Mayflower (scow-schooner)
A photograph of the Milton, which was similar in design to the Mayflower | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | May Flower |
| Port of registry | U.S. Registry #92025 |
| Builder | Harry Johnson |
| Launched | 1887 |
| In service | 1887 |
| Fate | Sunk June 2, 1891 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | scow-schooner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 147.3 ft (44.9 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Depth | 7.3 ft (2.2 m) |
May Flower (shipwreck) | |
| Location | 2.25 miles (3.62 km) south of the Lester River in Lake Superior |
| Coordinates | 46°48′12″N 92°0′40″W / 46.80333°N 92.01111°W |
| Area | Less than one acre |
| Built | 1887 |
| Architect | Harry Johnson |
| Architectural style | Scow schooner |
| MPS | Minnesota's Lake Superior Shipwrecks MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000560 |
| Added to NRHP | August 28, 2012 |
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The Mayflower was a wooden hulled scow-schooner that sank on June 2, 1891, in Lake Superior near Duluth, Minnesota, United States, after capsizing with a load of sandstone blocks. In 2012 the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.