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S.O. & Co. #85 - See CLEVECO

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S.T. Co. #85 - See also CLEVECO

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L.C. SABIN - See NORTH CAROLINA

------------------------------------------------------ 2603
SACHEM
Other names : none
Official no. : 116267
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight "sandsucker"
Build info : 1889, Duncan Robertson, Grand Haven, MI
Specs : 187x34x15, 739g 543n
Date of loss : 1928, Oct 8
Place of loss : near Port Lambton, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : An exploding oil stove started a fire that destroyed her while she was underway. She beached on Roberts Landing, where she burned to a total loss.
Sources: sol,ns3,mv,nsp,mpl,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2604
SACHEM
Other names : built as tug JOHN KELDERHOUSE, renamed SACHEM in 1911, renamed DEREK E. after 1990
Official no. : 204106
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel
Build info : 1907, B.T. Cowles, Buffalo, NY
Specs : 72x20x11, 100g 70g
Date of loss : 1950, Dec 18
Place of loss : off Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : unknown
Loss of life : 12 [all]
Carrying : none
Detail : She sank with all hands due to unknown causes. When recovered the following year, she was in almost perfect condition. Reconditioned and operating out of Cleveland in 1990. Now the tug DEREK E., owned by Egan Marine Corp. of Lemont, IL, and operation on the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal.
Sources: mv,gs,is,wm2,mpl,kvd,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 3386
SACRAMENTO
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1850, Lockwood, Madison Dock, OH
Specs : 116 t. om
Date of loss : 1867, Oct (2)
Place of loss : Gull Island Reef, near Kelley's Is;.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
Carrying : coke
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Detroit, she was driven on the reef and wrecked. She was abandoned on the 10th.
She MAY have been recovered as a vessel of this name still appears in 1869 mv [US22277].
Major repair in 1859
Ashore with loss of life near Port Colborne, Ont., in the great storm of Nov, 1860.
Sources: hgl,nsp,rsl

------------------------------------------------------ 2605
SACRAMENTO
Other names : none
Official no. : 116682
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1895, J. Davidson, W. Bay City hull #69
Specs : 308x43x21, 2380g 1911n
Date of loss : 1917, May 15
Place of loss : near Port Austin Reef lighthouse
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She struck the reef and went down. Thought to be a total loss, but later recovered and returned to service.
Abandoned at site of Davidson Shipyard in 1939 and her remains are still there.
rebuilt 1905, 1918
Sources: vbs,mv,gwgl,sbs,slh,h,ns4

------------------------------------------------------ 2606
SADDLEBAG
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : unreported
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : unreported
Place of loss : 6 mi W of Detour, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
Sources: lhdc, not in mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2607
SAGAMORE
Other names : none
Official no. : 57932
Type at loss : barge, steel, whaleback, bulk freight
Build info : 1892, American Steel Barge Co. [A. McDougall], W. Superior, WI
Specs : 308 ft. 1601g 1557n
Date of loss : 1901, Jul 29
Place of loss : off Iroquois Pt., Whitefish Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She was riding at anchor waiting out fog when she was rammed by the 300-ft steel steamer NORTHERN QUEEN. SAGAMORE was riding very low in the water and was practically invisible because of the normal low profile of whalebacks. She split amidships and sank very quickly. She had been the tow of the whaleback steamer PATHFINDER.
Sources: mv,ns1,lssc,is(2-69,1-71),lol,gwgl,sol,ns1,lss,nsp,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 2608
SAGAMORE
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : propeller tug,
Build info : ?
Specs : 14 t.
Date of loss : 1936, Dec 8
Place of loss : 5 mi off Harbor Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered. No detail.
Sources: slh,h not in mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2609
H.W. SAGE
Other names : also seen as HENRY W. SAGE
Official no. : 95414
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1875, T. Boston, Bangor, MI as a schooner
Specs : 203x36x13, 848g 803n
Date of loss : 1903, Oct 4
Place of loss : near Poverty Island
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : Tow of the prop SAMOA, she was torn loose and foundered in a storm. Total loss.
Rammed and quickly sunk by the steel steamer CHICAGO in the St. Clair R. Jul 29, 1900. Two lives were lost, crushed in her foc’sl. She was raised in September in an expensive salvage operation [due to the current] and converted from a schooner to a schooner-barge.
Also: ashore in Hammond's Bay, Straits, and declared a total loss, Nov, 1889. Recovered in summer, 1891.
Also stranded near Cleveland in Sep, 1895, waterlogged off Sand Beach, MI, Apr, 1902.
Sources: ns1,hgl,vbs,sbs,polk,nsp,h,ns1,st,mpl

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RUSSELL SAGE - See ATLASCO

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SAGINAW - See also OCEAN

------------------------------------------------------ 3387
SAGINAW
Other names : none
Official no. : 57283
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1866, E. Saginaw, MI
Specs : 138x26x13, 310g 296n
Date of loss : 1880, Aug 27
Place of loss : off Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm and fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Broke away from the tug ALANSON SUMNER and went ashore in a gale. The schooner H.M. SCOVE(qv) in tow of the tug STRANGER, picked up her crew, who had abandoned in the yawl. A signal lantern which was hung in the wreck to mark it’s position later caught it afire and it burned to a total loss.
Sources: vbs,nsp,phr

------------------------------------------------------ 2610
SAGINAW
Other names : none
Official no. : C69524
Type at loss : propeller, wood, carferry, 4 car
Build info : 1873, Port Huron Dry Dock [A. Stewart], Port Huron
Specs : 142x26x10, 365 t.
Date of loss : 1892, Mar 6
Place of loss : Windsor, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She burned at her layup dock. She had been laid up since 1884.
The hull was later recovered and converted to an odd-looking tug, a well-known wrecker in the Detroit River area until broken up about 1940.
Sold Canadian 1873
Sources: cfgl,csv,vbs,mmgl,slh,mv,lhl

------------------------------------------------------ 3288
SAGINAW
Other names : none
Official no. : 115118
Type at loss : barge, wood, bulk freight, lumber
Build info : 1866, Marine City, MI as a sidewheel steamer
Specs : 194x29x11, 509g 431n
Date of loss : 1905
Place of loss : near Port Huron
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She burned to a total loss. Not officially abandoned until 1914.
Converted from sidewheeler to propeller about 1890, converted to a barge about 1900.
Sources: slh,mv,lhl,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 2611
SAILOR BOY
Other names : none
Official no. : 23105
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1866, C.E. Owen, Algonac, MI
Specs : 75x21x7, 76 nt.
Date of loss : 1883, May 21
Place of loss : 2 mi S of Milwaukee Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : wood
Detail : Bound Pierport, MI, for Milwaukee, she anchored outside the harbor waiting for gale to abate, but later broke her chains and drove aground. Her crew made it in on a heaving line with help from bystanders on the beach. Owned by Anderson of Milwaukee.
Sources: phr,polk,mv,h,hgl,usls,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 2612
SAILOR BOY
Other names : none
Official no. : 116393
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger
Build info : 1891, Wheeler & Williams, W. Bay City hull#79
Specs : 91x24x7, 163g 112n
Date of loss : 1923, May 12 (also given as 1921)
Place of loss : Portage Ship Canal, near Hancock, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She caught fire and burned at Stringer’s Sawmill dock 100 yds E of Wright's Pt. The wreckage is off Osceola Point, Hancock.
Sources: vbs,gwgl,is,lss,sbs,mv,bb,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2613
ST. ALBANS
Other names : none
Official no. : 23514
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1868, Ira Lafrinier, Cleveland
Specs : 135x26x11, 435 t.
Date of loss : 1881, Jan 30
Place of loss : 8 mi NNE of Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none of 27
Carrying : general merchandise, flour, cattle
Detail : She rammed a cake of ice, which filled the hole it had made in her hull. She rushed for shore, but as the ice melted, the vessel filled and sank. Bound Milwaukee for Ludington, she was a total loss of $35,000.
She was a Northern Transportation Co. boat serving small Lake Michigan ports out of Grand Haven.
Sources: hgl,nsp,mv,lmdc,usls,mpl,bb

------------------------------------------------------ 2614
ST. ANDREW
Other names : none
Official no. : 22416
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1857, Merry & Gay, Milan, OH
Specs : 143x31x13, 425 gt.
Date of loss : 1878, Jun 26
Place of loss : 11.4 mi, 124 deg. from Mackinac Pt., Straits
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn
Detail : She collided with schooner PESHTIGO(qv), falling over on her and foundering. Both vessels sank. The collision occurred at night, while ST. ANDREW was bound Chicago for Buffalo.
Document not surrendered until 1887.
rebuilt, 1875
Sources: ssm,hgl,slh,lhdc,is,es

------------------------------------------------------ 2615
ST. ANDREW
Other names : built as steamer W.B. HALL, renamed, 1896
Official no. : C96094
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1885, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont.
Specs : 193x31x13, 1113g 722n
Date of loss : 1900, Sep 21
Place of loss : S. side of Bachand I., 80 mi NE Port Arthur
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : She ran aground on a shoal, damaging her bottom. After the crew escaped, the vessel slid off into deeper water the next day. She had been bound Jackfish Pt. for Fort William.
Wrecked in Georgian Bay in 1896 and rebuilt.
Owned by Playfair & Co. of Midland, Ont. and by her skipper
Originally 158x28 ft, lengthened, 1897
Sources: ns1,csv,is(1-71),gwgl,lss,nsp,win,mpl,do not in mmgl as ST.

