S. R. Kirby was a composite-hulled bulk carrier that served on the Great Lakes of North America from her construction in 1890 to her sinking in 1916. On May 8, 1916, while heading across Lake Superior with a cargo of iron ore and the steel barge George E. Hartnell in tow, she ran into a storm and sank with the loss of all but two of her 22-man crew. For over 102 years the location of her wreck remained unknown, until June 2018, when her wreck was discovered in 825 feet of water, completely broken up.
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S. R. Kirby was a composite-hulled bulk carrier that served on the Great Lakes of North America from her construction in 1890 to her sinking in 1916. On May 8, 1916, while heading across Lake Superior with a cargo of iron ore and the steel barge George E. Hartnell in tow, she ran into a storm and sank with the loss of all but two of her 22-man crew off Eagle Harbor, Michigan. For over 102 years the location of her wreck remained unknown, until June 2018, when her wreck was discovered in 825 feet of water, completely broken up. She was the first Great Lakes freighter to be equipped with electric lights. She made her maiden voyage in June 1890, during which she carried the largest load of iron iron ore ever to pass through the Soo Locks.
On April 16, 1892 after leaving Duluth, Minnesota with a. cargo of wheat, S.R. Kirby was forced to return to port after about 7 miles, on account of heavy pack ice. On the morning of September 8, 1904, while bound for Buffalo, New York, with an iron ore cargo, the ship ran hard aground on the rocks roughly a 1 mile off Windmill Point, Ontario on Lake Erie. On June 27, 1914, she had to cast off George E Hartnell outside of Duluth Harbor outside of Minnesota due to a severe storm; she drifted on to Park and was freed a few days later.
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