Harry Lundeberg
Cargo Ship · Panama · Lost 1954 · The Sea of Cortez
A Canadian-built wartime cargo ship, later a gypsum carrier, wrecked on the rocks off Cabo San Lucas's Land's End in 1954.
Become Captain of RecordSee Shipwreck on Map
The Vessel and Her Loss
Launched in 1943 in North Vancouver as the Park ship Kitsilano Park, the vessel passed through several names and owners before becoming the gypsum carrier Harry Lundeberg, hauling ore from Isla San Marcos in the Sea of Cortez. On 8 February 1954, approaching Cabo San Lucas, she struck a rock shelf near Land's End and was declared a total loss. Remains are said to lie buried near the shoreline today.
Vessel
- 1943
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- North Vancouver, Canada
- Steel
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- Steam
- Gypsum Carrier Inc.
Loss
- February 8, 1954
- Grounding
- Near Land's End, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur
- Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)
- Isla San Marcos
- Gypsum
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- No credible casualty figures were found in the sources reviewed.
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The Wreck Today
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- Broken up and largely buried near shore
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Position
- 22.87° N 109.91° W
- Approximate position
- Cabo San Lucas
Approximated to the Land's End area at Cabo San Lucas where the grounding is reported to have occurred.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (45/100)
Precise loss-of-life figures and the wreck's present condition are not established in the sources reviewed; some accounts of the grounding's cause differ.
Kraken Divers, "The Forgotten Shipwreck of Cabo San Lucas: The Story of the Harry Lundeberg"
Vessel name history, cargo trade, and grounding date and cause.
