Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2020 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/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: C. C. Martin OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: (C) 116670 DATE OF LOSS: 21 August 1911 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Georgian Bay, near French River RIG TYPE: Tug. tow boat HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: at Twelve Mile Bay, Ont. - 1906 OWNER(S): ? MASTER: Capt. George Vent TONNAGE: 70 gt DIMENSIONS: 71 x 16 x 8 CASUALTIES: 8 - 10 (all) The C.C. MARTIN vanished during a terrific storm while towing the schooner-barge ALBATROSS. The ALBATROSS had sprang a leak and was sinking rapidly. It was feared the crew of the tug did not have enough time to cut the tow line and was dragged down by the ALBATROSS. ======================================================================== Sources: Marine Review - Sept, 1911 Detroit Times - 24 August 1911 Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, for the fiscal year 1911-1912 Beeson's Marine Directory - 1911 Buffalo Evening News - 24 & 25 August 1911 Marine Review - September, 1911