Also known as:

WILLIAM P. REND

Year of Build:

1888

Official Number:

86026

Built at:

West Bay City, MI

Vessel Type:

Bulk Freighter

Note: Two stacks.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

2

Builder Name:

James Davidson

Original Owner and Location:

George G. Hadley, et al, Toledo, OH.

Number of Masts:

3

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Triple Expansion

# Cylinders:

3

# Boilers:

2

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

20, 33 + 54 x 42" stroke engine, 900hp @80rpm built Frontier Iron Works, Detroit, MI. 2 - 11.5' x 131" scotch boilers, 150# steam built M. Riter, Buffalo, NY.

Length:

287.6'

Beam:

40'

Depth:

21.6'

Tonnage (gross):

2073

Tonnage (net):

1657

Final Location:

Off North Point, Thunder Bay.
Lake Huron.

Date:

22 Sep 1917

How:

Storm.

Final Cargo:

Stone.

Notes:

Driven ashore; broken up by storm; no lives lost.

1888, Apr 6 Enrolled Toledo; owned Toledo Transportation Co.

1893 Towed schooner GEORGE.

1893, Sep 18 Sank freighter CORODUS in collision.

1894 Disabled, Lake Superior.

1895, Sep 7 Damaged rudder, Eagle River, Lake Superior.

1896, Jul 30 Owned Union Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Toledo.

1898, Aug 13 Owned William Rend, Chicago, Phoenix Coal Co.; towed BACON, GRANADA & EWEN.

1902, Jun 7 Collided with & sank whaleback THOMAS WILSON outside Duluth piers; 9 lives lost on THOMAS WILSON, HADLEY beached.

1902, Oct 7 Raised & repaired, renamed WILLIAM P. REND.

1905, May Aground Manitou Island, Lake Superior; released & repaired.

1908 Rebuilt Shipowners Dry Dock, Chicago.

1915 Rebuilt as barge at W.H. Oades Shipyard, Detroit.

1917, Oct 2 Lost on Thunder Bay, Lake Huron.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie