Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 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: Myosotis OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 90764 DATE OF LOSS: 11 November 1887 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, St. Joseph RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Milwaukee Shipyard Co. - 1874 OWNER(S): Capt. A. P. Read, Kenosha, WI MASTER: Capt. John Maloney TONNAGE: 333.22 gt DIMENSIONS: 137 x 26 x 11 CASUALTIES: None of 7 Struck the outer bar while trying to make harbor at St. Joseph during a strong northwest wind and high sea and was driven ashore some 400 yards to the southwest- ward of St. Joseph life-saving station. The crew abandoned her in the yawl as soon as she struck. She was bound for St. Joseph with iron-ore from Escanaba. ======================================================================== Sources: Chicago Tribune - 12 November 1887 St. Joseph Herald - 12 November 1887 R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1884 Merchany Vessel List 1874, 1878, 1881