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COMPLETED – The Tiller – Lake Ontario

Name- Unidentified (aka The Tiller)
Registry –
Official Number –
Vessel Type – Schooner
Year Built –
Year Sank –
Hull Material – Wood
Engines – None

WRECK INFORMATION

Depth – 110 ft
GPS Coordinates – 43° 14.755′  N 079° 17.072′ W
Site Description – The Tiller Wreck sits nearly intact on the bottom about two miles from the Port Dalhousie harbor entrance. The two-masted schooner Tiller Wreck is a local favorite dive site out of Port Dalhousie, ON in Lake Ontario. It is unidentified and nicknamed the Tiller Wreck due to the large tiller it ports. It has one mast and one large boom extant on site.

COMPLETED – Raleigh – Lake Erie

Name –   Raleigh
Registry –  US
Official Number – 110154
Vessel Type – Bulk Freighter
Year Built – 1871
Year Sank – 1911
Hull Material – Wood
Engines – Steeple Compound

Dimensions

Length – 227 ft
Width – 34 ft
Depth – 15 ft

Vessel History

Complete Historic Information Link – https://greatlakeships.org/2897332/data ; https://saveontarioshipwrecks.ca/buoysites/raleigh/

Wreck Site Information

Lake Erie
State or Province Ontario
Depth 30 ft
GPS Coordinates 42° 51.900′  N 079° 09.233′ W
Site Description The wreck is flattened and the sides are broken in pieces but a significant amount of the major propulsion machinery is extant on the site including two firebox boilers with steam drums, steeple compound engine, air pump, windlass, deck winches, rudder and capstans.

COMPLETED – C.B. Benson – Lake Erie

Name – C. B. Benson
Registry – US
Official Number – 125226
Vessel Type – Barkentine
Year Built – 1873
Year Sank – 1893  
Hull Material – Wood
Masts – 1
Engines – None

Dimensions

Length 136‘ ft
Width 26′ ft
Depth 13′ ft

Vessel History

Complete Historic Information Link – https://greatlakeships.org/2902940/data?n=1 https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/item/433762

Wreck Site Information

Lake Erie
State or Province Ontario
Depth 80′
GPS Coordinates 42° 46.259′  N 079° 14.609′ W
Site Description The wreck is largely submerged in the bottom with a couple feet of the bulwark still sticking out of the silt.  The wheel, and windlass are still extant on the site.

COMPLETED – Carlingford – Lake Erie

Name – Carlingford
Registry – US
Official Number – 125024
Vessel Type – Schooner
Year Built – 1869
Year Sank – 1881
Hull Material – Wood
Engines – None

Dimensions

Length – 155 ft
Width – 31 ft
Depth – 12 ft

Vessel History

Complete Historic Information Link – https://greatlakeships.org/2899163/data?n=2 ;  https://www.shipwreckworld.com/maps/carlingford-schooner-lake-erie-shipwreck

Wreck Site Information

Lake Erie
State or Province Ontario
Depth 100 ft
GPS Coordinates 42° 39.266′  N 079° 28.616′ W
Site Description The Carlingford hull is intact with the collision damage visible on the port side. It has large fife rails around the foremast and main mast holes. A capstan and centerboard winch are also extant on the site.  A wood stock anchor lies embedded in the bottom on the port side.

COMPLETED – George C. Finney – Lake Erie

Name- George C Finney
Registry –
Official Number –
Vessel Type – Schooner
Year Built – 1866
Year Sank – 1891
Hull Material – Wood
Engines – None

DIMENTIONS

Length – 130ft
Width – 27ft
Depth – 10ft

WRECK INFORMATION

Depth – 100 ft
GPS Coordinates – 42° 40′ 5.2212″ N -79° 36′ 15.0012″ W
Site Description – George C Finney encountered one of the worst gales ever on Lake Erie. When a squall passed, the Finney was not to be seen again. She went down with all hands.

The Finney lies upright in 100 feet of water, near the US Canadian border. Her masts are down and much of her decking gone. Notable features include the sheet winch, windlass, anchors and bilge pump. Visibility varies from 20 to 50 feet with bottom temps in the mid 40’s. She’s covered in Zebra mussels and silt.