------------------------------------------------------ 2616
ST. ANDREWS
Other names : also seen as ST. ANDREW
Official no. : C75645
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines
Specs : 116x23x11, 214gc 202nc
Date of loss : 1882, Sep 11 (Sep 21 also given)
Place of loss : 10 mi offshore, S of Big Creek, Ont., 10 mi S of New Cut light
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 14,000 bu wheat
Detail : She sprung a leak in a storm while bound Toledo for Kingston. Her skipper attempted to run her for shore, but she sank in 60 feet of water.
Registered out of St. Catharines
Rebuilt in 1869
Sources: win,hgl,mmgl,h,lhdc,eas,rp,wl,es

------------------------------------------------------ 2617
ST. ANTHONY
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?(1856, Erie, PA - sister of schr ST. PAUL)
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1856
Place of loss : off Goderich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : "lost"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail.
Sources: slh,hgl,(nsp),ctw not in mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2619
ST. CLAIR
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1843, Detroit
Specs : 140x19x8, 210 t.
Date of loss : 1850, Aug 5
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reported as lost on this date, no detail.
(Note: This reported loss date is 3 days BEFORE she was enrolled at Detroit by J. Watkin.)
Sources: www,lhl,hdm,wl

------------------------------------------------------ 2620
ST. CLAIR
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1820, Newport, MI
Specs : 30 t.
Date of loss : 1855, Oct
Place of loss : off Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : "sunk"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
Sources: slh,hgl,nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 2621
ST. CLAIR
Other names : none
Official no. : 23109
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge" with some passenger accommodations
Build info : 1867, J. Bushnell, Algonac, MI
Specs : 127x26x10, 326 g.
Date of loss : 1876, Jul 9
Place of loss : off 14-mile Pt., near Ontonagon, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 26 of 31 or 32
Carrying : passengers,cattle,merchandise
Detail : Bound Ontonogon for Houghton, she caught fire near her boiler and burned to the waterline. Most of the victims drowned in the icy lake after her one tiny lifeboat swamped several times. Vessel was a woodburner with a history of fires.
Owned by Capt. Eber Ward of Detroit
Sources: phr,hgl,sol,is,lhl,lss,nsp,usls,es,df,eas,jb,bb

------------------------------------------------------ 2622
ST. CLAIR
Other names : none
Official no. : 57106
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1859, A. Cantin, Montreal, P.Q. as a bark
Specs : 156x26x5, 296g., 272n
Date of loss : 1888, Oct 1
Place of loss : off Harbor Beach
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 of 7
Carrying : coal
Detail : Part of a 5-barge tow of tug CHAMPION, she broke loose and came to anchor off Harbor Beach. She finally dragged in and sank near the mouth of harbor. The crewmen died when the U.S. Lifesavers surf boat capsized in the breakers after a 23-mile pull to Port Sanilac. The hulk was later lightered, raised and towed out into the lake and resunk.
Often reported as having been built on the Saginaw R., but only rebuilt there in 1874, probably sold US at that time.
Sources: polk,hgl,phr,sol,slh,h,lhdc,nsp,sb,rep,mpl,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2623
ST. IGNACE
Other names : none
Official no. : 57924
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1882
Specs : 238 t.
Date of loss : 1894, Nov 9*
Place of loss : between Grand Haven and Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : bricks
Detail : Capsized and foundered in gale.
*Date also given in error as Nov 9, 1879.
Sources: hgl,h,nsp,wbm,bb,usls

------------------------------------------------------ 2624
ST. IGNACE
Other names : none
Official no. : C134017
Type at loss : propeller, wood, wrecker
Build info : 1888, Detroit Dry Dock, Detroit [US# 116191] hull# 85
Specs : 220x52x16, 1476 t.
Date of loss : 1916, Aug 30
Place of loss : in harbor at Port Arthur [Thunder Bay], Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned to total loss at Western Drydock & Shipbuilding’s dock..
Built as wooden carferry.
Sold Canadian, 1915.
Sources: csv,mv,mmgl,atl,is,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 4168
ST. JAMES
Other names : none
Official no. : 22417
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, Merry & Gay, Milan, Oh
Specs : 118x25x11, 227 gt
Date of loss : 1870, Oct. (24)
Place of loss : 20 mi N of Erie, Pa
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : unknown
Loss of life : 7
Carrying : 14,000 bu wheat
Detail : Left Toledo, bound for Oswego, NY, Oct. 23, and never arrived at Port Colborne and the Welland Canal. The cause of her loss has never been determined. When she was found in 165 ft of water, her rigging showed sails were still up at the time she went down, so she was probably NOT destroyed by a storm. No general storm was going on at the time.
Out of Erie.
She was located in 1984 and identified early in 1999. Images and I.D.
Sources: svi,mv,hgl

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ST. JOSEPH - See FRANK B. STEVENS

------------------------------------------------------ 3526
ST. JOSEPH
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1846, J.W. Banta, Buffalo
Specs : 170x27x11, 460 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Nov 10
Place of loss : near Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and a total loss.
Owned by Western Transportation Co.
Sources: lhl,hgl,wl,eas,ctw

------------------------------------------------------ 2625
ST. JOSEPH
Other names : ?
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 70 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Nov 8
Place of loss : S end of Chantry isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Stranded and wrecked.
Registered out of Kincardine.
Sources: win,slh,h, not in clu,mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2626
ST. JOSEPH
Other names : none
Official no. : C77713
Type at loss : scow-barge, wood
Build info : 1868, Toledo US# 57210
Specs : 91x22x7, 85gc 85nc
Date of loss : 1883, Oct 31*
Place of loss : Lake St. Clair
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered.
Sold Canadian in 1879, reg out of Wallaceburg or Dresden
*Date also given as 11/30/1884.
Another scow of this name, b. J. Reno, 1859 at Belle R., 50x15x4, 28t, was lost on L. St. Clair in 1881.
Sources: win,polk,mv,h,mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2628
ST. LAWRENCE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 140 t.
Date of loss : 1838, Aug
Place of loss : near Oak Orchard, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She capsized and sank in storm.
Sources: is not in mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 4003
ST. LAWRENCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 22584
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1842, G. Barber, Clayton, NY
Specs : 93x20x8, 111 t. [134 t. om]
Date of loss : 1878, Apr 30
Place of loss : well out in the lake off Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 2 of 5
Carrying : timber
Detail : When abreast of Milwaukee she caught fire from the boiling over of a kettle of pitch which was being melted on the galley stove. The fire progressed so rapidly that the crew had no time to shorten sail before abandoning, and, with the ship underway, the lifeboat capsized as soon as hitting the water, drowning the captain and a passenger. The rest of the crew was rescued by the schooner GRANADA. When last seen the blazing vessel was 25-30 miles SE of Milwaukee.
Owned by her skipper, Capt. M. Larkins, his wife and a partner and out of Ahnapee, WI
Rebuilt in 1853
Sources: ge,mv,rsl,sip

------------------------------------------------------ 2629
ST. LAWRENCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 116331
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, W. Morley, Marine City, MI
Specs : 239x41x20, 1437g 1030n
Date of loss : 1898, Nov 25
Place of loss : 2 mi S. of Pt. Betsie light
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : corn
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked. The Lifesaving Service crew fired a line at the sound of the ship's whistle in a blinding gale. Their accuracy was amazing as the line became entagled in the whistle cord, so that when the lifesavers pulled the line, it blew the unseen ship's whistle. Ship's crew then discovered the line and were rescued.
Registered out of Port Huron.
Sources: phr,(hgl*),is(4-67),h,mv,hs,nsp,mpl *erroneous info

------------------------------------------------------ 2630
ST. LAWRENCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 22348
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1863, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 137x26x12, 281g 267n
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 21
Place of loss : near Lorain, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Amherstburg from Cleveland with coal, she was driven ashore by a gale and wrecked, a total loss.The captain, his wife and 3 children made it to shore in her yawl; the other 4 crew were rescued from her rigging by Lifesaving Service. Captain was censured in the press for bringing his family on such a rickety craft in Nov.
Rebuilt, 1876
Sources: hgl,mv,ns1,h,nsp,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2631
ST. LOUIS
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1844, Sam’l Hubbell, Perrysburg, OH
Specs : 190x27x12, 618 t.
Date of loss : 1852, Nov 7
Place of loss : off Kelley's Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : (rr cars)
Detail : Capsized and sank in gale.
Owned by Eber & Sam’l Ward
Sources: hgl,sol,ledc,less,lc,lhl,mpl,wl,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 3991
ST. LOUIS
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1848, Buffalo, NY [also seen as Kalamazoo R., MI]
Specs : 114x25x9, 211 t. om
Date of loss : 1860, Aug 30
Place of loss : just W of Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Upbound, she was caught in a squall and driven on the beach, a total loss.
Owned by her skipper.
Sources: nsp,hgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2632
ST. LOUIS
Other names : none
Official no. : C75636
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1877, L. Shickluna, St, Catharines, Ont. as a bark
Specs : 128x26x12, 360g/n
Date of loss : 1926, May 26
Place of loss : at Kingston, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She burned at her dock, either by accident or perhaps in lieu of scrapping.
One of the last operating sail vessels on the lakes when lost. Registered out of Kingston.
Sources: ns3,polk,hgl,is(2-90),mmgl,osdo,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 2633
ST. MAGNUS
Other names : later MAGNOLIA(1898) and LUCKPORT(!)(1919)
Official no. : C77693
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1880, A. Robertson, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs : 180x28 853 t.
Date of loss : 1895, Jun 7
Place of loss : Cuyahoga, OH & Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : capsized/fire
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : wire, pig iron
Detail : She capsized and sank at her dock while loading. She was soon raised and towed to drydock at Hamilton. While there she caught fire and burned to a near-total loss (Sep 7, 1895). Rebuilt, renumbered (C103690)* and renamed MAGNOLIA. See LUCKPORT for more.
Wallace list: May have been built on hull of R.W. STANDLEY.
*by being renumbered, she technically became a new vessel.
Sources: hgl,csv,ns4,nsp,mmgl,is,sol,win,mpl,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2637
ST. MARIES
Other names : also seen as STE. MARIES & STE. MARIE
Official no. : 115473
Type at loss : propeller,wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1875, L.P. Trempe, Sugar Isl., MI
Specs : 97x19x5, 132g 84n
Date of loss : 1892, Aug 30
Place of loss : near Sturgoen Pt., Mich.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She caught fire offshore and burned to a total loss. She had been bound St. Clair, MI to Harrisville, MI. Document surrendered at Port Huron Sep 5, 1892, annotated "burned 8/30/92."
Sank 4 mi SE of Sturgeon Pt., L. Huron in 1888 and recovered.
Out of Port Huron
Sources: polk,hgl,mv,slh,h,phr,mpl,usls

------------------------------------------------------ 4202
ST. MARY
Other names : also seen as ST. MARYS
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1848, Perrysburg, Oh
Specs : 253 t.
Date of loss : 1860, Sep 7
Place of loss : off Winetka, Il
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : pig iron
Detail : She foundered the same night and in the vicinty of the LADY ELGIN, but was overlooked until a few weeks later when a body thought to be from the steamer was identified as a member of her crew. Her lifeboat washed ashore just north of Chicago on the 23^rd. Wreck located in 195, in 120 feet of water.
Sources: rnc,hgl,wl,bb,rnc

------------------------------------------------------ 2634
ST. MARY
Other names : none
Official no. : 22556
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1857, G. Notter & C. VanSlyke, Buffalo
Specs : 64x15x7, 36g
Date of loss : 1885, Dec 1
Place of loss : off Glen Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at the dock and sank.
Suffered another major fire at Grand Haven in 1863.
Owned by Banks & Sutherland (her skipper) out of Frankfort
Rebuilt, 1869, 82
Sources: lhl,polk,hgl,mv,sb,nsp,nb,wl

