"Schooner C" (unknown Brigantine)
LOCATION: Eastern Lake Erie off Dunkirk, NY, USA
DIVE CHARTER: Osprey
Dive Charters. Barcelona, NY
LIES: Upright on mud bottom.
CONDITION: Apparently Intact. 90% under fine silt bottom.
DEPTH: 100-115' [31-35m]
TYPE: Brigantine
CARGO: ?
DIMENSIONS: ~124' [38m] Length x ~18'-24' [6-8m] beam at exposed portion of
stern.
(per G.
Wachter survey 7/23/05)
NOTES: · Moderate to heavy zebra mussel
infestation.
· Stern offers highest relief. Estimate the deck of the
stern castle is
~10' [1-3m] off
of bottom. 3 hatches and a wheel pedestal are present here. ·
At least eight
square double pained windows exist on the transom at the mud line. ·
Starboard rail is completely exposed. Remaining deck and 90% of port rail
is silted. ·
At the bow, a large anchor with stock is located on the starboard deck. ·
A second anchor appears to be buried in the bottom
off of
the port bow. · Forward the stem, a zebra mussel encrusted, member protrudes from the
mud -- perhaps an ornately carved figure head lies beneath...? ·
Anchor chain
remains wrapped on the drum of the windlass. ·
The top of the samson post? is ornated with a rolled piece
of sheet metal -- green oxidation revealed in flash photos suggest this
material is copper or similar. ·
Overall, it appears that a relatively untouched shipwreck lies
underneath a whole lot of lake bottom. [Note to Santa: please scratch
the side scan sonar in favor of a sand dredge...]
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