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Michigan - Thunder Bay Underwater Preserve
Nordmeer Wreck
| Name: Nordmeer |
| Also
Known By: None |
| Official
No.: German LR525650 call no. DIGH |
| Vessel
Type: Propeller, steel, package and bulk freighter |
| Constructed: 1954, Flensburger Schiffs Gesellshaft, Flensburg, Germany |
| Specifications: 470 ft., 8683 t. |
| Date
Lost: 1966, Nov 19 |
Place
Lost: A few mi N of Thunder Bay Isl. |
| Body
of Water: Huron (Thunder Bay Preserve) |
| Type
of Loss: Navigational error |
| Lives
Lost: None |
| Cargo: Stainless steel wire |
| Notes: She misread a marker buoy and ran aground on a reef. She was expected
to be an easy salvage, but a big storm a few days later wrecked her
bottom and her removal and repair became too expensive a job. Her
crew had stayed aboard after the grounding, then had to be rescued
by helicopter during the storm on the same night that the DANIEL J.
MORRELL went down some miles to the south. The Nordstrand fishing
tug LEON J. out of Alpena assisted in the wild-weather rescue. NORDMEER's
emergent wreckage is a frequent visit for pleasure boaters, but her
valuable cargo was mostly recovered soon after the wreck. |
| Location: About 7 miles north of Thunder Bay Island. |
| Loran: 30790.4/48634.7 |
| Lat/Lon:
45 8' 20" N, 83, 9' 30" W. |
| Depth:
40 Feet |
| Visibility:
20-40 Feet |
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