SS Benjamin Noble

For other ships with the same name, see SS Benjamin Noble.
History
Name: SS Benjamin Noble
Builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Company
Launched: 1909
Fate: Foundered April 29, 1914 off Knife River, Lake Superior
General characteristics
Type: canaller
Displacement: 1,481 long tons (1,505 t)
Length: 239 Feet
Beam: 40 ft (12 m)

The SS Benjamin Noble was a lake freighter that operated on the Great Lakes. Built in 1909 by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company, she was 239 feet (73 m) in length and had a beam of 40 feet (12 m). She was built as a "canaller," a vessel designed for use in what were then the dimensions of the Welland Canal, but was converted by her owners for services in the open Great Lakes. Heavily-laden and top-heavy with a cargo of railroad rails, she sank in Lake Superior near Knife River, Minnesota, in April 1914 with the loss of all hands [1] in a storm. Of the estimated 16 crew members, only about the names of 10 are known.[2]

After more than 90 years as a ghost ship, the hulk of the Benjamin Noble was rediscovered in the autumn of 2004.[3] The wreck was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 as NRHP site #07000984.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Boyer, Dwight (1968). Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. pp. 28–39.
  2. ↑ GenDisasters Website
  3. ↑ "Mystery ship found". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Benjamin Noble (shipwreck)". National Park Service. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
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