B. et T. -
See GILLY


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B.C. & Co.

Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1870
Place of loss : Saginaw R. at Saginaw
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : "sank"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
Sources: slh,hgl not in ‘69 mv


------------------------------------------------------3423
F.W. BACKUS

Other names : built as EARL CATHCART, renamed in 1852
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1846, E Bates, Amherstburg, Ont
Specs : 133x25x9, 289 t.[om]
Date of loss : 1866, Nov 25
Place of loss : off Racine, WI (also given in error as near Chicago or Milwaukee)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none - those aboard included nine passengers
Carrying : hay, horses and cattle
Detail : Discovered to be afire offshore and run to the beach, where her passengers and crew disembarked.. The tug DAISY LEE towed her out while she was still burning, with the intention of scuttling her, but was unable to do so. After she burned through her towline she drifted back to shore and burned to the waterline. Her live cargo was pushed overboard while she was still well out, but they all swam safely to shore.
Probably owned by C.S. Hubbard, Chicago
Builder Bates was from Milan, OH, but built her in Canada.
Seized by U.S. for violation of shipping laws in 1852 and became an American bottom.
Rebuilt in 1861, repaired in 1865.
Sources: hgl,lhl,mpl,bb,rsl,nsp


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MELVIN S. BACON

Other names : none
Official no. : 90657
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1874, J. Squires, Vermilion, OH
Specs : 182x34x14 615g 584n
Date of loss : 1915, Nov 16
Place of loss : near Grassy Island
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Rammed and sunk by the steamer JOSEPH SELLWOOD, abandoned as a total loss. Recovered, sold Canadian in 1919 and dismantled in 1929. Owned by W. Chapman of Cleveland, former Gilchrist boat at the time of this accident.
Had operated on the eastern seaboard for some years.
Burned and declared total loss after going ashore near Ashland, WI,Sep 24-5, 1905.
Sources: mv,mv,nsp,lss,eas,hcgl


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BADGER

Other names : none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : barge, wood*, crane-equipped
Build info : 1914, Marine Iron Works, Duluth
Specs : 140(oa)x36x12
Date of loss : 1929,Nov or Dec
Place of loss : Point Abino, Ont. [near Buffalo]
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Struck bottom and sank while working over wreck of steamer BRITON (qv), raised but declared a constructive total loss.
*constructed of fir, one of the few
Sources: ns3


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BADGER STATE

Other names : none
Official no. : 2134
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1853, James M. Jones, Milwaukee (often seen in error as Buffalo)
Specs : 150x28x12, 302 t
Date of loss : 1870, Nov 16
Place of loss : off Sleeping Bear Pt.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 240 cords wood
Detail : Bound Grand Traverse Bay for Chicago, she stranded and wrecked on the tip of Sleeping Bear dune.
Built on a salt-water model. Rebuilt and strengthened in 1862
Homeport: Chicago
Sources: nb,smi,hgl, soundings,nsp,rsl


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BADGER STATE

Other names : none
Official no. : 2111
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1862, Mason & Bidwell, Buffalo
Specs : 213x33x17 802g 494n
Date of loss : 1909, Dec 6
Place of loss : at Marine City, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 15
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire at her dock. After firefighters could not contain the blaze, she was cut loose and drifted to Fawn Isl, where she burned herself out.
Built as a passenger steamer, converted to a floating pool hall for a couple of years around 1905-6, until purchased by H. M. Loud's Sons Co. in May, 1906, and converted to a lumber boat.
Sources: eas,slh,sol,ns1,ledc,mv,mpl,nsp,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------215
BADGER STATE

Other names : ?
Official no. : 224114
Type at loss : tug, oil screw
Build info : 1924, Marinette, WI
Specs : 45 t
Date of loss : 1939, Nov 9
Place of loss : off Northport, MI, Grand Traverse Bay [also given as Northport, WI]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered off Northport.
Sources: sol,h,mpl


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HORACE H. BADGER

Other names : built as schooner KATE GILLETT last name in 1882. Often called H. H. BADGER.
Official no. : 14164
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1867, Miller, Conneaut, OH as 2-mast schooner
Specs : 129x30x10 264g 259n
Date of loss : 1903, Jun 11
Place of loss : Cleveland, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Driven on the breakwater and broken up by storm waves. Crew of 7 rescued by Lifesaving Service.
Ashore and declared lost at Cross Village, MI, September of 1895, and again near Alpena, September, 1896.
Rebuilt in 1882, enlarged, converted 2-mast to 3.
Sources: nsp,ns1,h,mv,ledc,mpl,eas,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------217
BAHAMA

Other names : none
Official no. : 2380
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1863, Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs : 136x26x13 333g 317n
Date of loss : 1895
Place of loss : off Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered
Usually used as a towbarge, but rated as a schooner.
Also reported total loss in storm on Huron 9/17/93.
One source says she was lost on Cleveland breakwater in 1903 and another says she was abandoned in 1904.
Sources: phr,osdo,wb,tel,slh,mv


------------------------------------------------------4094
CAROLINE E. BAILEY

Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, Bailey, Madison Dock, OH
Specs : 88x21x7, 121 t.
Date of loss : 1867, Oct 31
Place of loss : at Grand Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reported ashore and total loss.
Major repair in 1864
Sources: nsp,rsl,hgl,wl


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DANIEL E. BAILEY -
See IRON CITY


------------------------------------------------------4221
J. E. BAILEY

Other names : none
Official # : 75646
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1874, J. Bailey, Saugatuck, Mich
Specs : 130x26x10, 196g 186n
Date of loss : 1884, Oct (26 or 8)
Place of loss : at Gill's Pier
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : wood
Detail : Went ashore on Gill's Pier and reported a total loss.
Out of Milwaukee
Sources : es,jm,nsp,wmn

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NINA BAILEY

Other names : none
Official no. : 18767
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, Ludington, MI
Specs : 30 t
Date of loss : 1880, Nov 1
Place of loss : St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : none
Detail : Filled and went out of control, striking the North Pier and capsizing. Crewmen climbed up on her keel and were rescued by the Lifesaving Service. She later broke up and became a total loss of $900.
Registered out of Milwaukee.
Sources: nsp,h,usls,mv,bcha


------------------------------------------------------3692
FLORA L. BAINES

Other names : none
Official no. : C71249
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1874, Penetang, Ont.
Specs : 31x8, 9gc 6nc
Date of loss : 1879, Sep 13
Place of loss : off Oakville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered.
Out of Toronto
Sources: win,mmgl


------------------------------------------------------3303
BAKER
probably W.L. BAKER
Other names : ?
Official no. : (80985)
Type at loss : schooner, wood or dredge
Build info : (1883, Ashtabula, OH)
Specs : (19 g, 18n)
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 8
Place of loss : off Ahnapee, WI [18 mi S of Minorville]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ?
Detail : Capsized in gale.
Sources: nsp,mv,hgl,bb,mpl


------------------------------------------------------4258
DAN BAKER

Other names : none
Official no. : 35252
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1869, Dan Hayes, Fairport, Oh
Specs : 61 t.
Date of loss : 1874, Jun 12
Place of loss : off Cedar Point, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : stone
Detail : Sprung a leak and sunk by a gale near Sandusky. Reported at the end of the year as a toal loss.
Out of Cleveland, owned by Blanchard
Sources: nsp,mv,wl,wmn

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FANNY L. BAKER -
See THOMAS FREEL BATTLE (1910 loss)


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TIMOTHY BAKER

Other names : often called TIM BAKER
Official no. : 24156
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, S. Ruggles, Milan, OH
Specs : 122x25x10, 224g 215n
Date of loss : 1888, Oct 1
Place of loss : near Pelee Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all?
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Ashore several miles below "The Dummy" (Bar Point Light). Crew presumed lost. Broke up in a storm on the 8th.
Owned by M. Scott, Marine City
Rebuilt 1867; major repair, 1882.
Sources: mv,nsp,phr,win,h,hgl,es3-1


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H.P. BALDWIN

Other names : none
Official no. : 11199
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1866, J.M. Jones, Detroit, MI as a bark
Specs : 178x33x12 495g 470n
Date of loss : 1908, Aug 27
Place of loss : 1 mi N of Indiana Shoals
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : grain
Detail : Capsized and foundered in a gale. Owned by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, Chicago.
Heavily damaged in stranding near Cleveland in December 1881.
Stranded at Marblehead, OH, Nov 1893.
Ashore on Kelley’s Isl., May, 1904.
Rebuilt in 1883
Sources: h,ns1,lmdc,mv,usls,mpl


------------------------------------------------------221
S.C. BALDWIN

Other names : none
Official no. : 23957
Type at loss : unrigged barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1871, Campbell & Owen, Detroit as propeller bulker hull# 13
Specs : 160x30x11 413g 356n
Date of loss : 1908, Aug 27
Place of loss : Twin River Point, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : stone
Detail : Grounded, capsized and sank in a storm, a total loss. Tow of tug TORRENT.
Known as a "jonah" and had trouble getting crews: Nearly destroyed in an accident, 1876; ashore near Alpena, 1877; damaged in collision in 1894 and burned while awaiting repairs from another accident the same year; stranded in Green Bay in 1903.
Major repairs, 1876, 1877, 1881, 1895; rebuilt 1884. Converted to a barge in 1904.
Sources: nsp,slh,stb,ns1,h,mv,atl,st,mpl,eas,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------281
DANIEL BALL

Other names : none sometimes shown as DANIEL BELL
Official no. : 6199
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1861, Grand Rapids, MI
Specs : 142x21x5 123t
Date of loss : 1876
Place of loss : Saginaw, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss at Saginaw. Documents surrendered at Port Huron Jan 14, 1879.
Owned by A. Root of E. Saginaw at time of loss
Sources: eas,phr,lhl


