by import2 | June 24, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1903: JOHN CRAIG was seriously damaged in a grounding on Simmons Rock in the Straits of Mackinac. Once refloated, the wooden steamer was taken to St. Ignace and declared a total loss. It was subsequently rebuilt as PANAMA only to be lost in a storm on November 1,...
by import2 | June 23, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1873: On 23 June 1873, B. F. BRUCE was launched at Crosthwaite’s yard in East Saginaw, Michigan. She is not properly a schooner, but what is known as a “three-and-after” in nautical terms. Her capacity was 50,000 bushels of grain (800 tons) and the...
by import2 | June 22, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1853: On 22 June 1853, CHALLENGE (wooden propeller freighter, 198 foot, 665 tons, built in 1853, at Newport, Michigan) was bound from Chicago for Buffalo with barreled pork and oats on one of her first trips. However, her boiler exploded off Cheboygan, Michigan. She...
by import2 | June 21, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1868: On 21 June 1868, the D&C Line’s MORNING STAR (wooden side-wheel steamer, 243 foot, 1,075 tons, built in 1862, at Trenton, Michigan) was late in leaving her dock in Cleveland, Ohio, because she was loading some last-minute freight (iron bars and...
by import2 | June 20, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1857: The MINNEHAHA, a wooden “clipper” schooner, was launched at James A. Baker’s shipyard in Oswego, New York, on 20 June 1857. Her dimensions were 110 foot keel, 125 foot overall, x 25 foot 6 inches x 10 foot 6 inches. She could carry 13,000...
by import2 | June 19, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1836: On 19 June 1836, DELAWARE (wooden passenger/package freight side wheeler, 105 foot, 178 tons, built in 1833, at Huron, Ohio) was carrying general merchandise and passengers in a storm on Lake Michigan when she was thrown ashore off Niles, Illinois. She broke...
