The SS Francis Hinton was a wooden-hulled steam barge that sank in a gale off the coast of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan in 1909 while heavily laden with a cargo of lumber.

[1] On August 25, 1905, the Francis Hinton had a collision with the steamer Binghamton near Peche Island in the Detroit River.

[2] On November 16, 1909, the Francis Hinton left Manistique, Michigan, for Chicago, heavily laden with a cargo of lumber.

After the water that leaked into her hull extinguished the fire in her boiler, the Francis Hinton was left immobile.

The Two Rivers Lifesaving determined that the seas were too rough to attempt to rescue the Francis Hinton's crew.

Eventually, the Francis Hinton beached in Maritime Bay, about 1.9 miles (3.1 km) northeast of the Manitowoc River.