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    VESSEL NAME:   Athenian
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   361
    DATE OF LOSS:  16 April 1880
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Ashore  
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, Oscoda, MI
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       F. N. Jones, Buffalo - 1856
    OWNER(S):      Brown, Port Huron, MI
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       283.52 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    136.1 x 26.2 x 11
    CASUALTIES:    None mentioned.
    
                  Went ashore during a gale and was broken up by the
                waves. Cargo of lumber.

                  Thorough rebuild at Cleveland by Stevens & Presley
                in 1866.
                
                  Extensive overhauling at Black River in 1879. New cabin
                and forecastle, new planking on bows and stern.

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Sources: Detroit Free Press - 18 April 1880
         Detroit Free Press - 24 December 1866
         Detroit Free Press - 22 April 1879
         Alpena Weekly Argus - 21 April 1880
         Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871, 1874, 1878
         Mansfield, J. B. "History of the Great Lakes" Vol. I