AH-WR-1792

Denmark

Schooner · Lost Late October 1873; driven ashore and broken up within days, with destruction reported November 1. Exact stranding and breakup dates not supplied; June 30, 1874 was enrollment surrender. · Door County & Lake Michigan

Denmark was driven ashore in Hedgehog Harbor in 1873 and broken to pieces by waves.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

Denmark was built at Cleveland in 1846 as a two-masted wooden schooner carrying lumber, cord wood and cedar posts. Her career included storm damage in 1849, a reef strike in 1868 and a Milwaukee pier collision in 1871. Sailing from Chicago toward Oconto in late October 1873, she was driven ashore in Hedgehog Harbor at Death’s Door. Waves broke her to pieces within days; destruction was reported November 1. Enrollment surrender in June 1874 was an administrative event, not the loss date.

Vessel

Built: 1846
Registry: Registry no. 6129
Builder: Sanford and Moser
Yard: Cleveland, Ohio
Material: Wood
Length: 108.4 ft
Beam: 23.4 ft
Tonnage: 163.37 gross tons
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: J. Long of Chicago

Loss

Date: Late October 1873; driven ashore and broken up within days, with destruction reported November 1. Exact stranding and breakup dates not supplied; June 30, 1874 was enrollment surrender.
Cause: Storm
Location: Hedgehog Harbor at Death’s Door, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Water: Green Bay
Voyage: Chicago, Illinois → Oconto, Wisconsin
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Historically reported beaten to pieces; present remains and condition not established.
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 45.29° N 87.03° W
Accuracy: Reported, unconfirmed
Nearest: Gills Rock, Wisconsin
Region: Door County & Lake Michigan

Converted from institutional published position N 45° 17.194′, W 087° 01.611′. No survey provenance or confirmation of surviving remains supplied.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (87/100)

Exact stranding and breakup dates, casualties, cargo at loss, present depth and surviving remains are not established.

Wisconsin Shipwrecks — Wisconsin Sea Grant and Wisconsin Historical Society — Denmark
Construction, published position, builder, full service history and final voyage; administrative surrender distinguished from destruction.