------------------------------------------------------4070
M. BALLARD

Other names : also seen as MARY BALLARD
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, Stevens & Presley, Cleveland
Specs : 116x25x11, 288 t. om
Date of loss : 1866, Dec (7)
Place of loss : off Galoo Isl., NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 9 or 11[all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Reported wrecked and a total loss with all hands.
Owned by her skipper, Capt. Hugh Coyne, of Cleveland. He was lost with her.
Major repairs in 1864.
Sources: nsp,hgl,wl,rsl


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DAVID BALLENTINE -
See QUITO


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BALTIC

Other names : sometime seen as BALTIN
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1851, Bear Creek [Wallaceburg], Ont.
Specs : 94x22x9, 152 t.
Date of loss : 1855, Sep (19)
Place of loss : near Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : Went on a reef and destroyed. Her outfit was probably later recovered and used in the rebuilding of the schooner BEAVER in 1857.
Owned by Thomas Walters, out of Port Dover.
Went ashore on Georgian Bay and wrecked in 1853. Rebuilt at Wallaceburg.
May have capsized with loss of her entire crew off Waukegan, Ill, in May of 1852
Sources: mmgl,sagl,hgl,nsp,wmn


------------------------------------------------------222
BALTIC

Other names : none
Official no. : 31044
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1847, Peck & Masters, Buffalo, as steamer, see below
Specs : 224x30x12, 618 t. (825t as prop)
Date of loss : 1872, Sep 29
Place of loss : off Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : ?
Detail : Tow of tug MOORE with 3 other barges in a heavy gale, she broke her towline and tried to set sail, but was overwhelmed. Crew launched her boat but were all drowned.
Some sources show this loss at Thunder Bay, MI , but this is an error..
She was built as a sidewheeler, converted to "side-propeller" in '54, but ran only a year or so, was converted to a conventional prop later (1863?) and to a barge in 1865
Sources: nsp,slh,eas,hgl,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------223
BALTIC

Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, W. Waterbury, Wellington Sq., Ont.
Specs : 106x22x10, 184g, 164n
Date of loss : 1894, Nov 24
Place of loss : in Oswego, NY, harbor
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : barley
Detail : Collided with wharf and went ashore in a NE gale, where she broke up. The USLS crew anticipated the disaster and had a beach apparatus set up near where she struck. They fired a line over her and removed the crew of 6 by breeches' buoy. Later a pet dog and a horse were saved from the vessel, before she went to pieces.She had been bound Deseronto, Ont., for Oswego.
Out of Hamilton, Ont.
One source says she was the Oswego-built schooner of 1854.
Rebuilt, 1874
Sources: csqw,mmgl,clu,osdo,win,is,h,glhs,hgl,mpl,dmt,usls,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------224
BALTIC

Other names : built as FRANCES SMITH(qv) last name in 1888
Official no. : C92310*
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger/package freight
Build info : 1867, M Simpson, St. Catharines, Ont.
Specs : 182x28x12, 1324gc 832nc
Date of loss : 1895, Sep 5 Several sources say she burned 1896.
Place of loss : Collingwood, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her wharf.
Stranded with heavy damage on Higbee Isl., L. Sup. in 1885
Stranded with heavy damage on Clapperton Isl., Sep 1888.
Her engine & machinery were from steamer CLIFTON.
*1st given, 1888.
Major repairs in 1882 & 3, rebuilt, 1888.
Sources: nsp,lh,slh,sol,is,h,csv,mmgl,win,hgl,mpl,hcgl


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BALTIMORE -
See also PATRICIA McQUEEN


------------------------------------------------------226
BALTIMORE

Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger/package freight
Build info : 1847, A. Keating, Monroe, MI
Specs : 170x22x11, 513t [om]
Date of loss : 1855, Sep 18
Place of loss : near the Government pier at Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn and misc supplies
Detail : Bound Chicago for the new Soo Canal and Lake Superior. Ran into a gale so violent that soon waves were washing right over her decks. One particulaly large one smashed her forward cabin and toppled one of her stacks, causing great danger from fire. Disabled, she tried to put in to Sheboygan, but struck bottom after one of her anchor chains broke. Drove ashore and settled in shallow water, later broken up by wave action.
Sources: eas,is(2-60),is,lmdc,less,hgl,nsp,mpl


------------------------------------------------------225
BALTIMORE

Other names : built as ESCANABA, renamed in 1899
Official no. : 135487
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1881, Linn & Craig, Gibraltar, MI
Specs : 201x36x20 1161g 918n
Date of loss : 1901, May 24
Place of loss : SE of AuSable, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 13 of 15
Carrying : coal
Detail : She struck a reef, broke in two and foundered after fighting all the way to above Thunder Bay in a gale. She turned back for Tawas, but didn’t quite make it. Maybe towing a steam drill and a lighter. Engine & boiler recovered in Oct & Nov, 1901, most of the rest of her gear brought up in 1903.
Ashore with heavy damage on Gull Isl reef, L. Mich., May, 1896.
Sources: nsp,slh,sol,ns1,h,lhdc,mpl,pf,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------3937
BANCROFT

Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1836, Pt. Peninsula, NY
Specs : 112 t.
Date of loss : 1842, Nov 19
Place of loss : at the harbor mouth of St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : salt, apples and merchandise
Detail : Arriving off the harbor from Buffalo in a gale, she struck the north pier, then drifted ashore near the south pier, where she reportedly broke up.
Owned by Wheeler & Porter and her skipper, Capt.Bouton, all of St. Joseph
Sources: nsp,hgl


------------------------------------------------------229
BANNER

Other names : none
Official no. : 2155
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1847, Lent, Conneaut, OH as a brig
Specs : 140 ft, 289gt.
Date of loss : 1888, Nov 8
Place of loss : Fish Point [Point Au Sable] near Oscoda, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lath & shingles
Detail : Driven on a reef by a gale. Her crew was saved before she was pushed into deeper water, where she sank. After they had spent the night lashed to the rigging, local townspeople succeeded in taking them off in a tiny yawl.
Out of Mt. Clemens.
Converted to 3-m schooner in 1869-70.
Ashore in 1868 and again in 1883.
Major repairs in 1859,'69,'76,'82. Originally 431 t. brig
Sources: mv,nsp,polk,sol,is,h,hgl,mpl,rsl


------------------------------------------------------230
BANNOCKBURN

Other names : none
Official no. : C102093
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1893, Dixon & Co., Middlesborough, England
Specs : 245x40x21 1620gc 1035nc
Date of loss : 1902, Nov 22
Place of loss : Mid-lake
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : 21 [all]
Carrying : grain
Detail : Sailed out from Ft. William into storm and never seen again. One of her lifeboats later found ashore. Her loss is one of the big mysteries of the Big Lake. For many years, sailors claimed to see her running without lights on stormy nights, looking in vain for some safe port.
Sources: nsp,gwgl,gs,is(4-73),lol,sol,wm2,ns1,csv,mmgl,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------231
BANSHEE

Other names : built as BANSHEE, named HERO 1860-1, BANSHEE again in 1861.
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freight
Build info : 1852, G. Ault, Portsmouth, Ont.
Specs : 119x18x3, 166t
Date of loss : 1861, Aug 21
Place of loss : Timber Isl., near False Ducks Isls. Location also given as "off South Bay."
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 of 11
Carrying : wheat,flour & butter
Detail : Bound Lake Erie for Montreal, she foundered after engine failure [broken shaft] in a storm left her helpless. One passenger died, crew made it to Timber Island. Registry not closed until 1876. Owned by Howard & Rowe of Quebec.
Wreck located in 1967.
Sources: csqw,mmgl,csv(s2),hgl,rp,do


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BARBARA
- See also MAJOR BARBARA


------------------------------------------------------232
BARBARA LYN

Other names : built as SUMPTER, renamed in 1989
Official no. : 276723
Type at loss : propeller diesel tug, aluminum
Build info : 1958, Bayou la Batra, Alabama
Specs : 51x17x6, 51g 35n
Date of loss : 1990, Oct 1
Place of loss : off Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : 2-barge tow
Detail : Towing 2 construction barges, enroute to Alpena, she capsized in 12-foot seas and sank 12 mi north of Huron City, MI. 3 crew swam to the barges and were rescued by helicopter, 1 drowned.
Owned by Ryba Marine Construction, Cheboygan, MI
Sources: nsp,mpl,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------234
BARBARIAN

Other names : none
Official no. : 2137
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, A. Miller, Oswego, NY
Specs : 136x26x11 298g 283n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 25
Place of loss : near Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : RR ties
Detail : Blown ashore and wrecked.
Sources: osdo,is,h,hgl,bb


------------------------------------------------------235
J. BARBER

Other names : also seen as JOE BARBER
Official no. : 12981
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & fruit boat
Build info : 1856, L. Moses, Cleveland
Specs : 125x26x8, 306 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Jul 19
Place of loss : 14 miles off Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 5
Carrying : fruit and passengers
Detail : She was on her regular route , when she caught fire near her stack and waa destroyed. The steamersCORONA and A C Van RAALTE came to her rescue, saving most of her passengers and crew - about 30 (some sources say 18 saved, 2 lost) in all were saved. Bound St. Joseph for Chicago, she went down in about 80 feet of water.
Owned by Capt. Dustin of Detroit
Rebuilt in 1864, 66
Sources: lmdc,nsp,hgl,mpl,wl,bcha,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------3628
WILLIAM BARCLAY

Other names : none
Official no. : 26834
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, Sylvester Larned, Detroit
Specs : 73x19x5, 53g
Date of loss : 1868, Dec 5
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : "lost"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Built for the lumber-coal trade, Saginaw and Cleveland. Document surrendered 12/17/1878 at Port Huron, annotated "lost 12-5-1868." This may be an error, supposed to read"12-5-78" as official number were not assigned to schrs by the date of her loss. Vessel also shows on 1871 insurance list.
Sources: phr,mv,wl


