WILLIAM H. GRATWICK (1893, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: WILLIAM H. GRATWICK
Also known as:: MINNEKAHTA;GLENLYON
Year of Build:: 1893
Official Number:: 81427

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: W. Bay City, MI
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 2
Hull Number:: 93
Builder Name:: F.W. Wheeler
Original Owner and Location:: William H. Gratwick, Buffalo, NY.

Power

Number of Masts:: 3
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
Propulsion Notes:: 20, 32 & 54 x 42", 1200hp @ 90rpm engine by F.W. Wheeler Works. 12' x 3', 164# steam scotch boilers by Wickes Brothers, Saginaw, MI.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 328'
Beam:: 42.5'
Depth:: 20.5'
Tonnage (gross):: 2818.27
Tonnage (net):: 2202.9

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Siskiwit Bay, Isle Royale.
Lake Superior.
Date:: 1 Nov 1924
Final Depth:: 50 ft.'
How:: Stranded & broke up.
Final Cargo:: Wheat.
Notes:: Grounded on reef & holed while seeking shelter in storm; subsequent storms wrecked her.

History

Chronology:

1893, Feb 4 Launched, enrolled Cleveland, OH; time chartered to Western Transit Co, Buffalo, NY.

1898 Owned Mitchell Steamship Co, Cleveland.

1900 Chartered to Lake Carriers Association; ran Depot Harbor, ONT - Chicago, IL.

1902 Chartered by U.S. Transportation Co, Cleveland.

1908 Owned Chicago & Duluth Transportation Co, Chicago, IL.

1911 Renamed MINNEKAHTA; ran Chicago - Duluth, MN.

1914, Feb 26 Owned Great Lakes Transportation Co, Ltd, Midland, ONT; renamed GLENYON, C126660; 328 x 42.42 x 20.42', 2759 gross / 1644 net tons; refitted by Owen Sound Dry Dock Co; cargo elevators installed.

1918 Rebuilt, Midland Shipbuilding Co., Midland, ONT.

1924, Nov 1 Wrecked, Lake Superior.

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