Shipwreck · Lake Huron · Foundered
PS Waubuno
A vessel built in 1865, lost on Lake Huron in 1879. The record: “Lost in a storm on 22 November 1879 with all hands.”
The vessel
On the record
- Builder
- Melancthon Simpson, Port Robinson
- Completed
- 1865
- Length
- 135 ft (41 m)
- Tonnage
- 193 tons
- Propulsion
- Paddle steamer
- Fate
- Lost in a storm on 22 November 1879 with all hands
- Lake
- Lake Huron
- Coordinates
- 45.1208° N, 80.1661° W
The same decade
Huron losses of the 1870s
- Cornelia B. Windiate1875 · foundered
- E. B. Allen1871 · collision
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Huron wrecks
- SS Midland City30 mi · lost 1955
- Metamora31 mi · lost 1907
- SS Manasoo39 mi · lost 1928
- Nancy42 mi · lost 1814
- Sweepstakes74 mi · lost 1885
- Erie Belle99 mi · lost 1883
Straight-line distance between published positions.
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article PS Waubuno, 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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