------------------------------------------------------236
JAMES BARDON No.7

Other names : none
Official no. : 76625
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1879, Lockport, NY
Specs : 69x15x7, 51g 26n
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 10
Place of loss : St. Louis R. near Duluth Harbor
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to total loss
Sources: mv,lss,gwgl,is


------------------------------------------------------243
BARGE 104

Other names : none
Official no. : 53257
Type at loss : unrigged barge, steel whaleback, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, A. MacDougall [American Steel Barge Co.], Superior, WI
Specs : 276x36x19, .1295g 1231n
Date of loss : 1899, Nov 10
Place of loss : Cleveland Harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Duluth, she was being towed into harbor by the tug ALVA B, when she broke loose and rammed the breakwater, sinking quickly. Her crew was rescued by the U.S. Lifesaving Service with much difficulty.
Sources: is,h,hgl,mpl,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------244
BARGE 115

Other names : none
Official no. : 53269
Type at loss : unrigged barge, steel whaleback, bulk freight
Build info : 1891, A MacDougall [American Steel Barge Co.], W. Superior, WI
Specs : 256x36x19, 1169g 1111n
Date of loss : 1899, Dec 18
Place of loss : Pic Isl. Near Marathon, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Broke from her tow steamer well out in the lake, went ashore 5 days later & broke up. Her crew was thought to be lost, but showed up days later after long tramp through the wilderness. In tow of COLGATE HOYT (some sources say FRANK ROCKEFELLER). Declared total loss the following May.
Sources: is,nsp,lss,rf,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------245
BARGE 129

Other names : none
Official no. : 53276
Type at loss : unrigged barge, steel whaleback, bulk freight
Build info : 1893, A. MacDougall [American Steel Barge Co.], Superior, WI
Specs : 292x36x22, 1311g 1266n
Date of loss : 1902, Oct 13
Place of loss : off Vermilion Point, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Broke towline from steamer MAUNALOA in heavy weather. While trying to reconnect, was rammed by the steamer and sank quickly after her side was penetrated by an anchor. MAUNALOA picked up her crew. Went down in 125 ft. of water.
Sources: nsp,lssc,lol,gwgl,is(2-69),sol,ns1,hcgl


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BARGE A

Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : unrigged barge, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 410g
Date of loss : 1900, May 15
Place of loss : Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Broke in half and went down in the harbor.
Owned by Lake Michigan Car Ferry Transportation Co. at the time, but leased a group of Milwaukee shippers.
Sources: h,nsp


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BARGE NO. 1

Other names : none
Official no. : 67313
Type at loss : barge, wood, RR ferry-barge, 28 car
Build info : 1895, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City, MI hull #70
Specs : 310x44x12 1544g 1463n
Date of loss : 1918, Nov 8
Place of loss : North Point, Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : lumber, chickens
Detail : Normally used as a RR carferry. Grounded in storm, broke in two and slipped into deep water.
Holed by a launching timber and sank during her launch. Rails were installed on her deck at Chicago (see also BARGE NO 2)
Sources: stb,cfgl,is,ns2,mpl,eas


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BARGE NO. 2

Other names : none
Official no. : 67314
Type at loss : barge, wood, RR carferry
Build info : 1895, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City hull #71
Specs : 310x44x12 1548g 1462n
Date of loss : 1906, Sep 9 (also given as Sep 29)
Place of loss : Chicago Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : Capsized
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : RR cars
Detail : Capsized due to a loading error. Floated bottom-up for more than a month, foiling all efforts to right her, and finally sank in the yacht basin. Raised keel-up in spring of 1907, towed out & scuttled 3 mi off Calumet Harbor. Dynamited by Corps of Engineers in Aug of the same year. RR cars which she had aboard were recovered in Oct, 1906.
She and No.1(qv) were biggest barges in the world when built
Sources: nsp,cfgl,is,vbs,mpl,eas


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BARGE NO. 3

Other names : none
Official no. : 67317
Type at loss : barge, wood, RR carferry, 28 cars
Build info : 1896, Craig Shipbuilding, Toledo, OH hull# 70
Specs : 306x47x12, 1581 t
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 12.
Place of loss : near Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pulpwood
Detail : Tow of tug S.M. FISCHER with BARGE NO. 4(qv). Went out of control in storm and cut loose by FISCHER after her crew was taken off. Foundered soon after. The cook had to be forcibly removed from the barge as she was abandoned.
Sources: nsp,cfgl,is,ns1,mpl


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BARGE NO. 4

Other names : none
Official no. : 67318
Type at loss : barge, wood, RR carferry, 28 car
Build info : 1896, Craig Shipbuilding, Toledo hull# 71
Specs : 306x47x12, 1581 t.
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 12
Place of loss : near Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pulpwood
Detail : Barge identical to BARGE NO. 3, details of loss also nearly identical. In fact, BARGEs 3 and 4 were nearly identical to BARGEs 1 and 2 and built to the same design.
Sources: nsp,cfgl,is,ns1,mpl


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BARGE NO. 7

Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : barge
Build info : ?
Specs : 78 t.
Date of loss : 1958, Oct 16
Place of loss : Off Windsor, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : sunk
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
Sources: h not in mmgl


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M.P. BARKALOW

Other names : none
Official no. : 90277
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk and package freight, 2-mast
Build info : 1871, O. Harper, Perry, OH
Specs : 104x23x8 122g 116n
Date of loss : 1902, Apr 26
Place of loss : off S. Bass Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : salt
Detail : Foundered while riding out a gale at anchor. The lost were skipper, his wife, his son and 1 crewman.
Sunk with heavy damage at Toledo in fall 1894 after a collision with a drawbridge.
Sources: nsp,is,ns1,mv,ledc,phr,mpl,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------4259
FRANK D. BARKER

Other names : also called F.D. BARKER
Official # : 9165
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1867, S. Johnson, Clayton, NY
Specs : 305gt 290 nt.
Date of loss : 1887, Sep 27
Place of loss : Spider Island, Rawley’s Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Drove ashore on a rocky reef. At first it was thought that she could be rescued easily and it was later reported that she was, but on Nov 15th it was reported that she had been swung onto another reef by heavy seas, thrown on her beam ends, and was going to pieces.
Out of Cleveland
Sources : nsp,mv,polk,jk,wmn,hgl

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JOHN J. BARLUM

Other names : none
Official no. : 76914
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, Craig, Toledo, OH
Specs : 223x41x16 1185g 1126n
Date of loss : 1922, Sep 18 (or 8)
Place of loss : near Marblehead Light, Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Outbound in tow, she filled and sank five miles off the harbor entrance. Later removed to deeper water.
Canadian registry 1901-1911, C#107490.
Sources: eas,ns3,mv,ledc,mpl,hcgl


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BURT BARNES

Other names : none
Official no. : C150489
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1882, G.S. Rand or Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, WI US#3193
Specs : 96x25x7 134g 127n
Date of loss : 1926, Sep 3
Place of loss : 12 mi SE of Picton, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Foundered off Lake Ontario's Long Point during a gale. Bound for Picton from Sodus Pt., NY. Her crew abandoned her in a patched-up lifeboat and landed near Rochester, NY, 32 hours later.
Sold Canadian in 1904. Registered out of Kingston in 1926.
One of the last working schooners on the lakes.
Sources: csqw,win,is(2-90),win,is,h,mv,osdo,mpl,hcgl


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FRANK C. BARNES

Other names : none
Official no. : C116386
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1892, Manistee, MI US# 120894
Specs : 67x16x7 63g 43n
Date of loss : 1915, Nov 1
Place of loss : off Gull Pond, near Pt. Petre, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all 5(6)
Carrying : none
Detail : Went missing in storm at unknown position. Some pilothouse wreckage and a body eventually washed up on shore. The wreck was later located off Pt. Petre.
Sold Canadian in 1906. Owned by Canada Steamship Lines
May have been built from the tug J.C. OSGOOD [US#75159], built 1863, New Baltimore, NY.
Sources: csqw,nsp,gs,sol,mv,mmgl,mpl,hcgl


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F.T. BARNEY

Other names : none
Official no. : 9535
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, W. Cheney, Vermilion, OH
Specs : 126x26x11, 255 t
Date of loss : 1868, Oct 23
Place of loss : below Nine Mile Point, NW of Rogers City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Collided with the schooner TRACY J. BRONSON and sank. Wreck was reportedly located about 1987, sits in deep water, upright in almost perfect condition. Newspapers of the time report that the wreck was struck by several passing vessels and was located "about midway between theSouth Passage and 40-mile Point.
Registered out of Vermilion, OH
Major repair in 1862
Sources: mv,slh,lhdc,nsp,ssm,mpl,rsl,hcgl


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WILLIAM H. BARNUM

Other names : none
Official no. : 80342
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1873, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs : 219x35x21 1212g 1059n
Date of loss : 1894, Apr 3
Place of loss : 5.5 mi ESE of Mackinaw City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : Ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn
Detail : Her hull was cut by floating ice and she sank. She was reportedly in poor condition at the time of her last trip and had been given insurance for only that single voyage. Tug CRUSADER tried to save her, but was only able to take her crew off before she went down.
Partially "salvaged" in 1969, mostly stripped of artifacts.
Sources: is(3-69),slh,hdm,h,mv,lhdc,wbm,ssm,mpl,hcgl


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H.A. BARR

Other names : none
Official no. : C107489
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1893, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City hull #56 [US# 96218]
Specs : 217x35x17 1119g 1063n
Date of loss : 1902, Sep 24 (some sources erroneously give Aug 24 as date.)
Place of loss : 30 miles off Port Stanley, near Braddock Pt.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Downbound from Lake Superior, tow of "saltie" THEANO (qv). She broke her towline in giant waves and foundered. Her crew was picked up by THEANO
Sold Canadian in 1901. Owned by Algoma Central Steamship Co.
Sources: nsp,is,ns1,ledc,win,vbs,mpl,do not in mmgl


