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: Sea Gem OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 22582 DATE OF LOSS: 9 September 1901 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Manitowoc RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: W. H. Bates, Manitowoc, WI - 1863 OWNER(S): Capt. A. A. Hanshaw, of Charlevoix MASTER: same TONNAGE: 103 gt LENGTH: 90 ft BEAM: 22 ft DEPTH: 8 ft CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 5 Bound from Charlevoix to Milwaukee with slabs and attempted to run into Manitowoc for shelter from the storm which was accompanied by a dense fog. Struck by a sudden squall when about 2000 feet from the pier she was driven on the beach south of the harbor. ======================================================================== Sources: Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, 1901 Ludington Chronicle, 18 September 1901 Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1901 American Blue Book of Shipping, 1897