Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2023 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: Comet OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 5683 DATE OF LOSS: 26 Aug 1875 CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision LOCATION: Lake Superior, 7 mi southeast of Whitefish Point RIG TYPE: Propeller, bulk freight HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Peck & Masters, Cleveland - 1857 OWNER(S): Hanna & Co., Cleveland MASTER: Capt. Francis Duget, Cleveland TONNAGE: 621,90 gt DIMENSIONS: 181.16 x 29 x 12.33 *Readmeasured Buffalo, N.Y., 1865 (182 x 29.16 x 11.16, 744.16 gross) CASUALTIES: 11 Downbound with pig-iron and silver ore when she was struck hard on the port side by the upbound Canadian steamer MANITOBA, the damage being so great that the COMET sunk in a matter of minutes. Large repairs at Cleveland in 1868 after being sunk by collision with another vessel near Stony Island. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report of the USLSS - 1876 Merchant Vessel List - 1874 Port Huron Daily Times - 28 & 30 Aug 1875 Northern Tribune (Cheboygan, MI) - 28 Aug 1875 Detroit Free Press - 31 Aug 1875