------------------------------------------------------3304
WILLIAM H. BARRETT

Other names : none
Official no. : 80458
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, river
Build info : 1874, J. Ganoe & Sons, Grand Rapids, Mich
Specs : 129x24x4, 118 g 112n
Date of loss : 1894, Nov 5
Place of loss : at Grand Rapids, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned at her winter layup moorings - total loss. Insurance had run out Nov 1.
She had been a long-time Grand River steamer, built to run between Grand Rapids and Grand Haven..
Owned by Valley City Trans. Co.
Sources: nsp,mv,hcgl


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BARRIE
- See also COMMODORE JACK BARRY, COMMODORE BARRY


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M.J. BARTELME

Other names : built as JOHN J. McWILLIAMS, renamed CENTRAL WEST in 1916, last name in 1928
Official no. : 77170
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1895, F.W. Wheeler, W. Bay City hull #105
Specs : 352x45x23 3400g 2808n
Date of loss : 1928, Oct 4
Place of loss : SE tip of Cana Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : in ballast
Detail : Stranded and destroyed by waves, constuctive total loss. Later cut up for scrap where she lay.
Sources: vbs,sbs,sol,is,ns3,lmdc,mpl,eas,hcgl


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A.F. BARTLETT

Other names : none
Official no. : 105130
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1871, Herminger, E. Saginaw
Specs : 48x10x4 11g 5n
Date of loss : 1884
Place of loss : Saginaw River at Bay City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned and declared total loss, but put back in service by local shipbuilder.
Had another disastrous fire at Duluth in Sep. 1888.
Last year on registry, 1900.
Listed in Polk (1884) as "sunk"
Sources: mv,vbs,polk,slh,hgl


------------------------------------------------------4260
AGNES BARTON

Other names : none
Official # : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1835, Buffalo
Specs : 92x23x8, 156 t. om
Date of loss : 1855, Aug 7
Place of loss : near Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Buffalo, she sprang a leak and foundered in 30 feet of water, 1.5 miles offshore and 1.5 miles from Conneaut light. It was reported that she would probably not be salvaged because she was "an old vessel and about used up."
Out of Toledo
Rebuilt and enlarged in 1842 orig 73 ft.
Sources : nsp,wl,wmn

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BENJAMIN BARTON

Other names : also seen as BEN. BARTON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1835, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs : 87x24x9, 178 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1838, Nov 5
Place of loss : just east of the pier at Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Blown ashore and wrecked by gale. Reported a total loss, but released and repaired the following spring. Lasted until at least 1844.
Owned by Morse & Co. of Detroit
Sources: is,nsp,hgl,wl


------------------------------------------------------3424
PLINY F. BARTON

Other names : none also seen as P.F. BARTON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1853, Buffalo
Specs : 61x14x5, 40 t
Date of loss : 1865, May
Place of loss : at Baby's Point
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss. No detail.
Sources: lhl,hgl,st,wl,nsp


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BESSIE BARWICK

Other names : none
Official no. : C83146
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ont. as a bark
Specs : 135x26x11, 296gc, 274nc
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 28
Place of loss : Pilot Harbor, Michipicoten Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Port Arthur for Kingston. Seen on the 28th, but her subsequent whereabouts were unknown for more than 10 days. Westerly gale had pushed her into the shallows where she pounded to pieces. Her crew were sheltered by local fishermen, later made it to the Soo in a small open boat.
Out of St. Catharines.
Sources: nsp,gwgl,is,h,eas,mmgl,wb,win,lss,hgl


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BATCHAWANA

Other names : built as ROBERT A. PACKER renamed in 1906. Also seen as BATACHAWANA
Official no. : C117032
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1881, W. S. Crosthwaite, Bay City, MI[US# 110491]
Specs : 209x33x16 921g 770n
Date of loss : 1907, Jun 27 [Jun 21 also given]
Place of loss : off Coppermine Point, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Sold Canadian, 1906.
Sources: win,vbs,mmgl,lssc,gwgl,is,ns1,h,csv,mpl


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ELI BATES

Other names : none also seen as ELLA BATES
Official no. : 7236
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, Geo. Hardison, Erie, PA
Specs : 265 t
Date of loss : 1871, Nov 16
Place of loss : about 7 mi N of harbor at Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 9 [all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Disappeared in a gale, and no positively identifiable wreckage or bodies found. Topmasts that were found sticking out of the water between Ashtabula and Conneaut were later identified as hers and in June of the following year she was located off Conneaut in 14 fathoms of water. She had been bound Sheboygan, WI, for Buffalo with wheat.
Went ashore on Windmill Point, Lake Erie, 9/25/70 and had major repairs following.
Homeport: Buffalo, owned out of Detroit
Sources: h,mv,hgl,ledc,nsp,jk


------------------------------------------------------260
STEVEN S. BATES

Other names : also seen as STEPHEN BATES, S. BATES, and STEVEN BATES
Official no. : 23341
Type at loss : schooner, wood "clipper built"
Build info : 1856, Bates & Son., Manitowoc
Specs : 97x27x7, 139 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Apr 23
Place of loss : 5 mi N of Grosse Point, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : posts and hardware
Detail : Bound Horne’s Pier, WI, for Chicago, she was driven into the shallows by a storm and broken up by wave action.
Out of Chicago
Major repairs in 1870.
Sources: mv,polk,h,lmdc,usls,nsp,wl,es


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BATISCAN -
See UNITED STATES


------------------------------------------------------261
GERALDINE BATTLE

Other names : built as PURITAN, renamed SANDY HOOK('02), last name '07
Official no. : C126094
Type at loss : barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1893, R. Mills, Buffalo as propeller passenger steamer [US#150630]
Specs : 146(oa)x32x12
Date of loss : 1916, Oct 21
Place of loss : Thorold, Ont, Welland Canal
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : gravel
Detail : Was unloading at Thorold when she caught fire and was destroyed.
Burned at Buffalo, Jan 6, 1906. Sold Canadian, 1907 and rebuilt.
As steamer she was 136x32x10 409g 345n, converted to bulker in 1902, to bulk barge in 1907
Sources: ns2,mpl not in mmgl


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MARY BATTLE
- See DETROIT, LINCOLN


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THOMAS FREEL BATTLE

Other names : built as tug F.B. BRADY, renamed in 1905
Official no. : C107948
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1901, Freeman Green, Sr, Dunnville, Ont.
Specs : 47x13, 29 t.
Date of loss : 1907, Oct 17
Place of loss : Port Maitland, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire around her boiler while tied to a plaster dock in Port Maitland harbor and her crew was helpless to do anything to stop it. She burned to total loss.
Registered out of St. Catharines
After her loss this tug was replaced by the prop tug THOMAS FREEL BATTLE, below.
Sources: win,mmgl,h,waw


------------------------------------------------------3753
THOMAS FREEL BATTLE

Other names : built as American tug FANNIE L. BAKER, renamed in 1910
Official no. : C126092
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1888, Detroit US# 120729
Specs : 68x17x6, 44g 22n
Date of loss : 1910, Nov
Place of loss : Thorold, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Reported in Canadian registry as burned to total loss. Actually recovered, returned to American hull [and her original name] in 1917 and abandoned about 1938.
Sold Canadian in 1910. Registered out of St. Catharines. Replaced Canadian tug of the same name.
Sources: mmgl,mv,hcgl
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JOHN C. BAUER

Other names : built as PLANET, renamed in 1882
Official no. : 54159
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, lumber
Build info : 1855, M. Fox, Black R., OH
Specs : 117x25x7 158g 151n
Date of loss : 1900, Jul 6
Place of loss : S. Fox Isl. harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Stranded near the beach in a fog and became total loss. Bound Milwaukee for Cecil Bay in the Straits of Mackinac. Abandoned by her crew, who were later picked up by an Indian fishing boat. Later towed away to clear the S. Fox harbor.
Owned by A. Nelson of Milwaukee
Sources: nsp,mv,ns1


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BAVARIA

Other names : none
Official no. : C72595
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, H. Rooney, Garden Island, Ont.
Specs : 145x26x13, 376g 361n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 25
Place of loss : Cape Smith, Manitoulin Island.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Driven ashore by gale and pounded to pieces. Bound Byng Inlet for Walkerville, Ont. Her crew was saved by local Indians.
On May 29, 1889, she broke from the tow of the steamer D.D. CALVIN and began to founder near Long Point, L. Erie (maybe L. Ont.). Her crew abandoned, but didn't make it to shore - all 8 lost. The wreck washed ashore on Long Point, little damaged. Cargo:squared timber.
Locally called a "timber drougher"
Sources: csqw,mmgl,nsp,osdo,sol,is(1-76),slh,hgl,mpl,es3-2,hcgl


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BAVARIAN

Other names : see below
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, iron, passenger/ package freight
Build info : 1855, Gilbert & Co, Montreal
Specs : 176 ft, 427 t
Date of loss : 1873, Nov 5
Place of loss : 15 miles off Bowmanville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 14 of 36
Carrying : general freight, passengers
Detail : In transit Montreal for Toronto when her boiler exploded and she burned to a shell.
Iron hull survived several wrecks. Built 1855 as KINGSTON, gutted by fire, 1872 and rebuilt as BAVARIAN at Kingston after another fire at Bowmanville with loss of several lives. Rebuilt as ALGERIAN after the '73 fire & assigned C#71609. Renamed CORNWALL in 1904, rebuilt in 1913, dismantled in 1930 and hull scuttled off Amherst Isl..
Sources: csqw,do2,clu,mmgl,sol,is,h,rp,nsp,hcgl


