DEFIANCE

Other names : none

Official No. : none

Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast

Build info : 1848, Perrysburg, OH

Specs : 115x26x10, 253 t. om

Date of loss : 1854, Oct 20

Place of loss : near Middle Island [reported as halfway between Presque Isle and
Thunder Bay Isl.]

Lake : Huron

Type of loss : collision

Loss of life : none

Carrying : wheat

Detail : Bound Chicago for Detroit and Buffalo, she was lost in a collision with the
new, deep-laden brig JOHN J AUDUBON(qv) and sank within 15 minutes. The
combined loss of the two vessels cost underwriters $60,000.

Out of Buffalo

The wreck was probably located in 1996.

Thunder Bay Divers

Alpena, MI