Shipwreck · Lake Huron · Foundered
SS Clifton
A whaleback freighter built in 1892, lost on Lake Huron in 1924. The record: “Sank near Thunder Bay Island during storm, September 21–22, 1924.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Whaleback freighter
- Builder
- American Steel Barge Company
- Launched
- 1892
- Length
- 308 ft (94 m)
- Beam
- 30 ft (9 m)
- Propulsion
- Steam, propeller
- Crew
- 26
- Fate
- Sank near Thunder Bay Island during storm, September 21–22, 1924
- Lake
- Lake Huron
- Coordinates
- 44.3601° N, 82.5701° W
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Huron wrecks
- SS Daniel J. Morrell15 mi · lost 1966
- SS Monrovia16 mi · lost 1959
- SS W. C. Franz26 mi
- SS John A. McGean28 mi · lost 1913
- PS Keystone State38 mi
- Corsican45 mi · lost 1893
Straight-line distance between published positions.
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Clifton, retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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