1887 Missoula 1895
Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Cleveland OH by Thomas Quayle’s Sons
Launched
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine,
Enrolled at Cleveland OH June 21, 1887 (#105)
272.0 x 40.6 x 21.0, 1926.88 GT, 1585.33 NT US 91928 to:
Thomas Wilson et al., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)
Entered service 1887
Transferred 1890 to Wilson Transit Co.
Foundered Nov 2, 1895 15 miles northeast of Caribou Island, Lake Superior. No lives lost. Downbound from Fort William ON broke shaft in gale and sank. Enrollment surrendered April 13, 1896.
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