English: Description via NOAA: "Sister vessel to the Lewis Woodruff (later renamed Argus), the 436-foot long, 4,737 ton steel bulk freighter R.E. Schuck was built by the the American Shipbuilding Company in Lorain, Ohio in 1903. Schuck was later renamedHydrus. On November 9, 1913 while carrying a load of iron ore through the locks at Sault Ste. Marie immediately behind the James Carruthers, Hydrus encountered the start of the great storm. Heading southbound towards the St. Clair River and not far into Lake Huron, the ship foundered and sank with Captain John H. Lowe and a crew of 27 on board. The ship has not yet been found."
Date
between 1903 and 1913
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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