Original name: Benjamin Noble
Ship owner: Capital Transportation Co.
Ship builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan
Engine builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan
Year ship built: 1909
Year engine built: 1909
Final disposition: Foundered, Lake Superior, near Duluth, April 27, 1914. 20 lives lost.
Remarks:
Launched, April 28, 1909.
Owner:
Capital Transportation Co., Detroit, Michigan (J.A. Francombe, Manager)
Registry number: US. 206240
Hull number: 178
Vessel type: Freighter
Height: 18.8 ft.
Width: 42.2 ft.
Length: 239.2 ft.
Stroke length: 36 in.
Gross tonnage: 1481
Net tonnage: 887
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Triple expansion
Piston 1: 17 in.
Piston 2: 27.5 in.
Piston 3: 46 in.
Benjamin Noble - Note the low amount of freeboard (space from the waterline to the deck) - partly design and also prior to Plimsoll Line regulations
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Benjamin Noble - in a crowded harbor, possibly Duluth, Minn.
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Benjamin Noble - Pesha phono, bow-on.
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Benjamin Noble - Cargo booms lifted above deck level, note the open hatch cargo of coal.
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