PS Anthony Wayne

The Anthony Wayne underway
History
United States
Name: Anthony Wayne
Operator:
  • Perrysburgh & Miami Steam Boat Company 1837-1839
  • Charles B. Howard & Company 1839-1850
Builder:
In service: August 8, 1837
Out of service: April 27, 1850
Fate: Sank after a boiler explosion.
General characteristics
Class and type: Sidewheel steamer - passengers and package freight
Tonnage: 390.50 gross register tonnage[1]
Length: 156.50 ft (47.70 m)[1]
Beam: 25.75 ft (7.85 m)[1]
Height: 10.25 ft (3.12 m)[1]
Anthony Wayne Shipwreck
Location Lake Erie, near Vermilion, Ohio
Nearest city Vermilion, Ohio
Coordinates 41°31.00′N 82°23.00′W / 41.51667°N 82.38333°W / 41.51667; -82.38333Coordinates: 41°31.00′N 82°23.00′W / 41.51667°N 82.38333°W / 41.51667; -82.38333
Built 1837
Architect Samuel L. Hubbell
Architectural style Steamboat
NRHP reference # 15000479 [2]
Added to NRHP January 2, 2018

The PS Anthony Wayne (also known as Anthony B. Wayne or General Wayne) was an early wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship[upper-alpha 1] that sank on the day of April 28, 1850 in Lake Erie off the coast of Vermilion, Ohio after two of her starboard side boilers exploded.[4] There was an estimated 50 to 69 people onboard but the ship's passenger manifest was unclear about how many passengers boarded the Wayne at each location. Although the ship's clerk reported that there were 80 to 100 people onboard which included the crew with about 30 of them surviving.[4]

The wreck of the Wayne was discovered in September 2006 lying in 50 feet (15 m) of water about 8 miles north of Vermilion, Ohio.[5] Although she was discovered in 2006, a public announcement was not made until June 21, 2007.[3] On January 2, 2018 the wreck of the Wayne was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]

History

The Anthony Wayne was built in 1837, in Perrysburg, Ohio by Samuel L. Hubbell.[4][1] She was 156.50 feet (47.70 m) in length, her beam was 25.75 feet (7.85 m) wide and her hull was 10.25 feet (3.12 m) deep. She had a gross register tonnage of 390.50 tons.[1] She was powered by a compound engine, power for the engine was provided by 4 Scotch marine boilers and she was propelled two 28 inch paddle wheels. She was named after United States Army officer Anthony Wayne.[7]

Final voyage

On the day of April 27, 1850 the Wayne left Toledo, Ohio carrying 27 passengers, she later steamed into Sandusky, Ohio. She left Sandusky at about midnight with about 40 more passengers on board.[8][9][7] She also picked up 300 barrels of high quality wine and whiskey and some cattle and horses.[4]

Passengers and crew

PassengersCrewTotal
63[5]30[5]93[5]
25 saved[5]15 saved[5]40 saved[5]
11 wounded[5]4 wounded[5]19 wounded[5]
10 killed[5]11 killed[5]21 killed[5]
17 missing[5]0 missing[5]17 missing[5]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Wayne, Anthony". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. 1 2 "Found! A.B. Wayne". Ohio Shipwrecks. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Explore Shipwrecks: Anthony Wayne". Ohio Shipwrecks. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "177-year old shipwreck discovered in Lake Erie". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Anthony Wayne Shipwreck is now the first Ohio shipwreck listed on the National Register of Historic Places!". Ohio History. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  7. 1 2 "PSS Anthony Wayne (+1850)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Ratigan 1977.
  9. ↑ Thompson 2004.

Notes

  1. ↑ The Anthony Wayne was an early Great Lakes steamboat. The Wayne was built only 19 years after the first steamboat, the Walk-In-The-Water saw service on the waters of the lakes.[3]

Bibliography

  • Ratigan, William (1977). Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 0-8028-7010-4.
  • Thompson, Mark L. (April 13, 2004). Graveyard of the Lakes. Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 9780814332269.

Further reading

  • Great Lakes Register (1916). Great Lakes Register for the Construction and Classification of Steel and Wooden Vessels. Volume 18. Cleveland: Great Lakes Register.
  • Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Wyman and sons. 1902.


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