SS Hydrus |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | R.E. Schuck |
| Owner: | Gilchrist Transportation Company of Cleveland, Ohio |
| Port of registry: | United States |
| Builder: | American Ship Building Company of Lorain, Ohio |
| Yard number: | 327 |
| Launched: | 1903 |
| Identification: | United States registry number 200315 |
| Fate: | Sold to the Interlake Steamship Company in 1913 |
| Career | |
| Name: | Hydrus |
| Owner: | Interlake Steamship Company of Cleveland, Ohio |
| Port of registry: | United States |
| Acquired: | 1913 |
| Identification: | United States registry number 200315 |
| Fate: | Foundered and sank during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bulk freighter |
| Tonnage: | 4,713 gross register tons (GRT) 3,384 net register tons |
| Length: | 416 ft 0 in (126.8 m) |
| Beam: | 50 ft 0 in (15.2 m) |
| Height: | 28 ft 0 in (8.5 m) |
| Installed power: |
Triple expansion steam Stroke Length -0 ft 40 in (1.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Propeller |
The SS Hydrus was an American steel-hulled Great Lakes bulk freighter, constructed in 1903 and launched as the R.E. Schuck.[1] She was following the SS James Carruthers heading south on Lake Huron while carrying a load of iron ore when she and the Carruthers were caught in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.[2]
The Hydrus foundered and sank with a crew of twenty-four aboard on 11 November 1913 while heading for the St. Clair River. During the storm, waves were said to be 35 feet high along with wind gusts of 90 miles per hour.[3] The James Carruthers was also lost in the storm as well as the SS Argus, which was the sister ship of the Hydrus. The wrecks of the Hydrus and the James Carruthers have yet to be located.