Completed May 1864; Official No. 49869; Code Letters WFRM.
Owners: 1864 Peter McKinnon, William Frew & Co, Liverpool;: 1873 Canada Shipping Co (Ltd) (Beaver Line) Montreal, Quebec-renamed Lake St Clair (Peter Rintoul, Son & Co, Glasgow agents).
Masters: 1864-72 McMillan; 1873-74 Lamont; 1876 James Coffey.
Miscellaneous: 6 January 1873 from Liverpool for New Orleans off Cape Finisterre, she ran into the brig Anna Lassen & sank her. Seven of the crew jumped aboard Lake St Clair but three were drowned; 26 July 1875 she was in a collision with the ship Underwriter, owned by Joseph Wilson of South Shields; 11 February 1875 she sailed from the Mersey & after experiencing stormy weather arrived at New York on 27 December.
Lake St Clair sailed from New York on 19 January 1876 bound for Glasgow with a general cargo of 1,300 tons, including grain & flour, & a total crew of 33 & was not heard of again. It was assumed she had foundered during a hurricane that was blowing in the Atlantic towards the end of January. Most of the crew had been shipped at Liverpool.
Antone, James, steward, Glasgow
Armstrong T, carpenter
Atkinson, W, able seaman
Brown, J, able seaman
Clancey, A, able seaman
Clancey, James, able seaman
Coffey, James, master, West Scotland
Crowman, John, able seaman
Daley, James, able seaman
Fitzsimmons, JB, able seaman
Hogan, W, ordinary seaman
Hughes, John, ordinary seaman
Jackson, W, cook
Johnson, James, able seaman
Keating J, able seaman
Keating, William, able seaman
Kelly, Willaim, boatswain’s mate
King, G, ordinary seaman
Lawlor, John, able seaman
Lewis, T, able seaman
McFall, B, ordinary seaman
Newton, John, able seaman
Peilett, George, sailmaker
Price, W, ordinary seaman
Ramsay, T, ordinary seaman
Reddin, J, able seaman
Ritchie, William, able seaman
Sinclair, D, mate, Glasgow
Smidt, T, 2nd mate
Williams, R, boatswain
Wilogh, James, able seaman
Wilson, A, able seaman
Wishman, H, able seaman
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