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Michigan - Straits of Mackinac Underwater Preserve
Cedarville Wreck
Name:
Cedarville |
| Also
Known By: Built as A.F. HARVEY, last name in 1957 |
Official
No.: 226492 |
| Vessel
Type : Propeller, steel, self-unloading bulk freighter |
| Constructed: 1927, Great Lakes Engineering, River Rouge, MI hull #255 |
| Specifications: 588x60x32 8575 t. |
| Date
Lost: 1965, May 7 |
| Place
Lost: 3 mi E of Mackinac Bridge, Straits |
| Body
of Water: Huron (Straits
Area Preserve) |
| Type
of Loss: collision |
| Lives
Lost: 10 |
| Cargo: Limestone |
| Notes: Moving at speed in fog, she collided with the Norwegian freighter
TOPDALSFJORD about 9:50 am and sank quickly. German motor vessel WEISSENBURG
picked up the survivors. Wreck location: 3.1 mi, 120 deg from S pier
of Mackinac Bridge. She was later found to be at fault in the collision.
She is a popular dive target. Built as a bulk freighter, she was converted
to a self-unloader at Defoe Shipbuilding, 1957 |
| Location: About 3.5 miles southeast of the center of the Mackinac Bridge. |
| Loran: 31210.7/48130.6 |
| Lat/Lon:
45 47.13/84040.13 |
| Depth:
35-105 Feet |
| Visibility: 5-20 |
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