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BAY CITY

Other names : built as FOREST CITY, renamed in 1853
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1852, Eli Bates, Trenton, MI
Specs : 199x27x9, 480 t.
Date of loss : 1862, May 20
Place of loss : near Port Burwell, Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She sprang a leak and sank off shore and washed to shallow water in one piece. Her crew was rescued by the new tug WINSLOW. Her engine & boiler were removed during 4 different salvage attempts in June & July. The hull was finally abandoned Jul 21, though plans had been made to convert it into a schooner. BUT, hgl says this is the same vessel as 1880 loss of same name.
Owned by Capt. Edwards of Detroit.
Converted to a large tug in 1860.
Sources: nsp,sagl,wl not in mmgl,mpl


------------------------------------------------------4167
BAY CITY

Other names : ?
Official # : (none)
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : (before 1855)
Specs : (216 t.)
Date of loss : 1859, prior to Nov 18
Place of loss : East Sister Reef
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : corn
Detail : Went ashore on the reef, stranded in 7 feet of water. The tug BRUCE and the wrecker RELIEF tried to save her, but she was later reported abandoned (about Nov. 24), but further attempts may have been made the next spring to remove her.
Probably out of Sandusky
Sources : nsp,jm,wl


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BAY CITY
- Previous entry regarding the Nov, 1880 loss is eliminated. The vessel was US#2135 (see below), and not the former steamer shown in some sources. She was recovered in June, 1881


------------------------------------------------------««3425
BAY CITY

Other names : none
Official no. : 2451
Type at loss : propeller, wood, steam barge
Build info : 1867, Geo. Gardiner, Marine City, MI
Specs : 152x27x14, 372g 295n
Date of loss : 1891, Jun 6
Place of loss : foot of Rivard St. River Rouge [Detroit] MI
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 300,000 ft white pine lumber
Detail : Burned to total loss while being repaired. Her watchman reported the fire during the night and firemen thought they had it out, but it rewakened and burned to a total wreck.
She was owned in Cleveland, managed by P. H. Clark, Marine City
Rebuilt in 1871, then caught fire and burned nearly to the waterline on her first trip out, April 10, 1871. Major repairs in 1879
Sources: lhl,hgl,mv,mpl,es,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------««267
BAY CITY

Other names : none
Official no. : 2135
Type at loss : schooner [sloop]- barge, wood,1-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1856, S. Tripp, Saginaw as brig
Specs : 140x29x10 306g 290n
Date of loss : 1902, Nov 29
Place of loss : at Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Left at anchor in Thunder Bay by steamer HURON CITY. Anchor chains parted and she was driven against Gilchrist dock and wrecked. Crew abandoned her with difficulty. Later removed, but not returned to service.
On Nov 20, 1880, she was cast adrift by steamer JAMES P. DONALDSON, driven ashore and wrecked in a gale, 4 mi E of Erie, PA. Her crew was saved by the Lifesaving Service using breeches' buoy. Captain of the barge and captain of lifesaving crew were old shipmates. She was heavily damaged and declared a total loss in some papers, but was recovered in June of 1881.
Rebuilt in 1876.
Completely dismasted in a gale in 1856.
Sources: nsp,stb,ns1,h,vbs,mh


------------------------------------------------------4054
BAY OF QUINTE

Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, Thurston, Bath, Ont.
Specs : 151x24x8, 250 t.
Date of loss : 1863, Nov 18
Place of loss : Salmon Point, north shore
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 7,500 bu wheat
Detail : Bound for Toronto, she went ashore in a storm and became a total wreck.
Owned by Capt. Gaskin of Kingston.
Rebuilt at Kingston, Ont,. in 1861.
Sources: clu,hgl,nsp,rnc,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------««268
BAY STATE

Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1852, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo, NY
Specs : 137x26x11, 372 t. om
Date of loss : 1862, Nov 2
Place of loss : "in the vicinity of Oswego"
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : 22 [all, including 6 passengers]
Carrying : general merchandise
Detail : Bound for Lake Erie ports from Oswego, she broke up offshore in a terrific gale and foundered with all hands. The shoreline for miles was strewn with her wreckage.
Northern Trans. Co. boat out of Ogdensburg, NY
Stranded and thought to be a total loss on May of 1856, but recovered in July. Major repairs in 1861.
Sources: gs,hgl,osdo,(mmgl),nsp,rp,wl,hcgl,umr


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BAYANNA

Other names : built as ARAGON, renamed 1946
Official no. : C150811
Type at loss : propeller, steel, self unloading bulker
Build info : 1896, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI hull #123 US# 107228
Specs : 249x42x17 1643g 963n
Date of loss : 1962, Dec 1
Place of loss : near Deseronto, Ont., Bay of Quinte
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : struck obstruction
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and sank in shallow water. Later raised but declared a constructive total loss after being brought up in Dec, 1963. Gutted by fire in lieu of dismantling and cut up for scrap in 1964.
Sold Canadian, 1922, after an accident on Lake Ontario.
Converted to a sandsucker at Canandian Vickers, Montreal in 1927, and to self-unloader at Muir Bros., Port Dalhousie, in 1942.
Sources: a&f,mmgl,sol,is,h,csv,osdo,mpl,hcgl


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BAYERSHER -
See GEORGE J. WHELAN


------------------------------------------------------270
BAYPORT

Other names : built as tug FAIRPORT, renamed in 1945; renamed TUG A in 1962 and TWIN PORT in 1963
Official no. : C171939
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel, steam
Build info : 1914, Great Lakes Towing, Cleveland
Specs : 72x17x12, 65g 31n
Date of loss : 1959, Jun 22
Place of loss : at Collingwood, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : Towing Accident
Loss of life : 3 of 6
Carrying : none
Detail : Hooked by her own tow cable to steamer CAPT. C.D. SECORD, capsized and sank. Exact position given as Lat 44 deg. 32'00"N, long 80 deg. 13'12" W, 160 deg., 300' from buoy #7. Owned by Canada SS Lines. Recovered, rebuilt & still operating in late 70's
Sold Canadian 1945.
Converted from steam to diesel on raising.
Sources: is(3-59,1-60),win,h,mmgl,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------4261
BEAGLE

Other names : none
Official # : C none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1843, Niagara, Ont.
Specs : 90x17, 95 t.
Date of loss : 1849, Oct 10
Place of loss : near Port Hope, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked near the wharf at Port Hope. It was expected that she would be recovered, but in May of 1851 she was offered for public auction "as she now lies at Port Hope."
Owned by Culcutt & Scott, Cobourg, Ont.
Also wrecked near Presque Isle, Lake Ontario, in November, 1847.
Sources : csv,wmn

------------------------------------------------------271
JOHN BEAN, Jr.

Other names : none
Official no. : 13764
Type at loss : schooner, wood, lumber
Build info : 1867, Pentwater, MI
Specs : 106 ft., 157g
Date of loss : 1886, Sep 30
Place of loss : Muskegon, MI, harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : While entering the harbor unter tow, she collided with a pier and sank through mishandling. Lifesaving service rescued her crew, and the vessel was later raised, though she had been considered a total loss.
Sources: mv,h,hgl,usls not in ‘69 mv


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MAX BEARD -
See SIDNEY E. SMITH


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BEATRICE
- See also LULU BEATRICE


------------------------------------------------------3426
BEATRICE

Other names : none
Official no. : C83029
Type at loss : propeller excursion boat and tug, wood
Build info : 1882, McDonnel, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs : 79x16x6 66gc 45nc
Date of loss : 1885, Dec 4
Place of loss : Port Stanley, Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : A fire started in her engine room, and she was burned to total loss. Registry closed in July, 1886
Owned by Capt. J. Ellison.
Another Canadian prop BEATRICE [C#71118], built 1877 at Collingwood by M Cross as SANFORD DAVIE, 63x12x6, 31g 21n, reported burned about 1909.
Sources: hgl,polk,mmgl


------------------------------------------------------
BEAUHARNOIS -
See QUINTE


------------------------------------------------------4029
BEAVER

Other names : none
Official no. : none [British warship]
Type at loss : armed sloop, wood
Build info : ca. 1762
Specs :
Date of loss : 1763, Aug 28
Place of loss : Cat Fish Creek, 14 miles from the site of Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : provisions, including pork and flour
Detail : She was bound for Detroit to relieve the fort there, which was then under seige by the Indian leader Pontiac. 185 barrels of her cargo was saved and went on to Detroit on the schooner GLADWIN, which had been in company with the BEAVER.
Sources: nsp,hgl,www


------------------------------------------------------272
BEAVER

Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, passenger & freight
Build info : 1771
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1771
Place of loss : 2-3 mi W of harbor entrance at the site of Lorain, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 17
Carrying : "valuable" cargo + passengers
Detail : Probably went down in storm. Member of Commodore Grant's fleet of exploration and trading vessels. Location of loss also given as Sandusky, OH
Sources: h,ledc,www,hgl


------------------------------------------------------273
BEAVER

Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1861
Place of loss : off Nine Mile Point, near Cheboygan, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked.
Sources: slh not in mmgl


------------------------------------------------------274
BEAVERSTONE

Other names : built as GEORGE W. CUYLER. Also seen as BEAVERTON
Official no. : C111809
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1880, F.W. Wheeler, W. Bay City, MI [US# 85638]
Specs : 69x15x6, 18t
Date of loss : 1926, May 14 (May 23 also given)
Place of loss : Bustard Isl, Georgian Bay, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Blown ashore and destroyed by waves.
Sold Canadian 1902
Sources: win,lss,is,h,bb,rl not in mmgl


------------------------------------------------------275
B.H. BECKER

Other names : none
Official no. : 231681
Type at loss : motor tug, (steel)
Build info : 1932, Marine City, MI
Specs : 19 t
Date of loss : 1937, Aug 10
Place of loss : off Greenbush, MI [off Harbor Beach, MI also given]
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered in heavy seas, 9 mi N of Oscoda, MI
Sources: slh,sol,h ,mpl not in mmgl


------------------------------------------------------276
PHILIP BECKER

Other names : none
Official no. : C74214
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1876, J. Lerock, Buffalo
Specs : 51x13x6, 29g 20n
Date of loss : 1879, Nov 17
Place of loss : 10 mi off Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 [all]
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered in blizzard/gale. She was working with 4 other tugs when sunk. 16 of 32 lives in the little fleet were lost.
Sold Canadian in 1876, out of Montreal.
Sources: hgl,is,osdo,mmgl,h


------------------------------------------------------277
R.H. BECKER

Other names : none
Official no. : 56207
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, J. A. Johnson, Dover Bay, OH
Specs : 108x23x7 141g 134n
Date of loss : 1908, May 1
Place of loss : off Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Capsized and sank in a gale. Partially raised two weeks later to clear the harbor, dragged outside and beached nearby to break up. Crew rescued by USLS.
Had number of unrigged barge, probably built as such
Sources: ns1,h,lmdc,eas,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------278
J.L. BECKWITH

Other names : also seen as JAMES L BECKWITH
Official no. : C111802
Type at loss : propeller packet, wood
Build info : 1873, Union Drydock Co., Buffalo US#75602
Specs : 67x23x8 61gc 33nc
Date of loss : 1912, Jul 26
Place of loss : Sandy Point or Sandy Island
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked, no detail.
Used as a ferry for early part of her career
Sold Canadian, 1901
Sources: win,mmgl,gwgl,h,mv,mv


------------------------------------------------------3306
JORDAN BEEBE, Jr.

