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    VESSEL NAME:   Sheldon, Thomas P.
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   24871
    DATE OF LOSS:  10 August 1901
    REASON:        Storm/Collision
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, near Oscoda, MI
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner barge (orig. 3 mast)
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Wm. Croswaithe, East Saginaw, 1871
    OWNER(S):      J. C. Gilchrist
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       669 gt
    LENGTH:        194 ft
    BEAM:           33 ft
    DEPTH:          13 ft
    CASUALTIES:  0
    SURVIVORS:   -

                  Was in tow of the steamer WAVERLY when the pair were
               caught in a northwest gale.  When the WAVERLY stranded the
               SHELDON rammed her from behind, damaging both vessels.
               The SHELDON sunk while being released.

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Sources: Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, 1901
         Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 11 September 1871
         Merchant Vessel List, 1897