Shotline Diving • Great Lakes Systems Directory
Great Lakes Vessel Types
Ship types are more than labels — they’re construction logic. If you know what you’re looking at,
you can read a wreck like an engineering drawing: hull form, framing, propulsion, cargo system, rig, and era.
This directory is the “type layer” that feeds the wreck archive. Every wreck page can be tagged with one or more
vessel types, letting divers and researchers filter the archive by structure and function, not just name.
This page uses:
taxonomy sld_ship_type on
CPT wreck.
The directory below is auto-fed from terms, then stays live as you add or refine tags.
How to Use Vessel Types
Treat vessel types as functional engineering categories. A wreck can be more than one thing
(example: Schooner Barge + Barge, or Steam Tug + Icebreaker in rare cases).
When a wreck is tagged, term pages become powerful “all related wrecks” hubs.
Practical workflow:
(1) create/clean the type term,
(2) tag wrecks with that term,
(3) term page becomes the living index for that type.
Type Families
Quick filters that pre-fill the directory search box below. These don’t replace the taxonomy — they’re just
fast on-page shortcuts.
Sail & Wood Trade
Schooner / brig / bark / scow variants, including schooner-barges and scow-schooners.
Steam Transition
Sidewheelers, paddlewheelers, propellers, early steamers, and hybrid eras.
Industrial & Working Craft
Tugs, dredges, barges, sand suckers, pile drivers, floating cranes and docks.
Steel Freighters & Bulk
Lakers, ore carriers, self unloaders, bulk & package freighters, canallers.
Passenger & Tourism
Passenger steamers, excursion vessels, ferries, mail/packet boats.
Government & Service
Patrol boats, survey/research vessels, lightships, harbour tenders, icebreakers.
A–Z Vessel Type Directory
This is the authoritative list. Each row links to the type term page and (optionally) a filtered wreck view.
Keep names consistent (your underscore list can be the “internal standard”), and use term descriptions for the
short definition.
Ship Types
32 Foot Houseboat1 wreck
65 Foot Cabin Cruiser1 wreck
Airboat1 wreck
Aircraft47 wrecks
Armed Gunboat Built Specific Details Unknown1 wreck
Barge262 wrecks
Barkentine 3 Masts Single Deck Dimensions1 wreck
Barque Date Of Incident Late September 18701 wreck
Brig Cargo Wheat1 wreck
Brig Hull Material Wood Typical For The Period1 wreck
Bulk Freighter68 wrecks
Bulk Freighter Official Number U1 wreck
Cabin Cruiser2 wrecks
Cabin Cruiser Dimensions1 wreck
Canoe / small open boat1 wreck
Car / automobile5 wrecks
Coastal Steamer1 wreck
Dive Boat Flag Canada Owner John R1 wreck
Dock1 wreck
Document1 wreck
Dredge3 wrecks
Dredge Year Built 1944 Dimensions1 wreck
Dredger1 wreck
Excursion Vessel3 wrecks
Ferry45 wrecks
Fishing boat31 wrecks
Glass Bottom Tour Boat1 wreck
Gunboat1 wreck
Hooper Barge1 wreck
Houseboat1 wreck
Launch80 wrecks
Likely A 14 Foot Outboard Boat1 wreck
Metal Lifeboat Liberty Ship Era1 wreck
Natural Bay With Maritime History And Shipwrecks1 wreck
Naval Vessel12 wrecks
Navigational Aid1 wreck
Oil Screw Oil Powered Vessel Final1 wreck
Package Freighter20 wrecks
Pleasure Boat3 wrecks
Propeller Wood Official Number None Builder E1 wreck
Propeller Year Built 1883 U1 wreck
Railcar1 wreck
Recreational Bow Rider Boat2 wrecks
Rocky Shoreline1 wreck
Rowboat1 wreck
Sailboat3 wrecks
Sailboat Dimensions2 wrecks
Sailboat Fiberglass Hull Final1 wreck
Sailing Vessel Sloop1 wreck
Schooner1977 wrecks
Schooner Barge1 wreck
Scow barge26 wrecks
Scow Sloop1 wreck
Ship312 wrecks
Sloop4 wrecks
Sloop Date Built 1799 Builder William And R1 wreck
Speedboat Incident1 wreck
St1 wreck
Steamer826 wrecks
Steel Freighter Built 19071 wreck
Steel Freighteryear Built 1892built At F1 wreck
Steel Hulled Fishing Trawler Stern Trawler Rig1 wreck
structure13 wrecks
submarine1 wreck
Submerged And Dangerous To Surface Navigation1 wreck
Submerged Object4 wrecks
Submerged Vehicles1 wreck
Submerged Wreck Dangerous To Navigation1 wreck
Submerged Wreck Dangerous To Surface Navigation2 wrecks
Submerged Wreck Vessel Terms Unknown2 wrecks
The J1 wreck
Three Masted Wooden Bark Built 1866 By F1 wreck
Traditional Wooden Rowboat Mackinaw Boat1 wreck
Truck1 wreck
Tug1097 wrecks
Twin Screw Wooden Hull Coordinates Latitude 452 wrecks
Two Masted Wooden Brig Built 1841 By G1 wreck
Two Masted Wooden Brig Square Rigged1 wreck
Unidentified1 wreck
Unidentified Hull36 wrecks
Unknown Hull1 wreck
Unknown type4 wrecks
Unpowered hull / lighter / hulk2 wrecks
Unregistered Vessel Likely Cargo Or Utility1 wreck
Visible Wreck Coordinates Latitude 451 wreck
Wooden Brig Built 1848 Date Of Loss June 16 18581 wreck
Wooden Brig Date Of Incident September 12 18551 wreck
Wooden Bulk Carrier1 wreck
Wooden Cris Craft1 wreck
Wooden Hulled Bulk Freighter Registry U1 wreck
Wooden Hulled Vessel Coordinates 4501331 wreck
Wooden Package Freighter Dimensions As Built1 wreck
Wooden Propeller Bulk Freighter Dimensions 621 wreck
Wooden Propeller Cargo Vessel Dimensions1 wreck
Wooden Propeller Vessel Dimensions1 wreck
Wooden Rowboat 15 X 6 Feet 41 wreck
Wooden Wreck1 wreck
Workboat13 wrecks
Wreck Submerged Dangerous To Surface Navigation1 wreck
Yacht43 wrecks