SS James Carruthers

The SS "James Carruthers" was a Canadian Great Lakes freighter built in 1913. The "Carruthers" was built at Collingwood, Ontario by the Collingwood Shipbuilding Company. The ship was owned by the St. Lawrence & Chicago Steam and Navigation Company of Toronto, Ontario, with the official registry number 131090. The hull number for the "Carruthers" was 00038.

The "James Carruthers" was a steel hulled, propeller driven lake freighter. She was 529 feet in length, 58 feet wide and 27 feet deep. The gross tonnage was 7862 and the net tonnage 5606.

The "Carruthers" was lost November 11,1913 on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. The crew of 22 perished with the vessel.

External links

* [http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0shipping--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4---Document---0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---001-011-1-0utfZz-8-0&a=d&c=shipping&cl=CL4.1.4&d=HASHa564abf7e59586fcd4740e University of Detroit Mercy]
* [http://ul.bgsu.edu/cgi-bin/xvsl2.cgi Historical Collection of the Great Lakes Great Lakes Vessels Online Index]
* [http://my.execpc.com/~wmhs/storm.html The Big Storm of 1913]