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: Merrimac OTHER NAME(s): Sometimes seen as Merrimac No. 2 OFFICIAL NO: 16546 DATE OF LOSS: September, 1875 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Huron, Point Aux Barques RIG TYPE: Barge, 3 mast HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: G. S. Weeks, Oswego, N.Y., 1852 OWNER(S): ? MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 269 gt DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: not stated 22 April 1867 - Foundered off Long Point, Lake Erie, with loss of 5 lives, leaving 1 survivor. Reported in error as a total loss. Recovered and converted into a barge. September, 1875 - Broke away from her tow, the propeller MAYFLOWER, during a gale and was driven ashore on Point Aux Barques and went to pieces. Also in the tow and driven ashore were the barges E. F. GOULD, THOMAS P. SHELDON and SOPHIA SMITH. ======================================================================== Sources: Finn, "Old Shipping Days in Oswego", 1972 - p. 188 Oswego Daily Journal, 31 October 1852 Detroit Free Press, 20 December 1867 - Marine Disasters Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 29 April 1867 Cleveland Herald, 27 May 1876 Last updated: 5 September 2014