Shipwreck · Lake Huron
SS Norman
A vessel built in 1890, lost on Lake Huron in 1895. The record: “Wrecked in Lake Huron May 30, 1895.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Builder
- Globe Iron Works Company
- Launched
- 30 August 1890
- Completed
- 1890
- Length
- 296 ft (90 m)
- Beam
- 40 ft (12 m)
- Tonnage
- 2,304 tons
- Propulsion
- Screw
- Fate
- Wrecked in Lake Huron May 30, 1895
- Wreck site
- Lake Huron, 10.35 miles east-southeast of Presque Isle Museum
- National Register
- Listed November 22, 2016 · ref. 16000819
- Lake
- Lake Huron
- Coordinates
- 45.3117° N, 83.2789° W
The same decade
Huron losses of the 1890s
- Corsican1893 · collision
- John Shaw1894 · foundered
- Newell A. Eddy1893 · foundered
- SS Florida1897 · collision
- SS Messenger1890 · fire
- SS Ohio1894 · foundered
- Typo1899 · collision
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Huron wrecks
- SS Florida1.1 mi · lost 1897
- Cornelia B. Windiate2.5 mi · lost 1875
- John J. Audubon3.3 mi · lost 1854
- Defiance5.3 mi · lost 1854
- Kyle Spangler9.1 mi · lost 1860
- MV Nordmeer13 mi · lost 1966
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Rockport9.1 mi
- Presque Isle10 mi
- North Riverfront Park19 mi
- Alpena Municipal Marina19 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Middle Island Light8.4 mi
- Old Presque Isle Light9.9 mi
- New Presque Isle Light11 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary19 mi · park
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Norman, 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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