by import2 | August 8, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1813 1813: The U.S. Navy schooner HAMILTON (wooden 10-gun schooner, 112 feet, 76 tons, built in 1809 at Oswego, New York, as a.) DIANA), was lying at anchor off the mouth of the Niagara River on Lake Ontario with her armed fleetmate SCOURGE awaiting dawn when they...
by import2 | August 7, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1789 1789: President George Washington signed the ninth act of the first United States Congress, placing management of the lighthouses under the Department of the Treasury. August 7 is now “National Lighthouse Day” in the U.S. 1844 1844: DANIEL WHITNEY,...
by import2 | August 6, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 1870: The wooden propeller tug TORNADO had her boiler explode without warning 4 miles northwest of Oswego, New York. The tug sank quickly into deep water. Three of the six onboard lost their lives. Apparently, the tug had a new boiler, and it had been allowed to...
by import2 | August 5, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1850 1850: The ST. CLAIR (sidewheel steamer, passenger-package freight, 140 feet, 210 tons, built in 1843 at Detroit, Michigan) was reported as lost with no details given whatsoever. The report of her loss was published three days before she was enrolled at Detroit...
by import2 | August 4, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1880 1880: LYCOMING (wooden propeller, 251 feet, 1,610 gross tons) was launched at West Bay City, Michigan, by F.W. Wheeler (Hull #7) as a two-deck package freighter. She was rebuilt as a single-deck bulk freighter after she burned in 1905. She was one of the few...
by import2 | August 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1857 1857: R.H. RAE (three-mast wooden bark, 136 feet, 344 tons, built in 1857 at St. Catharines, Ontario) capsized and sank in a “white squall” off Duck’s Creek on Lake Ontario. She went down slowly enough for her people to abandon in her small...
