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Vessel typeSchooner
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(Wooden Schooner, built ~1853; wrecked ~Nov 16, 1853)
Vessel Identity & Details
- Type: Wooden schooner
- Built: Circa 1853, likely on the Great Lakes
- Registered From: Buffalo, New York
- Cargo at Loss: Pig iron, coal, merchandise (unspecified)
- Final Voyage & Sinking
- Route: Departed Buffalo, bound for Milwaukee and Racine
- Event Date: November 16, 1853 (recorded in Great Lakes Shipwreck Files under November storm losses)
- Cause: Struck a rocky shoal near the southern part of Lake Michigan during a gale or heavy weather conditions
- Outcome: Declared a total wreck; vessel broke apart on the shoal
- Casualties: None reported—crew was rescued and safely reached shore (greatlakesrex.wordpress.com, archives.gov, trove.nla.gov.au, baillod.com)
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