Shipwreck · Lake Ontario · Collision
SS Nisbet Grammer
A canaller built in 1923, lost on Lake Ontario in 1926. The record: “Rammed by Dalwarnic on Lake Ontario.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Canaller
- Builder
- Cammell Laird & Company, Birkenhead
- Launched
- April 14, 1923
- Length
- 253 ft (77 m)
- Beam
- 43 ft (13 m)
- Tonnage
- 1725 GRT; 1110 NRT
- Propulsion
- Triple expansion steam engine
- Fate
- Rammed by Dalwarnic on Lake Ontario
- Lake
- Lake Ontario
- Coordinates
- 43.4861° N, 78.7261° W
The story
Read the full history
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Ontario wrecks
- HMS Ontario20 mi · lost 1780
- USS Hamilton32 mi · lost 1813
- USS Scourge32 mi · lost 1813
- St. Peter81 mi · lost 1898
- HMS Speedy99 mi · lost 1804
- George A. Marsh115 mi · lost 1917
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Newfane Marina10 mi
- Wilson-Tuscarora State Park (Wilson)13 mi
- Wilson municipal launch14 mi
- Wilson-Tuscarora State Park (Twelvemile Creek)14 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Olcott Light10 mi
- Thirty Mile Point Light14 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Nisbet Grammer, 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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