The following is taken from Links To The Past website, and the info for that website was pulled from "History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 2 by J.B. Mansfield Published Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co. 1899":
ALEXANDER MILNE
More than sixty years ago, when the profession of marine engineer
on the Great Lakes was new and poorly supplied, Alexander Milne
came to the United States from his home in Aberdeen, Scotland.
He left his native land at the instance of the Royal Mail line, a
Canadian steamship company which carried the mails for the subjects
of the Queen along the great fresh-water seas. The now varied commerce
of the lakes was in its infancy then, and all classes of experienced
seamen were difficult to secure, so that many followers of the sea in
other lands were attracted to this corner of the world. Among them was
Alexander Milne, who founded what is perhaps the most important family
of marine engineers on the Great Lakes. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland,
in the year 1809, and had followed the profession of marine engineering
from the earliest engagement he was able to secure.
During the years he was connected with the Royal Mail line he was chief
engineer of the fleet, and the important and responsible duties which
devolved upon him were ably and conscientiously performed. Among the
vessels of this line whose machinery he directed were the Commodore Berry,
on which he was sailing when it was lost; the Admiral, Princess Royal,
City of Kingston, City of Toronto, Transit and Scotland.
He married Miss Bessie Vair, of Berwickshire, Scotland. Their children
were James, who died in infancy; George B., chief engineer of the
propeller J.H. Devereux; John, who is deceased; Alexander, chief engineer
of the side-wheel steamer Alexandria; William, chief engineer of the
propeller Niagara; Thomas, chief engineer of the propeller Melbourne;
and Jessie, deceased.
COMMODORE PERRY Other names : none Official no. : ? Type at loss : (propeller), wood, U.S. Revenue Cutter Build info : ? Specs : ? Date of loss : 1877 Place of loss : Sturgeon Point, near Harrisville, MI Lake : Huron Type of loss : storm Loss of life : ? Carrying : none Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked. Sources: slh - Shipwrecks of Lake Huron - Parker, Jack. Avery Color Studios, AuTrain, MI, 1986. hgl - History of the Great Lakes - Mansfield, John Brant, J. H. Beers, Chicago, 1899.
COMMODORE BARRIE Other names : none also seen as COMMODORE BARRY, COM. BARRIE Official no. : C none Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight Build info : 1833, Gildersleeve, Kingston, Ont. Specs : 144x38, 275 t Date of loss : 1842, Apr 30 Place of loss : 10 mi off Long Point, W of Kingston, Ont. Lake : Ontario Type of loss : collision Loss of life : none Carrying : 500 bbl flour Detail : Bound Niagara for Kingston, Ont., she collided with the Canadian schooner CANADA and was disabled, then sank about 30 minutes later. Her passengers and crew were rescued by the CANADA. She went down in 50 fathoms of water. Master: Capt Patterson. Owned by a joint stock company out of Kingston. Reportedly twin-engined. Sources : csqw,is(4-65),mmgl,csv(s2),nsp,wl,wmn csqw -Canvas and Steam on Quinte Waters - Metcalfe, Willis. South Marysburgh Marine Society, South Bay, Ont., 1979. is - Inland Seas (vol. & number may follow), The Great Lakes Historical Society, Cleveland/Vermilion, OH, 1945 - pres. mmgl - Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Registry List - Web page at: http://130.15.161.15/marmus/regist.htm csv - Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930 - Mills, John M., Steamship Historical Society of America, Providence RI, 1979 (plus three supplements). On-line at: http://130.15.161.15/marmus/mills.htm nsp - my newspaper clipping file [clippings mostly from Detroit Free Press and Detroit Post and Tribune] wl - Walter Lewis Collection and web page, Kingston, Ont.: http://www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/ wmn - William McNeil Collection http://greatlakeshistory.homestead.com/files/sources.htm