1891                                  F. & P. M. No. 5                                  1916 (1917)

Wooden Great Lakes package freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by F. W. Wheeler & Co., Hull 77
Launched Nov 10, 1890

240’6” LOA, 226’ LBP, 38’ beam, 26’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1350 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI Nov 18, 1890 (#49)
226.0 x 38.0 x 24.2, 1722.90 GT, 1296.71 NT     US 120812     to:
Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Co.,   (home port East Saginaw MI)

Firm renamed Pere Marquette Railroad Co. 1900

Renamed Pere Marquette 5 1901

Chartered 1906 to Graham & Morton Transportation Co., Chicago IL

Sold 1907 to Barry Bros. Transportation Co., Chicago IL

Chartered 1908 to Crosby Transportation Co., Grand Haven MI

Sold late 1908 to Pere Marquette Line Steamers, Milwaukee WI, Gus Kitzinger, Mgr.

Sold June 1, 1916 to Nova Scotia Steamship Co. for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.

Renamed Anzac 1916

Foundered March 11, 1917 off Nantucket Island MA, Atlantic Ocean.  Enroute to New York NY with cargo of lumber.  No lives lost.

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