Brendon Baillod's Great Lakes
Vessel & Accident Lists

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Italics = Accident List

1818 – American Ships Registered on the Lakes in 1818 from Travels Through the Western Country

1825 – Surviving vessel traffic/manifests from arrivals at the Port of Michilimackinac for the year 1825, compiled by Fred Neuschel

1827 - Surviving vessel traffic/manifests from arrivals at the Port of Michilimackinac for the year 1827, compiled by Fred Neuschel

1831 - List of Shipping on Lake Erie from Buffalo Bulletin as reprinted in the Buffalo Patriot (1/4/1831)

1836 - Vessels Belonging to District of Detroit from the Detroit City Directory, 10/1/1836

1836 – List of Steamers built on the Lakes before 1836 with demographic data – Buffalo City Directory

1834 – 1841: List of Early Lake Michigan Shipwrecks compiled by Increase Lapham

1837 – List of Steamers built on the Lakes before 1837 with demographic data – Buffalo City Directory

1837 – Buffalo Commercial Advertiser List of Enrolled US Vessels

***1837 – List of all vessels arriving and departing from St. Joseph, Michigan between April and September, 1837.***[Being transcribed by Fred Neuschel]

1838 – All Arrivals and Departures from the Port of Chicago During 1838 from the Chicago Historical Society Archives compiled by Fred Neuschel.

1840 – Contemporary list of all Lake accidents in 1840 compiled by Brendon Baillod from various sources.

1842 – Cleveland Herald – Losses on the Western Lakes - List of Vessel Accidents on the Great Lakes in 1842

1843 – Contemporary list of all Lake accidents in 1843 compiled by Brendon Baillod from various sources.

1844 – Buffalo Commercial Advertiser – Lake Disasters of 1844 – 2/8/1845 (Transcribed)

1845 - Buffalo Commercial Advertiser – Lake Disasters of 1845 (Transcribed)

1846 - Contemporary list of all Lake accidents in 1846 compiled by Brendon Baillod from various sources.

1845 – 1848 List of Vessels lost in Lake Superior trade

1847 – Buffalo Commercial Advertiser List of Enrolled US Vessels (9/10/1847)

1847 – Cleveland Herald annual Great Lakes vessel accident list (from BM)

1847 – Cleveland Plain Dealer Great Lakes vessel accident list 1819 - 1847 (BM)

1847 – Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros.

1848 – Buffalo Commercial Advertiser List of Enrolled US Vessels (4/19/1848)

1848 – Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List – Milwaukee Sentinel

1848 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros.

***1848 – Buffalo City Directory Lake Michigan accident list 1824 - 1847***[Being transcribed by Fred Neuschel]

1848 – Chicago Times Annual Great Lakes vessel accident list (BM)

1848 – Buffalo Courier annual Great Lakes vessel accident list

1849 – Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List – Milwaukee Sentinel

1849 – Buffalo City Directory List of all Enrolled US Vessels on the Great Lakes

1849 - Tonnage on the Lakes by Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

1849 – Buffalo Commercial Advertiser annual Great Lakes accident list.

1849 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros.

1850 – Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List (abridged) – Milwaukee Sentinel

1850 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros.

1851 – Buffalo Commercial Advertiser Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List

1851 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros.

1852 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Express

1852 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros.

1853 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Express

1853 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros.

1854 – Canadian Board of Underwriters Vessel Register

1854 – Buffalo Democracy List of all Enrolled US Vessels

1854 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Democracy

1854 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Express

1854 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros.

***1855 – Board of Lake Underwriters Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Vessel
Accident List ***[Being Transcribed by Jim Jarecki]

1855 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Morning Express

1855 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros.

***1856 – Board of Lake Underwriters Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Vessel
Accident List***[Being transcribed by Shari Milks]

1856 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros.

1856 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Chicago Daily Press

1856 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

1856 – Board of Canadian Lake Underwriters Annual Vessel List – reprinted in the Toronto Globe

1857 – Board of Canadian Lake Underwriters Annual Vessel List – reprinted in the Toronto Globe

***1857 – Board of Lake Underwriters Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Vessel
Accident List***[Being transcribed by Randy Johnson]

1857 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros. (partial)

1857 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Chicago Daily Press

1857 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

1858 – Board of Lake Underwriters Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List

1858 – Annual Great Lakes vessel accident list, Buffalo papers, from Erik Heyl.