------------------------------------------------------ 2635
ST. NICHOLAS
Other names : none
Official no. : C33486
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk & package freight
Build info : 1853, J. Andrews, Cape Vincent, NY
Specs : 129x24x11, 372gt 115nt
Date of loss : 1857, Nov 23
Place of loss : Sleeping Bear Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : 10,000 bu wheat
Detail : Bound Chicago for Kingston, she became waterlogged in a storm and was driven onto the beach, where she broke up. Officially abandoned in Feb, 1858.
Built for the Bancroft Line, running between Cape Vincent & Detroit. Sold Canadian in 1855
Out of Hamilton, Ont.
Sources: lhl,csv,hgl,mmgl,sb,nb,nsp,rnc

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ST. PAUL - See also PFOHL, VEGA

------------------------------------------------------ 3388
ST. PAUL
Other names : none
Official no. : 23755
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1868, Arnold, Marine City, MI as a passenger prop
Specs : 203x31x21, 760g 525n
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 26
Place of loss : 4 mi off Alpena
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She caught fire offshore. After the fire was brought under control, she was towed in and settled near the mouth of Thunder Bay R. Maybe later recovered by F.W. Fletcher of Alpena.
Owned by the Corrigan fleet.
Several lives lost in a fire on her in 1883 at Detroit.
Rebuilt 1882, major repairs in 1884.
Sources: polk,nsp,hgl,usls

------------------------------------------------------ 4085
ST. PETER
Other names :
Official no. : 23516
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, New Baltimore, MI
Specs : 120 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Nov 19
Place of loss : Green Island, near Sisters chain
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life : none
Cargo : wheat
Detail : Bound Toledo for Cleveland, she hit bottom and began to leak so profusely that her skipper put her in the shallows near Green Island, where she cpsized and sank in 25 feet of water. Thought to be a total loss, but hgl says she was ashore near Claybanks in 1871.
Sources: nsp,hgl,mv,mdwl

------------------------------------------------------ 2636
ST. PETER
Other names : none
Official no. : 115232
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, Edwards, Toledo, OH
Specs : 136x26x12, 290g 275n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct 27
Place of loss : 5 mi NW of Sodus, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 of 9
Carrying : coal
Detail : After having lost her rudder in a gale and drifted about 15 miles, she lost her fight and foundered in 104 feet of water. Lifesavers from Sodus Point made it to within a mile of her when she sank. Her skipper was the only survivor, while his wife was among the lost. A good portion of her remains were recovered in 1971 and now form the basis of a museum.
Out of Toledo.
Major repair in 1882
Sources: mv,polk,nsp,is(4-71),sol,osdo,win,hgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2638
SALINA
Other names : none
Official no. : 23106
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & freight
Build info : 1866, D. Lester, Marine City
Specs : 131x26x11, 212g 146n
Date of loss : 1896, Jun
Place of loss : St Clair R
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was destroyed by fire, no detail.
Seriously damaged in collision with schooner LIZZIE A LAW on the Saginaw River in 1895.
Rebuilt, 1882,1895
Sources: phr,polk,mv,hgl,slh,lhl,nsp

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SALT LAKE CITY - See CHESTER A. CONGDON

------------------------------------------------------ 3389
SALTILLO
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, as a brig
Specs :
Date of loss : 1853, Nov 25
Place of loss : at Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : storm/collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : RR rails,coal
Detail : She was upbound for Chicago. While attempting to shelter in the mouth of the river, she was blown into the schooner HENRY HAGER and sank.
Based out of Chicago, owned by J. R. Hagunin of Port Huron
Much of her cargo was salvaged in 1875.
Also sunk in a collision on L St. Clair on her 1st voyage [1847] and again on St. Clair R. earlier in 1853.
Sources: nsp,hgl,st,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2639
SALVOR
Other names : built as tug GEORGE H. PARKER, renamed in 1898
Official no. : C74061*
Type at loss : propeller, wood, salvage tug
Build info : 1861, J. Stupinski, Detroit
Specs : 106x21x12, 126 cg
Date of loss : 1918, Jun 11, **
Place of loss : 7 mi off South Bay, Manitoulin Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 14
Carrying : (none)
Detail : Bound Port Huron for French River, Ont. to meet the tug SARNIA CITY and pick up a log raft for Sarnia, Ont, she foundered in a storm. Her crewmen made their way to shore in a desolate area and built a large beach fire. They were found the next morning and received succor from the local inhabitants.
Recently purchased by the famous Reid Wrecking and Towing Co., Sarnia, Ont. This was to be her first job in her current incarnation as a Reid tug. Reid's may have owned her earlier, as well.
**loss date given in official records and newspapers as June 11, but August 13 is given by one of her crewmen. Date also reported as Sep 11.
Sold Canadian 1877, resold U.S. 1892 (US# 10242) , resold Canadian 1903. Mills list says "on and off Canadian register three times."
Rebuilt at Bay City in 1898.
*May have been renumbered [C116395] in 1904

Memorablia.
Sources: csv,mv,polk,mmgl,slh,jtd,nsp,wl,hcgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2640
SALVOR
Other names : built as TURRET CHIEF, VICKERSTOWN(1915), JOLLY INEZ(1918), last name in 1928.
Official no. : (C106605)
Type at loss : barge steel, bulk freight [former "turret steamer"]
Build info : 1896, Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, Eng. hull# 248
Specs : 253x45x27, 1881 t.
Date of loss : 1930, Sep 26
Place of loss : N of Muskegon, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 [all]
Carrying : stone
Detail : Tow of the tug FITZGERALD, she broke loose and foundered in a gale.
Served as an ocean-going transport in WW I.
Used as a stone-hauler and wrecker.
Converted to barge in 1928 at Detour, MI (US owned?)
Sources: csv,ns4,gs,sol,is,h,lmdc,eas

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SALVUS - See LAMBTON

------------------------------------------------------ 2641
SAMANA
Other names : often seen as SAMARA
Official no. : 115202
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight*
Build info : 1873, Wilcox, Oswego, NY
Specs : 137x26x11, 287g 273n [143 feet overall]
Date of loss : 1892, Oct 29
Place of loss : Cleveland harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : coal
Detail : After breasting a storm for several hours, she ran back to Cleveland to shelter. She went out of control while coming in and struck a dock, then sank and went to pieces quickly at the foot of Dodge St. Her crew jumped onto the dock as she hit.
Named for the Bay of Samana, Island of Santo Domingo
*Reportedly built on the hull of the old schooner DANE, built at Three Mile Bay, NY in 1857, and wrecked in 1871 [US#6326].
Sources: polk,mv,osdo,h,ledc,phr,wb,hgl,usls,rp

------------------------------------------------------ 2642
SAMOA
Other names : built as steamer THOMAS W. PALMER, last name in 1889
Official no. : 145513
Type at loss : propeller, composite, bulk freight
Build info : 1880, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI hull# 90
Specs : 281x41x20, 2134g 1622n
Date of loss : 1909, Sep 21
Place of loss : Torch Lake, Portage ship canal
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : While attempting to shelter from a thunderstorm in the lake, she was struck by lightning, caught fire and burned to the waterline.
Owned by Capt. H. Baker, Detroit
Sunk in the Brockville Narrows, St. Lawrence R. in July, 1896, after striking bottom.
Sister of MANCHESTER and JOHN OWEN(qv). MANCHESTER was not scrapped until 1959, last of the "composite" vessels.
Sources: mv,is,atl,ns1,gwgl,lss,nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 2643
SAMPSON
Other names : ?
Official no. : (C)
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : (1874, M. Simpson, St. Catharines, Ont.)
Specs : (140x26x12, 400 t.)
Date of loss : 1888, Nov 15
Place of loss : N end of Pelee Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was cut by ice and sunk.
Nov 15, 1880 also given as the date.
Out of Cleveland
Sources: is,h,win

------------------------------------------------------ 3644
SAMPSON
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss : scow, wood
Build info : 1901
Specs : 235 t.
Date of loss : 1914, Jun 19
Place of loss : at Pigeon R., Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : ?
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Total loss, no detail. Document surrendered at Port Huron Nov 17, 1914.
Sources: phr,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 3527
SAMSON
Other names : also seen as SAMPSON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1843, Perrysburg, OH
Specs : 134x25x8, 250 t.
Date of loss : 1852, Nov 12
Place of loss : near Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 1200 bbl flour
Detail : Stranded and lost in a general gale that caused damage to over 50 vessels. She went ashore right opposite Bidwell & Banta's shipyard. She had just been repaired at Erie, Pa, the previous day.
Owned by Sterling, Monroe, Mich.
Sources: hgl,lhl,wl,eas,nsp,rnc

------------------------------------------------------ 2644
SAMSON
Other names : ?
Official no. : C
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1879, Apr 25
Place of loss : near the head of Belle Isle
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : 100 cords wood
Detail : In tow of the small tug COMET, she caught fire from a spark from the tug’s stack while bound for Detroit. She was abandoned by the tug and burned to a total loss.
Owned by McRae of Wallaceburg.
Perhaps LADY SAMSON - b.1873, J. Johnson, Wilkesport, Ont., 95x25x4. Disappears off NAC records in late 70's.
Sources: slh,mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2645
SAN JACINTO
Other names : none
Official no. : 22352
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, B.B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 130x28x11, 374 gt.
Date of loss : 1881, Jun 20*
Place of loss : near South Baymouth, S end of Manitoulin Isl
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Collingwood, she foundered in a storm.
*date also given as Nov 12
Heavy damage in a collision in 1862,rebuilt in 1871.
Sources: do2,h,win,hgl,bb

------------------------------------------------------ 2646
SAND MERCHANT
Other names : none
Official no. : C153443
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight "sandsucker"
Build info : 1927, Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ont. hull# 79
Specs : 252x44x20, 1981 t.
Date of loss : 1936, Oct 17
Place of loss : off Avon Pt., 13 miles E of Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 19 of 25
Carrying : sand
Detail : She capsized and sank in a storm. An inquiry determined that her heavy sandsucking gear on deck contributed to her instability.
Sources: ns4,csv,win,mmgl,s,smgl,sol,is,h,ledc

