Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 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: Charles N. Ryan OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 125110 DATE OF LOSS: 18 April 1897 CAUSE OF LOSS: Stranded LOCATION: Ludington, MI, Lake Michigan RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Squires, Huron, OH - 1873 OWNER(S): Perry G. Walker, Sandusky, OH MASTER: Capt. Gillard TONNAGE: 411.76 gt DIMENSIONS: 163.4 x 31 x 11 CASUALTIES: None of 6 Smashed against the n. pier by gale winds and wild seas while attempting to make Ludington harbor. Crew rescued, with great difficulty, by the Ludington life- saving crew and a 2nd crew of volunteers. ======================================================================== Sources: R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1891 *barge* The Ludington Record - 22 April 1897 Pentwater News - 23 April 1897 Port Huron Daily Times - 20 April 1897 Marine Review - 23 December 1897 Beeson's Marine Directory - 1898