NORTH WIND (1888, Package Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter; Note: 2 watertight bulkheads; double-bottom ballast tanks. Sisters: NORTH LIGHT, NORTH KING, NORTH QUEEN, NORTH WAVE, NORTH STAR.
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 2
Hull Number:: 19
Builder Name:: Globe Iron Works
Original Owner and Location:: Northern Steamship Co., Duluth, MN

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 24, 38 + 61 x 42", 1,150hp @ 78rpm engine built by Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, OH. 14 x 12' 6", 160# steam, scotch boilers built by Globe Iron Works.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: 1/4 miles NE of Robertson Rock, Clapperton Island, Georgian Bay.
Lake Huron.
Final Depth:: 80' - 120''
How:: Grounded on rock in fog; slid into deep water.
Notes:: Crew rescued.

History

Chronology:

1888, Jul 3 Launched.

1888, Oct 5 Grounded & damaged, Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

1889, Oct 22 Collided with tug INTERNATIONAL & schooner THEODORE VOGES, Amherstberg, ONT.

1891, Sep Collided with steamer LACKAWANNA, Buffalo, NY.

1916 Owned Great Lakes Transit Co, Buffalo.

1917 Owned Intercoast Steamship Co, Boston, MA; on Atlantic Ocean during war; rebuilt, 2599 gross/1526 net tons.

1923 Owned Buckeye Steamship Co, Cleveland, OH; rebuilt as bulk freighrer (1917?).

1926, Jul Wrecked.

Notes