1858 – Arrivals and Departures from the Port of Chicago During 1858 from the Chicago Public Library

1859 – Board of Lake Underwriters Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List

1860 – Board of Lake Underwriters Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List

1860 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Morning Express

1860 – Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register (transcription & electronic)

1861 – Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register (copy and electronic transcribed by Dave Swayze)

1861 – Board of Lake Underwriters Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List

1861 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

1862 – Board of Lake Underwriters Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List

1862 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

1863 – Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register (transcription & electonic)

1863 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

1863 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports – from Records Group 26 NARA

1864 - Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register (partially transcribed)

1864 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

1864 - Great Lakes vessel accidents compiled by Erik Heyl from Buffalo News micros. (partial)

1864 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports – from Records Group 26 NARA

1865 – Captain J.W. Hall Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Accident List

1865 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports (April-July only – from Records Group 26 NARA

1866 - Board of Canadian Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1866 – Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1866 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

1866 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Toronto Globe

1866 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports – from Records Group 26 NARA

1866 – Captain J.W. Hall Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Accident List

1867 – First Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (from NARA)

1867 – Captain J.W. Hall Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Accident List

1867 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports – from Records Group 26 NARA

1867 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Toledo Blade

1867 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident summary List, Toledo Blade

1867 – Annual Great Lakes accident list – Detroit Free Press

1868 – 2nd Annual USMV Register (Great Lakes Vessel Transcribed)

1868 – Board of Lake Underwriters Temporary Annual Register

1868 – Milwaukee Sentinel Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Accident List

1868 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports – from Records Group 26 NARA

1868 – Chicago Registered Vessels Lost – source unknown

1868 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Chicago Tribune

1869 - Board of Canadian Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1869 – Captain J.W. Hall Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Accident List

1869 – Disasters on the Lakes in 1869 by professer Increase A. Lapham – presented before congress the the establishment of a National Weather Bureau.

1869 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports – from Records Group 26 NARA

1870 – 42^nd Congress – Report of the Secretary of War – 1871: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes for November & December 1870.

1870 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports – from Records Group 26 NARA

1871 - Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1871 – Captain J.W. Hall Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Accident List

1871 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports – from Records Group 26 NARA

1871 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Buffalo Papers

1871 – Fourth Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (copy & electronic transcribed by Dave Swayze)

1872 – Captain J.W. Hall Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Accident List

1872 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1873: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes January – August, 1872.

1872 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports – from Records Group 26 NARA

1873 - Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1873 – Captain J.W. Hall Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Accident List

1873 – Annual List of Great Lakes Vessel Accidents, summarized from customs house & insurance wreck reports – from Records Group 26 NARA

1873 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1874: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes January – August, 1873.

1873 - Board of Canadian Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1874 – Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register (not otherwise in circulation)

1874 – Canadian Board of Lake Underwriters Vessel Register

1874 – Chicago Inter-Ocean Great Lakes vessel accident list (BM)

1874 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1875: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes January – August, 1874.

1874 – Canadian Marine & Fisheries Dept. List of Vessels

1875 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1876: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes July 1874 – June 1875.

1875 – Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1875 – Chicago Inter-Ocean Great Lakes vessel accident list (BM)

1876 – Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1876 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1877: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes July 1875 – June 1876.

1877 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1878: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes July 1876 – June 1877.

1877 – Chicago Inter-Ocean Great Lakes vessel accident list (BM)

1877 – Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register (lightly circulated)

1877 - Captain J.W. Hall Comprehensive Annual Great Lakes Accident List

1878 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1879: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes July 1877 – June 1878.

1878 – Chicago Inter-Ocean Great Lakes vessel accident list (BM)

1879 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1880: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes July 1878 – June 1879.

1879 – Board of Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1880 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1881: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes July 1879 – June 1880.

1880 - Toronto Globe Great Lakes vessel accident list (to Nov. 30, 1880)

1881 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1882: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes July 1880 – June 1881.

1881 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Cleveland Herald

1882 - Board of Canadian Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1882 – Inland Lloyds Annual Vessel Register US

1882 – Annual Accident Lists from unidentified news clips (probably Inter-Ocean), scanned from J.W. Hall Scrapbook.

1883 – Report of the Secretary of War – 1884: Report of the Chief Signal Officer – List of Disasters on the Lakes July 1882 – June 1883.

