Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: M. L. Collins OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 16614 DATE OF LOSS: 20 April 1893 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Waugoshance Point* RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Jamieson, Toledo, 1854 OWNER(S): Theo. Plathner et. el MASTER: Capt. H. Oertling? TONNAGE: 231.20 gt - 219.64 nt DIMENSIONS: 130 x 26 x 9 CASUALTIES: 0 Rebuilt in 1876 - Lengthened 14 feet and changed from a two to a three-master. November 1883, ashore at Sister Bay in a storm. Abandoned to the underwriters by Capt. H. Oertling. Released by the tug WELCOME and towed to Rand & Burger's drydock. Entire new keel, bottom planking, stanchions, bulwarks, new decking & caulked. *One source says she wrecked at South Manitou Island. ======================================================================== Sources: Detroit Tribune, 15 April 1876 Manitowoc Pilot, 22 November 1883 Detroit Free Press, 23 November 1883 Marine Review, 14 December 1893 (losses) Marine Record, 27 March 1884 Merchant Vessels Lists - 1869, 1871, 1875, 1877, 1888, R. L. Polk Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1884, 1888