by import2 | June 27, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 27 June 1892, in rain and fog, the FRED A. MORSE (wooden schooner, 182 foot, 592 gross tons, built in 1871, at Vermilion, Ohio) was being towed downbound by the HORACE A. TUTTLE (wooden propeller freighter, 250 foot, 1,585 gross tons, built in 1887, at Cleveland,...
by import2 | June 26, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
2000: EMIL REITH first came through the Seaway in 1970. It was attacked by Tamil Tiger rebels as h) MERCS UHANA off northern Sri Lanka while carrying foodstuffs from Colombo to Tricomalee. The ship caught fire and five lives were lost. The ship sank the next day about...
by import2 | June 25, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Ojibway wheelhouse makes final trip Friday morning the tug Jennifer Anne Fogg, arrived at Port Colborne with an empty barge. She tied up at Marine Recycling and loaded up the wheelhouse from the Ojibway, the Lucien-L bridge and some other ship houses. AIS Sunday...
by import2 | June 25, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The whaleback steamer WASHBURN (steel propeller freighter, 320 foot, 2,234 gross tons) was launched by the American Steel Barge Co. (Hull #124) at W. Superior, Wisconsin on 25 June 1892. She lasted until 1936, when she was scrapped at Cleveland, Ohio. On this day in...
by import2 | June 24, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Cruise line ends tours stopping in Escanaba ESCANABA, MI – Just over a month after the first American Queen Voyages cruise ship made the voyage to Escanaba, the company has announced it will end Great Lakes cruises after this season. “Our plan in 2019 when we...
