27 40 North Bass 3 W.R. Hanna P she survived at least four collisions, seven groundings, and three Dimensions: 90-foot length, 28-foot beam, 8-foot depth 14 Ivanhoe Island onboard fires. On Sept. 29, 1906, City of Concord left Cleveland Get more information Nearly 1,700 limestone blocks obscure this wreck, as the W.R. Hanna Year Built/Location: 1921, Cleveland, Ohio Bound from Cleveland to Mackinaw, the loaded with coal for St. Clair, Michigan, when she encountered gale- Lorain-Vermilion about the Lake Erie 36 - 39 was delivering limestone blocks from Kelleys Island to Detroit when Lake Erie Diving Specifics: The Craftsman lies upright upon a rocky bottom, Ivanhoe carried 300 tons of coal when it Lake Erie Middle Bass force winds west of Huron. She sprang a leak at 8:30 p.m., and her Coastal Trail’s more than it encountered gale-force winds on Oct. 14, 1886. The storm pounded approximately one mile north of Avon Lake in 42 feet of water. collided with another schooner (Arab) on PLESRC Island pumps couldn’t keep up with the flooding. A yawl boat was lowered 300 historical sites and the vessel to pieces, and she was lost north of Kelleys Island. No Winches, steel cable coils, and deck hatches are visible. A crane lies the night of Oct. 4, 1855, about 3.5 miles north of Avon Lake. Shipwrecks Erie Islands and the crew commanded to abandon ship. Two crew members natural areas by visiting 42 5 crew was lost. 12 Eleven crew and passengers were rescued by the propeller Ohio. approximately 100 feet southeast of the barge. Wreck penetration is LakeErieCoastalOhio.com & Maritime Tales South Bass refused to abandon the vessel and perished in the storm. 10 11 Latitude: 41 39.03 7 not recommended. Latitude: 41 33.312 and more detailed of the Island 44 Latitude: 41 32.730 14 Longitude: 82 41.06 9 Longitude: 82 02.824 shipwreck information by Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail Longitude: 82 32.808 15 13 29 Dimensions: 86.2-foot length, 22.4-foot beam, 6-foot depth 1 2 Sand Merchant B visiting Ohio Sea Grant’s 43 Sheffield Lake Bay Village Lakew Dimensions: 110-foot length, 26-foot beam, 9-foot depth 2 Dimensions: 135-foot length, 26-foot beam, 11-foot depth ohioshipwrecks.org “Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Kelleys Year Built/Location: 1857, Sandusky, Ohio Avon Lake Built as a sandsucker in 1927, the Sand Year Built/Location: 1848, Irving, New York OTTAWA 3 Year Built/Location: 1868, Cleveland, Ohio 8 Lake Erie Island Diving Specifics: The wreckage is located in 3-8 feet of water. Stone Merchant departed Windsor, Ontario, Diving Specifics: Survey work by MAST began in 2007. Superior, and Michigan... they are swept by Diving Specifics: The City of Concord lies upright in approximately cargo obscures most of the shipwreck. The dive slate for this wreck Lorain on Friday, Oct. 16, 1936, and headed Jack Papes, wreck diver, photographer, and MAST member, 1 40-45 feet of water. You can view a rudder, engine, boiler, windlass, 50 to sand pumping grounds near Pelee blasts as direful as any that lash the salted helps identify specific features. Vermilion provides an extensive description of the shipwreck today at the chain, decking, and a relatively intact hull. 6 49 Point. After finishing the job Oct. 17, she BGSU Lake Erie Shipwrecks and Maritime Tales web site. Highlights wave; they know what shipwrecks are, they 31 headed toward Cleveland at about 2 include the following: the Samson post, a very large pawl bit, Marblehead 4 Success Huron p.m. That evening, a northwest wind howled and the ship began have drowned full many a midnight ship 7 Morning Star B windlass, huge timbers, deck beams and the centerboard. Port From 1857 to 1869, the British government 48 listing to port. The captain ordered the lifeboats launched, and the and starboard railings are intact. Coal is abundant. Morning Star was enroute from Cleveland to Detroit when it collided crew burned mattresses on the deck to get the attention of those with all its shrieking crew.” 41 4 used the Success to house prisoners in 46 with the bark Cortland on Saturday, June 20, 1868. Both vessels on land. As the crew lowered the port lifeboat, the Sand Merchant’s Geelong, Australia. In 1910, the vessel was Legend 15 - Herman Melville, “Moby Dick,” 1851 28 converted to a tourist attraction, advertised sank, the Morning Star plummeting within 15 minutes. Around 3 LLegendegend Lake Erie ShipwreckShipwreck Locations Locations coal bunkers shifted and the vessel sank. Two vessels just departing Alva B. Lake Erie Port 45 as a “convict ship.” Success spent the a.m., the R.N. Rice arrived on the scene and rescued passengers LighthouseLakeLighthouse Erie Shipwreck Locations Locations Cleveland encountered two capsized lifeboats on Sunday, Oct. 