Lake Name: Lake Huron
Shipwreck Name: Monrovia
Monrovia

Vessel Type: Ocean Vessel
Location: Thunder Bay, MI
Vessel Build Info: 1943, (Scotland)
Shipwreck Specs: 430 ft., 6,700 t.
Official Number: LI ELOF
Names Other: Built as EMPIRE FALSTAFF, renamed COMMANDANT MANTELET(1945) renamed COMMANDANT LeBIBOUL(1951), last name in 1954

Sinking Detail
Despite improved charts, navigational aids, designated shipping lanes, radio telephones, and even radar, big ships still go down in the Great Lakes. Such was the case when the Liberian registered ocean freighter Monrovia was rammed by the freighter Royalton during a heavy fog just outside Thunder Bay.
Loss Date: 6/25/1959
Loss Place: off Thunder Bay Island
Loss Life: None
Loss Reason: Collision
Vessel Cargo: Steel

Shipwreck Description
The wreck sits upright on the lake bottom and is largely intact except for the collision damage.
Dive Type: Recreational
Depth Deck(ft): 140 ft
Depth Bottom(ft): 140 ft
Depth Deck(m): 43 m
Depth Bottom(m): 43 m

Additional Info: Monrovia | Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary