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    VESSEL NAME:   Sea Gem
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   22582
    DATE OF LOSS:  9 September 1901
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, Manitowoc
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       W. H. Bates, Manitowoc, WI - 1863
    OWNER(S):      Capt. A. A. Hanshaw, of Charlevoix
    MASTER:        same
    TONNAGE:       103 gt
    LENGTH:         90 ft
    BEAM:           22 ft
    DEPTH:           8 ft
    CASUALTIES:  0
    SURVIVORS:   5
                    
                    Bound from Charlevoix to Milwaukee with slabs and
                attempted to run into Manitowoc for shelter from the
                storm which was accompanied by a dense fog.  Struck by
                a sudden squall when about 2000 feet from the pier she
                was driven on the beach south of the harbor.

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Sources: Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, 1901
         Ludington Chronicle, 18 September 1901
         Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1901
         American Blue Book of Shipping, 1897