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    VESSEL NAME:   Helen Mar
    OTHER NAME(s): sp. var. Helen MARR
    OFFICIAL NO:   -
    DATE OF LOSS:  October 1840 (abt. the 4th)
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, vicinity of Gravelly Bay
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Asa C. Keating, Huron, OH - 1837
    OWNER(S):      ?
    MASTER:        Capt. Judah Ransom, of Sandusky
    TONNAGE:       109 t.
    DIMENSIONS:    ?
    CASUALTIES:    7 (all)

                  Laden with wheat the HELEN MAR was taken down by a storm
               while bound Cleveland for Buffalo.  Her hull was discovered
               in about 80 feet of water.  Several attempts were made to
               raise her but, as nearly as can be ascertained, failed.


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Sources: Cleveland Daily Herald & Gazette, 23 October 1837
         Cleveland Daily Herald - 14, 15, 16 October 1840
         Korenko "Kelleys Island" p. 81
         Great Lakes Maritime Database, Library of Michigan