Great
beginning with the letter
W
The
©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
26252
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1863, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 933g
721n
Date of loss :
1870, Jun 5
Place of
loss : NE of
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
railroad iron, glassware, etc.
Detail : She collided in dark and fog
with the steamer
Sources :
mv,slh,lhl,nsp,hgl,mpl,eas
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
80402
Type at loss :
schooner-barge , wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, Bailey Bros.,
Specs : 140x26x12,
315g 299n
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 16
Place of
loss :
below Pictured Rocks, near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Upbound in tow of tug SAMSON
with schrs C.G. KING and C.H. JOHNSON, she broke her towline and was forced
into the shallows near Grand Portal Point by a blizzard-gale. She broke into 3
pieces and later pounded to matchwood. The crew made it to shore on a makeshift
raft.Out of
She was built in
only 3 months.
Sources :
mv,polk,hgl,nsp,gwgl,ms,lss,net,mpl,es
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1856, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs : 166x32x11,
592 t.
Date of loss :
1860, Nov 22
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
gen frt, flour
Detail : She was caught from behind by a
gale and driven on a reef while trying to make Grand Haven, then pounded to
pieces. Passengers and were crew all rescued. In the summer of the same year
she had gone ashore on Thunder Bay Isl.,
Owned by the
Goodrich Line of
Sources :
lhl,is,hgl,rsh,wl,eas,rnc
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JAMES WADE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
75522
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, Reed,
Specs : 273 g
212n
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 15
Place of
loss :
off Rondeau Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7
Carrying :
19,000 bu wheat
Detail :
Bound
Sources :
hgl,nsp,polk,es,fw,eb
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T.J. WAFFLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C130767
Type at loss :
propeller scow, wood, bulk freight "rabbit"
Build info :
1914, Joseph Paradis,
Specs : 105x23x8,
149gc 75nc
Date of loss :
1919, Sep 22
Place of
loss :
Between Oswego, NY & Ducks
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 [all]
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She went missing in heavy
weather while bound
Owned out of
Built for use on
the
Sources :
mmgl,csqw,csv,lm,ns2,h,win
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DAVID WAGSTAFF
Other names :
none
Official no. :
6143
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1863, I.W. Nicholas, Vermilion, OH
Specs : 137x29x11,
311g 295n
Date of loss :
1890, Nov 25
Place of
loss :
a few miles west of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
building stone
Detail : While she was bound
Rebuilt, 1883.
Out of
Sources :
polk,mv,hgl,eas,h,wb,sb,nsp,bb,rls
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WAH-NE-TAH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
208598
Type at loss :
gas screw, passenger & package freight "packet"
Build info :
1910,
Specs : 46x9x4, 13g
12n
Date of loss :
1916, Apr 21
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none of 22
Carrying :
?
Detail : She caught fire and burned to
total loss.
Probably built
for use on Fox R.
Sources :
mv
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WAHNIPITAE
Other names :
also seen as WAHNAPITAE*
Official no. :
81115
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, "log boat"
Build info :
1886, J. Davidson,
Specs : 260x51x11, 1431g 1360n
Date of loss :
1890, Oct 26
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1 or 2 of 8
Carrying :
1.8 million bd. ft. lumber
Detail : She was bound
She was the
largest wooden vessel in the world when built - constructed to carry whole
unsawn logs to the mills. Capacity: 2 million board feet.
Luxury yacht SAY
WHEN struck the wreck and sank in 1895.
*The river in
Sources :
vbs,sbs,phr,h,ledc,nsp,hgl,mpl,usls,es
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WAKE UP
Other names :
also spelled WAKEUP and WAKE-UP
Official no. :
26242
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1864, D. Bailey,
Specs : 70 t.
Date of loss :
1878, Sep 2
Place of
loss :
near Port
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
85,000 ft. lumber, shingles, cedar posts
Detail :
She was found ashore and reported a total wreck on the 4th.
She was stripped of her outfit and cargo, and by the 10th she was reported broken
up.
Rebuilt in 1873
Sources :
jb,wmn,wl,mv
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BELLE WALBRIDGE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2234
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, G.W. Jones, Cleveland
Specs : 138x26x10,
271g 257n
Date of loss :
1886, Nov 22
Place of
loss :
at
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
telegraph poles
Detail : She collided with a pier
and sank at the harbor entrance in a SE
gale. Her crew escaped to the government pier.
Major repairs,
1867, 74, 1880
Sources :
mv,polk,phr,nsp,h,hgl,rsl
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H. S. WALBRIDGE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
11280
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1862, Edwards,
Specs : 125x25x11, 215g 204n
Date of loss :
1896, Jul 16
Place of
loss :
2 mi W of Port Colborn, near Long Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail :
She went ashore, striking a reef, and was abandoned. She stayed inplace
until she finally broke up in a storm in early November, her wreckage washing
ashore near Sugar Loaf. Out of
Rebuilt, 1878
Sources :
bbas,hgl,mv,polk,wmn,nsp
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S. C. WALBRIDGE
Other names :
also seen as SARAH C. WALBRIDGE
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1844, Hewett,
Specs : 105x24x10,
237 t.
Date of loss :
1866, Jun 18
Place of
loss :
15 miles E of Cleveland
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
She was driven ashore and wrecked in a gale. Owned by Capt. J. R. Scott
of
Rebuilt in 1859
and 63.
Sources :
hgl,wl,rsl,nsp,wmn
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L.C. WALDO
Other names :
later RIVERTON(1915) and MOHAWK DEER(1944)
Official no. :
141421
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1896, F. Wheeler,
Specs : 451x48x28,
4466g 3519n
Date of loss :
1913, Nov 11
Place of
loss :
on Gull Rock, off Keweenaw Pt.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She was driven ashore by a huge
gale. The Lifesaving Service crew struggled mightily for almost 4 days but
finally rescued her people. The ship was quickly delared a total loss, but was later recovered and
rebuilt.
Sold Canadian
1915 [C137898]. While enroute to a scrapyard in
Originally
387x48x28, 4244g 3290n, enlarged in 1905
Rebuilt 1914
Sources :
eas,vbs,gsgl,sol,ttgl,mh,h,ns5,lol,gwgl,lss
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Other names :
none
Official no. : C
?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1881,
Specs : 110x19x11,
182gc 152nc
Date of loss :
1895
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss :
abandoned
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Shown as simply abandoned,
perhaps not as a result of a wreck.
May be rebuild of
prop built by W. Chaffey,
Sources :
polk,mmgl,clu,lhdc
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WALK-IN-THE-WATER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & freight
Build info :
1818, Noah Brown, Black Rock [
Specs : 135x32x8,
339 t.
Date of loss : 1821,
Oct 31
Place of
loss :
Point Abino, Canadian shore near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : Driven on rocky point by
westerly gale and pounded to pieces. Master: Capt. Jedediah Rogers. Owned by a
syndicate of investors from
After this wreck
her engine went to steamer
Her frequent
comings and goings during 1818-21 were very much in the newspapers in
She was the 1st
steam-powered vessel above
Sources :
mod,is(3-69),mol,sol,gs,lol,is,ledc,nsp,hgl,mpl,wl,eas,ewe
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C.H.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
4567
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, Quayle & Martin,
Specs : 303 t.
Date of loss :
1876, Sep 26
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Bound L’Anse, MI, for
Major repairs in
1871.
Sources :
mv,slh,nsp,hgl,es,rsl,wl
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GEORGE H. WALKER
Other names :
also seen as G. H. WALKER
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1837, John Ripson,
Specs : 83x20x8,
124 t.
Date of loss :
