Lake Name: Lake Huron
Shipwreck Name: Charles A. King

Vessel Type: Wooden schooner
Location: Harbor Beach, MI
Vessel Build Info: 1863, Roderick Calkins & Blaisedell, Cleveland
Shipwreck Specs: 140x26x12, 316g 300n
Official Number: 5058
Names Other: none but sometimes seen as C.A. King

Sinking Detail: She foundered off Harbor Beach in a NE gale. The crew was rescued by steamer E.C. POPE, which witnessed the foundering. Bound Toledo for Bay City

Ashore in a gale and declared a total loss on Long Point, October, 1871.
Major repairs in 1870, 71, 80 and 81

Loss Date: 9/26/1895
Loss Place: 12 miles off of Harbor Beach, MI
Loss Life: none of 6
Loss Reason: storm
Vessel Cargo: coal

Shipwreck Description

Dive Type:
Depth Deck(ft): 200ft
Depth Bottom(ft): 215ft
Depth Deck(m): 61m
Depth Bottom(m): 66m

Additional Info: Thumb Area Bottomland Preserve | Michigan Underwater Preserves