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David D. Swayze,
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beginning with the letter
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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 ,wl
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A.
C. VAN RAALTE
Other names :
also seen as just VAN RAALTE, an 1859 ad in the
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.
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,ade
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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 toa 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,es
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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
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 10
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound Escanaba for Buffalo, she
was driven into shallows and wrecked, later pushed off into deep water. Long
Pt. Canadian Lifesaving Service rescued
crew from rigging. Wrecking schooner
LOUISE removed much of her cargo in 1887. Reg. out of Buffalo, owned by S.L.
Watson, Buffalo. Master: Capt. Mullen.
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
Lake : Superior
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, Cleveland, OH
hull# 52
Specs :
301X39x25, 2144g 1735n
Date of loss :
1905, Nov 29
Place of loss : Fox
Islands
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 19
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound for Gary, Ind., caught in
the "Big Blow" of 1905 and hurled onto the rocks of South (North?)
Fox Island, where she broke in two and was pounded to pieces. Master: Capt. A.
M. Williams. Owner: Gilchrist Transportation Co., Cleveland.
Sources :
mv,ns1,eas,mol,lmdc,nsp,mpl
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VEGA
Other names :
built as ST. PAUL, renamed A.J. COVILL in 1881, last name in 1886
Official no. :
22418
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info :
1856, Lent, Erie, PA
Specs :
118x26x9, 200g 190n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : at
Ludington, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
cordwood and slabs
Detail : Bound Cecil Bay for Milwaukee,
thrown against pier and wrecked in the
greatest storm of this decade. Ludington Lifesaving Service saved her crew. Her master, Capt.
Jorgensen, was also part owner.
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
Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 [all]
Carrying :
light
Detail :
Left Racine, WI for Muskegon in fair weather, but a severe squall blew
up shortly after, and it developed into a big storm. After the sytorm had blown
out, the shattered remains of this vessel were found 8 miles off Racine. No
trace of her crew was ever found. She
probably carried no lifeboat. Master: Capt. John Davis(d). Later towed into Kenosha and abandoned there.
Rebuilt in 1876
Sources :
usls,hgl,bb,wls
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VELOCITY - See W.A. GLOVER
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VENICE
Other names :
(none)
Official no. :
(25556)
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
(1869 or earlier, maybe built at Rochester by Bagnall, as 253 t. brig in
1847)
Specs :
(217 t.)
Date of loss :
1879, Aug 16
Place of loss : Off
Pelee Island Lighthouse
Lake : Erie
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 vessels
sheltering in the vicinity.
Out of Toledo
Recovered. Vessel shown
appears as schooner in '69 mvus and
barge in '84 mvus
Sources :
(mv),win,h,es,rsl
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VENUS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
61088
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1872, MacLeod, New Jerusalem, OH
Specs :
123 ft., 233g 221n
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 3
Place of loss :
near mouth of Black R., S of Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
grindstones
Detail : Foundered in gale with all
hands. Owned out of Caseville by A.G. Stone.
Official no. is that of unrigged barge
Major repair in 1880 after stranding on Lake
Michigan near North Manitou Island.
Sources :
mv,eas,nsp,polk,slh,stb,h,lhdc,wb,hgl,usls
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VERANO
Other names :
built as IDLER, renamed PAUL REESE II in 1933, VERANO in 1935
Official no. :
224830
Type at loss :
gas screw yacht and sometime cargo carrier
Build info :
1925, Consolidated Shipbuilding, Morris Heights, NY
Specs :
88x16x8, 102g 69n
Date of loss :
1946, Aug 28
Place of loss : 8
mi N of S. Haven about a mile offshore
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered. Out of Milwaukee;
owned by J. R. Baumgartner.
Wreck located by divers near
Glen in Aug 1994.
Had a 600 hp engine - large
for a tug this size.
Sources :
eas,h,mpl,mv
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VERBENA
Other names :
also seen as
Official no. : C94913
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1888, J. Trimble, Saugeen, Ont.
Specs :
38x12x5, 16gc 11nc
Date of loss :
1896, Aug 14
Place of loss :
near Stokes Bay, west shore of Bruce Pen.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail : Reported ahore and totally
wrecked. Owned by T. A. Currie of Howdenvale, Ont.
