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Jenny

Scow-Schooner · United States · Lost March 1896 · Door County & Lake Michigan

Jenny survived ice damage in 1893 but was destroyed by ice at Ephraim Harbor in March 1896.

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Jenny was built at Egg Harbor in 1889 by Ole Anderson as a wooden two-masted scow-schooner. She was repaired after ice forced her onto the beach during a westerly gale in April 1893. In March 1896 she was destroyed by ice at Ephraim Harbor. Her enrollment was surrendered on May 8, 1896, after the loss.

Vessel

Built: 1889
Registry: US registry no. 76812
Builder: Ole Anderson
Yard: Egg Harbor, Wisconsin
Material: Wood
Length: 45.5 ft
Beam: 14.5 ft
Tonnage: 15.99 gross tons
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: March 1896
Cause: Ice
Location: Ephraim Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin
Water: Green Bay
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: Ephraim, Wisconsin
Region: Door County & Lake Michigan

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)

Ownership is uncertain; exact sinking day, wreck position, depth, casualty totals and present condition are not established.

Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant — Wisconsin Shipwrecks
Identity, rig and construction particulars, service history and final sinking chronology; loss distinguished from earlier damage or abandonment.