Maritime History of the Great Lakes

H. P. McIntosh (Propeller), U203980, sunk by collision, 7 Jul 1908

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FREIGHTER McINTOSH SUNK BY COLLISION.
Port Huron, July 8. -- The steel freighter H. P. McINTOSH, 520 feet long, owned by the Gilchrist Company of Cleveland, was sunk yesterday in a collision with the freighter M. A. HANNA, in the St. Clair River just below here.
      None of the crew were killed or injured. The HANNA was bound up light, and the McINTOSH was bound down with ore.
      Buffalo Evening News
      July 8, 1908
     
      . . . . .
     
      The wreckers expect to have the steamer H. P. McINTOSH afloat within a week. The steamer sustained a hole six feet deep and twelve feet wide in her port side in the collision with the HANNA near Sarnia.
      Buffalo Evening News
      July 10, 1908

     
H.P. McINTOSH.* Built March 27, 1907 Bulk Propeller -Steel
U. S. No. 203980 6765 gt -5371 nt 520' x 54' x 26.2'
* Renamed (b) EDWARD S. KENDRlCK - US -1934
      Frank Wheeler & Co., West Bay City Shipbuilding Master List
      Institute for Great Lakes Research
      Perrysburg, Ohio


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Newspaper
Item Type
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Notes
Reason: sunk by collision
Lives: nil
Freight: ore
Remarks: Raised
Date of Original
1908
Subject(s)
Local identifier
McN.W.22672
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Michigan, United States
    Latitude: 42.97086 Longitude: -82.42491
Donor
William R. McNeil
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H. P. McIntosh (Propeller), U203980, sunk by collision, 7 Jul 1908