Other names : none
Official no. : 76246
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood, fish
Build info : 1881, R. Satimore, Bay City as a schooner
Specs : 46x14x5, 21g 20n
Date of loss : 1893, Nov 20
Place of loss : Put-in-Bay, S. Bass Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss. Owned by Port Huron Fish Co. Document surrendered Dec 29.
Converted from a schooner to tug by her original builder in 1883-4.
Sources: nsp,vbs,svv,phr,hgl


------------------------------------------------------279
ALICE M. BEERS

Other names : none
Official no. : 382
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info : 1864, Z. Pangborn, Algonac
Specs : 105x25x10 154g 147n
Date of loss : 1902, Sep 4
Place of loss : off docks at Glen Arbor, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Hove to off the docks in a gale, but slipped her anchor and drove onto channel marker. Holed and drifted shore, where she later broke up. Bound Milwaukee for Glen Haven. Hailed from Milwaukee.
Sunk near Manistee in 1875.
Rebuilt, 1888
Sources: nsp,is,ns1,h,lmdc,sb,nb,hgl,wl,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------280
LENA BEHM

Other names : none
Official no. : 140840
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1886, F. Behm, Grand Haven, MI
Specs : 59x16x6 34g 32n
Date of loss : 1900
Place of loss : off Port Hope, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire well offshore and destroyed. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/31/1900.
Photo.
Sources: phr,slh,mv,mpl,mar,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------282
JANE BELL

Other names : none
Official no. : 12782
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1862, Campbell, Detroit
Specs : 141x28x12, 374g (447 t)
Date of loss : 1881, Oct
Place of loss : 5 mi W of Chambers Isl. Light, Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : cordwood
Detail : Capsized and sank in a gale.
Stranded 8 mi WSW of Ashtabula, OH Sep 7, 1880 and declared total loss.
Sources: hgl,lmdc,usls,mpl,mv,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------1616
LAURA BELL

Other names : also seen as LAURA BELLE
Official no. : 15723
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1870, Bailey Bros., Toledo, OH
Specs : 138 ft., 269gt
Date of loss : 1883, Sep 7
Place of loss : off Shot Point, E of Marquette
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : coal
Detail : Stranded and became a total loss. Hailed from Cleveland and bound for Marquette from there. After spending three days in her rigging, her crew were rescued by a tug from Marquette.
Heavily damaged in a grounding in Waiska Bay, Lake Superior, in 1879.
Rebuilt, 1883.
Sources: gwgl,lssc,lss,h,polk,usls,sip


------------------------------------------------------
LAURIE BELL -
See LAURIE BELLE (under "L’s")


------------------------------------------------------3595
LIZZIE BELL

Other names : also seen as LIZZIE BELLE
Official no. : 15146
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, G. Johnson, Marine City, MI
Specs : 77x19x6, 59g
Date of loss : 1870
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered at Port Huron Dec 19, 1878 annotated "wrecked in 1870."
Sources: phr,mv


------------------------------------------------------3605
MATTIE C. BELL

Other names : none
Official no. : 91420
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1882, T. Arnold, E. Saginaw, MI
Specs : 181x33x11, 769g 742n
Date of loss : 1895, Nov 25
Place of loss : at Big Summer Island
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : In tow of the steamer JIM SHERRIFS(qv), she stranded in a fall gale and broke up, a total loss. Crew rescued. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/30/1896, annotated "stranded and abandoned."
Owned by L.P. Mason, Saginaw
Sources: phr,hgl,mv,vbs,wb


------------------------------------------------------283
BELLE

Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : steamer, wood
Build info : 1850, J. W. Banta, Buffalo, NY
Specs : 142x22x8, 240 t
Date of loss : 1852, May
Place of loss : off Cape Croker, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered in a storm.
Sources: lhl,hgl,wl


------------------------------------------------------3427
BELLE

Other names : none
Official no. : 2159
Type at loss : propeller, wood, packet
Build info : 1860, B.M. Hagedorn, Port Huron, MI
Specs : 91x10x8, 129 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Nov 20
Place of loss : off Port Washington, WI in deep water
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She caught fire offshore in a gale. Her crew and the single passenger abandoned in the yawl, but it capsized and two were lost. Survivors were picked up by the brig C.J. HUTHINSON later. She had been bound Manitowoc for Milwaukee.
Out of Milwaukee.
Sources: lhl,hgl,nsp,mpl,bb,mdwl,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------284
BELLE

Other names : none
Official no. : C83153
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1866, A. Shaw, Port Dover, Ont.
Specs : 61x15x6, 40gc 40nc
Date of loss : 1886, Dec 8
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned while frozen in at anchor. Total loss.
A 65 t. vessel of this name foundered near Port Dalhousie in Nov, 1887 [h]
Sources: mmgl


------------------------------------------------------285
BELLE

Other names : none
Official no. : 2242
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1856, Bates & Son, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 95x25x7 104g 99n
Date of loss : 1908, Dec 12
Place of loss : near Big Sable Point, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Tow of the steamer F.W. FLETCHER she broke her towline in big waves & foundered. 52 years of age at loss.
Sources: eas,nsp,mv,h,lmdc,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------
BELLEVILLE
- See SPARTAN


------------------------------------------------------287
BELOIT

Other names : none
Official no. : 2139
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1862, Beckwith, Holland, MI
Specs : 105 t.
Date of loss : 1882,
Place of loss : near Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded in a gale and went to pieces.
Also stranded near White Lake, L. Mich., in 1868
Rebuilt, 1874
Sources: mv,lmdc,hgl


------------------------------------------------------288
A.J. BEMIS

Other names : none?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1859, Buffalo
Specs : 49t
Date of loss : 1872, Sep 15
Place of loss : 6 mi from Alpena, 3/4 mi offshore
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire while underway, ran for shore but sank 3/4 mi short. Fire originated under boiler.
Sources: nsp,slh,lh not in '69 mvus, wl,mmgl or lhl


------------------------------------------------------4168
CAROLINE A. BEMIS

Other names : none
Official # : none
Type at loss : brig, wood
Build info : 1850, (Buffalo)
Specs : 207 t., om
Date of loss : 1854, Saturday before Oct 3
Place of loss : ca. halfway between Cleveland and Pt. Pelee, near Black R., Ohio.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 200 t. coal
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Chicago, she collided with the brig CAROLINE out of Chicago with corn, at about midnight. Cut nearly to the waterline just forward of her fore chains, she went down in deep water in ten minutes. Some of her crewmen lept aboard the CAROLINE , while others made it away in her small boat. Her masts were seen emergent with the sails still set a few days later.
Owned by E.K. Bruce and Capt. Ferris, out of Buffalo
Sources : nsp,jm,wl


------------------------------------------------------4262
E. S. J. BEMIS

Other names : also seen as E. St. JOHN BEMIS
Official # : 7328
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, S Ruggles, Milan, OH
Specs : 294 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1870, Sep
Place of loss : 15 mi off Port Rowan, Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 14,000 bu wheat
Detail : Bound Detroit for Buffalo, she was caught by a gale and foundered in about 100 feet of water. Her crew took to the yawl and made it to shore safely. The tug SARAH E. BRYANT attempted to salvage her in Oct.
Owned by John Stewart of Detroit or Buffalo
Sources : nsp,rsl,mv,wmn

------------------------------------------------------289
PHILO S. BEMIS

Other names : none
Official no. : 19684
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1859, D. Bell, Buffalo
Specs : 50x12x6, 29 gt 16 nt
Date of loss : 1879
Place of loss : Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned at her dock. Repairs were begun, but abandoned before completion.
homeport: Alpena
Burned nearly to a total loss near Plough's Fishery, about 6 miles from Alpena, in Sep of 1872.
She was an odd-looking tug with sloping cabin walls and wheel forward of the cabin, originally an Erie Canal tug.
Sources: mv,rkr,slh,lhl,hgl,nsp,wl,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------290
BEN HUR

Other names : none
Official no. : (C?)
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, wrecker
Build info : 1874, Dunville, Ont.
Specs : 314 t
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 8
Place of loss : near Port Huron
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Had been purchased for and was attempting to salvage the schooner M.E. TREMBLE (qv). Rammed and sunk by towed schooner-barge SUPERIOR [towed by PASSAIC]. Hulk came to rest on top of TREMBLE. A lighter scow she was using went down with her.
Owned by Murphy Wrecking, which was formed just to remove the TREMBLE.
Sources: nsp,slh,is,hgl,st not in mmgl


