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    VESSEL NAME:   S. R. Kirby
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   23107
    DATE OF LOSS:  22 April 1875
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Wrecked  
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, Port Austin, MI
    RIG TYPE:      Steamer, Tug
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       S. R. Kirby, East Saginaw, MI
    OWNER(S):      Ayers & Co.
    MASTER:        -
    TONNAGE:       70 gt (readmeasured 1867 - 35.42 gt)
    DIMENSIONS:    58.0 x 16.1
    CASUALTIES:    0
    
                   Broke loose from her moorings and capsized. Entire
                upper works broken off and smashed.
                   Machinery salvaged in 1878. Abandoned 1879.


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Sources:  Times Herald (Port Huron, MI) 28 April 1875
          Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871, 1874
          Chicago Tribune, 12 June 1878