Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
SS S. R. Kirby
A vessel built in 1890, wrecked on Lake Superior. The record: “Sank on Lake Superior.”
The vessel
On the record
- Builder
- Detroit Dry Dock Company
- Launched
- May 17/24, 1890
- Completed
- June 1890
- Length
- 312 ft (95 m)
- Beam
- 42 ft (13 m)
- Tonnage
- 2338.68 grt; 1823.28 nrt
- Propulsion
- 1500 hp triple expansion steam engine
- Crew
- 22
- Fate
- Sank on Lake Superior
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 47.4800° N, 88.2500° W
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- SS William C. Moreland5.5 mi · lost 1910
- SS Hudson7.2 mi · lost 1901
- SS Henry Steinbrenner30 mi · lost 1953
- SS Glenlyon40 mi · lost 1924
- SS Algoma46 mi
- SS Kamloops48 mi · lost 1927
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Eagle Harbor5.0 mi
- Lac La Belle Dock13 mi
- Copper Harbor16 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Eagle Harbor Light4.5 mi
- Eagle River Light5.1 mi
- Sand Hills Light8.2 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS S. R. Kirby, 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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