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SANDERS - See SAUNDERS

------------------------------------------------------ 2647
WILLIAM SANDERSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 26562
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs : 136x25x7, 385g 307n
Date of loss : 1874, Nov 22^nd or 23^rd
Place of loss : off Empire, MI, near Sleeping Bear
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7-10 [all]
Carrying : 20,000 bu. wheat
Detail : She left Chicago the 20^th, bound for Oswego. Along the way she encountered a storm and was broken up offshore. Inquiries were made for days as to her whereabouts when she didn't show up at Detroit. Her wreckage washed up on the 26th with her yawlboat still in the davits, but no trace was ever found of her crew.
1874 was a year of disastrous luck for her. She was ashore and heavily damaged near White Rock, Mich, Lake Huron, in August, and her captain was knocked overboard by a boom and drowned in early October.
Also sunk on Lake Ont. in 1871.
Rebuilt in the winter of 1873-4, and in 1868
Sources: ssb,hgl,tel,osdo,nb,es,nsp,bb

------------------------------------------------------ 2648
SANDUSKY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1834, F. Church, Sandusky, OH as a sidewheeler
Specs : 148x26x10*
Date of loss : 1845, Oct
Place of loss : E of Long Point, near Cattaraugus
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Lost in a gale.
She caught fire at her dock on Buffalo Creek, Buffalo, and burned to the hull, Feb 23, 1843. Recovered and rebuilt
as this bark.
Ashore near Sandusky in December, 1836.
* she was 377 t. as a steamer.
Sources: www,hgl,is,le,lhl,nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 2649
SANDUSKY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast*
Build info : 1848, D. Dibble, Sandusky
Specs : 110x26x9, 226 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Sep 18
Place of loss : 5mi, 280 deg. from Old Mackinac Pt., Straits
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : grain
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo, she sank with her masts emerging. Her crew cimbed up, but none of the several vessels who saw them were able to assist. The wreck was located in 1985.
Ashore on Long Point, Lake Erie, and sunk in October, 1848.
*also described as a bark
Sources: www,hgl,ssm,slh,glss,dm,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2650
SANDUSKY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1853, Geo. S. Weeks, Buffalo
Specs : 139x25x11, 370 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Oct
Place of loss : near Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss. She had gone ashore there in November of the previous year, and had probably never been removed before she was burned.
Sources: sol,lhl,hgl,nsp,rnc

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SANDY HOOK - See GERALDINE BATTLE

------------------------------------------------------ 2652
SANDY PAT
Other names : also seen as W.M. SANDI-PAT
Official no. : C172141
Type at loss : propeller tug, (steel), fishing
Build info : ?
Specs : 11 t.
Date of loss : 1969, Dec 3
Place of loss : Off Pte Aux Pins (or Erie, PA)
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : "sank"
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : none
Detail : She foundered, a total loss. After she became disabled, fellow tug DONNA F attempted to tow her in, but she sank enroute.
Came into registry about 1945
Sources: win,is(1-70),ledc

------------------------------------------------------ 2653
SANTIAGO
Other names : none
Official no. : 116893
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1899, J. Davidson, W. Bay City hull# 90
Specs : 324x46x22, 2600g 2525n
Date of loss : 1918, Sep 10
Place of loss : 14 mi off Pte Aux Barques
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She was the tow of the steamer JOHN F. MORROW when she swamped and sank in a gale. MORROW took her crew off while passenger steamer CITY OF ALPENA II stood by with her seachlight illuminating the nightime scene. MORROW ran right up against the barge’s stern in heavy seas to rescue her crew.
Sources: mod,mv,nsp,slh,sbs,vbs,ns2,lhdc,mpl,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2654
SAPPHO
Other names : none
Official no. : 115328
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger ferry
Build info : 1883, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte hull# 63
Specs : 107x32*x11, 224g 154n
Date of loss : 1929, Feb 21
Place of loss : Ecorse, MI
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned at her winter layup dock after 46 years of cross-river trips. She was considered obsolescent due to the impending completion of the Ambassador Bridge, so she was neither repaired nor replaced.
*45 ft over guards
Sources: polk,mv,ns3,atl,sol,is,hdm,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2655
SARATOGA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1846, Sanford & Moses, Cleveland, OH
Specs : 199x29x12, 661 t.
Date of loss : 1854, Jul 29
Place of loss : near Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : "wrecked"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was lying at a dock when a storm blew in and thumped her seams open. She sank and became a constructive total loss. An article of the time said her engines and boilers would be easy to salvage.
One report says this was the vessel lost near Chicago in 1855, but that was a schooner (see below).
Sources: hgl,lhl,le,nsp,wl

------------------------------------------------------ 3962
SARATOGA
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1846, Cleveland
Specs : 661 gt*
Date of loss : 1855, May 2
Place of loss : at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail: She went ashore north of the piers in heavy weather and broke up rapidly. She was reported to be a fast sailer in her day, but was termed "old" at the time of her loss.
Foundered 20 mi from Oswego, Nov 13, 1853. Crew took to her yawl and made it to that city. Owned by Capt. F. Igo of Oswego.
*This vessel was out of Oswego, NY; but this tonnage is too large for Welland Canal of the time. However newspapers show her as owned by Capt. F. Igo of Oswego in both of these wrecks.
hgl shows a vessel of this name ashore on L. Erie in 1838 and sunk by a collision in 1847 with 4 lives lost.
A schooner SARATOGA was registered at Cleveland in 1848.
Sources: nsp,hgl,wl,rnc

------------------------------------------------------ 2656
SARDINIA
Other names : none
Official no. : (22275)
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1860, Gordon Campbell, Detroit
Specs : 137x26x12, 384 t. om
Date of loss : 1874, Nov (4)
Place of loss : on Cathead Point, tip of Leelanau Pen., Mich.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : salt
Detail : Stranded in fog and heavy weather, and broke up in a later storm while salvage was in progress.
(out of Buffalo), owned by Capt. Lorenzo Dimick
Damaged in a stranding near Oswego, NY, in 1864.
Damaged and declared a loss near Fairport, OH, L. Erie, in June, 1866, with the loss of two lives.
Sources: mv,sb,hgl,wl,nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 3898
SARDINIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 22583
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, Laidlaw, Penetanguishene, Ont.
Specs : 105x25x9, 150g 142n
Date of loss : 1900, Jul 6
Place of loss : in Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : "Wrecked," no detail. One source states that she was sold for off-lakes use in 1900 and lost on the Atlantic in 1904.
Out of Milwaukee in 1895
Ashore in a gale in June, 1866, with the loss of four lives plus her cargo of lumber, near Fairport, Ohio.
Sold US before 1869, probably before 1866. This may be the vessel of this name wrecked on Lake Ontario in 1864 (see SARDINIA above). No Canadian official number found.
Major repairs in 1882
Sources: mv,clu,polk,mpl,nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 4249
J. W. SARGENT
Other names : seen in earlier registration documents as JOHN W. SARGENT
Official no. : 12773
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, Beckwith, Racine, Wis.
Specs : 97x22x8, 98g [147 t. om]
Date of loss : 1872, Nov 30
Place of loss : off Lake Erie Islands
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm/ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She had grounded in September of the same year and was on her way from Cleveland to Detroit for repairs. She was in tow of the tug TORRENT with 5 like-laden barges when the whole tow was frozen in near Middle Sister Island. They were all abandoned for the winter, and in the spring the SARGENT and several others were nowhere to be found, apparently having been carried off by drifting ice. In November, 1874, the hulk was discovered underwater by a former owner, five miles below Long Point cut, nearly 150 miles from the point of her abandonment.
Owned by Brownlee & Fox, Detroit
Major repairs in 1866
Sources: nsp,hgl,mv,wl

------------------------------------------------------ 2657
SARNIA
Other names : none
Official no. : C96853
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1901, Sarnia
Specs : 67x21x11, 85gc 58nc
Date of loss : 1921, Nov 13
Place of loss : Port Arthur, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned to a total loss.
Owned by Canadian Towing & Wrecking, Port Arthur.
Inland seas shows Nov 30, 1929 as loss date
Had 2 English-built engines
Sources: mmgl,is,lss,win

------------------------------------------------------ 2658
SARNIADOC
Other names : none
Official no. : C149496
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1929, Barclay, Curle & Co., Whiteinch, Scotland
Specs : 253x43x20, 1940 t.
Date of loss : 1929, Nov 30
Place of loss : Main Duck Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wheat & barley
Detail : She stranded with heavy damage in a NW gale. Her crew was rescued with difficulty by the freighter VALLEY CAMP. The brand-new ship was declared a total loss, but was actually recovered the following year.
Tapped for service during WWII and torpedoed in March of 1942, sinking with all hands between Trindad and St. Thomas, Virgin Isls.
Sources: ns4,csv,mmgl,h,win

------------------------------------------------------ 2659
SARNIAN
Other names : built as steamer CHILI, last name in 1913
Official no. : C134011
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1895, Cleveland US# 127078
Specs : 320x42x22, 2656gc 1710nc
Date of loss : 1943, Dec 10
Place of loss : 1/2 mi S of Pte Isabelle, Bete Grise Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : barley
Detail : She was driven ashore by the giant waves of a NE gale. Her crew was rescued by the U.S.C.G., but the vessel was a total loss. Raised and removed to Chicago in 1944, where she was cut up for scrap.
Bound from Port Arthur.
Sources: mv,csv,ns4,mmgl,sol,gwgl,lss,is

------------------------------------------------------ 2660
SARNOR
Other names : built as U.S. steamer BRITANNIC, last name, 1913
Official no. : C133824
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1888, J. Davidson, W. Bay City, MI Hull# 20 US# 3400
Specs : 228x36x21, 1319g 1152n
Date of loss : 1926, Mar 15
Place of loss : at Kingston, Ont. near LaSalle Causeway
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She caught fire and burned to a total loss.
Sold Canadian, 1913. Out of Montreal.
Originally 219x36x17, 1121g 904n, rebuilt and enlarged at Sorel, PQ, in 1901. Also rebuilt at Marine City in 1896.
Sources: vbs,ns3,h,sbs,csv,mmgl,win

------------------------------------------------------ 2661
SARONIC
Other names : built as steamer UNITED EMPIRE, renamed in 1905
Official no. : C80776
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1882, Berry & Dyble, Sarnia, Ont.
Specs : 253x3623, 1961gc 1296nc
Date of loss : 1926, Aug 20*
Place of loss : Cockburn Isl., North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : Big waves overturned her coal-fired galley stove, catching her ablaze. She was run ashore to save the vessel and crew, but still burned to the waterline. The hull was later recovered and rebuilt to the barge W.L. KENNEDY.
An engraving of her appeared on the face of the 1907-08 Canadian dollar bill.
Her crew called her "Betsy."
*year also given as 1916
Sources: polk,csv,sol,is,slh,mmgl,win,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 3626
SASCO
Other names : sometimes seen as IOSCO
Official no. : 22355
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, Merry & Gay, Milan, OH
Specs : 140x26x11, 281 t.
Date of loss : 1879, Nov 17
Place of loss : near Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : light
Detail : She went broadside into the surf in a gale after missing the piers. Her crew at first refused help, but were later taken off by the Lifesaving Service with breeches’ buoy. Document surrendered at Port Huron 12/27/1880, annotated "lost in 1879."
Sources: phr,hgl,mv,usls

