Lake Erie

Sand Merchant

by Jim Kennard


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Year Built

1927

Year Sank

1936

Depth

65 ft (19.8 m)

Difficulty Level

Advanced


Sand Merchant

Wreck Location

4 mi. NE of Avon Point, Ohio

~ GPS Shipwreck Location ~
Latitude:   41° 34' 25.86" N      Longitude:   -81° 57' 31.2012" W

Description

Steel sandsucker capsized in high winds and sank.

252' x 44' x 18'



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anonymous by Roger Auge on 6/27/2020

I dived this amazing wreck upside down in Lake Erie in July 2005. It was long and dark along the keel, and the single propeller seemed very large.

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