SS Etruria
45°28′59″N 83°28′25″W / 45.483017°N 83.473663°W
Etruria upbound at the Soo Locks in 1904 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Etruria |
| Operator | Hawgood Transit Company |
| Port of registry | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Builder | West Bay City Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard number | 604 |
| Launched | February 8, 1902 |
| In service | 1902 |
| Out of service | June 18, 1905 |
| Identification | U.S. Registry #136977 |
| Fate | Rammed by the steamer Amasa Stone on Lake Huron |
| Wreck discovered | May 17, 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lake freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 50 feet (15 m) |
| Depth | 28 feet (8.5 m) |
| Installed power | 2 × Scotch marine boilers |
| Propulsion | 1500-horsepower triple expansion steam engine |
| Capacity | 7000 tons |
| Notes | Largest ship lost on the Great Lakes at the time of sinking |
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SS Etruria was a steel hulled lake freighter that served on the Great Lakes of North America from her construction in 1902 to her sinking in 1905. On June 18, 1905, while sailing upbound on Lake Huron with a cargo of coal, she was rammed and sunk by the freighter Amasa Stone 10 miles (16 km) off Presque Isle Light. For nearly 106 years the location of Etruria's wreck remained unknown, until the spring of 2011 when her wreck was found upside down in 310 feet (94 m) of water.