------------------------------------------------------ 2662
SASSACUS
Other names : none
Official no. : 22916
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, Lee and Navagh, Oswego, NY
Specs : 95x22x7, 109g 103n
Date of loss : 1893, Oct 8
Place of loss : 2 mi N of the E entrance of Sturgeon Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood
Detail : She beached in a storm near Jacksonport, Wisc., Sep 30. She was pulled off the 8th, but capsized and sank while being towed in. Total loss.
Rebuilt, 1883
Sources: polk,mv,hgl,osdo,h,wb,nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 2663
SATTELITE
Other names : none
Official no. : 22404
Type at loss : propeller towing steamer (tug), wood
Build info : 1864, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs : 233g 149n
Date of loss : 1879, Jun 21
Place of loss : W of Whitefish Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 5-barge tow
Detail : She struck a deadhead [floating log] with her prop, punctured her stern planking, and sank quickly.
Sources: lhl,hgl,lssc,lss,wl,eas

------------------------------------------------------
SATURN - See also ALGOSOO

------------------------------------------------------ 2664
SATURN
Other names : none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1872, (Detroit?)
Specs : 400 t.
Date of loss : 1872, Nov 27
Place of loss : just W of Whitefish Pt.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 (8)[all]
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound Marquette for Wyandotte, Mich., she was in tow of the steamer JOHN A. DIX with sister JUPITER . She broke her towline in a gale and was driven aground in the shallows, where she rapidly went to pieces.
Owned by E. B. Ward, Detroit.
Sources: hgl,is(4-73),gwgl,lssc,lss,sol,nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 2665
SATURN
Other names : built as CITY OF OWEN SOUND (qv), last name in 1896
Official no. : C71181
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info : 1875, J. Simpson, Owen Sound, Ont. as a passenger steamer
Specs : 172x31x13, 883gc 570nc
Date of loss : 1901, Sep 17
Place of loss : 30 mi NW of Southampton, Ont., just E of Lyal Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Owen Sound, she foundered in westerly gale. The crew abandoned her in yawl after the bilge pump broke and made it to shore after a 7-hour struggle.
Originally 1093 t., cut down from passenger ship to freighter at Davis Dry Dock, Kingston, in '93. Also rebuilt in '96.
Sources: nsp,csv,ns1,polk,slh,lh,is,h,lhdc,win,mmgl,do2

------------------------------------------------------ 2666
WILLIAM F. SAUBER
Other names : none
Official no. : 81317
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1891, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City hull# 78
Specs : 291x41x20, 2053g 1708n
Date of loss : 1903, Oct 26
Place of loss : 30 mi NW of Whitefish Pt.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2 of 17
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Her hull failed under heavy a load of ore and she sank in a gale. Bound Ashland, WI for Lake Erie. The big steamer YALE rescued most of her crew in apalling conditions. The skipper, whose arms were broken, was unable to help himself when a line was thrown to him, and drowned. He would not take the last seat in the lifeboat.
Sources: vbs,mv,lss,gwgl,lssc,glss,ns1,sbs,nsp,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 4169
SAUCY JACK
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info :
Specs : "small"
Date of loss : 1851, Dec 15
Place of loss : 5 mi below the mouth of the Saugeen R., Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 [all]
Carrying : flour
Detail : Left Goderich for the Saugeen R. [Southampton, Ont.] early in December but stranded enroute. Got afloat again and resumed her trip on the 14th, but was found capsized and wrecked the morning of the 15^th, with her masts down and her cargo strewn all along the beach.
Sources: jw,nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 2667
SAUCY JIM
Other names : none
Official no. : C92305
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1887, A. Morill, Meaford, Ont.*
Specs : 84x17x8, 93gc 63nc
Date of loss : 1910, Nov 18
Place of loss : Christian Isl., NW of Midland, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at her wharf.
Registered out of Collingwood.
*also seen as Penetang.
Sources: csv,hgl,win,mmgl,slh,h,lhdc,do

------------------------------------------------------ 3589
JOHN A. SAUNDERS
Other names : also seen as J.A. SANDERS, JOHN A. SANDERS*
Official no. : 13748
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, J.A. Saunders, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs : 73x20x6, 66 t.
Date of loss : 1879 or 81?
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Document surrendered 12/12,1881 at Port Huron, annotated "wrecked." Usls shows her stranded in a gale near Marblehead, OH, On Nov 19, 1879. The report does not state whether she was recovered.
Initial registry shows her as JOHN A. SANDERS, built by John A. Sanders. Later official documents give SAUNDERS.
Sources: phr,is,mv,usls,wl,

------------------------------------------------------ 2668
SAVELAND
Other names : none
Official no. : 115227
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs : 194x33x13, 689g 655n
Date of loss : 1903, Oct 22
Place of loss : Grand Marais, MI, harbor
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : Coal,lumber or light
Detail : She was torn away from the steamer GETTYSBURG and thrown against some pilings by a norther. Punctured, she sank to her main deck, then pounded to pieces.
Sources: ns1,polk,mv,lol,gwgl,lssc,lss,is,nsp

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SAVAGE - See SAVIDGE

------------------------------------------------------ 2669
GEO. P. SAVIDGE
Other names : none also seen as GEORGE P. SAVAGE
Official no. : 85674
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1881, Grand Haven, MI
Specs : 54x13x4, 20g 10n
Date of loss : 1893, Jun 1
Place of loss : St. Louis Bay, near Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned and sank, a total loss.
15 hp engine
Sources: polk,hgl,mv,gwgl,is,lss

------------------------------------------------------ 2670
HUNTER SAVIDGE
Other names : none
Official no. : 95569
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1879, Duncan Robertson [or Pierson], Grand Haven, MI
Specs : 117x27x8, 152g 145n
Date of loss : 1899, Aug 20
Place of loss : NE of Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5
Carrying : in ballast
Detail : She was struck by freak squall or tornado and foundered quickly. The dead included Capt. Sharpsteen's wife and he patrolled the beaches looking for her body for many months. The body was never found.
Registered out of Sebewaing, MI.
The wreck was located in 1987.
Sources: is(3-65),slh,sagl,h,lhdc,phr,mpl,sip

------------------------------------------------------ 2671
JAMES D. SAWYER
Other names : none often seen as J.D. SAWYER
Official no. : 75386
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1871, F. Jones, Tonawanda, NY
Specs : 183x32x13 ft, 637g 605n
Date of loss : 1893, Oct 16
Place of loss : Seul Choix Pte., western Straits
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn
Detail : She broke away from the steamer B.W. ARNOLD, was driven ashore and pounded to pieces. After a falling mast cut lifeboat in two, the crew made it to shore on makeshift raft.
Also driven ashore near Lorain, OH, Oct 20, 1891. She was called a total loss and was charted as a hazardous wreck, but recovered after a year on the beach. Also stranded with heavy damage in 1888.
Major repairs in 1877
Sources: polk,hgl,mv,h,slh,sagl,nsp,phr,wb,sb

------------------------------------------------------ 2672
W.H. SAWYER
Other names : none
Official no. : 81253
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City hull# 66
Specs : 201x37x13, 746g 581n
Date of loss : 1928, Aug 11
Place of loss : 1200 ft. off lighthouse at Harbor Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 of 16
Carrying : limestone,bldg materials
Detail : From Toledo with barges PESHTIGO and A.B. KING, she grounded in a gale and broke up. Of the surviving crew, 3 swam ashore while the other 12 were taken off by the Coast Guard. The wreck was later removed, probably by the Corps of Engineers.
Owned by Blodgett S.S. Co. of Bay City
Sources: vbs,sbs,ns3,slh,sol,h,nsp,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 2673
SAXON
Other names : none
Official no. : 22915
Type at loss : brig (maybe 2-mast schooner), wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1848, Asa Wilcox, Three Mile Bay, NY as a brig
Specs : 131 ft., 271n
Date of loss : 1871, Nov 10
Place of loss : S side of Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : building stone
Detail : Stranded and pounded to pieces. Part of her cargo was recovered by the wrecker MONITOR in 1876.
Registered out of Oswego to Capt. Murphy.
Win shows her as 48 t.
Rebuilt in 1869. Major repairs in 1860,62,63
Sources: hgl,win,mv,h,nsp,es,rsl,wl,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2674
SAYMO
Other names : built as tug J.D. HAMILL, renamed in 1927
Official no. : C112335
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1904, Meaford, Ont.
Specs : 80x16 111 t.
Date of loss : 1935, Nov 11
Place of loss : near Club Island, off the S end of Manitoulin I
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered or wrecked.
Registered out of Collingwood
Sources: csv,win,slh,h,mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2675
J.YOUNG SCAMMON
Other names : also seen as J.Y. SCANNON & J.Y. SCAMMON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1845, Chicago
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1854, Jun 8
Place of loss : S Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Sheltering from a storm, she dragged her anchors, stranded and broke in three pieces. She was driven in so close to shore that the crew was able to use a broken spar to climb to the beach.
Also reported as wrecked in Aug, 1840 with 2 lives lost and in 1848 on Lake Michigan, also with 2 lives lost.
Sources: hgl,is(1-61,4-67),gs,lmdc,smi,nb,nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 4250
SCANDINAVIAN
Other names : none
Official # : 22351
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1862, A. Olson, New Buffalo, MI
Specs : 197 t. [247 t. om]
Date of loss : 1868, Oct 31
Place of loss : Clay Point, 10 mi E of Port Burwell
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 13,000 bu grain
Detail : She went ashore in a gale and became a total wreck. Her crew was saved.
Out of Chicago, probably owned by Nelson & Ware
Sources : nsp,rsl,mv

------------------------------------------------------ 3528
SCANLON
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : barge or dredge-barge
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : ?
Place of loss : near Thunder Bay Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : ?
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Known only from her remains on the bottom.
Sources: dm

------------------------------------------------------ 2676
JESSIE SCARTH
Other names : none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1871, A. Robertson, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs : 139x22x12, 333t.
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 4
Place of loss : Portage Harbor, North Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn
Detail : Bound for Owen Sound, Ont., she was sheltering from a storm, when she sprang a leak and foundered while at anchor. Her crew made it to shore in her yawl in terrible conditions.
Also foundered on Lake Michigan in 1881
Sources: polk,hgl,clu,h,nsp,wb,nb,sb,usls,jk not in mmgl

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SCHILDE - See EUREKA

------------------------------------------------------ 2677
FERDINAND SCHLESINGER
Other names : none
Official no. : 120841
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1891, Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs : 306x43x21, 2608g 2081n
Date of loss : 1919, May 26
Place of loss : 15 mi SE of Passage Isl., off Isle Royale
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She sprang a leak in a gale and sank after a struggle of many hours by her crew. They abandoned the sinking vessel for the freezing lake and were rescued by the Canadian passenger steamer ASSINIBOIA.
Ashore near False Presque Isle, MI in Nov, 1905.
Out of Duluth
Sources: mv,eas,ns2,irs,gwgl,lss,sol,h,nsp,win,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 2678
SCHOOLCRAFT
Other names : none
Official no. : C134270
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight motor vessel
Build info : 1884, Linn & Craig, Trenton, MI hull# 26 US# 115990
Specs : 185x34x15, 972gc
Date of loss : 1920, Dec 3
Place of loss : on Wolfe Island, near Kingston, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : She caught fire and was beached to save her crew. She burned to a total loss and her hull was abandoned in place.
Sold Canadian in 1916, apparently conv to motor.
Sources: csv,ns3,mv,mmgl,mpl,dmt

------------------------------------------------------
R.E. SCHUCK - See C.C. HAND, HYDRUS

------------------------------------------------------ 2679
JOHN SCHUETTE
Other names : in some MVUS she is listed as JOHN SCHETTE
Official no. : 75762
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1875, Hanson & Scove, Two Rivers, WI
Specs : 137x26x11, 270g 256n
Date of loss : 1909, Jul 2
Place of loss : off Ecorse, MI
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Lake Superior, she collided with the steamer ALFRED MITCHELL and sank in the shipping lane. Later she was dragged ashore by winch and tackle and abandoned.
In 1878 she carried a cargo of naval stores from Wilmington, N.C. to Riga, Russia for the Russian government
Sources: polk,mv,ns1,hgl,eas,is(1-61),sip

------------------------------------------------------ 2752
ADAM SCHUMANN
Other names : also seen as ADAM SHUMAN
Official no. : 165473
Type at loss : canal barge, wood
Build info : 1910, Kingston, NY
Specs : 337g 337n
Date of loss : 1926, Nov 5
Place of loss : off Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Tow of steamer BARRYTON, she broke in two and sank in big waves.
"Dumb" barge (no crew).
Sources: eas,mv,rkr,ledc ?

------------------------------------------------------ 2680
SCHUYLKILL
Other names : also seen spelled SCHUYKILL
Official no. : 115145
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, Gibson, Buffalo
Specs : 152(x25x14), 472g
Date of loss : 1889, Oct 5
Place of loss : off Portage Ship Canal
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Tow of steambarge BESSEMER(qv) in NW gale, she grounded near the entrance to the canal while seeking shelter and broke up within a few hours. She was a total loss of about $20,000, and was dynamited to clear the channel in September of the following year.
Sources: polk,hgl,mv,gwgs,ks,lss,nsp,wb,sb,df,eas,bb

------------------------------------------------------ 3529
SCIOTA
Other names : none also seen as SCIOTO
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1848, Eli Bates, Huron, OH
Specs : 155x24x11, 389 t. om
Date of loss : 1864, Sep 2
Place of loss : just east of Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 9 of 23
Carrying : 12,000 bu wheat
Detail : Bound down from Toledo for Buffalo, she collided with the propeller ARCTIC and sank, a total loss. She filled quickly and plunged bow foremost. The ARCTIC, which had reportedly cut into the SCIOTA’s bow in a passing error, picked up the survivors, along with another nearby vessel.
Owned by Capt. J.N. Gardner of Buffalo.
Hgl shows a schooner of this name, built in 1841 at Cleveland, sunk in collision in 1851.
Major repairs in 1861, 63
Sources: lhl,hgl,rp,wl,rsl,nsp,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2681
SCOBELL - Reports of her loss probably refer to an accident to the sandsucker GRIFFIN later J. SCOBELL
See ns5 for informatiom

------------------------------------------------------
SCOCONY 23 - See KILLARNEY

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SCOCONY 85 - See CLEVECO

------------------------------------------------------
SCOTIA - See also JOHN TIBBETS, VICTORIA

------------------------------------------------------ 2682
SCOTIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 115271
Type at loss : propeller, iron, (passenger & package) freight
Build info : 1873, King Iron Co., Buffalo [Gibson & Craig also given as builder, but they supervised contruction at King's yard]
Specs : 231x35x13, 1502g 1335n
Date of loss : 1884, Oct 24*
Place of loss : off the tip of the Keweenaw Pen.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound for Duluth, she drove ashore on Keweenaw Point in a blizzard and gale and was torn to pieces by waves. The crew was rescued by the steamer NYACK.
Twin-screw, sister of JAVA, RUSSIA, CUBA
*not 1888 as is also seen.
Sources: polk,mv,gwgl,ks,lss,nsp,hgl,mpl,df,es,bb

------------------------------------------------------ 2683
SCOTIA
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : ?
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1940
Place of loss : off Pentwater, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : "sunk"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
Sources: ?

------------------------------------------------------ 2684
SCOTIADOC
Other names : built as steamer MARTIN MULLEN, last name in 1948
Official no. : C173186
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1904, American Shipbuilding, Cleveland hull# 422
Specs : 416x50x28, 4635 t
Date of loss : 1953, Jun 21
Place of loss : 15 mi off Thunder Bay, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1 of 29
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Thunder Bay for Georgian Bay, she was rammed by the steamer BURLINGTON in heavy fog and sank in deep water. BURLINGTON rescued her crew.
Reg out of Fort William
Sources: ns4,win,irs,gwgl,is,sol,wm2,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 2685
SCOTLAND
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood*
Build info : (1845, Perrysburg, OH)
Specs : (100 t.)
Date of loss : 1848, Nov
Place of loss : off "Claybanks" bluffs near Port Stanley, Ont
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and broke up.
*also reported as a paddle steamer
Sources: hgl,sagl,h,eas not in mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 3917
A. SCOTT
Other names : also seen as ANDREW SCOTT
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : bet. 1849 and 1855, probably Erie, PA
Specs : 222 t.
Date of loss : 1859, Apr 26
Place of loss : near Black River [Vermilion] OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : limestone blocks
Detail : Bound Erie, PA for Vermilion, OH, she was thrown ashore by a gale and quickly pounded to pieces. Her cargo was for a large Presbyterian Church being built at Vermilion. Her insurance had expired about 10 days earlier.
Owned by Andrew Scott and W.M. Gallagher, Erie, PA.
Sources: nsp,hgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2688
ISAAC M. SCOTT
Other names : none
Official no. : 206485
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1909, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH hull# 369
Specs : 504x54x30, 6372g 4840n
Date of loss : 1913, Nov 9-10
Place of loss : 7 mi NE of Thunder Bay Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 28 [all]
Carrying : coal
Detail : She foundered, [probably capsized] in the huge waves of the "Big Storm" of 1913.
Wreck discovered in 1976.
Sources: is(3-71),lol,slh,gsgl,ttgl,sol,ns2,lhdc,mpl

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J. MARIA SCOTT - See WHITE STAR

------------------------------------------------------ 2689
JAMES SCOTT
Other names : none
Official no. : C71273
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1870, Norquay & Shaw, Port Dover, Ont. as 3-mast schooner
Specs : 58x13x6, 30gc
Date of loss : 1882, Nov*
Place of loss : Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She stranded and was broken up by a storm.
Registered out of Port Burwell
*also given as 1881, but '82 is official
Sources: hgl,win,mmgl,h

------------------------------------------------------ 3721
MARY M. SCOTT
Other names : also seen as MARIEN, MAY, MARY G. and G.W. SCOTT
Official no. : 16424
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, DeWolfe, Conneaut, OH
Specs : 130x26x11, 243 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Nov 2
Place of loss : near Grand Island, Mich.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sunk.
Confusion over her identity.
Out of Chicago in 1869
Sources: lss,mv,nsp,net,mpl,rsl

------------------------------------------------------ 4086
MARY S. SCOTT
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, Wm Jones, Cleveland
Specs : 358 t. om
Date of loss : 1866, mid-Sep
Place of loss : off Racine
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Drove ashore near Racine in a storm. The big wrecker LEVIATHAN worked on her for some time, but was unable to release her. Had made at least one trip to Europe.
Major repairs in 1862
Sources: nsp,hgl,rsl

------------------------------------------------------ 4203
T.G. SCOTT
Other names : often seen as J. G. SCOTT
Official # : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Thomas G. Scott, Port Huron, MI
Specs : 73x21x7, 93 t. om
Date of loss : 1860, Nov (1)
Place of loss : Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She went hard ashore on Long Point and was expected to break up. The tug E. P. Dorr stripped and abandoned her by the 7^th
Identity of a schooner found floating on her beam ends 10 mi off Pte Aux Barques Aug 20, 1854 (4 days after her launch) is not known for certain, but thought to be SCOTT. Her finder, the steamer HURON, towed her for a few miles before letting her go. Her lifeboat davits were cut, so her crew probably escaped. If she was SCOTT, she had just picked up a load of lumber at Saginaw.
Sources : nsp,wl , hgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2690
THOMAS A. SCOTT
Other names : none
Official no. : 24785
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 4-mast
Build info : 1869, Hitchcock & Gibson, Buffalo as a propeller
Specs : 207x33x16, 1159 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Oct 29
Place of loss : 1 mi off Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn [44,000 bu]
Detail : Lying at anchor riding out a storm, she was struck by the big steamer AVON and sank quickly. She had been bound Chicago for Erie, PA. Three crew scrambled onto AVON, 7 others took to SCOTT’s yawl and were towed in by the Lifesaving Service. Her decks were 23 feet under water after her last spar fell in Sep, 1881.
Foundered in a storm Nov 18, 1869. Raised the next summer and rebuilt from a propeller to a schooner-barge at that time.
Sources: hgl,sol,h,lmdc,nsp,usls,mpl,mdwl

