs in
1880 & 82
Sources :
mv,stb,eas,polk,nsp,slh,lhdc,wb,hgl,sb,rsl
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GEORGE H. VAN VLECK
Other names :
built as
Official no. :
150042
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1875, Union Dry Dock,
Specs : 238x35x13,
1020g 940n
Date of loss :
1918, Dec 4
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Blown off her moorings and into
the channel, then driven aground by strong current. Wrecked and later
abandoned.
Also burned at
Rebuilt to bulker
in 1907
Sources :
mv,ns2,eas,lss,mpl
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WILLIAM VANATTA
Other names :
none also seen as VENNETTA,
VENETTA
Official no. :
26164
Type at loss :
barge or schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1862, Hayes,
Specs : 119x25x8, 159 t.
Date of loss :
1886, Apr 1
Place of loss :
Point Pelee
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Tow of the prop
Reg. out of
Converted from a
schooner to an unrigged barge in 1876
Sources :
win,phr,h,mv,es,wl,rsl,nsp
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DAVID VANCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
6855
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1874, J. Butler,
Specs :
207x34x14, 775g 736n
Date of loss :
1893, Jul 20
Place of
loss :
SW of Pt Pelee
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
1,500 tons hard coal
Detail :
In tow of the steamer
Also sunk near
Amherstburg, Ont., in 1886.
Sources :
hgl,ew,mv,polk,mpl,nsp
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FRANK L. VANCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
120697
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1887, W. Radcliffe,
Specs : 258x40x24,
1952g 1642n
Date of loss :
1910, Oct 4
Place of
loss :
25 mi SW of Ludington, MI
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Caught fire offshore and destroyed.
Crew rescued without casualty by steamer MAGGIE MARSHALL.
Sources :
mv,ns2,eas,mpl
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VANDALIA
Other names :
some sources say she was named
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1841, (Doolittle or Bronson &
Crocker),
Specs : 127x20x8,
248 t. om
Date of loss :
1851, Oct 27
Place of
loss :
near Pt. Pelee
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
general merchandise
Detail :
She collided with the schooner FASHION and sank. She had on board the
crew of the wrecked schooner
She was the first
propeller-driven vessel in use on the
Rebuilt, 1846.
Sold Canadian in 1850.
Sources :
wl,is(1-88),hgl,lhl,rp,do2,rnc
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VANDERBILT
Other names :
none also seen as VANDERBUILT
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, steambarge with some passenger accommodations*
Build info :
1873, J. Simpson, Chatham, Ont.
Specs : 92x22 ft., 188 gc, 107 nc
Date of loss :
1882, Jun 10
Place of
loss :
near Serpent Isl.,
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none of 30
Carrying :
?
Detail : Discovered ablaze, beached and
burned to a total loss while bound Midalnd, Ont. to Mamainse,
Out of
Not lost on
*one source calls
her a schooner-barge. Her oscillating engine and boiler came from the prop
ADELAIDE HORTON, lost at Kincardine in 1871.
Sources :
polk,csv,mmgl,clu,slh,win,rp,es,rb
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WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT
Other names :
none often seen as W. H.
VANDERBILT
Official no. :
26842
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1867, S. Tripp,
Specs : 169x35x12, 520n
Date of loss :
1883, Sep 24
Place of
loss :
E side of Long Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 10
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound Escanaba for
Rebuilt, 1871
Sources :
vbs,polk,phr,nsp,h,ledc,eas,win,hgl,es
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VARADA
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
steamer
Build info :
?
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1915
Place of
loss :
Mineral Rock
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned and sunk, no detail.
Sources :
gwgl not in mmgl
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VEGA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
161706
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1893, Globe Iron Works,
Specs : 301X39x25,
2144g 1735n
Date of loss :
1905, Nov 29
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 19
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound for
Sources :
mv,ns1,eas,mol,lmdc,nsp,mpl
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VEGA
Other names :
built as
Official no. :
22418
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info :
1856, Lent,
Specs : 118x26x9,
200g 190n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 20
Place of
loss :
at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
cordwood and slabs
Detail :
Sources :
ns1,mv,nsp,eas,h,mpl
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VELOCIPEDE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25848
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1869, J. Dickie, Menominee, MI as a sloop
Specs : 40x11x4, 10 t.
Date of loss :
1877, Apr 27
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 [all]
Carrying :
light
Detail :
Left
Rebuilt in 1876
Sources :
usls,hgl,bb
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VELOCITY - See W.A. GLOVER
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Other names :
(none)
Official no. :
(25556)
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
(1869 or earlier, maybe built at
Specs : (217 t.)
Date of loss :
1879, Aug 16
Place of
loss :
Off Pelee Island Lighthouse
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and wrecked. Reported
“high and dry” by a passing skipper, who also reported 98 other vessel
sheltering in the vicinity.
Out of
Recovered. Vessel
shown appears as schooner in '69 mvus
and barge in '84 mvus
Sources :
(mv),win,h,es,rsl
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