AH-WR-1589

Hanover

Schooner · United States · Lost 1867 · Door County & Lake Michigan

She grounded during a storm while sailing light from Chicago to Oconto.

Become Captain of Record

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Hanover was a wooden schooner. She carried bulk cargoes on the upper Great Lakes. She grounded during a storm while sailing light from Chicago to Oconto. The vessel was stripped and abandoned; substantial hull structure survives.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: November 7, 1867
Cause: Grounding
Location: Shoals off Fish Creek, Green Bay
Water: Green Bay, Lake Michigan
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Shoals off Fish Creek, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Region: Door County & Lake Michigan

No verified wreck coordinates used; historical loss locality only.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (78/100)

The inventory gives construction as 1852 and launch in spring 1853; the construction year and exact wreck position remain unresolved.

Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant — Wisconsin Shipwrecks: Hanover
Vessel identity, construction history, service, historical loss locality and loss circumstances.