NIAGARA

Registry and Rig Information

Name NIAGARA
Registry U.S.
Official Number 18787
Rig Schooner

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 204.50
Width 34.00
Depth 14.00
Masts 3
Gross Tonnage 764.75
Net Tonnage 726.52
Hull Material Wood

Vessel History

History First enrollment issued at Buffalo, NY, September 18, 1873.
Disposition Foundered September 7, 1887, after breaking tow line from steamer AUSTRALASIA, about seven miles northwest of Whitefish Point and three and a half miles from shore, in a severe gale. All hands, nine lives, lost. Was bound from Ashland, WI, for Sandusky, OH, with iron ore.

Build Information

Builder Parsons & Humble
Place Built Tonawanda, NY
Date Built 1873-00-00

Source

Source HCGL