------------------------------------------------------ 2691
THOMAS R. SCOTT
Other names : none
Official no. : C116847
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight US# 145452
Build info : 1887, D. Robertson, Grand Haven, MI
Specs : 129x28x8, 268g 213n
Date of loss : 1914, Sep 2 (also given as Sep 16)
Place of loss : Cabot Head, Georgian Bay side of Bruce Peninsula
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Waterlogged and foundered in deep water.
Sold Canadian 1907, registered out of Owen Sound.
Located by Canadian Navy in 1994.
Sources: csv,win,mv,ns2,slh,h,lhdc,mpl,do2

------------------------------------------------------
WINFIELD SCOTT - See GENERAL W. SCOTT

------------------------------------------------------ 2692
SCOURGE
Other names : built as the Royal Navy schooner LORD NELSON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : armed schooner, wood, 9-gun
Build info : 1811, Isaac Stanard, Newark (Niagara-on-the Lake), Western Canada
Specs : 110 ft., 45 t.
Date of loss : 1813, Aug 8
Place of loss : off the mouth of the Niagara R
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 40 [ca.]
Carrying : none
Detail : She was lying at anchor with her fleetmate GENERAL HAMILTON(qv) when both were sunk by a storm. They were awaiting dawn, when they were to attack a British fleet.
Armament - 1 long 32 pounder and 8 short 12’s.
Captured from the British for smuggling just prior to the War of 1812, by the U.S. brig ONEIDA. Participated in attacks on York (Toronto) in 1813.
Title to the wreck was transferred from the U.S. Navy to Canada in 1979.
Subject of a live underwater exploration by Robert Ballard in summer of 1990.
Sources: nsp,hgl,is(4-77),tv,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 2693
H.M. SCOVE
Other names : none
Official no. : 95256
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 138x26x10, 306g 290n
Date of loss : 1891, Nov
Place of loss : just off Pilot Isl., Death's Door
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She foundered, a total loss of about $6000.
Sources: hgl,polk,mv,eas,is,h,wb,sb

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ASA SCOVILL - See ASA COVELL

------------------------------------------------------ 2694
DAVID SCOVILLE
Other names : none
Official no. : C71220
Type at loss : propeller steam tug and ferry, wood
Build info : 1875, Marine City [US#6895]
Specs : 42x13x4, 37gc 25nc
Date of loss : 1880, Mar 3 (also given as Oct 20, 1879)
Place of loss : Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at the Grand Trunk Railway wharf. The fire was suspected to be arson.
As a U.S. tug, her registered tonnage was 8.8 [!]. Sold Canadian in 1879, registered out of Sarnia
Sources: slh,h,win,mmgl,st,mv

------------------------------------------------------ 3830
PHILO SCOVILLE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1853, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1853, Oct 16
Place of loss : Fishing Islands, near the Canadian side
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : flour, wheat, pigs and barrelled fish
Detail : She encountered a gale in the eastern Straits and was dismasted, then drifted ashore, where she was quickly dashed to splinters. Her crew floated to shore on her amputated mainmast. Bound Milwaukee for Buffalo.
Owned by C.A. Bemis of Buffalo
Sources: nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 2695
PHILO SCOVILLE
Other names : built as PHILO SCOVILLE, named MIDLAND ROVER, 1879-84, renamed PHILO SCOVILLE in 1884
Official no. : 19620
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1863, G. Notter, Cleveland, OH [also given as Quayle & Martin*]
Specs : 140x30x11, 323 t.
Date of loss : 1889, Oct 6
Place of loss : Russel I. [Isle of Cones] near Tobermory, Ont
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound Collingwood for "Little Lake Michigan" [Chicago]she was driven into the shallows and wrecked by a storm. Her captain died in the rocks trying to get ashore. Canadian Lifesaving Service saved the rest.
Sold Canadian in 1879 (see MIDLAND ROVER), returned to U.S. registry in 1884, regaining the same official number as previous. It was at first expected that the vessel would be recovered, but she was reportedly broken up by the 10th.
*Notter was a Buffalo builder, but built her at Cleveland at the Quayle & Martin yard.
Rebuilt 1880 and 83
Sources: phr,mmgl,polk,slh,lhdc,nsp,mpl,do,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2696
SCOW #1
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : (unrigged) scow
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1895, Sep 22
Place of loss : foot of Wisconsin St., Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sunk close in , not recovered.
Sources: h

------------------------------------------------------ 2697
SCOW #2
Other names : ?
Official no. : ? *
Type at loss : unrigged scow
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1896, Oct 19
Place of loss : near Harbor Entrance at Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Sunk.
*probably none
Sources: h

------------------------------------------------------ 2698
SCOW #2
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : unrigged scow
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 20
Place of loss : near E entrance of Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : "sunk"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail.
Sources: h

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SCOW #73 - See JUNIOR

------------------------------------------------------ 2699
SEA BIRD
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1848, R. Spaulding, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 54x14x6, 38 t.
Date of loss : 1850
Place of loss : off mouth of Black River, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sunk. No detail.
Sources: www,hgl,mpl

------------------------------------------------------ 3831
SEA BIRD
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1867, Rob’t Davis, Battersea, Ont.
Specs : 92x22x8, 121 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Nov
Place of loss : Rock Falls, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore and a total loss.
Out of Kingston.
Sources: hgl,mmgl,mdwl

------------------------------------------------------ 2700
SEA BIRD
Other names : none
Official no. : 115619
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1857, M. Woodworth, Conneaut, OH
Specs : 99x23x7, 139 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Jul 21
Place of loss : unknown
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : "went missing"
Loss of life : 6 or 9
Carrying : unknown
Detail : Reportedly disappeared with all hands.
Rebuilt in 1868.
Out of Chicago, shown in 1884 Merchant Vessels as "lost or otherwise out of service."
Another schooner of this name was built '79 by T. Jamison at Ft. Gratiot, MI, 46x11x3, 9 t. [US#115691]. Her document was surrendered at Port Huron on December 12, 1883, endorsed "wrecked."
Sources: phr,h,hgl,usls,wl

------------------------------------------------------ 3963
SEA GULL
Other names :
Official no. : 22557
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1845, Milan, OH
Specs : 83 gt. (114 t. OM)
Date of loss : 1869, Oct 1
Place of loss : south of Grand Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked. Though the hulk was pulled off the beach a few days later, it was soon declared a constructive total loss and was stripped and abandoned. Owned by Capt. Harry Smith out of Grand Haven.
Major repair in 1863
Sources: nsp,hgl,mv,mdwl

------------------------------------------------------ 2702
SEA GULL
Other names : none
Official no. : 23837
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, tug
Build info : 1868, P. Easton, Portsmouth, MI as a passenger steamer
Specs : 103x18x4, 74g 47n
Date of loss : 1889, May 30
Place of loss : off Linwood, MI, Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : towing rafts
Detail : She filled and sank in a gale one half mile from shore, in 5 feet of water. Her crew abandoned in her boat. Recovered after being declared a total loss.
Owned by Ben Boutell of Bay City
Originally 58x18x2, 28 t., rebuilt & lengthened in 1878
Not built at Portsmouth, NH, as shown in mvus
Sources: phr,mv,nsp,vbs,slh,sbs,hgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2703
SEA GULL
Other names : none
Official no. : 22098
Type at loss : propeller steam wrecking tug, wood
Build info : 1863, Mystic, Conn as a brig
Specs : 147x34x16, 521g 242n
Date of loss : 1893, May 1
Place of loss : near Bois Blanc Isl., Straits
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Bound Detour for Chicago with the damaged prop OHIO in tow, she caught fire offshore near Spectacle Reef and burned to a total loss. Her crew made it to OHIO in her yawl. She was later towed to a point near Bois Blanc and resunk. SEA GULL was reportedly the largest tug on the lakes when lost and was owned by the famous wrecker Jim Reid. Her two engines were later recovered - one going into the big wrecker MANISTIQUE and the other into the tug PARKER.
Wreckage located in 1970's.
Came to Lakes from the E Coast in 1888, sunk by a collision enroute. The twin-prop vessel was re-engined in the spring of 1891.
Sources: ssm,lhl,mv,nsp,slh,hgl,mpl,wmn,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2704
SEA HORSE
Other names : ?
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 42 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Oct 17
Place of loss : Fitzwilliam Isl., mouth of Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and a total loss on the west end of the island.
Sources: slh,h,win not in mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 2705
SEA LION
Other names : none
Official no. : 116051
Type at loss : (scow-)schooner, wood
Build info : 1884, Nicolet, WI
Specs : 71x19x6, 65g 62n
Date of loss : 1894, Sep 23
Place of loss : about 10 mi S of Manistee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked.
Sources: h,mv,

------------------------------------------------------ 2706
SEA QUEEN
Other names : none
Official no. : 96875
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1892, Goderich, Ont.
Specs : 52x12, 26g 18n
Date of loss : 1932
Place of loss : Meldrum Bay, North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Sources: hgl,mmgl,slh

------------------------------------------------------ 2707
SEA STAR
Other names : none
Official no. : 22356
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1855, Chas. Stevens, Irving, NY
Specs : 91x23x8, 95g 90n
Date of loss : 1886, Nov 4
Place of loss : 9 mi S of the E entrance to Sturgeon Bay canal
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood
Detail : She slipped her moorings while loading wood at Ahnapee, was driven out into the lake and sunk. Her people were rescued by the Sturgeon Bay Lifesaving Service crew.
Sources: polk,hgl,mv,nsp,h,mpl,bb

------------------------------------------------------ 2708
SEABIRD
Other names : none
Official no. : 22368 (?)
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1859, R.C. Conwell, Newport, MI
Specs : 191x28x13, 638 t.
Date of loss : 1868, Apr 9
Place of loss : off Waukegan, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 102 [ca.], three survivors
Carrying : misc. freight
Detail : She caught fire when a porter emptied a scuttle full of stove embers to windward. Sparks set the decks ablaze and the ship was consumed quickly. 100 passengers & crew burned, drowned, or perished from exposure in the icy lake. Two passengers were picked up by schooner CORDELIA, one other swam and drifted to shore after 12 hours in the frigid water.
Owned by the Goodrich Line.
Also wrecked at Whitefish Bay, WI, Lake Michigan in Dec, 1863, and not removed until the following summer.
Sources: hgl,gs,glss,sol,rsh,lmdc,lhl,nsp,mpl,rsh,wl,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2709
SEABREEZE
Other names : none
Official no. : 204279
Type at loss : propeller (tug or small passenger vessel), steel
Build info : 1907, Buffalo
Specs : 96x23x6, 87 t.
Date of loss : 1946, Dec 3
Place of loss : off Sugar Isl. near S tip of Grosse Isle
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : "lost"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail
Sources: h,ledc,eas,mv

