F. T. Barney (schooner)
{{Short description|American schooner that sank in Lake Huron in 1868.}}
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The F.T. Barney was a 19th-century American schooner that sank in 1868. Her wreck in Lake Huron near Rogers City, Michigan, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
F.T. Barney was built in 1856 by William Cherry{{cite news | title = Vessel Building at Vermilion | newspaper =Buffalo Daily Courier | date = May 8, 1856 | url = http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/27606/data?n=1}} of Vermilion, Ohio,{{cite web | title = F.T. Barney | publisher = Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary | url = http://thunderbay.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/barney.html | accessdate = November 2, 2013}} and was owned by Lewis Wells, also of Vermillion.{{cite web|title=BARNEY, F.T. |publisher=Alpena Public Library Vessel Datadase |url=http://www.greatlakesships.org/vesselview.aspx?id=18920 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131104100457/http://www.greatlakesships.org/vesselview.aspx?id=18920 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |accessdate=November 3, 2013 }} In late 1857, she ran aground near Goderich, Ontario, but was successfully towed to Detroit, Michigan, for repairs.{{cite news | title = 1857 Casualty List | newspaper =Buffalo Commercial Advertiser | date =January 28, 1858 | url = http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/41194/data}}
Just after midnight{{cite journal | title = Case # 14131 - The Tracy J. Bronson | page = 119 | journal = The Federal Cases: Comprising Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Federal Reporter, Arranged Alphabetically by the Titles of the Cases, and Numbered Consecutively | volume = Book 24 | publisher = West Publishing Company | year = 1896 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=zPc6AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA119}} on October 23, 1868, F.T. Barney was traveling from Cleveland to Milwaukee with a load of coal. In Lake Huron near Rogers City, Michigan, the F.T. Barney collided with the schooner T.J. Bronson. F.T. Barney sank in less than two minutes, but there were no deaths. Later investigation determined that both vessels were equally at fault.
The wreck remained undiscovered until 1987. It is in {{convert|160|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} of water, and is one of the most complete wrecks of a schooner of its era. The masts and deck equipment are still in place.
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Category:Shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
Category:Great Lakes freighters
Category:Maritime incidents in October 1868
Category:Ships sunk in collisions
Category:Shipwrecks of Lake Huron
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Presque Isle County, Michigan
Category:Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
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