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Jarvis Lord at Point Edward, Ontario
History
United States
NameJarvis Lord
NamesakeJarvis Lord
OwnerJohn W. Moore & H.H. Brown[3]
Port of registry
Chicago, Illinois[1]
BuilderMorley & Hill of Marine City, Michigan
LaunchedNovember 23, 1872[2]
In serviceMay 19, 1873
Out of serviceAugust 17 or 18, 1885
IdentificationRegistry number US 75499
FateSank in the Manitou Passage
Wreck discovered June 24, 2020
General characteristics
TypeLake freighter
Tonnage
Length178.3 ft (54.3 m)
Beam32.6 ft (9.9 m)
Depth18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × fixed pitch propeller
Crew20

SS Jarvis Lord was a wooden-hulled American Great Lakes freighter in service between 1872 and 1885. She sank without loss of life in the Manitou Passage on Lake Michigan on August 17 or 18, 1885, while loaded with iron ore.

Jarvis Lord was one of the first bulk freighters ever built for the Great Lakes. She was built in 1872 by the Morley & Hill shipyard in

Cleveland, Ohio
in 1883.

On August 17 or 18, 1885, while bound from

Chicago, Illinois, Jarvis Lord was travelling in the Manitou Passage when she sprang a leak and began sinking rapidly. Captain Richard Neville ordered that the pumps be turned on, and that Jarvis Lord be steered towards Pyramid Point in order to beach her. The situation became so dire Captain Neville ordered that the crew abandon ship. She sank stern first. All of her crew survived, making it to Glen Haven, Michigan
about an hour later.

The wreck of Jarvis Lord was discovered in 2020 by Ross Richardson, resting in 220 feet (67 m) of water and partially broken up. Richardson speculated that Jarvis Lord sank due to a possible grounding in the North Manitou Shoal.

History

Design and construction

Jarvis Lord (US official number 75499) was built in 1872 in Marine City, Michigan, by the Morley & Hill shipyard. Her master carpenter was William B. Morley, one of the yard's owners.[3] She was launched on November 23, 1872.[2] At the time of her construction, Jarvis Lord was the largest double-decked steamship ever built in Marine City, and one of the first purpose-built bulk freighters ever built for the Great Lakes (lake freighter).[2][4][5] Jarvis Lord's wooden hull was 178.3 feet (54.3 m) in length, 32.6 feet (9.9 m) wide and 18 feet (5.5 m) deep. Jarvis Lord had a gross register tonnage of 770.97 tons and a net register tonnage of 641.06 tons.[3][4]

Jarvis Lord was powered by a 500 

Detroit, Michigan. She was propelled by a single fixed-pitch propeller.[3][4][5]

Service history

Milwaukee, Wisconsin[3]

Jarvis Lord was named after

Chicago, Illinois.[1]

Throughout her career, Jarvis Lord was involved in many notable incidents and accidents.[3]

On June 1, while loaded with 27,800 bushels of wheat, Jarvis Lord became the first ship to arrive in Buffalo, New York from Duluth, Minnesota in 1873.[2] In 1874, Jarvis Lord operated as part of Eber Brock Ward's Lake Superior Line, making eleven round trips to Lake Superior.[3] While in the Chicago harbour on April 1, 1874, Jarvis Lord received $100 worth of damage to her hull.[6] Jarvis Lord was in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in June 1874, when her engine broke down. She sustained $3,000 worth of damage.[7] Jarvis Lord was sold to John H. Bartow of Buffalo on April 29, 1875.[3] She was fitted with a new stem in September 1875, by the Union Dry Dock Company in Buffalo.[8] On April 29, 1879, Jarvis Lord was purchased by Marcus M. Drake of Buffalo, who chartered her to the Wabash Line in 1880.[3][4][5]

Jarvis Lord suffered the most serious accident of her career on November 19, 1880, while bound from

Cleveland, Ohio iron ore trade.[3] She was sold to John W. Moore and H.H. Brown of Cleveland in March 1883, for $28,000. In 1883, she towed the barge T.P. Sheldon.[3][5][11] Jarvis Lord received a major overhaul in March 1885; she had new decks, beams, hatches and stringers installed. In May of that same year, Jarvis Lord towed the schooners Champion, G.P. King and Reindeer in the Milwaukee and Chicago grain trade.[3][4][5] Jarvis Lord was damaged in a collision with the schooner E.P. Royce on July 23, 1885, off the Skilligalee Light.[3][4][5]

Final voyage

On August 17 or 18, 1885, while under the command of Captain Richard Neville, Jarvis Lord left

Inland Lloyd's insurance rating of A2 ½.[1][14]

Jarvis Lord wreck

Discovery

Underwater image of the wreck taken by Steven Wimer II

In the years following her sinking, multiple shipwreck hunters tried and failed to find Jarvis Lord's wreck. In the twenty-first century, shipwreck hunter Ross Richardson of

GPS coordinates of the wreck immediately after making the discovery public. He speculated that Jarvis Lord sank due to a possible grounding on the North Manitou Shoal.[4][5]

Jarvis Lord today

The wreck of Jarvis Lord rests in 220 feet (67 m) of water, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Pyramid Point. Her wreck is split open at the bow and the stern. Her midsection remains partially intact, with the starboard side remaining upright and the port side having fallen away.[4][5][12] Her boiler lies next to her wreck, indicating that she sank so quickly that the air-filled boiler remained buoyant and floated away from the hull. Her helm lies off to the starboard side.[13] There is a debris field off to her port side, and a pile of iron ore to her starboard side.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Jarvis Lord (Propeller), U75499, sunk, 17 Aug 1885". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jarvis Lord (Propeller), U75499, 23 Nov 1872". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  3. ^
    Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
    . Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Finding the Jarvis Lord, Michigan Mysteries". The Scuba News. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Jarvis Lord". Michigan Mysteries. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  6. ^ "Jarvis Lord (Propeller), U75499, damaged ?, 1 Apr 1874". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "Jarvis Lord (Propeller), U75499, broke engine, 1 Jun 1874". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  8. ^ "Jarvis Lord (Propeller), U75499, 4 Sep 1875". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Jarvis Lord (Propeller), U75499, aground, 22 Nov 1880". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  10. ^ "Jarvis Lord (Propeller), U75499, aground, 27 Sep 1881". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  11. ^ "Jarvis Lord (Propeller), U75499, 21 Mar 1883". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "1885 shipwreck "Jarvis Lord" discovered, identified in Lake Michigan". WZZM. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c "Northern Michigan in Focus: The Jarvis Lord Shipwreck". WWTV. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  14. ^ "1885 Jarvis Lord". Michigan Mysteries. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  15. ^ "Sunken Jarvis Lord discovered in Manitou Passage". Up North Live. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
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