Missoula

1887                                          Missoula                                 1895

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Cleveland OH by Thomas Quayle’s Sons
Launched

2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine,

Enrolled at Cleveland OH June 21, 1887 (#105)
272.0 x 40.6 x 21.0, 1926.88 GT, 1585.33 NT     US 91928     to:
Thomas Wilson et al., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Entered service 1887

Transferred 1890 to Wilson Transit Co.  

Foundered Nov 2, 1895  15 miles northeast of Caribou Island, Lake Superior.  No lives lost.  Downbound from Fort William ON broke shaft in gale and sank.  Enrollment surrendered April 13, 1896.

 

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