List of shipwrecks from the 1913 Great Lakes storm

This is a list of shipwrecks during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.

Ships founderedShipGross tonsLength (ft)Beam (ft)BuiltCargoApproximate locationDamage ($)DeathsLake SuperiorLeafield1,454269351892steel railsAngus Island100,00018Henry B. Smith6,631525551906iron oreMarquette, Michigan350,00025Lake MichiganPlymouth (Barge)776213351854EmptyGull Island5,0007(6 sailors & 1 US deputy marshall whom the barge had lawsuits against it)Lake HuronArgus4,707436501903coalPoint aux Barques, Michigan136,00028James Carruthers7,862550581913grainHarbor Beach, Michigan 410,00022Hydrus4,700436501903iron oreLexington, Michigan136,000275,100436521908coalPort Hope, Michigan240,00023Charles S. Price6,322524541910coalPort Huron, Michigan340,00028Regina1,95624942.51907steel pipe, package freightPort Sanilac, Michigan125,00020Isaac M. Scott6,372524541909coalAlpena, Michigan340,00028Wexford2,104250401883Wheat8.6 miles NNE of Grand Bend, Ontario125,000(actual number uncertain) 17 to 24 victims reportedLake ErieUnited States lightship LV-82 Buffalo180105211912nonePoint Abino, Ontario, Canada25,0006 {Lightship salvaged}Ships strandedShipGross TonsLength (ft)Beam (ft)BuiltCargoApprox LocationDamage ($)NotesLake SuperiorFred G. Hartwell6,223504581908unknownPoint Iroquois, Michigan30,000rebuiltHuronic3,330321431902passengersWhitefish Point, Michigan30,000 J.T. Hutchinson3,734346481901unknownPoint Iroquois, Michigan40,000 Major1,864303411889unknownCrisp Point, MichiganunknownrebuiltWilliam Nottingham4,234377501902wheatWhitefish Bay, Michigan75,0003 men lostScottish Hero2,202297401895unknownunknown500 Turret Chief1,881273441896unknownCopper Harbor, Michiganunknownrebuilt 1914 as SalvorL.C. Waldo4,466472481896iron oreGull Rock, Michiganunknownrebuilt 1916 as RivertonSt. Marys RiverMeafordunknownunknownunknownunknownunknown 500 Lake MichiganHalsted (Barge)497191321873lumberWashington Harbor, Washington Island (Wisconsin)unknown Louisiana1,753287391887emptyWashington Harbor, Washington Island (Wisconsin) burned to waterlinePontiac2,298300401889unknownSimmon's Reef7,500 Lake HuronAcadian2,305246.5431908unknownThunder Bay, Michigan30,000 Lightship # 61 aka "Corsica Shoals"16087'2"21'6"1893none Forced from Corsica Shoals to Point Edward Canada-reportedly contributed to loss of "Matthew Andrews" {See article United States lightship Huron (LV-103)}refloated Matthew Andrews7,014532561907unknownCorsica Shoal2,500refloatedHoward M. Hanna Jr.5,667500541908coalPort Austin, Michigan rebuilt 1916Henry A. Hawgood6,839552561906unknownWeis Beach7,000refloatedJ.M. Jenks4,644414501902unknownGeorgian Bay25,000 Matoa2,311310401890coalPoint aux Barques, Michigan117,0000D.O. Mills6,598532581907unknownHarbor Beach, Michigan45,000refloatedNorthern Queen2,476300411889unknownKettle Point 44, Ontario25,000 A.E. Stewart3,943356501902unknownThunder Bay, Michigan30,000refloatedSt. Clair & Detroit RiversW.G. Pollock4,872420521906unknownSt. Clair Flats5,000 Saxona4,716418501903unknownLake St. Clair1,500 Victory4,527450481895unknownLivingston Channel12,000 Lake ErieDonaldson (Barge)unknownunknownunknownunknownunknownCleveland, Ohio800 C.W. Elphicke 12,058273421889flaxLong Point, OntariounknownStranded in a late October gale early on in 1913, on Lake Erie, lost to the hurricane before salvaging could happenFultonunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownBar Point2,500 G.J. Grammer4,471418481902unknownLorain, Ohio1,500refloatedPittsburgh Steamship   Co. BargesunknownunknownunknownunknownunknownCleveland, Ohio100,000unmanned1. 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.

Vessels gallery

See also

List of victims of the 1913 Great Lakes storm List of shipwrecks

References

Brown, David G. (2002). White Hurricane. International Marine / McGraw-Hill. .

Vogel, Michael N. and Paul F. Redding, Maritime Buffalo, Buffalo History, Lightship LV 82.

External links University of Detroit Mercy S.J. Marine Historical Collection Great Lakes Shipwrecks S Tales of sea and riverside, Great Storm of 1913 (pictures of all the ships lost.)