Official no.: 14031
Type at loss: Schooner, Wood, 2-mast
Build info: 1867, J. Martel, Tonawanda, NY
Specs: 126x26x10 257g 214n
Date of loss: 1895, May 13
Place of loss:
Off Wind Point Light, near Racine, WI
Lake: Michigan
Type of loss: Storm
Loss of life: 7 [All]
Carrying: RR ties
Detail:
Bound Sheboygan for Chicago, she capsized and foundered in equinoctial gale. Her crewmen died in the rigging. Wreck removed in October of the same year.
Owned and mastered by H.J. Hatch of Chicago
Major repair in 1869-70 after stranding in the Straits of Mackinac in November of 1869.
Suffered a near-fatal stranding at Oswego Sep 27, 1875. Rebuilt 1875-6 by Goble & McFarlane.
Source: http://www.boatnerd.com/
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Owner & Captain Hartley .J. Hatch |
