Thomas Friant (ship)
Thomas Friant as a ferry | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Thomas Friant |
| Owner | Einer Miller & Halvor Reiten |
| Port of registry | United States, Duluth, Minnesota |
| Builder | Duncan Robertson |
| In service | 1884 |
| Out of service | 1924 |
| Identification | U.S. Registry #145380 |
| Fate | Holed by ice, and sank on Lake Superior |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 96 ft (29 m) |
| Beam | 18.25 ft (5.56 m) |
| Depth | 7.66 ft (2.33 m) |
| Installed power | 1 × firebox boiler |
| Propulsion | 315 hp (235 kW) compound steam engine |
THOMAS FRIANT shipwreck (gill net tug) | |
| Location | 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Two Harbors, Minnesota |
| Nearest city | Port Wing, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 46°52′00″N 91°29′00″W / 46.866667°N 91.483333°W |
| Built | 1884 |
| Architect | Duncan Robertson |
| MPS | Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 100004627 |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 2019 |
Thomas Friant was a wooden-hulled ferry (later fish tug) that served on the Great Lakes from her construction in 1884 to her sinking in 1924. In January 1924, while gillnetting out of Two Harbors, Minnesota in Lake Superior, she was holed by ice, and sank with no fatalities. In 2004 her wreck was discovered in over 300 feet (91 m) of water in pristine condition. The wreck of Thomas Friant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.