Sligo

Site NameSligo

• Location:

  Humbar Bay, Toronto / N43°36'0" W79°27'0"

• Site ID:

  54

• Organization:

  SOS Toronto

• Record Date:

  June 11,2003

• Wreck Type:

  Schooner

• Rig:

  3 masted

• Length:

  137

• Hull Material:

  Wood

• Body of Water:

  Lake Ontario

• Depth min:

  60

• Depth max:

  65

• Current:

  No Current

• Buoy Type:

  Conical

• Line Type:

  Polypro - twist

• Line Size:

  46

• Buoy Anchor Type:

  Cement - Large

• SOS Plaque:

  No

• Notes:

  Originally built as the barkentine "Prince of Wales". She was rebuilt in 1874 as a three masted, fore & aft rigged schooner and renamed "Sligo" She was a towed barge at the time of her loss. Sligo sits up right.

• Description:

  While under tow parted line in a heavy gale on September 5, 1918.