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Isolda Bock

Also Isolda Hock

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TypeVessel
RigTwo-masted schooner
Dates1875 – 1916-09
ErasModern era
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Vessel
Rig
Two-masted schooner
Dates
1875 – 1916-09
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island History Map, 1978 revision

Summary

The Isolda Bock was a two-masted schooner documented at Charlevoix in 1909 and wrecked in Cable Bay in September 1916. A contemporary casualty report says the schooner was built at Manitowoc in 1875, was about 96 feet long and 100 tons, and became a total loss after two anchors failed to hold in sandy bottom during heavy seas. Its three-person crew survived.1

The 1978 Historical Map prints Isolda Hock, an apparent error for Isolda Bock, and gives September 4, 1916. The accessible transcription of the September 16 casualty report contains a gap where the exact arrival or loss date would be expected. It confirms the month and place but does not yet confirm the fourth.

Identity limits

The 1909 and 1916 reports share the distinctive vessel name and Manitowoc association, making a single identity probable. A federal enrollment, official number, or annual merchant-vessel register has not yet been added, so the build, tonnage, ownership, and career details from the casualty story remain newspaper evidence rather than a complete registration history.

Open questions

  • What was the schooner’s official number and registered spelling?
  • Does the full September 16, 1916 page or another contemporary report give September 4 as the loss date?
  • Who owned and mastered the vessel at the time of loss?
  • Are any physical remains identified in Cable Bay?

See also

Footnotes

  1. Manitowoc Daily Herald, September 16, 1916, p. 8. ↩

Sources

  1. Charlevoix Courier, April 14, 1909, local marine notice.
    Contemporary report calls Isolda Bock a two-masted schooner of Manitowoc and records its arrival with baled hay for the White Lumber Company of Boyne City. It does not supply dimensions, official number, builder, or later ownership. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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  2. Contemporary report says Isolda Bock, built at Manitowoc in 1875, was a total loss in Cable Bay after anchors failed to hold in heavy seas; all three crew survived. The available transcription has a gap in the arrival/date sentence, so it does not independently prove the map’s September 4 date.
  3. Described in this archive: Beaver Island History Map, 1978 revision.
    Labels a loss near the south end “Isolda Hock” and dates it September 4, 1916. Independent contemporary evidence corrects the surname to Bock and supports a September 1916 Cable Bay loss, but the exact day remains unverified.

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Isolda Bock”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/vessels/isolda-bock/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix Courier, April 14, 1909, local marine notice. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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