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    VESSEL NAME:   Hamilton
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   11286
    DATE OF LOSS:  14-15 November 1873
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, off South Haven
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Crockett, at Oswego - 1847
    OWNER(S):      ?
    MASTER:        Capt H. L. Burch
    TONNAGE:       205 gt
    LENGTH:        ?
    BEAM:          ?
    DEPTH:         ?
    CASUALTIES:    0
    SURVIVORS: 

         1861 - Had extensive repairs including a new stern, larboard, 
                taffrail, &c. at Smith & Rogers shipyard following a 
                collision.

                Rebuilt during the winter of 1862-63 and sold to Captain
                Alexander Stewart of Chicago. 
                
         1873 - Caught in a savage storm off South Haven, MI. and pounded
                to pieces.

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Sources:  Buffalo Directory, 1849 - Vessels Enrolled at Oswego
          Old Shipping Days in Oswego, p. 188
          Oswego Commercial Times, 10 April 1860 (Tonnage at Oswego)
          Oswego Commercial Times, 1 August 1861
          Buffalo Daily Courier, 18 March 1863