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    VESSEL NAME:   Amaranth
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   1026
    DATE OF LOSS:  7 September 1901
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, Ft. Gratiot Light
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner-barge
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Wm. Shupe, Milan, Ohio - 1864
    OWNER(S):      E. Tirney
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       272 gt
    LENGTH:        134.50 ft
    BEAM:           25.00 ft
    DEPTH:          10.50 ft
    CASUALTIES:  0
    SURVIVORS:   7

                    With dense smoke and a northeast gale the AMARANTH
                 and her tow steamer, JOHN H. PAULY, stranded 3 miles
                 above Fort Gratiot Light.  The PAULY was later released
                 but the AMARANTH had broached and broke in two, becoming
                 a total loss.
                 
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Sources: Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, p. 12
         Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 22 April 1864
         Ludington Chronicle 18 September 1901
         Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1901
         Donahue, "Schooners in Peril," p. 135-137