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Shipwreck · Lake Huron

SS Viator

A general cargo steamship built in 1904, lost on Lake Huron in 1935. The record: “Wrecked in Lake Huron October 31, 1935.”

The vessel

On the record

Type
General cargo steamship
Builder
Stavanger Støberi & Dok
Launched
1904
Length
232 ft (71 m)
Beam
33 ft (10 m)
Tonnage
983 GRT
Propulsion
Single screw
Fate
Wrecked in Lake Huron October 31, 1935

Source

Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Viator, 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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