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MILWAUKEE MARINE AND SHIPPING
SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS

Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

The following ships were listed in various sources, newspapers 
and publications as having a Milwaukee connection.
This list includes information collected by David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI

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ZOUAVE

Specs: 97x20x8, 117g 80nt
Enrollment: Detroit
Date of Loss: 1881
Place of Loss: in Canadian waters
Lake Lost: unreported
Type/Cause: wrecked
Lives Lost: ?
Cargo: ?
Details: No detail. Document surrendered at Port Huron, Nov 30, 1881. Wrecker Capt. P. Williams reportedly purchased her in May of 1881 to remove her machinery for sale. Wrecked and sunk by a boiler explosion near the outlet of Lake St. Clair on May 25, 1862, with the loss of 4 lives. Her wreckage was struck by several vessels including the prop CHICAGO, before she was raised a few weeks later. Totally rebuilt and enlarged afterwards. Major repairs in 1870.

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