SS Argus
The SS Argus was a steel hulled ship lost on Lake Huron on November 9, 1913 during the Great Lakes storm of 1913. She was carrying a load of coal when she wrecked. She broke in two and sank with the loss of all 25 hands.[1]
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| Name: | SS Argus |
| Builder: | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
| Yard number: | 326 |
| Launched: | 5 August 1905 |
| Fate: | Sank November 9, 1913 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 4707 (gross) |
| Length: | 436 feet (133 m) |
| Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Height: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Crew: | 25 |
Portions of the wreckage were found by a local doctor along the shoreline at Bayfield, Ontario in mid-November 1913. [2]
References
- "NOAA". Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- "Awful Marine Disaster on the Great Lakes". The Signal. Goderich, Ontario. November 13, 1913. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
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