Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Berwyn (1901) OTHER NAME(s): R. C. Crawford, Capt. George W. Naughtin (1883) OFFICIAL NO: 21585 DATE OF LOSS: 22 November 1908 REASON: Stranded LOCATION: Lake Michigan, near Plum Island Light RIG TYPE: Schooner-barge HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Norton Hinman Shipyard, Algonac, MI - 1866 OWNER(S): J. B. Bates & Co. MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 269 gt DIMENSIONS: 132 x 29 x 10 CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 7 Was in tow of the steamer WALTER VAIL she stranded one mile S.E. of Plum Island in heavy fog. Crew taken off by life-savers but attempts to float the BERWYN were unsuccessful. Stripped by wreckers and abandoned. ======================================================================== Sources: Greenwood "Namesakes 1900 - 1909", pp. 18 Swayze "SHIPWRECK!", 1992 - pp. 35 Shelak "Shipwrecks of Lake Michigan", pp. 41 Merchant Vessel List, 1902 Blue Book of American Shipping, 1903 Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S., 1910