Great
beginning with the letter
Z
The
©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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Other names :
built as CITY OF
Official
no. : C71152
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1872, A Robertson, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs : 132x24x12, 651g
403n
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 7 or 6
Place of
loss :
off Long Point, S of Prince Edward Bay, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
14 or 16
Carrying :
wheat and flour
Detail : Bound
Salvagers found
her hull W of Nicholson Isl. while searching for the tug PALMER in 1899.
Burned
at her dock at Hamilton, Ont, in Jun, 1873, nearly to
a total loss.
Rebuilt, 1879
Sources :
csqw,mmgl,csv,slh,sol,h,nsp,dmt
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Other names :
none
Official
no. : 28129
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1895, Chicago Shipbuilding, Chicago
Specs : 388x48x23, 3850g
3429n
Date of loss :
1916,
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sank in a storm. Initially declared a
total loss, but later was recovered and lasted until 1947.
Sources :
mv,slh,gwgl,is
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ZENOBIA
Other names :
none
Official
no. : none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, D. M. O'Connor, (
Specs : 368 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1858, Oct 8
Place of
loss :
on Pt. Betsie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
16,000 bu corn
Detail :
This schooner was caught in a storm, driven ashore and wrecked, a total
loss. The crew clung to the hulk for three days until they were able to make it
to shore and report her loss. She had been three days out of
Sources :
nsp,hgl
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ZEPHYR
Other names :
none
Official
no. : none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1808,
Specs : 45 t.
Date of loss :
1820, Nov
(10)
Place of
loss :
ca. 12 mi E of Ashtabula, Oh
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
Carrying :
salt, general merchandise,passengers
Detail :
Bound
*Reportedly the
first vessel built at
Sources :
nsp,rp,hgl,wmn
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ZEPHYR
Other names :
none
Official
no. : 28018
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1857, G. Cantair,
Specs : 101x23x9, 144 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Jun 10
Place of
loss :
15 mi E of Long
Point
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
250 t. coal
Detail :
Bound for
Sources :
nsp,mv,hgl,wl,wmn
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ZILLAH
Other names :
built as prop EDWARD SMITH, renamed in 1900
Official
no. : 136106
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, F. Wheeler,
Specs : 201x37x13, 748g
583n
Date of loss :
1926, Aug 29
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
limestone
Detail : She began to leak in a summer
storm. She coasted in a circle as the crew gathered what belongings they could,
then rolled over and sank while steamer WILLIAM B. SCHILLER stood by to take
off her people, with help from the U.S. Coast Guard.
Wreck located in
1975.
Sources :
vbs,phr,mv,rkr,lssc,gwgl,lss,ns3,mpl,m&h,eas
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ZIMMERMAN
Other names :
none
Official
no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1854, L. Shickluna,
Specs : 200x28x9, 475 t.
Date of loss :
1863, Aug 21
Place of
loss :
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
2
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire at about
She was a crack
steamer, considered the fastest on western
Rebuilt
in 1856 at
Sources :
mmgl,csv,clu,hgl,mpl,ssnr,nsp,rnc
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ZOUAVE
Other names :
none
Official
no. : 28021
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1861, B.B. Jones,
Specs : 97x20x8, 117g
80nt
Date of loss :
1881, early spring
Place of
loss :
prob near Mooretown,
Ont.
Type of loss : wrecked
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail :
No detail. May have been abandoned to sink a few years earlier or
wrecked. Document surrendered at
Wrecked and sunk
by a boiler explosion near the outlet of
Major
repairs in 1870.
Sources :
nsp,st,rsl,wl,es,bb,wmn
