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Mar 7, 2024 · Mary D. Ayer. United States. The lumber schooner was damaged in a collision with Onoko ( United States) in dense fog and rain in Lake Michigan off Gross Point, Evanston, Illinois. Several hours later she was taken under tow by City of Duluth ( United States ), but sank shortly after that off Chicago.
4 days ago · The schooner, sometimes referred to a "lumbermen" or "United Lumbermen", capsized and sank in 70 feet (21 m) of water in a squall off Oak Creek, Wisconsin, 17 miles (27 km) south east of Milwaukee. The crew were rescued from her rigging by Minominee ( United States ).
Mar 9, 2024 · Amistad mutiny, (July 2, 1839), slave rebellion that took place on the slave ship Amistad near the coast of Cuba and had important political and legal repercussions in the American abolition movement. The mutineers were captured and tried in the United States, and a surprising victory for the.
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3 days ago · The schooner Contrivance, Captain Calvin Delanoy, of Nyack, was run into and sunk by the steamer Central-Hudson about midnight last night. Captain Delanoy was drowned, but his son was rescued by the crew of the Central-Hudson. The accident occurred about a quarter of a mile north of the Esopus light.
Mar 7, 2024 · Last Updated on Wed, 08 Nov 2023 | Naval History. E Schooners and Sailing Ships. ERNESTINA, formerly the Effie Morrissey. Photo by Thad Koza, Newport, RI. Continue reading here: Sailing Ships R. Was this article helpful? 0 0. Schooner topsail and gaff rig make her the envy of every anchorage.
6 days ago · Food & Drink New York News. Come Aboard The Arabella, a 157-Foot Mega-Yacht in New York Harbor. Michelle Young. The Arabella may be New York City’s best maritime secret. Wherever the Arabella goes,...
4 days ago · Photo on right is of the "ALMA". The 80-foot Alma as built on the shores of San Francisco Bay, near present-day Hunters Point, in 1891. She is a scow schooner: a wide, flat sailing boat with gaff-rigged sails. At the turn of the century, scow schooners moved the kind of heavy cargo that trucks carry today.