Dundee (wooden)

1893                                 Dundee                                 1900

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freight schooner

Built at West Bay City MI by James Davidson, Hull 54
Launched April 27, 1893

220’6” LOA, 211’ LBP, 35’ beam, 11’6” depth
1 deck, hold beams

Enrolled at Port Huron MI May 10, 1893 (#155)
211.0 x 35.0 x 16.5, 1043.87 GT, 991.68 NT     US 157366     to:
James Davidson, West Bay City MI

Entered service 1893

Sold 1897 to Nicholas Transit Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Cleveland OH)

Transferred 1898 to Kinsman Transit Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Foundered Sept 11, 1900  11 miles off Cleveland OH, Lake Erie.  Enroute to Tonawanda NY with cargo of lumber.  (This was the northern extension of the storm which destroyed the city of Galveston TX.)  Enrollment surrendered March 19, 1901.

 

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