Gallinipper
Schooner · United States · Lost 1851 · Door County & Lake Michigan
The oldest shipwreck yet found in Wisconsin's waters, a schooner capsized off Sheboygan in 1851.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Gallinipper was a wooden schooner built in the early 1830s, first as Nancy Dousman. On 18 July 1851 she capsized in a squall off Sheboygan. Her crew got away in the yawl boat. Her wreck, found in 1994 and identified in 2014, is the oldest known shipwreck in Wisconsin waters.
Vessel
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- Wood
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- Sail, schooner rig
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Loss
- July 18, 1851
- Storm
- Lake Michigan, off Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan
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The Wreck Today
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- 1994; identified 2014
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Position
- 43.75° N 87.55° W
- General area only
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Pin marks the named place of loss, not a surveyed wreck position.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (70/100)
Exact wreck position, depth and present condition are not established in the sources reviewed.
Wisconsin Historical Society, Maritime Preservation and Archaeology Program
Vessel history, loss and site documentation.
