Shipwreck · Lake Huron · Collision
Typo
A wooden three-masted schooner built in 1873, lost on Lake Huron in 1899. The record: “Collided with steamer W. P. Ketchum and sank, 14 October 1899.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Wooden three-masted schooner
- Builder
- Wolf & Davidson
- Launched
- 1873
- Length
- 138 ft (42 m)
- Beam
- 26 ft (8 m)
- Tonnage
- 336 GRT
- Propulsion
- Sail (3 masts)
- Crew
- 7 (at time of loss)
- Fate
- Collided with steamer W. P. Ketchum and sank, 14 October 1899
- Lake
- Lake Huron
- Coordinates
- 44.9913° N, 83.0371° W
The same year
Also lost in 1899
- SS Margaret OlwillErie · foundered
- SS John V. MoranMichigan · foundered
- SS R. G. StewartSuperior · fire
The same decade
Huron losses of the 1890s
- Corsican1893 · collision
- John Shaw1894 · foundered
- Newell A. Eddy1893 · foundered
- SS Florida1897 · collision
- SS Messenger1890 · fire
- SS Norman1895
- SS Ohio1894 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Huron wrecks
- SS Isaac M. Scott5.1 mi · lost 1913
- Corsican5.5 mi · lost 1893
- SS W. P. Thew6.8 mi · lost 1909
- SS D. R. Hanna6.9 mi · lost 1919
- SS D. M. Wilson8.7 mi
- PS New Orleans11 mi · lost 1849
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Black River Mouth18 mi
- Snug Harbor19 mi
- Alpena Municipal Marina20 mi
- North Riverfront Park20 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Thunder Bay Island Light8.3 mi
- Alpena Light19 mi
- Middle Island Light20 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary20 mi · park
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Typo (schooner), retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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