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The
David Swayze
Great Lakes Shipwreck File
Record Detail
| Vessel
Name: WEXFORD |
| Other
Names: built as WEXFORD, renamed ELISE in 1890, named WEXFORD again in 1894. |
| Build Info:
1883, Doxford and Sons, Sunderland, Eng. hull# 145 |
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| Type at
loss: propeller, steel, bulk freight "3-island" |
Official
No: C87342 |
| Specs:
250x40x17, 2104 gt |
Date of Loss:
1913, Nov 10 |
Type of Loss: storm |
Lake: Huron |
| Accident
Place: 8.6 mi NNE of Grand Bend, Ont. |
| Last Updated
Dec, 2019 |
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| Cargo:
steel rails [9600 bu grain] |
Loss of Life: 17 [all] [numbers up to 24 also given] |
| Detail:
Bound Thunder Bay, Ont., for Goderich, she was caught in the "Big Storm" of 1913, considered by many to be the most violent in the history of lakes shipping. She was overwhelmed and sank with all hands. Owned by Western Steamship Co., Toronto. Master: Capt. Bruce Cameron(d).She was finally discovered, upright and intact, August 25, 2000, though other claims of her discovery had been made as early as 1975.Image from HCGL |
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Sources:
is(3-71,2-75),gsgl,mol,sol,ttgl,ns2,h,lhdc,win,mpl,eas,pac,brb etc
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