18, The Alva B. sank Nov. 1, 1917, off Clinton 47 and crew from both ships. A reported 30-45 lives were lost on the with seven surviving crew members. Eighteen crew members and next 29 years touring the world, including MuseumLighthouseMuseum Locations Locations Avon Lake. Like many shipwrecks, Sandusky 20 years in North American waters. A Morning Star, as well as five crew members from the Cortland. That one passenger did not survive. the cause is not clear. Speculations BGSU Legend summer, Morning Star was raised with the intention to tow her to P ShipwreckShipwreckMuseum Locations Plates AvailableAvailable ake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie ShipwreckShipwreck Locations Locations Sandusky Bay Port Clinton businessman purchased the PLESRC Latitude: 41 34.431 include running aground in shallow waters after her crew mistook recks LLegendegend shore for repairs, but after traveling only 8-10 miles, she sank to her B MooringShipwreck Buoy Plates Available averaging just 62 feet compared to the 483-foot LighthouseLakeLighthouse Erie Shipwreck Locations Locations 30 Success and ran her aground while towing her from Cleveland to Longitude: 81 57.520 amusement park lights for Cleveland, as well as being forced to average depths of Lake Superior. These shallow Port Clinton. Vandals set her on fire July 4, 1946. final resting place approximately 8 miles north of Lorain. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail beach after having sprung a leak traveling from Sandusky MuseumLighthouseMuseum Locations Locations Dimensions: 252-foot length, 44-foot beam, 20-foot depth waters, along with the lake’s network of shoals Latitude: 41 36.812 to Cleveland. P Museum Locations Latitude: 41 31.319 ShipwreckShipwreck Plates AvailableAvailable Year Built/Location: 1927, Collinwood, Ontario, Canada and reefs, make navigation a challenge in good Longitude: 82 12.53 Latitude: 41 30.769 B MooringShipwreck Buoy Plates Available Longitude: 82 54.703 Just after midnight on April 28, approximately eight miles offshore Diving Specifics: The shipwreck lies upside down in approximately 60 L weather and dangerous when storms roll in, Dimensions: 243-foot keel, 34-foot beam, 14-foot depth, 38-foot Longitude: 82 06.676 Longitude: 82 01.923 Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail Dimensions: 135-foot length, 30-foot beam, 14-foot depth often with little warning. Because of this, more than 1,700 paddlewheels Dimensions: 184-foot length, 32-foot beam, 14-foot depth Vermilion, two starboard boilers exploded. The vessel, which feet of water. Debris, two deck cranes, and other items are scattered Year Built/Location: 1840, Moulmein, India carried approximately 80-100 passengers and crew, sank bow-first around the wreck, which offers plenty to see for advanced divers. Dimensions: 73.5-foot length, 18.4-foot beam, 10.5-foot depth shipwrecks lie at the bottom of Lake Erie, only 277 of which Year Built/Location: 1862, Trenton, Michigan Year Built/Location: 1872, Lorain, Ohio have been found. Diving Specifics: This wreck is in 8-10 feet of water about a half in 15 minutes. Eleven passengers and crew escaped in a yawl boat Penetrating the wreck is dangerous and is not recommended. Year Built/Location: 1890, Buffalo, New York w mile offshore the Port Clinton beach. Divers can see the keel, ribs, Diving Specifics: Much of the debris sunk into the soft bottom in Diving Specifics: The wreck rests on a rock bed bottom, less than to Vermilion, where they were able to secure a schooner to return Diving Specifics: Waves and ice scour have taken their toll over the Lake Erie Islands Region a half-mile from Sheffield Lake. The rock bottom is flat, so it can be planking, metal parts, and plenty of fish. approximately 60 feet of water. Portions of the paddlewheels, the to the site to assist others still adrift. An estimated 38 passengers 13 years. Scattered remains, including some timbers, planking, the The following shipwrecks and large boiler, decking, timbers, and the walking beam are the most difficult to anchor. The ship is quite broken but is a popular site for lost their lives. Two Fannies 1 P P steam boiler, and other various engine parts, lie in 10-12 feet of water their stories are recommendations F.H. Prince 2 Adventure prominent artifacts. novice divers and snorkelers. There is abundant fish life. Eight crewmen and a cat barely escaped 5 Latitude: 41 31.668 on a bottom of mostly sand, rock, and gravel. The boiler can be a from an advisory committee of p During routine sand dredging on On Oct. 7, 1903, the Adventure sailed Isabella J. Boyce the ship’s strong suction when the navigation hazard when water levels are low. This is yet another local scuba divers and dive clubs, Longitude: 82 23.092 Aug.