Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Foundered
SS Novadoc
A Great Lakes freighter built in 1928, lost on Lake Michigan in 1940. The record: “Sunk, November 11, 1940.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Great Lakes freighter
- Builder
- Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd.
- Launched
- 1928
- Length
- 253 ft (77 m)
- Beam
- 54 ft (16 m)
- Propulsion
- Triple expansion steam engine; Screw propeller
- Fate
- Sunk, November 11, 1940
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 43.6967° N, 86.5159° W
The same year
Also lost in 1940
- SS William B. DavockMichigan · foundered
- SS ArlingtonSuperior · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Anna C. Minch6.3 mi
- SS William B. Davock19 mi · lost 1940
- SS Henry Cort34 mi · lost 1934
- SS John V. Moran38 mi · lost 1899
- SS Pere Marquette 1839 mi · lost 1910
- SS Ironsides46 mi
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Pentwater6.9 mi
- Copeyon Park18 mi
- Loomis Street18 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Little Sable Point Light3.4 mi
- Pentwater Light6.9 mi
- Pentwater South Pierhead Light6.9 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Novadoc, 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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