by import2 | December 9, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: On 9 December 1871, CHALLENGE (wooden schooner, 96 foot, 99 tons, built in 1853, at Rochester, New York) missed the piers at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in heavy weather, stove in some of her planking and sank. She was a particularly sleek craft, actually...
by import2 | December 8, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1854 1854: On 8 December 1854, WESTMORELAND (wooden propeller passenger/package freight vessel, 200 foot, 665 tons, built in 1853, at Cleveland, Ohio) was carrying supplies for Mackinac Island, including liquor and supposedly $100,000 in gold. She capsized in a storm...
by import2 | December 7, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1866 1866: On 7 December 1866, M. BALLARD (2-mast wooden schooner, 116 foot, 288 tons, built in 1855, at Cleveland, Ohio) was lost with all hands in a storm on Lake Ontario. 1878 1878: The wooden propeller bulk freighter MORLEY was launched at Marine City on 7...
by import2 | December 6, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1886 1886: On 06 December 1886, C. McElroy purchased the steamer CHARLIE LIKEN for use as a ferry at St. Clair, Michigan to replace the burned CLARA. 1874 1874: On 6 December 1874, the Port Huron Times reported that the Port Huron Dry Dock Co. had been declared...
by import2 | December 5, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1857 1857: The wooden 100-foot schooner BRILLIANT was close to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on 5 December 1857, where she was scheduled to pick up a load of lumber when she went on a reef close to shore and sank. No lives were lost. 1874 1874: On 5 December 1874, the steam...
by import2 | December 4, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1838 1838: On 4 December 1838, THAMES (wooden passenger/package-freight side-wheeler, 80 foot, 160 tons, built in 1833, at Chatham, Ontario) was burned at her dock in Windsor, Ontario by Canadian “patriots” during a raid on Windsor involving more than 500...
