AH-WR-1565

Sultan

Brigantine · Lost 1864 · The Lake Erie Islands

Sultan was a brigantine 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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Sultan was built at Chicago in 1848 and rebuilt at Cleveland in 1863. It carried grindstones, lumber and barrel staves. A storm sank it off Cleveland in September 1864. Cleveland Underwater Explorers discovered the wreck in 2011.

Vessel

Built: 1848
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: September 24, 1864
Cause: Storm
Location: Off Cleveland, Ohio
Water: Lake Erie
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 7
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 Cleveland, Ohio
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.

Cleveland Underwater Explorers
Vessel identity, construction and documented loss history.
Society for Historical Archaeology, Sultan: Cleveland’s Grindstone Wreck, VanZandt and Magee (2013), tDAR record
Storm loss, crew survival and 2011 discovery.