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I'm something of a Great Lakes Shipping Nerd when I have the time (which I typically don't), so I was interested with the recent story of the find of the Nisbet Grammar in Lake Ontario (Story HERE, HERE & HERE). I tried to find some information on the Dalwarnic, the boat that hit the Nisbet Grammar, but only found a little bit (she started life as the Canadian Harvester, but wound up in South America by 1946). The Nisbet went down without loss of life as Dalwarnic stayed on station to rescue the crew. Dalwarnic interested me only because there was a side-wheeler up on Superior somewhere - and I can't recall her name now - who had a bad habit of ramming other ships. I guess her skipper liked to get his runs DONE and would really plow out of port regardless of conditions.
BUT ... while looking at this another wreck was found this year, with a rather more than normally tragic story.
The 1899 wreck of the Nelson was found in August. She was a 200' schooner that went down while under tow. The tragedy comes in where the captain made some heroic efforts to save his crew and family, only to have one simple error leave him the sole survivor of the wreck. You can read that story HERE.
Anyway the history and boat geeks in me collided and I found it interesting ...
... not to mention a good reminder to pay close attention out on the water. She has little sympathy for error.
BUT ... while looking at this another wreck was found this year, with a rather more than normally tragic story.
The 1899 wreck of the Nelson was found in August. She was a 200' schooner that went down while under tow. The tragedy comes in where the captain made some heroic efforts to save his crew and family, only to have one simple error leave him the sole survivor of the wreck. You can read that story HERE.
Anyway the history and boat geeks in me collided and I found it interesting ...
... not to mention a good reminder to pay close attention out on the water. She has little sympathy for error.