This is a list of shipwrecks during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
Ships foundered | ||||||||
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Ship | Gross tons | Length (ft) | Beam (ft) | Built | Cargo | Approximate location | Damage ($) | Deaths |
Lake Superior | ||||||||
Leafield | 1,454 | 269 | 35 | 1892 | steel rails | Angus Island | 100,000 | 18 |
Henry B. Smith | 6,631 | 525 | 55 | 1906 | iron ore | Marquette, Michigan | 350,000 | 25 |
Lake Michigan | ||||||||
Plymouth (Barge) | 776 | 225 | 35 | 1854 | lumber | Gull Island | 5,000 | 7 |
Lake Huron | ||||||||
Argus | 4,707 | 436 | 50 | 1903 | coal | Point aux Barques, Michigan | 136,000 | 28 |
James Carruthers | 7,862 | 550 | 58 | 1913 | grain | Goderich, Ontario | 410,000 | 22 |
Hydrus | 4,700 | 416 | 50 | 1903 | iron ore | Goderich, Ontario | 136,000 | 27[1] |
5,100 | 452 | 52 | 1908 | coal | Sturgeon Point, Michigan | 240,000 | 22 | |
Charles S. Price | 6,322 | 524 | 54 | 1910 | coal | Port Huron, Michigan | 340,000 | 28 |
Regina | 1,956 | 249 | 42.5 | 1907 | steel pipe, package freight | Harbor Beach, Michigan | 125,000 | 20 |
Isaac M. Scott | 6,372 | 524 | 54 | 1909 | coal | Sturgeon Point, Michigan | 340,000 | 28 |
Wexford | 2,104 | 250 | 40 | 1883 | steel rails | 8.6 miles NNE of Grand Bend, Ontario | 125,000 | (actual number uncertain) 17 to 24 victims reported |
Lake Erie | ||||||||
United States lightship LV-82 Buffalo | 180 | 105 | 21 | 1912 | none | Point Abino, Ontario, Canada | 25,000 | 6 |
Ships stranded | ||||||||
Ship | Gross Tons | Length (ft) | Beam (ft) | Built | Cargo | Approx Location | Damage ($) | Notes |
Lake Superior | ||||||||
Fred G. Hartwell | 6,223 | 504 | 58 | 1908 | unknown | Point Iroquois, Michigan | 30,000 | rebuilt |
Huronic | 3,330 | 321 | 43 | 1902 | passengers | Whitefish Point, Michigan | 30,000 | |
J.T. Hutchinson | 3,734 | 346 | 48 | 1901 | unknown | Point Iroquois, Michigan | 40,000 | |
Major | 1,864 | 303 | 41 | 1889 | unknown | Crisp Point, Michigan | unknown | rebuilt |
William Nottingham | 4,234 | 377 | 50 | 1902 | wheat | Whitefish Bay, Michigan | 75,000 | 3 men lost |
Scottish Hero | 2,202 | 297 | 40 | 1895 | unknown | unknown | 500 | |
Turret Chief | 1,881 | 273 | 44 | 1896 | unknown | Copper Harbor, Michigan | unknown | rebuilt 1914 as Salvor |
L.C. Waldo | 4,466 | 472 | 48 | 1896 | iron ore | Gull Rock, Michigan | unknown | rebuilt 1916 as Riverton |
St. Marys River | ||||||||
Meaford | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 500 | ||
Lake Michigan | ||||||||
Halsted (Barge) | 497 | 191 | 32 | 1873 | lumber | Washington Harbor, Washington Island (Wisconsin) | unknown | |
Louisiana | 1,753 | 287 | 39 | 1887 | empty | Washington Harbor, Washington Island (Wisconsin) | burned to waterline | |
Pontiac | 2,298 | 300 | 40 | 1889 | unknown | Simmon's Reef | 7,500 | |
Lake Huron | ||||||||
Acadian | 2,305 | 246.5 | 43 | 1908 | unknown | Thunder Bay, Michigan | 30,000 | |
Lightship # 61 aka "Corsica Shoals" | 160 | 87'2" | 21'6" | 1893 | none | Forced from Corsica Shoals to Point Edward Canada-reportedly contributed to loss of "Matthew Andrews" | refloated | |
Matthew Andrews | 7,014 | 532 | 56 | 1907 | unknown | Corsica Shoal | 2,500 | refloated |
Howard M. Hanna Jr. | 5,667 | 500 | 54 | 1908 | coal | Port Austin, Michigan | rebuilt 1916 | |
Henry A. Hawgood | 6,839 | 552 | 56 | 1906 | unknown | Weis Beach | 7,000 | refloated |
J.M. Jenks | 4,644 | 414 | 50 | 1902 | unknown | Georgian Bay | 25,000 | |
Matoa | 2,311 | 310 | 40 | 1890 | coal | Point aux Barques, Michigan | 117,000 | 0 |
D.O. Mills | 6,598 | 532 | 58 | 1907 | unknown | Harbor Beach, Michigan | 45,000 | refloated |
Northern Queen | 2,476 | 300 | 41 | 1889 | unknown | Kettle Point 44, Ontario | 25,000 | |
A.E. Stewart | 3,943 | 356 | 50 | 1902 | unknown | Thunder Bay, Michigan | 30,000 | refloated |
St. Clair & Detroit Rivers | ||||||||
W.G. Pollock | 4,872 | 420 | 52 | 1906 | unknown | St. Clair Flats | 5,000 | |
Saxona | 4,716 | 418 | 50 | 1903 | unknown | Lake St. Clair | 1,500 | |
Victory | 4,527 | 450 | 48 | 1895 | unknown | Livingston Channel | 12,000 | |
Lake Erie | ||||||||
Donaldson (Barge) | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Cleveland, Ohio | 800 | |
C.W. Elphicke 1 | 2,058 | 273 | 42 | 1889 | flax | Long Point, Ontario | unknown | |
Fulton | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Bar Point | 2,500 | |
G.J. Grammer | 4,471 | 418 | 48 | 1902 | unknown | Lorain, Ohio | 1,500 | refloated |
Pittsburgh Steamship Co. Barges | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Cleveland, Ohio | 100,000 | unmanned |
1. The steamer C.W. Elphicke reportedly struck a submerged obstruction on Lake Erie, off Long Point, on October 21, 1913, during a gale; it was beached just above the Long Point Lighthouse 2 hours later. Before it could be salvaged, the November gale hit and it became a total loss. No lives lost. It was on voyage from Fort William, Ontario, for Buffalo, NY, with cargo of flax. | ||||||||