Shipwreck · Lake Michigan
SS Francis Hinton
A steam barge built in 1889, lost on Lake Michigan in 1909. The record: “Wrecked.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Steam barge
- Builder
- Hanson & Scove
- Launched
- 1889
- Length
- 152 ft (46 m)
- Beam
- 31 ft (9 m)
- Tonnage
- 417.34 GRT; 331.07 NRT
- Fate
- Wrecked
- Wreck site
- Off the coast of Manitowoc, Wisconsin
- National Register
- Listed December 16, 1996 · ref. 96001457
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 44.1112° N, 87.6313° W
The same year
Also lost in 1909
- SS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2Erie · foundered
- SS Oscar T. FlintHuron · fire
- SS RussiaHuron · foundered
- SS W. P. ThewHuron · collision
- OttawaSuperior · fire
- SS John B. CowleSuperior · foundered
The same decade
Michigan losses of the 1900s
- R. J. Hackett1905 · foundered
- SS Appomattox1905 · stranded
- SS Atlanta1906
- SS Eastland1905
- SS Erie L. Hackley1903 · foundered
- SS S. C. Baldwin1908 · foundered
- SS Walter L. Frost1903 · stranded
- Tennie and Laura1903 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- Arctic0.2 mi · lost 1930
- SS S. C. Baldwin10 mi · lost 1908
- Home12 mi · lost 1858
- SS Vernon13 mi · lost 1887
- Gallinipper16 mi · lost 1851
- Rouse Simmons16 mi · lost 1912
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- S. Lakeview Drive Carry-in2.2 mi
- Thiede Road Canoe Access2.2 mi
- Red Arrow Park Boat Ramp (Manitowoc)2.6 mi
- Vets Park and Boat Launch3.8 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Manitowoc Breakwater Light1.4 mi
- Two Rivers Light4.1 mi
- Rawley Point Light9.2 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Francis Hinton, retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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