Reg closed 1897. Later
reported dismantled in 1937, her engine having gone into a sawmill.
Sources :
mmgl,slh,hgl,mpl,wmn
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VERMILION or VERMILLION
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
(1814, Vermillion, Oh)
Specs :
(47x16x6, 36 t.)
Date of loss :
1843 or 44
Place of loss :
near Erie, Pa
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
unk.
Carrying :
350 t. copper
Detail :
The vessel was reported as
foundered by papers in 1881-2, when a full fledged expedition to find
her was begun. The searchers used what must be one of the earliest metal
detectors ever used in salvage work, and found the wreck in early September,
1881 off the mouth of Erie harbor. The copper , worth $200,000, was recovered
the next summer.
Vessel shown is only
VERMILION of record, but appears to be too small for this 350 t. cargo. She was
out of Detroit in 1824.
NOTE: A problem with this
report is that there is no record of the loss, only the recoverey of the
cargo in 1881-2.
Sources :
nsp,wmn,wl,bb
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VERMILLION or VERMILION
Other names : later
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1838, B.S. Goodsell, Vermilion, OH
Specs :
132x26x11, 385 t.
Date of loss :
1842, Nov 8
Place of loss : at
Huron, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
5 at least, but probably more, as a number of passengers were apparently
trapped belowdecks..
Carrying :
barreled flour, fish and potash
Detail : Bound Detroit for Buffalo, she
had put in at Huron and caught fire when two men were carrying a large tin of
turpentine and spilled its contents on the deck above the boiler. The boat
quickly turned in toan inferno. Her hawsers were burnt away a short time later
and she drifted away from the dock. She burned to the waterline, but most of
her crew and passengers either made it to the dock or were saved by the steamer
CHICAGO. The fire which destroyed the steamer
She may have been recovered
and part of her hull used in the steamer
Also reported burned at Detroit in Nov, 1842, with the loss
of 5 lives.
Sources :
eas,slh,is,lhl,hgl,nsp,wl
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VERMONT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1842, St. Clair, MI
Specs :
100 t.
Date of loss :
1855, Dec 9*
Place of loss :
near Grand Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber camp supplies and 100 bags of oats
Detail : Bound Chicago for Grand Haven
in company with the schooner TELEGRAPH. The latter made it into port, but the
wind changed as VERMONT was coming in and drove her ashore. Reported pounded to
pieces, but she was also reported in the press to have been raised in 1859.
Owner: C. B. Albee, Grand Haven.
*year also given as 1863, in
error (see VERMONT below).
Sources :
hgl,is,nsp
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VERMONT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1851, Ohio City, OH
Specs :
136x22x9, 257 t.
Date of loss :
1863, Nov 1
Place of loss :
just east of Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was sunk in a collision
with the downbound propeller MARQUETTE. Very little information is available on
the loss of this significant-sized steamer.
Burned at Grand River, on the
Ontario side of L. Erie, Oct 26, 1852, with $22,000 damage.
Rebuilt at St. Catharines,
Ont, in 1853, by A.D. Keating.
Sources :
lhl,hgl,wl,nsp
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VERNON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
161557
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1886, J.P. Smith, Chicago
Specs :
158x25x18, 560 t.
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 25
Place of loss : 6
mi NE of Two Rivers Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
36-41 with only one survivor
Carrying :
gen freight
Detail : She foundered in a gale. The
sole survivor was picked up on a small raft 2 days later. Most casualties died of
exposure. Bound Mackinac Isl. & upper L. Mich ports for Chicago. Most
contemporary reports of the number of casualties say about 50 were lost, but
later reports revised the number downward. She had stopped at many small ports
in Michigan on her way to Chicago from Cheboygan, Mich., so many of those who
had embarked at those points were unknown. Master: Capt. Geo. Thorpe(d).
There were accusations at the
time that she was overloaded, causing her cargo doors to be left open. These
were confirmed in 1969 when the vessel was found.
When she came out, marine men said she was
unstable, because of her narrow beam and high upperworks.
Sources :
eas,nsp,is(3-58)sol,lmdc,h,wb,hgl,usls,mpl,bb,es3-1
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VERNON
Other names : none
Official no. :
231734
Type at loss :
fishing tug, propeller, wood
Build info :
1932, Kenosha, Wis
Specs :
33x10x4, 13g 9n
Date of loss :
1950, Aug 5
Place of loss : off
Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Rammed and sunk in dense fog by
freighter HARRY COLBY. COLBY picked up
her crew.
