AH-WR-1551

Carlingford

Three-Masted Schooner · Lost 1881 · The Lake Erie Islands

Carlingford was a three-masted schooner lost in Lake Erie.

Become Captain of Record

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Carlingford was a wooden three-masted schooner built at Port Huron in 1869. It carried wheat on its final voyage. A collision with Brunswick sank it in November 1881. Niagara Divers’ Association documents the wreck and its mooring.

Vessel

Built: 1869
Registry: US 125024
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: November 12, 1881
Cause: Collision
Location: Off Dunkirk, New York, Lake Erie
Water: Lake Erie
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Wheat
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Off Dunkirk, New York, Lake Erie
Region: The Lake Erie Islands

No wreck-position coordinates transcribed for this record.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (88/100)

Crew totals and details not stated here are not established in the sources reviewed.

Niagara Divers’ Association
Vessel identity, construction and documented loss history.
Shipwreck World, Carlingford, Jim Kennard
Wheat cargo and loss location.