by import2 | December 26, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1909: The former whaleback steamer COLGATE HOYT, operating on the East Coast since 1906, was wrecked as c) THURMOND in a storm at Tom’s River Bay, NJ enroute from Newport News, VA to Portland, ME with a cargo of coal. 1916: On 26 December 1916, the wreck of...
by import2 | December 25, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1849: On 25 December 1849 the SISKAWIT (wooden schooner, 50 t, built in 1840) was sailing light on Lake Superior when a storm drove her onto a bar near the mouth of the Chocolay River, southeast of Marquette, Michigan, where she was wrecked. Those aboard had...
by import2 | December 24, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1875: On 24 December 1875, the Port Huron Times listed the following vessels at winter lay-up at St. Clair, Mich. — Scows: ANNA H MOORE, A MONROE, MYRTLE, CLIPPER VISION, J SNADERS and B MONROE; Steamers: BERTIE DAHLKE and HELEN; Schooners: JOHN RICE and M R...
by import2 | December 23, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1885: On 23 December 1885, MARY MARTINI (wooden propeller passenger-package freight vessel, 85 foot, 91 gross tons, built in 1877, at W. Bay City, Michigan) stranded on Brule Point, 13 miles east of Grand Marais, Minnesota, on Lake Superior in fair weather. A...
by import2 | December 22, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1920: LIGHTSHIP 103 was commissioned December 22, 1920. 1922: On 22 December 1922, CORNELL (wooden propeller tug, 72 foot, 66 gross tons, built in 1888, at Buffalo, New York) foundered somewhere between Cleveland and Erie, Pennsylvania while enroute to new owners in...
by import2 | December 21, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1879: On 21 December 1879, CITY OF TOLEDO (wooden propeller package freighter, 413 gross tons, built in 1865, at Ogdensburg, New York) was carrying winter provisions from Milwaukee to Ludington. In a white squall, she struck a reef and was stranded 7 miles north of...
