LakelandShe lies in 220 feet of water upright and very intact. The Lakeland carried a cargo of cars and packaged goods including Canadian whiskey.
 | Pictures: |  | | Other Names: | Built as CAMBRIA, renamed in 1910 | | Official Number: | 126420 | | Vessel Built: | 1887, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland | | Vessel Specifications: | 280x40x20, 1878g 1378n | | Type of Vessel: | Freighter | | Depth to Deck: | 190 ft (57m) | | Depth to Bottom: | 210 ft (64m) | | How it Sunk: | Converted from a bulk freighter to a combination passenger and package freight steamer in 1910, she sprang a leak and foundered. Foul play (insurance fraud) was suspected, but was never proven. She was one of the first three steamers on the Great Lakes to have a triple expansion engine. | | Loss Type: | Foundered | | Date of Loss: | 1924, Dec. 4 | | Place of Loss: | Off Sturgeon Bay, WI | | Vessel Cargo: | New automobiles | | Lives Loss: | none | | References: | Shipwreck File by Dave Swayze | |