Owned out of Sault Ste Marie
by H. E. Rogers in 1946
Sources :
gwgl,lssc,bb,mv,wls
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VERONA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25874
Type at loss :
schooner or sloop, wood
Build info :
1873, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs :
190x34x15, 728g 692n
Date of loss :
1904, Sep 3 (Sep 12 also given, in error)
Place of loss : at
Toledo, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to total loss at
Mitchell & Rowland lumber yard. In
spring of the same year she had been lifted bodily onto the yard property by a seiche. She was in the
process of being refloated when a fire
in the yard destroyed both the VERONA and the yard. Owner: J. C. Gilchrist.
Sources : polk,mv,atl,mpl
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VERONICA - See MURIEL W
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VESTA
Other names :
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1873,
Specs :
135 ft, 260 t.
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 17
Place of loss :
Michael Bay, Manitoulin Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Tow of steamer
Maybe EUGENIA VESTA
Sources :
nsp
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VIATOR
Other names :
Official no. : "L.F.G.H."
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, package freight
Build info :
1904, Bodo, Norway
Specs :
241 ft, 619 t.
Date of loss :
1935, Oct 31
Place of loss : off
Thunder Bay Island, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
pickled herring and other fish products
Detail : Collided in fog with steamer
ORMIDALE and sank.
Norwegian registry.
Sources :
stb,win,slh,h,lhdc
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E.
J. VICKERY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
36268
Type at loss :
canal boat, wood
Build info :
before 1868
Specs :
123g
Date of loss :
1874, Aug 2
Place of loss : 8
to 10 mi NW of Oswego harbor mouth
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
ashes
Detail :
Bound Bay of Quinte, Ont., for Oswego, she broke loose from the tug C.
P. MOREY in heavy seas. The tug towed her other consort in to Oswego and then
returned to find the VICKERY. She was unable to locate the boat, but after
several hours of scouring the area, she
miraculously found the crew of two men and a boy, still alive. It turned out that the canal bout had
foundered just a few moments before the MOREY arrived back in the area, and the
crewmen had been trying to attract the attention of the tug ever since. The
canal boat was owned by the skipper, Capt. Peterson, was worth only $1200 and
was not insured for use on the lakes.
Sources :
rp,nsp,wmn,mv
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MARIE VICTOIRE – former entry removed pending
more information
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VICTOR - See also SUNBEAM, VICTORY
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VICTOR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1828, Buffalo
Specs :
51x17x5, 36 t.
Date of loss :
1839, late Nov, early Dec
Place of loss :
near Pt. Abino
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
ca. 5 [all]
Carrying :
ca. 4,000 bu wheat
Detail :
Bound Chicago and Michigan City for Buffalo, she started out on Nov. 6,
but was driven back to Chicago, where she was damaged coming into the harbor.
She later started out again and passed Detroit, but was never seen again until
some wreckage washed ashore near Tonawanda, NY, in September of the following
year. Vessel owned at Buffalo, but part of her crew consisted of two
shipmasters from Milwaukee.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wl
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VICTOR
Other names : *
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, W.Andrews, Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Specs :
126x24x12, 320 t.
Date of loss :
1889, May 30
Place of loss : S
of Sand Beach, MI or W of 40-mi Pt.,Straits
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Tow of the steamer C.W.
CHAMBERLAIN, she broke loose in a gale and went ashore. She split in two
lengthwise and became a total loss. Owned by Edward Brown, Hamilton, Ont.
Master: Capt. James Ward.
She had a very similar
accident in October, 1887.
USWB and Seaboard List gives
date as May 30, 1888.
*may have been built as
VICTORIA
Sunk by collision with the
steambarge SYLVANUS J. MACY near Bar Point in Sep, 1881.
Major repairs in 1877 and 82
Sources :
mmgl,eas,clu,nsp,slh,h,lhdc,is,wb,hgl,bb
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VICTORIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25762*
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1862, W. Chisholm, Oakville, Ont.
