AH-WR-1496

Bannockburn

Bulk Freighter · Canada · Lost 1902 · Whitefish Point & Eastern Lake Superior

The 'Flying Dutchman of Lake Superior', a Canadian freighter that vanished with all hands in 1902.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Bannockburn was a British-built steel freighter in Canadian service on the upper lakes. In November 1902 she left Port Arthur with grain and was last sighted on Lake Superior. She never arrived and was lost with all twenty aboard. No confirmed wreck has been found, and she is often called the Flying Dutchman of Lake Superior.

Vessel

Built: 1893
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Steel
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, single screw
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: November 21, 1902
Cause: Not established
Location: Lake Superior, after leaving Port Arthur, Ontario
Water: Lake Superior
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 20
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 47.50° N 87.50° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Lake Superior
Region: Whitefish Point & Eastern Lake Superior

Pin marks the named place of loss, not a surveyed wreck position.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Partially documented (60/100)

No wreck has been found, so place and cause of loss are not established.

Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society
Vessel history, loss and search history.
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University
Vessel particulars and career.