Addie M. Lawrence

Built in 1903 by Percy & Small in Bath for J. S. Winslow Corp. In 1917 sold to the France & Canada Steamship Co. In July of that same year, she was wrecked at the entrance of River Loire near St. Nazaire, Brittany on voyage from Boston with general cargo. Schooners were designed and built for coastal trades, but some of them made longer, foreign voyages, especially during World War I. Ten 6-masters were launched in Maine. Awkward to handle in confined waters, deficient in longitudinal strength, and the sheer size of the huge gaff sails made the failure of the donkey engine inevitable.