JOHN J. AUDUBON

Other names : none also seen as just AUDUBON

Official no. : none

Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast

Build info : 1854, G & W Jones, Black R. [Cleveland], Ohio

Specs : 370 t.

Date of loss : 1854, Oct 20

Place of loss : Halfway between Thunder Bay Isl. and Presque Isle, MI

Lake : Huron

Type of loss : collision

Loss of life : none

Carrying : railroad iron

Detail : Bound Buffalo for Chicago, she was struck nearly amidships by the
schooner DEFIANCE on a dark night [one source says foggy] and cut almost in
half. Both vessels sank quickly. A newspaper clipping gives the location as 15
miles below Pte Aux Barques.

Owned by Merrick & Pierce of Clayton, NY.

Alpena, MI

Thunder Bay Divers