Ghosts of the Oceana Coast
The following table is excepted from my books "Ghosts of the Oceana Coast" and shows all historic shipwrecks of Oceana County waters. It is followed by a map of approximate wreck locations. For more information, email Brendon Baillod.
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Vessels
Wrecked in Oceana |
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Name |
Rig |
Offcl. |
Built |
Tonnage |
Dimensions |
Date Lost |
Place Lost |
Loss Type |
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Brig |
N/A |
1834 |
166.77 BOM |
88.9x24.2x8.10 |
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Little Sable Point |
Aground |
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Telegraph |
Sch. |
N/A |
1848 |
179.17 BOM |
103.7x24.5x7.10 |
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S. of L. Sable Pt. |
Ashore |
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John B. Wright |
Sch. |
N/A |
1854 |
384 BOM |
139x26x11 (est.) |
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S. of Pentwater |
Aground |
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Amanda Harwood |
Sch. |
N/A |
1847 |
169.49 BOM |
105.6x23.2x7.7 |
1855 |
Little Sable Pt. |
Unknown |
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James M. Hughes |
Sch. |
N/A |
1847 |
165.59 BOM |
99.8x23.8x8.4 |
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Pentwater |
Ashore |
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Sch. |
N/A |
1853 |
154.42 BOM |
97.6x25.6x7.0 |
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S. of L. Sable Pt. |
Ashore |
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Mackinaw Boat* |
Slp. |
N/A |
c.1855 |
c. 15 gt. |
30x6x3 (est.) |
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Off L. Sable Pt. |
Capsized |
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Equator |
Sch. |
N/A |
1842 |
131.51 BOM |
84.10x20.2x8.6 |
1858 |
Off L. Sable Pt. |
Unknown |
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Garden City |
Sch. |
N/A |
1854 |
329.08 BOM |
131.9x25.8x10.6 |
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Off L. Sable Pt. |
Foundered |
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H.N. Gates |
Sch. |
N/A |
1847 |
168.78 BOM |
100x21.5x8.7 |
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Pentwater |
Ashore |
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Sch. |
21299 |
1843 |
119.85 gt. |
92.1x23.3x8.4 |
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Pentwater |
Aground |
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Mary Stewart |
Prop |
N/A |
1855 |
422.40 BOM |
170.11x27.2x10 |
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Pentwater |
Aground |
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Chieftain |
Sch. |
N/A |
1857 |
202 gt. |
115x25.8x10.8 |
11/1867 |
L. Sable Pt. |
Ashore |
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Commencement |
ScSch |
4346 |
1853 |
72.66 gt. |
75.9x19.9x6.8 |
10/1869 |
L. Sable Pt. |
Ashore |
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Titan |
Sch. |
24149 |
1856 |
284.65 gt. |
132x26x12 |
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Pentwater |
Ashore |
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Sch. |
12762 |
1853 |
240.03 gt. |
137x25.6x10.7 |
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L. Sable Pt. |
Aground |
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Samuel Robinson |
Sch. |
22347 |
1853 |
235.79 gt. |
127.8x25.7x10.4 |
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SW of Pentwater |
Collision |
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Louis Meeker |
Sch. |
15873 |
1872 |
310.63 gt. |
137.7x26.2x11.2 |
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N. of L. Sable Pt. |
Capsized |
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Souvenir* |
Sch. |
22579 |
1854 |
51.54 BOM |
66.3x21.2x5.6 |
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N. of Pentwater |
Ashore |
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Minnie Corlett* |
Sch. |
16632 |
1866 |
93 gt. |
c. 99x23x7 |
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N. of Pentwater |
Ashore |
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Black Hawk |
ScSch |
2236 |
1857 |
106.61 gt. |
106x23x6 |
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Ashore |
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Minnie Williams |
Sch. |
16426 |
1862 |
288.80 gt. |
135.0x26.2x12.1 |
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N. of Pentwater |
Foundered |
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Lt. Gen. US Grant |
ScSch |
14663 |
1862 |
156.14 gt. |
113.0x24.2x8.7 |
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Pentwater |
Aground |
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Magic |
Sch |
16411 |
1853 |
89.62 gt. |
93.2x26.1x6.1 |
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Pentwater |
Ashore |
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Mercury* |
Sch. |
50874 |
1872 |
230.31 gt. |
121.3x27.1x9.1 |
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Pentwater |
Aground |
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George Lamont* |
Tug |
None |
1879 |
14 gt. |
45x10x4 |
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Off Pentwater |
Capsized |
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Morning Light |
Sch. |
16410 |
1857 |
225.92 gt. |
127.8x26.0x10.7 |
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S. of L. Sable Pt. |
Ashore |
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Prop |
18167 |
1863 |
545.23 gt. |
134.42x26x12.5 |
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Pentwater |
Aground |
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Kitty Grant |
Sch. |
14035 |
1853 |
75 gt. |
78x21x7 |
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