JOHN J. AUDUBON

Date Built: 1854
Builders: G&W Jones at Black River, OH
Construction: 2 mast Brigantine Owners: Merrick & Pierce of Clayton, NY.
Dimensions: 370 t. Cargo: Railroad Iron

Condition: Intact hull, masts laying across deck. Lots of blocks. Internal bulkheads gone making this an easy penetration. Port rail broken

Location: N Middle Island Light

Depth: 165' Deck @145'

Date of Loss: October 20, 1854

GPS: N45 17.308 W83 20.442

Type of Loss: Collision with Defiance

Loss of Life: None

Co-ordinates are informational only, they maybe inaccurate and should
NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES!

Bound for Chicago with a cargo of rail iron from Buffalo one dark and foggy night she collided with the schooner Defiance. She sunk while making for shallow water off of False Presque Isle.
1854, Aug Purchased Nichols & Whitcomb, Detroit.
1854, Oct 21 Sank in collision, reported owned E.G. Merrick & D.C. Pierce, Detroit.

Sources: Labadie, Swayze, Sobczak