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SS G. P. Griffith was a passenger steamer that burned and sank on Lake Erie on 17 June 1850, resulting in the loss of between 241 and 289 lives. [1]: 54 The destruction of the G. P. Griffith was the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes up to that point, and remains the third-greatest today, after the Eastland in 1915 and the Lady Elgin in 1860.
The midship had well-furnished passenger cabins to accommodate up to 250 passengers, and 12 state rooms. In all, the ship had a passenger capacity of roughly 300, including at least 30 crew. The ship also held 3 lifeboats and 60 to 100 life preservers. [1]
The 181-foot (55 m), 744-ton wooden propeller ship Comet, along with her sister ship, the Rocket, was launched in 1857 by Peak and Masters of Cleveland, Ohio. Her direct-acting vertical engine was manufactured by Cuyahoga Steam Furnace of Cleveland. Comet was originally built as a pure workhorse. Upper deck cabins for passenger accommodations ...
The ship was en route to Montreal from Buffalo, New York. All crew were saved and taken aboard Dalwarnic. Ship was named after one other co-owners of the ship. [35] USS Ohio United States Navy: 1884 A ship of the line that burned in Greenport Harbor. Oregon United Kingdom: 6 March 1886
Shipwrecks of the Ohio coast (4 P) Pages in category "Shipwrecks of the Ohio River" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
A massive fire underneath a bridge spanning the Ohio River closed a heavily traveled route between Cincinnati and northern Kentucky on Friday and damaged part of the steel structure. No injuries ...
The ship's launch was originally planned for July 1971. [3] [4] However, on June 24, 1971, the ship suffered a major engine room fire which killed four and caused serious damage. Sea trials and delivery were delayed by a year to June 1972. [5] The Roger Blough assisted in the search for SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
A Disney Cruise Line ship, the Disney Treasure, rescued four people from a catamaran that was taking on water some 265 miles from Bermuda Sunday, according to the Coast Guard.