Jennibel
Schooner · Lost 1881 · Door County & Lake Michigan
A two-masted lumber schooner that capsized in Death’s Door and sank while being towed through Green Bay.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Jennibel was launched at Sheboygan in 1863 as a two-masted schooner. It carried wheat and later primarily lumber under Milwaukee owners. On September 17, 1881, a squall capsized it while passing through Death’s Door. The tug John Gregory towed the overturned vessel until it sank southwest of Chambers Island.
Vessel
- 1863
- US registry no. 12975
- Amos C. Stoakes and Benjamin Locklin
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Wood
- 95.2 ft
- 24 ft
- 132.82
- Sail
- Not established
Loss
- September 17, 1881
- Storm
- About 4.5 miles southwest of Chambers Island, Green Bay
- Green Bay
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Green wood in the hold and hemlock bark on deck
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Upright hull with many components extant; stern separated during a later failed recovery attempt.
- Upright
- Not established
- Not established
Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Marinette, Wisconsin
Coordinates omitted: source inventory points were not independently established as surveyed wreck positions.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
Depth, casualty totals and the discovery date are not established in the source reviewed.
Wisconsin Shipwrecks — Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant
Vessel identity, registry number, dimensions, builder, year, two-masted schooner rig, service and loss narrative; full source body retained in sources/.