Specs :
125x24x10, 238 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 9
Place of loss :
Ford’s Shoal, near Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Bound Detroit for Oswego, stranded in a gale and pounded to pieces. Out of Oswego, NY.
Sold American in 1868.
* may have had dual registry,
shows in both U.S. and Canadian records at the same time.
Sources :
hgl,nsp,mmgl,bb
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VICTORIA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C71235
Type at loss :
sternwheeler, wood, excursion steamer*
Build info :
1880, L. Rodgers & T. Wastie, London, Ont.
Specs :
64x23x4, 44g 28n (80 ft oa)
Date of loss :
1881, May 24
Place of loss :
London, Ont., Thames R.
Lake : Thames R
Type of loss :
capsized
Loss of life :
181 of 600**
Carrying : passengers
Detail : The overloaded excursion vessel
capsized when a mass of passengers moved to one side of her, reportedly to view
a shell race (though this was refuted by newspaper reports of the day). She
listed and rolled over, killing many, while more died in the collpse of her
upperworks. She was rated for only 200 to 300 passengers.She had been ferrying
revelers to Springbank park for Queen Victoria's birthday, and was on her final
return trip of the day. Owner: Thames Navigation Co, Chatham. Master: Capt.
Rankin.
Built on hull of riverboat
ENTERPRISE.
*several sources show her as
a propeller, but she was definitely a sternwheeler, with an enclosed wheel.
**over 200 names on casualty
list published at the time
Sources :
mmgl,hgl,is(4-59),csv,rp,nsp
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VICTORIA - former entry (1884)
deleted. Vessel recovered, retired in 1887.
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VICTORIA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C 91947
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1891, W. Oelshlager, Port Elgin, Ont.
Specs :
31x7x3, 3gc 2nc
Date of loss :
1896, Aug 16
Place of loss :
Cabot's Head, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Foundered, no detail.
Out of Saugeen, Ont.
Registry closed in 1916, no
reason given
Sources :
hgl,slh,(mv),mmgl,bb,wmn
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VICTORY
Other names :
also seen as VICTOR
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1835, L. Goler, Cape Vincent, NY
Specs :
80x20x8, 117 t.
Date of loss :
1844, Mar 28 or 29
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake :
Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 or 7
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Found wrecked after a storm by the schooner
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wmn,wl
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VIENNA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25875
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs :
191x34x14, 1006g 829n
Date of loss :
1892, Sep 16
Place of loss :
Whitefish Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Towing barge MATTIE C. BELL(qv)
in fog, she was rammed broadside by the
wooden propeller NIPIGON and went to bottom with a huge hole in
her side. NIPIGON took her in
tow, but she went down in 60 fathoms of water an hour later. Built for Cleveland Navigation Co. and registered out of Clevelant to the Orient
Transportation Co. Master: Capt. J. W. Nicholson
Had an octagonal pilothouse
Wreck located in 1974.
Sources :
mv,hgl,is(2-69),lssc,gwgl,lss,wb,mpl,nsp
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VIENNA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C90558
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1871, L. McDermont, Port Burwell (also given
as Geo. Suffel)
Specs :
102x24x9, 135gc 135nc
Date of loss :
1906, Oct 27
Place of loss : NNE
of Thunder Bay Isl., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Foundered in gale. Crew picked
up at height of storm by steel steamer SIR THOMAS SHAUGHNESSY just before she
sank. Bound for Spanish R., Georgian Bay.
Out of Bowmanville, Ont.
Also wrecked at "Manitou
Beach," near Oswego, in May, 1893, and expected to be a total loss.
Sources :
mmgl,stb,slh,ns1,nsp,win,hgl,mpl
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VIGILANT - See MUSCALLONGE
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FRANK E. VIGOR
Other names :
built as SIR WILLIAM SIEMENS, renamed WILLIAM B. PILKEY in 1929, last
name in 1941.
Official no. :
116732
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight crane ship
Build info :
1896, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland
hull# 67
Specs :
413x48x28, 4344g 3293n
Date of loss :
1944, Apr 27
Place of loss :
Pelee Passage
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none of 32
Carrying :
sulphur
Detail : Rammed near midships by the
ore-laden steamer PHILIP MINCH. MINCH
took her crew off before she rolled over and sank.
Registration at Wilmington,
Del., Owned by Columbia Trans. Co., Cleve.
