Great
beginning with the letter
Y
The
©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
27630
Type at loss : propeller,
wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, Quayle & Son, Cleveland
Specs : 279x41x21,
1986gt 1658nt
Date of loss :
1905, Jun 13
Place of
loss :
on
Type of loss : nav. error/fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She missed the channel and
grounded, then caught fire before she could be released. Her remains were later
refloated and dismantled. Owned by J.C. Gilchrist of
Sources :
ns1,mv,nsp,mpl
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YANKEE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
27625
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1884, J. Huxtable,
Specs : 38x12x4,
12gt 11nt
Date of loss :
1893, Sep 17
Place of
loss :
off Port Elgin, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
light
Detail : She went ashore along with the
barge BAHAMA and was wrecked in a gale. She was unable to be released and was
abandoned the next year.
Sources :
phr,mv,slh,lhdc,wb,hgl,nsp
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YANKEE BLADE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
27516
Type at loss : schooner,
wood
Build info :
1855, B. B. Jones,
Specs : 130x26x10,
256g 243n
Date of loss :
1883, Sep 1
Place of
loss :
near Skillagallee
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
507 t.ron ore
Detail :
Ashore and given
up for lost at
Sprung a leak and
was quickly beached to prevent her sinking near
Sources :
hgl,wmn,nsp,bb,mv
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YANTIC
Other names :
known as IX-32, 1921-26
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
screw bark warship, NIPSIC
class
Build info :
1864, Philadelphia Navy Yard,
Specs : 180x30x12, 900 t. [displ]
Date of loss :
1929, Oct 22
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Unserviceable since the turn of
the century, she sank at her dock at the foot of
She was reportedly designed to be Abraham Lincoln’s
yacht, and served with the Navy on the both the
Sources :
mv,is,mpl,danfs,nsp
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Other names :
built as
Official no. :
91150
Type at loss :
unrigged barge, self unloading bulk freight and construction
Build info :
1879, Thos. Quayle, Cleveland
Specs : 264x37x16,
1209g 1195n
Date of loss :
1917, Oct 4
Place of
loss :
at
Type of loss :
(navigational error)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
bulk freight
Detail :
She was under tow when she stranded on a bar at
Converted from a
package freighter to a bulk freighter in 1902, from a steamer to a barge in
1911.
Sources :
eas,ns3,hcgl
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Other names :
Official no. :
British
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1792,
Specs : 80 gt
Date of loss :
1799, Dec
Place of
loss :
Devil's Nose, near site of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Reported sticking on a rock by other vessels, with no prospect of
getting her off.
Sources :
rp,hgl,wmn
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Other names : ?
Official no. : probably Canadian
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
early
Place of
loss :
off Salt Point, 25 mi W of the Soo
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She sank off the mouth of
Grant's Creek.
Sources :
gwgl
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Other names :
also seen as
Official no. :
none [British]
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1798, Apr 7
Place of
loss :
near Presqu'ile, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm/sabotage
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
passengers, general freight
Detail :
According to sworn statements given to a justice of the peace, the
captain and mate deliberately ran her ashore in a storm and allowed her to
wreck. Her crew and passengers made it ashore in a smallboat, while the
culprits absconded with valuable portions of her cargo. She had been bound
Genesee R. [
This and
Sources : wl,wmn
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
27514
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, F. N. Jones,
Specs : 303gt 288nt
Date of loss :
1886, Oct 20
Place of
loss :
on Giant's Tomb,
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
grain
Detail : She went ashore and filled and
was later wrecked by the swelling of her cargo. Bound
Rebuilt in 1869
at
Rebuilt, 1883
Sources :
nsp,mv,polk,slh,hgl,wl
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YOSEMITE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
27541
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1867, G. Fordham,
Specs :
152x29x10, 310 gt 229 nt
Date of loss :
1892, Apr 30
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light, barge attached
Detail : She was lying at anchor with her
barge RYAN when she caught fire and burned to a total loss. The crew narrowly
escaped to the RYAN. Owned by Estes, et. al,
Major repairs in
1874, 83,84; rebuilt in 1886
Sources :
mv,polk,lol,lssc,is,www,lss,hgl,nsp
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YOU TELL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
65020
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1866, W. Gangulon,
Specs : 56x17x5,
38 gt.
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 26
Place of
loss :
near Washington Isl.,
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
hay
Detail : Bound Thunder Bay, Ont., for
Owned by L.
Tenney of
Sources :
mv,irs,lss,bb,wl
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YOUNG
Other names :
none
Official no. :
27515
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1853, Bidwell & Banta,
Specs : 139x26x11, 359 t.
Date of loss :
1873, Oct 20
Place of
loss :
near Oak Orchard, NY
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
150 passengers
Detail : Her propeller's over-revving
while out of the water during a storm disabled her engine, causing her to be
blown ashore 2 mi W of Yate's Pier.
Later she pounded to pieces.
Owned by Northern
Transportation Co.
Engine &
boiler recovered the next year
Date also given
as
Major repair in
1864
Sunk at
Sources :
lhl,eas,nsp,is,mpl,wl,rsl
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YOUNG
Other names :
none
Official no. : none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, Geo. Rogers,
Specs : 124x25x10, 331 t. om
Date of loss :
1855, Sep
Place of
loss :
N of
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Collided with the schooner
BLACK HAWK and sank in about 200 feet of water.
Out of
Sources :
bb,wmhs,wl,rp
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YOUNG
Other names :
none
Official no. :
27508
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1853, F. N. Jones,
Specs : 130x25x10,
243g 231n
Date of loss :
1880, Aug 20
Place of
loss :
near Kelley's Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
stone
Detail : She foundered in shallow water.
Declared a total loss, she was recovered in 1883.
Abandoned in
1900.
Sunk and reported
broken in two at
Dismasted and
heavily damaged in a collision with the schooner SURPRISE off
Sources :
phr,polk,mv,eas,h,nsp,bb
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YOUNG LEOPARD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1836, J. B. Hamblin,
Specs : 58x18x6,
53 t. om
Date of loss :
1856, Nov 22
Place of
loss :
"
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal and salt
Detail :
This schooner dragged her anchors while riding out a storm, went on the
Toronto bar opposite Queen's Wharf and capsized. For some time it was expected
that she would be released, but she finally broke up by Dec 5. Out of Oswego,
NY.
Sources :
nsp,wl,wmn,air
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YOUNG HICKORY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
27540
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, steam barge
Build info :
1864, G. Fordham, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 82x20x4,
59 t.
Date of loss :
1877, Oct 31
Place of
loss :
off Claybanks area, near Port Burwell, Ont. (also reported as “off Bar
Pt.”)
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
wood
Detail : She foundered in a gale. The
schooner PORTER rescued her people,
which included another full crew that the
Described in one
report from her homeport of
Sources :
www,lhl.mv,h,usls,es,nsp,wmn
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YOUNG LION
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1830,
Specs : 73x25x8,
83 t. om
Date of loss :
1836, July 6
Place of
loss :
12 mi from
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3 of 8
Carrying :
RR iron and lumber
Detail : She opened her seams in a heavy
blow and sank quickly with just her topmasts left above water. Five crew saved
themselves by clambering up them and were later rescued by the schooner
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl
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YOUNG LION
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1862, Donaldson & Andrews, Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Specs : 98gc
62nc