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: Zealand OTHER NAME(s): City of Chatham OFFICIAL NO: (C)71152 DATE OF LOSS: 6 November 1880 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Ontario, near Nicholson's Island RIG TYPE: Propeller HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Robertson, Hamilton, Ont., 1872 OWNER(S): Capt. Edward Zealand MASTER: (same) TONNAGE: 402 t. DIMENSIONS: 150 x 30 x 11.6 CASUALTIES: 14 SURVIVORS: 0 3 June 1873 - Caught fire while lying at the Great Western elevator wharf, Hamilton, Ont., and, drifting away, burned to the water's edge. Raised, repaired and renamed in 1875. 6 November 1880 - Bound Toronto to Montreal with flour and wheat when a severe gale swept the lake. Over the next several days wreckage was reported by the MARY TAYLOR, MARIE ANNETTE and others. Her remains were found in 1899. ======================================================================== Sources: Mansfield "History of the Great Lakes," Vol. 2, 1899 - pp. 212 Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr 1872 Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 11 November 1880 Buffalo Morning Express, 26 May 1899 Swayze "SHIPWRECK!" - 1992 Last updated 22 December 2014