------------------------------------------------------291
E.G. BENEDICT

Other names : none
Official no. : C61132
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1869, H. Rathbun & Son, Mill Point, Ont.
Specs : 105x26x8 ft, 155 t
Date of loss : 1891, Nov 19
Place of loss : near Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Blown ashore and wrecked.
Sources: mmgl,sagl,ledc,hgl


------------------------------------------------------3885
J.W. BENNETT

Other names : built as JAMES W. BENNETT, renamed in 1913
Official no. : C131055
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1876, Squires, Huron, OH [US#75895]
Specs : 91x18x9, 107gc 73nc
Date of loss : 1923 or 22
Place of loss : unreported but probably Lake Erie
Lake : (Erie)
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : "Wrecked."
Sold Canadian in 1913.
Sunk in a collision with the steamer SAUGATUCK in upper Green Bay in Aug, 1906 and raised the next year.
Her career reportedly ended on Oct. 19, 1915 when she was lost off Porphyry Light, Lake Superior
Sources: mpl,mmgl,hcgl,wmn


------------------------------------------------------292
BENNINGTON

Other names : none?
Official no. : 162596
Type at loss : wrecking barge, wood, unrigged
Build info : 1891,
Specs : 250 t
Date of loss : 1908, Sep 5
Place of loss : off Whitefish Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : hull failure?
Loss of life : 2 of 2
Carrying : none
Detail : Suddenly foundered in fair weather while under tow. Bound Port Arthur for Soo.
Owned by Reid wrecking.
Sources: mv,eas,phr,lssc,gwgl,lss


------------------------------------------------------293
C.B. BENSON

Other names : none
Official no. : 125266
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, J Duff, Port Clinton, OH
Specs : 136x26x13, 299g 284n
Date of loss : 1893, Oct 14
Place of loss : Gravelly Bay, near Port Colborne, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : coal
Detail : She was wrecked by a storm and sank at 10:15 am while bound for Buffao from Toledo. The tips of her main & mizzen masts protruded from the water for at least 2 years. A piece of wreckage bearing her name washed ashore below Niagara Falls in 1901.
Ashore for over a month after an Oct, 1877 storm.
Sailed the Atlantic, 1874-7, said to be 1st vessel to carry a cargo of corn from the Lakes across the Atlantic.
Schooner KATE WINSLOW, owned by same company, was lost 10/14/97, in fact NELLIE A DUFF, C.B.BENSON and KATE WINSLOW, all schooners owned by the Duff family all were lost on Oct 14, but in different years.
Sources: nsp,wb,is(2-60),h,mv,ledc,hgl,wes,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------294
JAMES R. BENTLEY

Other names : none shows in '69 mvus as JAMES R. BENTLY
Official no. : 12720
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1867, Bailey Bros., Fairport, OH
Specs : 170 ft, 575 t.
Date of loss : 1878, Nov 12
Place of loss : off 40-mile Point, eastern Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : grain
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Chicago, she struck a shoal in heavy weather and foundered. Her crew was rescued from rough seas by the bark ERASTUS CORNING(qv).
Wreck was located in 1984.
Sources: mv,hgl,slh,ssm,mpl


------------------------------------------------------295
JOHN BENTLEY

Other names : ?
Official no. : C?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, Jamieson, Mill Point
Specs : 518 t.
Date of loss : 1886
Place of loss : off Cabbage Head, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sunk by a white squall.
Had a close call with a storm and was rescued by the USLS in Sept of the previous year.
Sources: slh,hgl,usls not in mmgl


------------------------------------------------------296
BENTON

Other names : none
Official no. : 2145
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, Hitchcock & Gibson, Buffalo as a passenger steamer
Specs : 152x28x9 308g 159n
Date of loss : 1909, Aug 1
Place of loss : Rouge River, near Detroit, MI
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : unfinished wooden automobile parts
Detail : Burned at the Ford Rouge plant while unloading partially finished wood auto parts.
Ashore with damage on S Bass Isl, Lake Erie, Oct, 1906. Major repairs in 1883 and probably converted to bulker at that time.
Sources: nsp,ns1,mv,mv,mpl,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------297
BERLIN

Other names : none
Official no. : 2161
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1854, S. Ruggles, Milan, OH
Specs : 111 ft, 260 t (214 t.)
Date of loss : 1877, Nov. 8
Place of loss : Burnt Cabin Pt., near Pte Aux Barques
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4 of 6
Carrying : limestone
Detail : Downbound, she was driven ashore and broken up in gale. Capt, cook & a deckhand were washed overboard. Capt's son died of exposure while lashed to the rigging.
Homeport: Buffalo
Capsized in the Straits of Mackinac in a squall in late April, 1861, crew all safe. Recovered by the wrecking tug LEVIATHAN.
Sources: nsp,slh,sol,h,lhdc,mv,hgl,usls,es


------------------------------------------------------4095
BERLIN CITY

Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1856, Berlin, WI
Specs : 74 t.
Date of loss : 1861, Jul 8
Place of loss : Oshkosh, Wi
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : ?
Loss of life : none
Cargo : ?
Detail : Stranded. No detail.
Sources: eas,lhl not in hgl


------------------------------------------------------
BERMUDA -
See also SENATOR DERBYSHIRE


------------------------------------------------------298
BERMUDA

Other names : none
Official no. : 2100
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1869, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs : 138x26x12, 394t
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 9
Place of loss : Grand Island, near Munising, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Sank in almost the same spot in November of '69. Raised July '70 and rebuilt and was on her 1st trip when cast into the shallows. Tied up to trees ashore, but suddenly foundered when the bank gave way. At first it was reported that no lives had been lost.
Raised again in 1883, but abandoned without repair.
Sources: nsp,ms,gwgl,is,osdo,tel,lss,hgl,mpl


------------------------------------------------------299
BERMUDA

Other names : none
Official no. : C72701
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, J. Tait, Sophiasburg, (Robbins Cove, Long Reach,) Ont.
Specs : 96x23x8, 160 t
Date of loss : 1880, Nov 6
Place of loss : off Port Granby, Ont. [False Ducks]
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 9000 bu. barley
Detail : Grounded intentionally when she began to leak, the vessel and cargo becoming a total loss on the rocky shore.
Registered out of Whitby, Ont.
Sources: nsp,csqw,h,mmgl


------------------------------------------------------300
LOTTA BERNARD

Other names : none name actually consists of two first names
Official no. : 15635
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, "rabbit" freighter
Build info : 1869, W & L Jackson, Port Clinton, OH [fitted out at Sandusky]
Specs : 125x20x7, 147 t. [190 t. old measure]
Date of loss : 1874, Oct 29
Place of loss : off Encampment Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : general merch
Detail : Foundered in a terrific gale while bound Silver Islet for Duluth. She was capable of only 4 mph & was at the mercy of any fast-rising storm. Her skipper put her under full steam and ran for Duluth, but it became apparent that she would founder, so he put her in the shallows 6 miles below Encampment River. Her crew made it to shore in her boat, but three died of exporsure in the a long trek to find help in this desolate area.
Owned by E. Ingalls & Co. of Duluth
Sources: nsp,lss,gwgl,is,www,hgl,mpl,hcgl


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FRANCES BERRIMAN

Other names : none also spelled FRANCIS
Official no. : 120067
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast (also described as a bark, in error)
Build info : 1872, Tonawanda, NY
Specs : 180x33x14, 669 t.
Date of loss : 1877, May 7
Place of loss : 10 mi off Sturgeon Pt., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 2 of 10
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Buffalo, she collided with the steamer DAVID W. RUST at about 10:30 pm and sank. RUST saved 8 of her crew. The collision was apparently due to a passing error. She sank in about 11 minutes.
Out of Erie, PA
Sources: nsp,slh,hgl,usls,mv,es


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BERRY
- See also COMMODORE JACK BARRY


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BERTIE -
See GOSSOON


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JACOB BERTSCHY

Other names : none also seen as JACOB BETSCHY and J. BERTSCHY
Official no. : 75124
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, A.C. Stokes, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 138 ft, 434 t (mv:467 t.)
Date of loss : 1879, Sep 3
Place of loss : just W of Grindstone City, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 51
Carrying : wheat & shingles
Detail : Sheltering in Port Austin harbor when the wind shifted and she began to pound heavily. Made for open water, but sprang a leak and was run for the beach under a bluff to save her passengers and crew. Went on a reef and wrecked. Pte Aux Barques Lifesaving crew took her people off by lifeboat after a terrific struggle. BERTSCHY was totally destroyed by the storm. Bound Saginaw for Cleveland.
Suffered over $10,000 damage in a fire at Depere, Wisconsin, in August of 1872.
Sources: mv,slh,h,lhdc,lhl,hgl,usls,mpl


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BERWYN

Other names : built as R. C. CRAWFORD, renamed CAPT. GEORGE W. NAUGHTIN in 1883, BERWYN in 1901
Official no. : 21585
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1866, Chas. Hinman, Algonac, MI*
Specs : 132x29x10 269g 238n
Date of loss : 1908, Nov 25
Place of loss : 2 mi from Pilot Isl. Light, Death's Door
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught by a sudden gale, she stranded and broke up on a reef. Tow of steamer WALTER VAIL.
Owned out of Chicago.
*Builder also given as Smith & Butterfield.
Major repairs in 1880, 1884
Sources: nsp,ns1,lmdc,mv,eas,mpl,hcgl


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BESSEMER

Other names : built as JUSTIN R. WHITING renamed in 1885
Official no. : 46130
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1875, Langell, St. Clair, MI
Specs : 178x28x16, 436g 326n
Date of loss : 1889, Oct 5
Place of loss : off North end of Portage Ship Canal
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She and consort SCHUYLKILL were struck by a rapidly-rising gale, and ran for the Canal when it became apparent that BESSEMER was going to sink. The two went onto a reef at the mouth of the canal, collided and broke up quickly. Crew were able to jump onto the breakwater. Her remains partly blocked the canal until cleared by dynamiting the next fall.
Sources: nsp,gwgl,h,ks,mv,eas,lss,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,df,bb


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BETHLEHEM

Other names : built as E.P. WILBUR, renamed in 1904
Official no. : 135984
Type at loss : propeller, steel, package freight
Build info : 1888, Globe Shipbuilding, Cleveland hull# 16
Specs : 290x41x14, 2633g 1902n
Date of loss : 1910, Sep 23
Place of loss : SW side of S. Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : general merch
Detail : Went ashore in gale. Lifesavers and crew unloaded her over several days. Battered by several storms while ashore. Local sources say she broke up in place, but she was actually pulled off and repaired at Milwaukee.
Sold for the Atlantic trade in 1917, scrapped in 1923.
Sources: is(1-61),smi,hcgl


------------------------------------------------------3428
BETTY L

Other names : built as S.S. RUMAGE, renamed CHARLIE O. SMITH ('93), last name in '29
Official no. : 22380
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1863, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 74x16x8, 64g 39n
Date of loss : 1929, Nov 6
Place of loss : at Wallaceburg, Ont.
Lake : St. Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to total loss at her dock.
Sources: lhl,phr,mv,mpl,jb,eas,hcgl


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BIDE-A-WEE -
See BRIDGEBUILDER X


------------------------------------------------------4014
BIG Z.

Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1844, Z. Wright, Lexington, MI
Specs : 112x20x9, 168 t. om
Date of loss : 1859
Place of loss : 5 mi S of Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a storm and broken up.
Rebuilt and enlarged in 1848 at Irving, NY. Originally 88x20x9, 128 t. om
Sunk at Cleveland with heavy damage in 1849.
Sources: bb,wl,hgl,bcw


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J. BIGLER

Other names : none also shown as JOHN BIGLER
Official no. : 12785
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, J.M. Jones, Detroit
Specs : 144x26x12, 344g 327n
Date of loss : 1884, Sep 3
Place of loss : off Lower Entry to Keweenaw Waterway, about 10 mi N of Huron Isls.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Nipigon for Chicago, she foundered in gale.
Owned by G.L. Finney of Chicago
Major repairs in 1878
Sources: mv,lss,ks,osdo,df,bb


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ROSAMUND BILLETE
- See HOWARD S. GERKEN


------------------------------------------------------3604
MARY BIRCKHEAD

Other names : none also seen as MARY BIRKHEAD
Official no. : 17618
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast [scow hull]
Build info : 1867, Jackson, Oak Harbor [or Sandusky, OH]
Specs : 125x26x10, 226g
Date of loss : 1891, Oct 9
Place of loss : at Lime-Kiln Crossing
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound for Port Huron in tow of the tug ANNIE MOILES, she collided with the steamer ROMAN and sank near the Crossing. The wreck nearly blocked the channel completely until the end of the month, when it was blown up with dynamite. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/31/1891, annotated "wrecked, total loss."
Owned by P. H. Fisk, Saginaw
Sources: phr,polk,mv,hgl,wl,es


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P.H. BIRCKHEAD

Other names : none
Official no. : 20400
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1870, D. Lester, Marine City, MI
Specs : 157x28x13 495g 222n
Date of loss : 1905, Sep 30
Place of loss : off docks at Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 13
Carrying : coal
Detail : She had been towed in to Alpena the previous day with a blown cylinder head. After repairs, she was pulling away from the dock when she caught fire, burned to waterline and sank in the Bay. Bound Ashtabula for Racine.
Unusual twin tandem arch construction [double arches built into hull on both sides] and built with twin compound engines running a single shaft.
Sources: nsp,stb,slh,ns1,mv,lhdc,mpl,eas,hcgl


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BIRDIE

Other names : none
Official no. : 3143
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1881, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 47x11x3, 13g 12n
Date of loss : 1892, Oct 7 or 9
Place of loss : in Hammond Bay, E Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Dragged ashore and wrecked in a gale. Purchased where she sat in November in hope of salvage, but finally given up as lost the following summer.
Some official lists show her built in 1878.
Sources: phr,slh,h,hgl,usls


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H.B. BISHOP

Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1846, Jacob W Banta, Buffalo
Specs : 122x25x9, 264t
Date of loss : 1852
Place of loss : Nottawasaga Harbor, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : grain
Detail : Driven over bar and into shallows by storm. She was at Nottawasaga to prove that the harbor was navigable to larger schooners. Her remains were still visible on the beach for at least 100 years.
Sources: tfgl,slh,hgl not in mmgl


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BISMARK

Other names : perhaps BISMARCK
Official no. : (none)
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : (1871, Andrews & Son, Port Dalhousie)
Specs : (131x26x12 322gc 303nc)
Date of loss : 1878, Sep 13
Place of loss : near Port Credit, Ont
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : May have been recovered, if she is vessel shown above.
Sources: (mmgl),h


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HARVEY BISSELL

Other names : also shown as HARVEY BISSEL
Official no. : 11281
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1866, Little, Toledo, OH as a bark
Specs : 162x34x12 497g 472n
Date of loss : 1905, Nov 28
Place of loss : off False Presque Isle, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Blasted by sudden, violent gale, and went to pieces offshore. Her crew were rescued by her tow vessel, the steamer DAVID W. RUST.
Spent the winter of 86-87 ashore after stranding on Green I. Shoal, near the Straits.
Major repairs in '74, '79, '82 and '87
She stuck on the ways during her launch and took several days to remove.
Sources: slh,lol,mol,stb,sol,ns1,mv,nsp,eas,phr,mpl,hcgl


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W.K. BIXBY -
See SIDNEY E. SMITH, Jr.


------------------------------------------------------313
BLACK HAWK

Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Stevens & Presley, Ohio City, OH
Specs : 138x26x12, 385 t.
Date of loss : 1862, Nov 1
Place of loss : Pte Aux Becs Scies (Point Betsie)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all
Carrying : 19,000 bu. corn [stained glass, etc. also reported]
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked in a gale.
Owned by D. N. Barney of Buffalo
Sailed Detroit to Liverpool and back, 1858.
Sources: h,lmdc,hgl,wl,nsp


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BLACK HAWK

Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1887, Nov
Place of loss : unknown
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : all
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail.
The only BLACK HAWK shown in '84 mvus was E. Saginaw-built boat which lasted into 20th century [US#2140], however, a 130 t. scow-schooner of this name - disposition unknown - was built at St. Joseph, MI in 1857, and a brig of this name - disposition also unknown - was built by Peck & Masters, Cleveland, in 1854.
Sources: mv,glss,sol,nsp,rsl


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BLACK MARLIN

Other names : built as fish tug MARTHA M. renamed in 1953
Official no. : 233702
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel (wood?), diesel
Build info : 1935, Mininger, Vermilion, Oh
Specs : 40x14x3, 11g 9n
Date of loss : 1958, Nov 29
Place of loss : near Avon Point, W of Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered after her engine failed in 15 foot waves and 75 mph wind, accompanied by -6°F temperatures. She had left her barge, the HICKORY STICK (qv) at anchor. Her 2 crewmen were rescued by Coast Guardsmen from Lorain, OH. For nearly a year the tug and barge had been laying concrete block over a power cable to Put-in-Bay.
Owned by Dyche Salvage Co., Cleveland.
Details of this loss provided by Joe Amberik, Cleveland, OH, who was first mate on the tug when it was sunk.
Photo.
Sources: ledc,ja,hcgl


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EMMA BLACK -
See EMMA BLAKE


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BLACKBIRD

Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : ?(schooner, wood)
Build info : ?(1867, R. Hooper, Wilkesport, Ont.)
Specs : ?(76x20x6, 65 t.)
Date of loss : ?(unk*)
Place of loss : unknown
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : all
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
(*Canadian document surrendered as "out of existence," date not given)
Sources: (mmgl)


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JAMES G. BLAINE

Other names : built as PENSAUKEE, renamed in 1890
Official no. : 20195
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, T.Spears, Little Sturgeon Bay, WI
Specs : 177x34x13 555g 527n
Date of loss : 1908, Jul 8
Place of loss : near Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : coal
Detail : Tow of tug WILLIAM G. PROCTOR, she broke her towline and was driven ashore, then broken up by waves. Bound Charlotte, NY for Prescott, Ont. Still fully-rigged as a 3-mast schooner at time of loss.
Owned by Richard Fitzgerald of Ogdensburg, NY
Sources: is,ns1,h,mpl,hcgl


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E.R. BLAKE

Other names : none
Official no. : 135812
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1867, Carlson, Port Washington (Milwaukee?), WI
Specs : 121x27x8 210g 191n
Date of loss : 1898
Place of loss : well offshore
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned while underway.
Ashore at Mission Point and declared total loss, 12/1/89.
Major repairs in 1876
Sources: nsp,slh,hgl


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EMMA BLAKE

Other names : also seen as EMMA BLACK
Official no. : 36059
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, Blake, Conneaut
Specs : 28 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 17
Place of loss : in harbor at Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all
Carrying : ?
Detail : Blown against the Toledo railroad pier and sank, total wreck. Out on Conneaut, OH.
Major repairs in 1870.
Sources: nsp,is,hgl,wl,rnc


------------------------------------------------------320
J.W. BLAKE

Other names : none also seen as I.W. BLAKE
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, Dover, OH
Specs : 68x18x3, 33 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1855, Jun 2
Place of loss : 4 miles off Sturgeon Bay, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Capsized in a squall. Her crew escaped in her yawl, though one who was asleep almost didn’t make it. Thought to be a total loss, but later recovered and rebuilt.
Sources: slh,hgl,nsp,wl


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B.W. BLANCHARD

Other names : none
Official no. : 2806
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1870, J. Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 212x32x12 9