AH-WR-1494

Benjamin Noble

Bulk Freighter · United States · Lost 1914 · The Minnesota North Shore

A rail-laden freighter that vanished near Duluth in 1914 with all hands, found ninety years later.

Become Captain of Record See Shipwreck on Map

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Benjamin Noble was a steel bulk freighter built in 1909. In late April 1914 she was bound for Duluth, heavily loaded with steel rails, when she was overwhelmed by a storm near the Minnesota shore. All twenty aboard were lost and no survivor or clear wreckage explained her loss. Her wreck was located in 2004.

Vessel

Built: 1909
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: April 28, 1914
Cause: Storm
Location: Lake Superior, off Knife River, Minnesota
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: 2004
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 46.95° N 91.78° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Knife River, Minnesota
Region: The Minnesota North Shore

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

Evidence

Overall confidence: Partially documented (70/100)

Exact wreck position, depth and present condition are not established in the sources reviewed.

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.