Posted by Bob Carey on September 07, 19100 at 11:03:58:
In Reply to: Wexford Found posted by Brendon Baillod on August 30, 19100 at 05:55:28:
: The following is courtesy of Neil Schutiess' excellent website:
: 08/30:
: The wreck of the Wexford, a 250-foot steel hull, bulk freight that was lost in the "great Storm of 1913" has been found. The British cargo ship was found by divers resting in excellent condition, on the bottom of Lake Huron, sitting upright with only its stacks missing. The ship was discovered by a local salmon fisherman who noticed a bump on the bottom with his sonar. The wreck lies 11 kilometers offshore between Grand Bend and Bayfield.
: The vessel was overwhelmed and sunk on November 10, 1913 while carrying a cargo of steel rails. Her crew of 17 were lost in the sinking.
The Wexford was carrying wheat from Fort williams bound for Goderich. There are no steel rails on her. She left Sarnia upbound with steel rails for Thunder Bay. The wreck is very intact, a block is still hanging from a lifeboat davit!! Crew lost is being confirmed, more like 23 and length is 270'.