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    VESSEL NAME:   Andromeda
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   -
    DATE OF LOSS:  17 July 1858
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Hull failure  
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, abt. 20 mi. NE of Manitowoc, WI
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 2 masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       L. P. Converse & Co., Madison Dock, OH - 1848
    OWNER(S):      Capt. Morgan, Sheboygan
    MASTER:        Same
    TONNAGE:       207.15 [om]
    DIMENSIONS:    112 x 24 x 9
    CASUALTIES:    0
    
                   Bound up from Oswego for Chicago with salt when she
                 sprung a leak and sank. The crew took to the boats
                 and landed at Manitowoc after rowing all night. Capt.
                 Morgan had just purchased the ANDROMEDA in the spring.


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Sources: Buffalo Daily Republic - 2 June 1848
         Directory of Buffalo, 1849 (Tonnage on the Lakes)
         Detroit Free Press - 24 July 1858
         Buffalo Daily Republic - 24 July 1858