Converted to a crane ship in
1941.
Sources :
ns4,mv,eas,sol,is,ledc,win,mpl,ew
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VIKING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
205868
Type at loss :
gas screw tug, wood, fishing
Build info :
1897, Washington Isl., WI
Specs :
37x10x6, 10g 9n
Date of loss :
1918, Sep 17
Place of loss : off
Lester Park, near Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
none
Detail : Cut between tug CHARLEY FERRIS
and her towed scow AJAX and was rammed
by the latter. Skipper was knocked overboard, engineer drowned as she sank to
her decks. Towed into Duluth by FERRIS. Later rebuilt.
Out of Marquette.
Sources :
mv,gwgl,lss
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JO
VILAS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
12767
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info :
1857, Rand & Harbridge, Manitowoc, WI*
Specs :
107x26x9, 149 gt
Date of loss :
1876, Oct 9
Place of loss :
midlake [30 miles out] abreast of
Kenosha in 400 ft of water
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm/hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She waterlogged, capsized and sank in a gale. Her crew abandoned to a
makeshift raft and drifted in the storm for 6 hours until picked up by the
passing schooner ANDREW JACKSON. The JACKSON had to round to in a gale [a very
risky maneuver] five times before she was able to pick up all of the men. Owned
by G. Wiegland of Chicago. Master: Capt. Richard Johnson.
*Hull launched at Two Rivers,
vessel completed at Manitowoc
Sources :
bb,nsp,mv,cbt,wls
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VINCENNES
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1846, Black R., OH
Specs :
105x24x8, 185 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Nov 1
Place of loss :
near St. Joseph, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Driven ashore and pounded to pieces. Worth about $2,500 at the time.
Owned by Sims & Grey, Chicago
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl,rnc,wmn
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HATTIE VINTON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C71222
Type at loss :
propeller tug or supply boat, wood
Build info :
1870, Dunkirk, NY
Specs :
50x14x6, 55gc 45nc
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 7
Place of loss : at
Maimanse Harbor, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
"wrecked"
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Reported wrecked - no detail. Owned by W. Grierson, Sault Ste Marie,
Ont., in 1895 and probably still so in 1900.
Sold Can. 1875, but there is
apparently no US official document or number for her before that date.
Sources :
csv,mmgl,wmhs
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VIOLA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
61027
Type at loss :
canal boat, wood
Build info :
1869 or earlier
Specs :
67 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Jun 17
Place of loss : 20
mi W of Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
minstrel show equip.
Detail : Broke loose from tow of prop
MICHIGAN and wrecked, total loss. Minstrels from the show had stayed aboard the
steamer. There had been bound for Toledo to do a show, but lost all of their
equipment.
Sources :
nsp,mv,wmn
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VIOLET
Other names :
none
Official no. :
161617
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood, fishing
Build info :
1890, E. Heath, Benton Harbor, MI
Specs :
48x13x6, 18g 9n
Date of loss :
1910, Dec 24
Place of loss : off
Charlevoix, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 5
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered. Commercial fisher.
Sources :
mv,h,phr,hcgl
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VIOLET G.
Other names : none
Official no. : C138009
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1917, Rossport, Ont.
Specs :
51x16x6, 37g 25n
Date of loss :
1927, Jul 21
Place of loss :
Port Arthur, Ont. (Thunder Bay)
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Pushed against Booth Dock and
crushed by steamer AMERICA.
Reg out of Port Arthur
Sources :
win,mmgl,gwgl,is,lss,bb
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VIRAGO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1848, Fairport, OH
Specs :
87x22x6, 112 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Apr 10
Place of loss : E
of Peninsula Point, near Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Drove into the shallows in a gale. She withstood the pounding for quite
some time, but finally went to pieces.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl,wmn
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VIRGINIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1837, Erie, Pa.
Specs :
160 t.
Date of loss :
1855, Nov (3)
Place of loss : off
Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She sprung a leak and water-logged off Long Point, a total loss. Owned
by H. C. Wright, Buffalo or Oswego.
Probably the vessel which
went ashore on Charland Pier, L Erie, in Dec of 1854.
Rebuilt, 1848.