1883 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Cleveland Herald

1883 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Record

1883 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Toronto Globe

1884 – Polk Marine Directory of the Great Lakes – Lists all Insured Vessels on the Lakes

1884 – Inland Lloyds Annual Vessel Register US

1884 - Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (Transcribed Great Lakes vessels by Swayze & xerox)

1884 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Cleveland Herald

1884 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Record

1885 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Cleveland Leader

1885 – Inland Lloyds Annual Vessel Register US

1885 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Record

1886 – Canadian Inland Lloyds Register

1886 – Inland Lloyds Annual Vessel Register US

1886 – Canadian Sessional Papers – List of all registered Canadian Vessels

1887 – Inland Lloyds Annual Vessel Register US

1887 – Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (original)

1887 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Record

1888 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1888 – Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (original)

1888 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Record

1888 – Polk Marine Directory of the Great Lakes – Lists all Insured Vessels on the Lakes

1889 – Inland Lloyds Annual Vessel Register

1889 – Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (copy)

1890 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1890 - Board of Canadian Lake Underwriters Annual Register

1891 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1891 – Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (copy)

1891 – Beeson’s Marine Directory – Vessel List – xerox copy

1891 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Review

1891 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Chicago Inter Ocean

1891 – Polk Marine Directory of the Great Lakes – Lists all Insured Vessels on the Lakes

1892 - Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (original)

1892 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1892 – Beeson’s Marine Directory – Vessel List – xerox copy

1892 – Canadian Inland Lloyds Register

1893 - Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (original)

1893 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1893 – Beeson’s Marine Directory – Vessel List – xerox copy

1893 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Review

1893 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Record

1894 – Around The Lakes – Lists all Registered US Great Lakes Vessels

1894 – US Inland Lloyds Register (copy from original)

1894 – Beeson’s Marine Directory – Vessel List – xerox copy

1894 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Review

1894 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Record

1894 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Duluth Weekly Herald

1895 – US Inland Lloyds Register (copy from original)

1895 – Comprehensive List of Great Lakes Losses from Milwaukee Sentinel

1895 – Comprehensive List of Great Lakes Losses from Door County Advocate

1895 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Review

1895 – Annual US Merchant Vessels Register – special Congressional Record edition (original, rebound)

1895 – Beeson’s Marine Directory – Vessel list and Accident List – xerox copy

1896 - Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (original)

1896 – Inland Lloyds Annual Vessel Register US

1896 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Review

1897 – Inland Lloyds Vessel Register - US

1897 – Blue Book of American Shipping – Lists all Registered Great Lakes Vessels – electronic copied online.

1897 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Review

1897 – Beesons Marine Directory List of Vessels Lost in 1897 – scan from original

1898 – Beesons Marine Directory List of Vessels Lost in 1898 – scan from original

1898 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Review

1898 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Record

1898 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Duluth News Tribune

1899 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1899 – Beesons Marine Directory List of Vessels Lost in 1899 – copy from original

1899 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Marine Review

1899 - Annual Great Lakes Vessel Accident List, Duluth Evening Herald

1900 – Duluth Evening Herald Great Lakes vessel accident list (BM)

1900 – Marine Record Great Lakes vessel accident list (BM)

1900 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1900 – Beesons Marine Directory List of Vessels Lost in 1900 – copy from original

1901 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1901 – Beesons Marine Directory List of Vessels Lost in 1901 – copy from original

1902 – Annual Report of the US Lifesaving Service – Includes All USLS Great Lakes Calls and Casualties

1902 – Canadian Inland Lloyds Register (from original).

1902 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1902 – Beesons Marine Directory List of Vessels Lost in 1902 – copy from original

1903 – Blue Book of American Shipping – Lists all Registered Great Lakes Vessels – electronic – copied online.

1903 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1903 – Beesons Marine Directory List of Vessels Lost in 1903 – copy from original

1904 – Beesons Marine Directory List of Vessels Lost in 1904 – copy from original

1904 – Inland Lloyds Annual Vessel Register US

1905 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1906 – US Inland Lloyds Register

1907 – Annual Report of the US Lifesaving Service – Includes All USLS Great Lakes Calls and Casualties

1907 – Inland Lloyds Annual Vessel Register US

1909 – Annual Report of the US Lifesaving Service – Includes All USLS Great Lakes Calls and Casualties

1909 – Beeson’s Marine Directory – Lists all Registered Great Lakes Vessels, includes an Annual Loss List.

1909 – Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (copy)

1914 – Comprehensive List of Lake Michigan Losses

1920 - Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (original)

1937 – Green’s Marine Directory (original)

1945 – Green’s Marine Directory (original)

1950 - Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (original)

1953/54 – Annual Merchant Vessel Register (original) – covers two years

1962 – Annual US Merchant Vessels Register (original)

1999 – Database of Registered US Vessels (electronic version of USMV)

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