AH-WR-1925

Gen. Winfield Scott

Schooner · Lost August 1871; cleared Menominee August 7 and capsized off Spider Island, then drifted onto a shoal off Hog Island. · Door County & Lake Michigan

Her crew clung to the capsized hull for twelve hours before rescue; the lumber schooner drifted onto a Hog Island shoal in 1871.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

William Jones built the two-masted schooner Gen. Winfield Scott at Black River, Ohio, in 1852. In August 1871, after clearing Menominee for Chicago with lumber, she met heavy seas off Spider Island, began taking water and capsized while her crew reefed the mainsail. They clung to the hull nearly twelve hours until the schooner Ethan Allen rescued them. The hull drifted onto a shoal off Hog Island and broke up.

Vessel

Built: 1852
Registry: US registry no. 10225
Builder: William Jones
Yard: Black River, Ohio
Material: Wood
Length: 114.2 ft
Beam: 24.8 ft
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: August 1871; cleared Menominee August 7 and capsized off Spider Island, then drifted onto a shoal off Hog Island.
Cause: Storm
Location: Shoal off Hog Island, west of Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin
Water: Lake Michigan
Voyage: Menominee, Michigan → Chicago, Illinois
Cargo: Lumber
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Henry Faith