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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | SS John B. Lyon |
| Builder | Thomas Quayle & Sons |
| Christened | 1881 |
| Out of service | 12 September 1900 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | steamer |
| Tonnage | 1710 grt |
| Installed power | 700 h.p. (rhp) |
| Crew | 16 |
SS John B. Lyon was an 1881 built American wooden bulk carrier steamer. On 12 September 1900, during the Great Storm of 1900 the steamer with a cargo of 80,000 iron ore was sunk in a gale, the remnants of the hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas, on Lake Erie off Conneaut near Ashtabula, Ohio, a total loss. Nine crewmen were killed, seven people survived.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1901". Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "John B. Lyon (+1900)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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