 "Hesper" was caught in a late-spring snowstorm on 4 May 1905, with a strong nor'easter with winds of 60 mph (97 km/hr) driving her off her intended course and smashing her into a reef that now marks the southwest end of the harbor in Silver Bay, Minnesota.The ship foundered and sank in about of water.The crew was able to escape in the ship's lifeboats, but the ship was a total loss.