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    VESSEL NAME:    Sappho
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    115928
    DATE OF LOSS:   21 February 1929
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Fire
    LOCATION:       Ecorse, MI
    RIG TYPE:       Propeller, steam screw, ferry boat
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        Detroit Dry Dock - 1883
    OWNER(S):       Nicholson Transit Co.
    MASTER:         -
    TONNAGE:        223.61 gt, 153.85 nt
    DIMENSIONS:     106.75 x 31.50 x 10.50
    CASUALTIES:     None
    
                    Burned to the water's edge by a fire of unknown
                    origin.


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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1887, 1929 (losses)
         Detroit Free Press - 21 February 1929