Sources :
jm,hgl,wmn,bb
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VIRGINIA
Other names :
built on the bottom of the old schooner OREGON
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1854, G.L. Dickenson, Henderson, NY
Specs :
170 t. om
Date of loss :
1860, May 31
Place of loss : Hen
& Chickens Reef, west end of the lake
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail :
The downbound schooner VIRGINIA ran on the reef and was tightly
stranded. Though the tug RED ERIC worked on her for several days,recovering
part of her cargo and rigging, she was eventually destroyed by waves.
Out of Oswego, NY
Sources :
nsp,bb,rp,wmn,jm
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VIRGINIUS - See THOMAS D. STIMSON
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VISION
Other names :
none
Official no. : C72570
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1864, L. Harris, Dog Lake, Ont. as a sloop
Specs :
73x17x6, 65gc 57nc
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 12*
Place of loss : 1
mi E of Oswego harbor entrance
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
barley
Detail : Inbound for Oswego, she
foundered in gale after striking bottom several times in an attempt to get into
the harbor. Her crew was rescued by local lifesavers. Master: Capt. Tyo. Owned
by Capt. Tyo and James Thompson, Kingston.
*year also given as 1885
Rebuilt, 1873
Sources :
mmgl,h,wl,eb,wmn
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VISITOR
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs : small
Date of loss :
1855, May 16
Place of loss : off
W Sister Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 of 2
Carrying :
stone
Detail : Foundered at night while bound
for Toledo. Her small crew clung to the tip of her mast until it broke off and
her skipper drowned. The schooner ANDOVER finally maneuvered in and took the
survivor off in a difficult rescue. Owned by Capt. Bordman of Port Clinton, OH.
Master: Capt. Elbridge Parker, who died in the wreck.
Sources :
hgl,ledc,nsp,wmn,rp
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VIXEN
Other
names :
none
Official
no. :
C71228
Type
at loss : propeller tug, wood fish tug
Build
info : 1886, Hill, Drummond Isl.,
Specs :
48x13x5, 68gc 53nc
Date
of loss : 1916-17, winter
Place
of loss :
Type
of loss : sunk
Loss
of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Foundered near
Sold
Canadian in 1889.
Owned
by Georgian Bay Fish Co. in 1903.
Sources :
mmgl,wl,hr
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VOLUNTEER - Entry appearing in previous
editions is deleted. Vessel was recovered.
————————————————————————±
VOLUNTEER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25669
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1863, Pierson,
Specs :
72x18x6, 52g 50n
Date of loss :
1893, Oct 14
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Struck a reef and foundered in
a heavy gale. Later broke up.
Maybe same vessel as previous
entry
Sources :
mv,hgl,phr,wb
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VOLUNTEER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
161607
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1889, J. Allen,
Specs :
50x17x4, 31g 29n
Date of loss :
1896, Jul 15
Place of loss : 4
mi W of Au Sable Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She was driven ashore by a NW gale and pounded to pieces. Owned by
Beams, Grand Marais, and often used to haul lumbering supplies to the camps.
Sources :
mv,hgl,vbs,slh,h,bb,df,cpl
————————————————————————±
ANNIE VOUGHT
Other names :
none also seen as ANNIE VOIGHT
Official no. :
1588
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, Bailey Bros.,
Specs :
199x36x14, 680g 666n
Date of loss : 1892, Nov 21
Place of loss : N
side of S. Manitou Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Blown on rocks and destroyed
after having broken loose from the
Cargo partially recovered.
Out of
She was ashore on Spectacle
Reef and expected to become a total loss in December, 1867. Heavily damaged in
a storm-driven collision with the bark BUTCHER
Sources :
mv,is(1-61),gs,h,nb,hgl,mpl,usls,nsp
————————————————————————±
VULCAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25760
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1868, Campbell & Owen,
Specs :
134x22x13, 249g 158n
Date of loss :
1883, Jun 7*
Place of loss : 2
miles below Cedar Point, near
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none of 14
Carrying :
towing a raft of logs
Detail : Bound
*year is also given as 1882,
in error.
500 hp engine
Sister of famous tug
CHAMPION(qv), she was known for riding herd on huge rafts of lumber in the
1870's.
Sources :
mv,polk,atl,slh,lhl,hgl,usls,mpl,es,nsp,hcgl,is(55),nsp