City of Marinette
Schooner · Lost 1894; stranded during the year and broke apart by fall · Door County & Lake Michigan
The three-masted schooner City of Marinette stranded at Clay Banks and broke apart in 1894.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
City of Marinette was a three-masted schooner owned by Chris Braunsdorf of Clay Banks. Wisconsin Shipwrecks records earlier strandings followed by release, including one in May 1894. Its final-voyage account describes the vessel being blown ashore while anchored and receiving lumber from a small scow. She remained damaged on the beach through summer and went to pieces by fall. The exact sequence and day of the final stranding are not established.
Vessel
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- Chris Braunsdorf of Clay Banks
Loss
- 1894; stranded during the year and broke apart by fall
- Grounding
- Beach near Clay Banks village, Door County, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan
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- Lumber
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Clay Banks, Wisconsin
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
Exact wreck position, present depth and surviving condition are not established in the reviewed sources.
Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant — Wisconsin Shipwrecks
Three-masted schooner form, owner, lumber loading, strandings and final beach deterioration with completed breakup by fall 1894; chronology qualified.
