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Homer Warren

Bulk Freighter · United States · Lost 1919 · Lake Ontario & the St. Lawrence

A wooden coal steamer lost with all hands in a late November gale on Lake Ontario in 1919.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Homer Warren was a wooden bulk steamer working coal cargoes across Lake Ontario. On 28 November 1919 she was caught by a heavy late-season gale and foundered off the New York shore. Her entire crew was lost. Wreckage came ashore in the following days, but the position where she went down was never firmly established.

Vessel

Built: 1895
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, single screw
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: November 28, 1919
Cause: Storm
Location: Off Pultneyville, Lake Ontario, New York
Water: Lake Ontario
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Coal
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: The whole crew was lost; the total varies between accounts.
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 43.28° N 77.19° W
Accuracy: Reported, unconfirmed
Nearest: Pultneyville, New York
Region: Lake Ontario & the St. Lawrence

The hobbyist site Shipwreck World publishes a specific GPS position (43°16'52.2304"N 77°11'10.9345"W) for the wreck, discovered by Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville off Pultneyville in 2003; other sources describe only an approximate location ('several miles off shore').

Evidence

Overall confidence: Partially documented (56/100)

The wreck position, depth and the exact number of lives lost are not established in the sources reviewed.

H. Lee White Maritime Museum, Oswego
Vessel identity and Lake Ontario coal trade context.
Contemporary Rochester area newspaper accounts, November and December 1919
Date of loss, the gale, wreckage coming ashore, loss of the crew.
Shipwreck World - Homer Warren
wreck position