Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
SS Henry B. Smith
A bulk freighter built in 1906, lost on Lake Superior in 1913. The record: “Foundered and sunk November 10, 1913.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Bulk freighter
- Builder
- American Ship Building Company; Lorain, Ohio
- Launched
- May 2, 1906
- Completed
- May 20, 1906
- Length
- 545 ft (166 m)
- Beam
- 55 ft (17 m)
- Tonnage
- 6631 gross; 5229 net
- Propulsion
- Triple expansion steam engine
- Crew
- 25
- Fate
- Foundered and sunk November 10, 1913
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 46.9140° N, 87.3330° W
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The same year
Also lost in 1913
- SS Charles S. PriceHuron · foundered
- SS Isaac M. ScottHuron · foundered
- SS James CarruthersHuron · foundered
- SS John A. McGeanHuron · foundered
- SS ReginaHuron · foundered
- SS WexfordHuron · foundered
- PlymouthMichigan · foundered
- SS LeafieldSuperior · foundered
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1910s
- French minesweepers Inkerman and Cerisoles1918
- Gunilda1911 · foundered
- SS Benjamin Noble1914 · foundered
- SS Myron1919 · foundered
- SS Onoko1915 · foundered
- SS William C. Moreland1910
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- SS William C. Moreland58 mi · lost 1910
- SS S. R. Kirby58 mi
- SS Hudson62 mi · lost 1901
- SS C. F. Curtis68 mi
- Barge 12977 mi
- SS Cyprus82 mi · lost 1907
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
On the horizon
Nearest lights
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Henry B. Smith, 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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