------------------------------------------------------
SEAFARER - See GARGANTUA

------------------------------------------------------ 2701
SEAGULL
Other names : none
Official no. : 23526
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1864, J. Simpson, Oakville, Ont. as a two-mast schooner, later brigantine
Specs : 115x26x10, 230 g 201 n
Date of loss : 1890, Jul 5
Place of loss : at Tawas City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ice
Detail : She burned to a total loss. The shipboard fire touched off a larger one which destroyed the dock and many of the town's mills and lumberyards.
Plied New York-Africa route for several years in the 60's. The first vessel to run the Canada-South Africa [Toronto-Durban] route. Returned to the lakes in 1866 and sold American in 1869. May have been briefly Canadian again about 1875. Rebuilt to a prop after a stranding in 1888 near Sand Beach, MI.
Sources: phr,slh,h,nsp,mmgl,hgl,mpl,wmn

------------------------------------------------------
SEAMAN - See also CITY OF MEAFORD

------------------------------------------------------ 2710
SEAMAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 23406
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1848, Johnson & Tisdale, Cleveland*
Specs : 120x26x9, 182g 173n
Date of loss : 1908, Nov 25**
Place of loss : near Death's Door passage
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : slabs and potatoes
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked by storm, she was probably too old to salvage. [She was the oldest working sail vessel afloat at the time of her loss.]
Rebuilt in 1868.
*also shown in mv as Nicolet, WI, maybe rebuilt there.
**also shown as Nov 15
Sources: mv,polk,hgl,is,h,nsp,wl,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2711
A. SEAMAN
Other names : built as tug JANE ARMSTRONG, renamed 1894
Official no. : C71244
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1873, Haught & Dunslaight, Buffalo for Canadian buyer
Specs : 70x14x7, 76gc 52nc
Date of loss : 1906, Sep 5
Place of loss : near Cape Croker, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to total a loss. There were reportedly two tugs of this name(?).
Accident also given as a storm near Michipicoten Isl., Superior
Sold Canadian, 1874. Out of Toronto
Rebuilt, 1894
Sources: hgl,win,mmgl,gwgl,is

------------------------------------------------------ 4131
F. P. SEARS
Other names : none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : canal boat, wood
Build info : 1870, W.Crosthwaite, E. Saginaw, MI
Specs : ca. 100 ft.
Date of loss : 1870, Nov 16
Place of loss : near Port Rowan, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : On her first trip and bound Saginaw for Buffalo, she was lost from the tow of the steamer EMPIRE (qv), went ashore, and pounded to pieces. EMPIRE was also lost.
Sources: nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 2712
SEARCH LIGHT
Other names : none
Official no. : 116912
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood, fishing
Build info : 1899, G. Miskin, Saginaw
Specs : 40x11x4, 9g 6n
Date of loss : 1907, Apr 23
Place of loss : near Harbor Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 [all]
Carrying : none
Detail : She put out at noon to pick up her nets, but foundered in a gale. She had been purchased a just a few days earlier from Bay City parties. A life-jacket was found the next day and a body and some wreckage was reported washed ashore during the Great Storm of 1913.
A "message in a bottle" picked up a few days later was probably a hoax.
Sources: vbs,nsp,letters,slh,ttgl,h,mv,rep

------------------------------------------------------ 2713
L. SEATON
Other names : none
Official no. : 15948
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1872, Reed, Henderson, NY
Specs : 121x26x11, 233g 221n
Date of loss : 1892, Nov 12
Place of loss : near Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : RR ties
Detail : She broke her anchor chains while sheltering and was driven ashore and pounded to pieces. USLS saved part of her outfit.
Ashore and wrecked near Port Colborne in 1887 and near Port Elgin, Ont., in 1888.
Major repair in 1881
Sources: polk,hgl,mv,slh,h,lhdc,wb,nsp,usls

------------------------------------------------------ 2714
SEATTLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 116524
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1892, H. Still, Oscoda
Specs : 161x37x7, 429g 331n
Date of loss : 1903, Nov 12
Place of loss : near Green Isl., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 11
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She sprang a leak in gale, her fires were flooded out, and she stranded and broke up. She had been bound Parry Sound for Detroit. The crew made it to Green Isl. in her lifeboat, were later picked up by the Red Rock lightkeeper.
Also ashore with heavy damage near Rondeau, Nov, 1894.
Sources: vbs,mv,ns1,nsp,phr,mpl,do

------------------------------------------------------ 3390
GEORGE L. SEAVER
Other names : none also seen as G. SEAVER
Official no. : 10810
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1868, Ingraham & Smith, South Haven, MI
Specs : 162 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Nov (15)
Place of loss : off South Haven MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She collided with schooner WINNIE WING and sank, a total loss.
Sources: nsp,mv,wl

------------------------------------------------------ 2715
J.S. SEAVERNS
Other names : built as sidewheel tug JOHN P. WARD
Official no. : C
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger and package freight
Build info : 1857, J. L. Wolverton, Detroit, MI as a steam barge US#12791
Specs : 101 ft., 173 t.
Date of loss : 1884, May 12
Place of loss : near Michipicoten Isl.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : misc. cargo
Detail : Bound Chicago for Port Arthur, Ont., she ran aground and stranded, then foundered after being pulled off the reef by a tug. Total loss.
Owned out of Port Arthur, sold Canadian in 1884.
Extensively rebuilt by Brittain at Saugatuck, MI in 1880 and converted to a passenger/freight vessel.
She burned at Saginaw in July, 1865, and was converted to a schooner after being raised - $40,000 damage.
She was abandoned as lost in a storm off Little Pt. Sable, Lake Michigan, in September, 1878, but was later found, still afloat.
Sources: polk,is,lss,rsl,nsp,jb not in mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 3530
SEBASTOPOL
Other names : none seen in the press most often as SEVASTOPOL*
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info : 1855, Luther Moses, Cleveland
Specs : 230x26x14, 863 t. [her sidewheels were 50 feet in diameter]
Date of loss : 1855, Sep 18
Place of loss : near Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4,6 or 7
Carrying : misc. cargo including copper, tin, lead and iron ingots, safes, etc., and 50 horses
Detail : Her captain misread shore lights while she was coming into Milwaukee in a gale. She stranded 500 feet from shore, came broadside to huge waves and pounded to pieces. Most of her crew and about 60 passengers were saved from shore by small boat in a hazardous rescue. The accident happened during her first season.
Discovered by divers in 1976.
*The "Seige of Sevastopol" during the Crimean War was going on at the time of her build and loss and was much in the news.
Sources: lhl,hgl,net,nsp,mpl,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 2716
SECRET
Other names : none
Official no. : C100404
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1893, ?
Specs : 55x8x 9 t.
Date of loss : 1911, Oct 13*
Place of loss : Star Shoal, Georgian bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
*Date also given as 1871(!)
registered out of Hamilton
Sources: win,mmgl,slh,h

------------------------------------------------------ 2717
SELT
Other names : also seen as CELT
Official no. : 22578
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, lumber
Build info : 1864, Stokes (or Amos L. Locklin), Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 101 ft., 133g 127n
Date of loss : 1888, Oct 20
Place of loss : at Leland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : RR ties
Detail : She began to pound against pier while loading, so was beached in an attempt to save her. She was battered to pieces anyway.
Rebuilt, 1875
Driven ashore with heavy damage in Whitefish Bay, Lake Michigan, in the spring of 1872.
Sources: polk,ssb,mv,mpl,nsp

------------------------------------------------------ 2718
SENATOR
Other names : none
Official no. : 116725
Type at loss : propeller, steel, automobile carrier
Build info : 1896, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI
Specs : 410x46x28, 4,048gt 3178nt
Date of loss : 1929, Oct 31
Place of loss : off Port Washington, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 10 of 29*
Carrying : 240 Nash autos
Detail : In heavy fog she collided with the steamer MARQUETTE and sank quickly. Bound for Milwaukee.
Also sank in St. Mary's R., in 1909
*also reported as 7,8 and 9
Converted from bulker to auto carrier by Reid, 1929.
Sources: ns3,mv,gs,gwgl,lmdc,mpl,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 3307
SENATOR BLOOD
Other names : none
Official no. : 22918
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1863, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs : 127x26x10, 231g 219n
Date of loss : 1896, Nov 13
Place of loss : Goose Isl., Straits
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Detour, she went aground and became a total wreck in a gale. Owned by T.H. Cahoon of Cleveland.
Wrecked near Lorain, OH and recovered in 1893
Had been abandoned for age in 1891, but returned to service.
Sources: hgl,tel,mv,osdo,eas

------------------------------------------------------ 776
SENATOR DERBYSHIRE
Other names : built as BERMUDA, renamed in 1910
Official no. : C112351
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1897, Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City hull #83
Specs : 220x41x16 1242gc
Date of loss : 1924, Oct 11
Place of loss : off Pt. Petre near the lighthouse
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : She caught fire and burned offshore. Her crew was rescued by the passing freighter MAPLE BAY. Upbound.
Sold Canadian in 1910, US# 3729.
Sources: ns3,csv,vbs,win,mmgl

------------------------------------------------------ 3899
SENECA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1847, V. Bidwell, Buffalo [hull built as a barge in 1842 at Geneva, NY, rebuilt as this tug in ‘47]
Specs : 92x14x6, 73 t. om
Date of loss : 1855, Oct 16
Place of loss : Chicago River at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : none - vessel in tow
Detail : She was towing the brig LANSING past the foot of Randolph Street when she exploded her boiler and sank. Her skipper and engineer were killed instantly, and several others were injured. The vessel was later recovered..
Also burned at Chicago with heavy damage in Sept. 1851.
Had been employed as a Chicago River tug for most of her career as a steamer.
Owned by Wardell Guthrie of Chicago
Sources: nsp,lhl,hgl,wl

------------------------------------------------------ 3744
SENECA CHIEF
Other names : none
Official no. : 22580
Type at loss : schooner, wood [listed as a schooner, but with a "scow bottom"]
Build info : 1847, F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 133 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Oct 8
Place of loss : at Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : ?
Detail : She burned to total loss by the great Peshtigo forest fire while tied to her dock at Manistee. The fire, which happened the same day as the Chicago Fire, is thought to have jumped Lake Michigan at about this point.
Stranded near Black River, Lake Erie, in the spring of 1859.
Sources: nsp,mv,hgl,rsl

------------------------------------------------------
SEREPTA - See MARY EVERETT

------------------------------------------------------ 2719
SERVIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 116221
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1888, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City hull# 41
Specs : 242x40x18, 1425g 1182n
Date of loss : 1898, Apr 27
Place of loss : off Whitefish Point
Lake : Su