Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
J.S. Seaverns
A vessel built in 1880, lost on Lake Superior in 1884. The record: “Sank 10 May 1884.”
Lost on Lake Superior
1884
J.S. Seaverns
built 1880 · lost 1884
Wreck site not published in the record we draw from.
The vessel
On the record
- Builder
- James Elliot
- Launched
- 1880
- Length
- 130 ft (40 m)
- Crew
- 15
- Fate
- Sank 10 May 1884
- Lake
- Lake Superior
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1880s
- Lucerne1886 · foundered
- Manistee1883
- PS City of Ashland1887 · fire
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article J.S. Seaverns, 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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