W.C. FRANZ

Date Built: 1901 as Uranus Builders: Wyandotte, MI
Construction: Steel bulk Freighter Owners:
Dimensions: 346x48x28, 3429gt 2030nt Cargo: None

Condition:

Location: 30 Miles off of Harisville

Depth:

Date of Loss: November 21, 1934

Loss of Life: 4

Type of Loss: collision

GPS: N44 38.875 W82 54.392

Co-ordinates are informational only, they maybe inaccurate and should
NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES!

Collided with package freighter EDWARD E. LOOMIS and sank. Found in 2001 by David Trotter. As URANUS, she went ashore and was heavily pounded near Calumet, Michigan, on Lake Superior, in May of 1906.

1906, May 24 Grounded Eagle River Reef, Lake Superior
1906, Aug 19 Sank freighter GOVERNOR SMITH in collision off Pointe aux Barques, heavy smoke
1913 Owned Algoma and Hudson Bay Railway Co., Sault Ste Marie, ONT; C130775 renamed W. C. FRANZ; 346 x 48 x 24'; 3,429 gross/2,030 net tons
1934, Nov 21 Sunk, Lake Huron

Sources: Swayze, Labadie