AH-WR-0284

Craftsman

Steel Bulk Freighter · United States · Lost early 20th century · The Lake Erie Islands

A steel freighter named Craftsman lost on Lake Erie, documented only in outline.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Craftsman was a steel steam freighter that operated in Great Lakes bulk trade. She was lost on Lake Erie, though precise details of the date and circumstances are sparse in available records. She is known primarily through regional wreck inventories. Her exact resting place has not been firmly established in the sources reviewed.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Steel
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, single screw
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: early 20th century
Cause: Not established
Location: Lake Erie
Water: Lake Erie
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
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: Lake Erie
Region: The Lake Erie Islands

Searched Ohio Sea Grant's Lake Erie shipwreck database and general Great Lakes shipwreck registries for a vessel named 'Craftsman'; no documented position was found for this generically-dated early 20th-century wreck.