SS Leafield

History
Canada
Name	SS Leafield
Builder	, Sunderland, England
Completed	1892
Fate	Sank 9 November 1913
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,454 GRT
Length	248 feet (76 m), 249 feet (76 m), or 269 feet (82 m) (sources vary)
Beam	35 feet 6 inches (10.82 m)
Height	16 feet 6 inches (5.03 m)
Depth	16 feet (4.9 m)

SS. Leafield was a Canadian steel-hulled cargo ship built by the in Sunderland, England, in 1892. Originally registered in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, she was sold after about a year to the and brought to Canada, where she operated on the Great Lakes, carrying coal, grain, and iron ore.^[1]

On the night of 17 August 1912, Leafield was carrying ore to Midland, Ontario, Canada, when she ran aground on a rocky islet in Georgian Bay near Beausoleil Island, Ontario. The incident tore a hole 140 feet (43 m) long and 15 feet (4.6 m) wide in her bottom. Salvage and repairs cost $15,000, and the ship was out of service for two months.^[1]

Leafield was hauling steel rails, bound for Midland, when she sank in deep water in Lake Superior, probably off the in the , about 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Port Arthur, Ontario, on 9 November 1913 during the Great Lakes storm of 1913. Her entire crew of 18 perished. A search found no trace of the ship or crew. As of 2021, Leafield's wreck has not been located.^[1]

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