AH-WR-1566

Typo

Three-Masted Schooner · Lost 1899 · Thunder Bay & Lake Huron

Typo was a three-masted schooner lost in Lake Huron.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Typo was built at Milwaukee in 1873. It carried coal for Racine on its final voyage. W.P. Ketchum struck its stern in October 1899, sinking it. Three of seven crew members survived, and the wreck retains much of its hull and rigging.

Vessel

Built: 1873
Builder: Wolf & Davidson
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: October 14, 1899
Cause: Collision
Location: Southeast of Thunder Bay Island, Michigan
Water: Lake Huron
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: 7
Lives lost: 4
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Within Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Southeast of Thunder Bay Island, Michigan
Region: Thunder Bay & Lake Huron

No wreck-position coordinates transcribed for this record.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (88/100)

NOAA gives depths of both 180 and 195 feet; a single verified depth is not supplied.

NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Vessel identity, construction and documented loss history.