Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
SS Hudson
A vessel built in 1887, lost on Lake Superior in 1901. The record: “Lost with all hands on Lake Superior.”
The vessel
On the record
- Builder
- Detroit Dry Dock Company
- Launched
- November 16/17, 1887
- Completed
- 1888
- Length
- 288 ft (88 m)
- Beam
- 41 ft (12 m)
- Tonnage
- 2294.14 GRT; 1853.37 NRT
- Propulsion
- 1300 hp triple expansion steam engine
- Crew
- 25 (some sources state 24)
- Fate
- Lost with all hands on Lake Superior
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 47.4437° N, 88.3934° W
The story
Read the full history
The same year
Also lost in 1901
- SagamoreSuperior · collision
- SS FedoraSuperior · fire
- SS M.M. DrakeSuperior · foundered
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1900s
- Amboy1905 · stranded
- Madeira1905 · foundered
- Moonlight1903
- Niagara (1904)1904
- Noquebay1905 · fire
- Ottawa1909 · fire
- Sevona1905 · foundered
- SS Bannockburn1902 · foundered
- SS Cyprus1907 · foundered
- SS D. M. Clemson1908 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- SS William C. Moreland3.7 mi · lost 1910
- SS S. R. Kirby7.2 mi
- SS Henry Steinbrenner27 mi · lost 1953
- SS Glenlyon39 mi · lost 1924
- SS Algoma47 mi
- SS Kamloops48 mi · lost 1927
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Eagle Harbor12 mi
- Lac La Belle Dock18 mi
- Mucky Bottom19 mi
- Grand Traverse Bay Harbor19 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Sand Hills Light3.8 mi
- Eagle River Light4.9 mi
- Eagle Harbor Light11 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Hudson (1887), 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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