Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 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/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Narragansett OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 18110 DATE OF LOSS: 11 May 1901 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Huron, 11 miles off Goderich RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 mast HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Quayle & Martin, at Cleveland, 1861 OWNER(S): J. Leisch, Milwaukee MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 317 gt LENGTH: 140 ft BEAM: 26 ft DEPTH: 12 ft CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: - Abandoned by crew in the middle of Lake Huron after she sprang a leak and filled with water. Was picked up by the steamer ADVANCE but was only towed for about 3 hours before she sank. ======================================================================== Sources: Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, 1901, p. 11 Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 15 April 1861 Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1898 Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1900 Stocking, "Detroit," p. 147 Kohl, "Shipwreck Tales of the Great Lakes," p. 208