Lake Erie shipwreck timeline
The documented wrecks in this gazetteer, by decade of loss.
Lake Erie shipwreck timeline Dot plot: one dot per documented wreck in this gazetteer, stacked by decade of loss, from the 1810s to the late twentieth century. 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 Walk-in-the-Water (1821), stranded Lake Serpent (1829), cause unknown Erie (1841), fire Anthony Wayne (1850), fire G.P. Griffith (1850), fire Atlantic (1852), collision Ivanhoe (1855), collision Sultan (1864), storm Cortland (1868), collision Morning Star (1868), collision Stephen F. Gale (1876), foundered W.R. Hanna (1886), storm Two Fannies (1890), foundered Dean Richmond (1893), storm Wocoken (1893), storm Idaho (1897), storm Margaret Olwill (1899), storm Idler (1900), storm Dundee (1900), storm John B. Lyon (1900), storm Queen of the West (1903), foundered Adventure (1903), fire Philip Minch (1904), fire Sarah E. Sheldon (1905), stranded City of Concord (1906), storm John Pridgeon Jr. (1909), storm Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 (1909), storm Clarion (1909), fire 11 lost 1900–1909 F.H. Prince (1911), fire Lightship No. 82 (Buffalo) (1913), storm D.L. Filer (1916), storm James B. Colgate (1916), storm Marshall F. Butters (1916), storm Merida (1916), storm Isabella J. Boyce (1917), stranded Alva B (1917), stranded Mecosta (1922), foundered Sand Merchant (1936), storm Argo (1937), storm Admiral (1942), storm Cleveco (1942), storm Frank E. Vigor (1944), collision James H. Reed (1944), collision Success (1946), fire Craftsman (1958), foundered Hickory Stick (1958), storm North Carolina (1968), cause unknown Duke Luedtke (1993), foundered The documented wrecks in this gazetteer, by decade of loss. Embed this chart
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Documented wrecks in this gazetteer by decade of loss.
Decade Wrecks Ships
1820s 2 Walk-in-the-Water (1821), Lake Serpent (1829)1840s 1 Erie (1841)1850s 4 Anthony Wayne (1850), G.P. Griffith (1850), Atlantic (1852), Ivanhoe (1855)1860s 3 Sultan (1864), Cortland (1868), Morning Star (1868)1870s 1 Stephen F. Gale (1876)1880s 1 W.R. Hanna (1886)1890s 5 Two Fannies (1890), Dean Richmond (1893), Wocoken (1893), Idaho (1897), Margaret Olwill (1899)1900s 11 Idler (1900), Dundee (1900), John B. Lyon (1900), Queen of the West (1903), Adventure (1903), Philip Minch (1904), Sarah E. Sheldon (1905), City of Concord (1906), John Pridgeon Jr. (1909), Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 (1909), Clarion (1909)1910s 8 F.H. Prince (1911), Lightship No. 82 (Buffalo) (1913), D.L. Filer (1916), James B. Colgate (1916), Marshall F. Butters (1916), Merida (1916), Isabella J. Boyce (1917), Alva B (1917)1920s 1 Mecosta (1922)1930s 2 Sand Merchant (1936), Argo (1937)1940s 5 Admiral (1942), Cleveco (1942), Frank E. Vigor (1944), James H. Reed (1944), Success (1946)1950s 2 Craftsman (1958), Hickory Stick (1958)1960s 1 North Carolina (1968)1990s 1 Duke Luedtke (1993)
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