Date Foundered:  

September 13, 1848 

Date Built: 

1846  

Ship Builder: 

O. M. Goodsell 

Where Built: 

St. Clair, MI 

Hull Type: 

WOOD PROPELLER 

Hull Number: 

Owner: 

D. N. Barney, Buffalo, NY 

Captain: 

Tonnage: 

279 

Length: 

131 Feet 

Beam: 

26 Feet

Draft:

9 Feet 

Water Depth of Wreck: 

100 Feet 

Location of Wreck: 

approximately 3.5 miles from the Harbor Beach Lighthouse on a 130-degree heading 

Comments:

Also known as "Goliah". Sparks from her stack apparently started a fire which touched off her cargo, resulting in a blast which reduced the upper part of the vessel to floating matchwood. The remains of the steamer drifted ashore near Goderich, Ont., on the 20th. All 18 aboard were lost. She was the first propeller vessel to be lost beyond recovery on the lakes.

Additional Information:

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The Explosion of the Goliah

by: History of the Great Lakes J.H. Beers & Co., Chica

10/20/98

"Explosion of the Goliah. - The saddest of the season's casualties was the destruction of the propeller Goliah, by fire and explosion, on Lake Huron, with the loss of 18 lives....

Diving the Shipwreck Goliath

by: Capt. Ron Burkhard

12/15/02

Capt. Ron details his dive on the Goliath.