Ivanhoe
Schooner · Lost 1855 · The Lake Erie Islands
The coal schooner Ivanhoe was run down at night off Avon Lake in 1855 by the schooner Arab; all eleven aboard were saved.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1848, the 110-foot schooner Ivanhoe left Cleveland for Mackinac with about 300 tons of coal and was run into and sunk on the night of October 4, 1855, some 3.5 miles north of Avon Lake. The schooner Arab arrived the next morning reporting a collision with an unknown vessel soon after leaving Huron. Ivanhoe's yawl, carrying eight men, a boy and two women, was picked up by the propeller Ohio and brought into Cleveland.
Vessel
- 1848
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- Wood
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- Sail
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Loss
- October 4, 1855
- Collision
- About 3.5 miles north of Avon Lake, Ohio
- Lake Erie
- Cleveland, Ohio → Mackinac, Michigan
- About 300 tons of coal
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- Capt. Dennis Galilgan
The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Avon Lake, Ohio
No pin: Ohio Sea Grant dive-slate positions are not used as wreck pins.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Original newspaper accounts are quoted by the source and were not independently inspected.
Ohio Sea Grant — Shipwrecks and Maritime Tales of Lake Erie: Ivanhoe
Ship information, wreck site and story-of-loss sections read; quoted newspapers and books not independently inspected.
