Laurina
Scow-Schooner · United States · Lost April 1893; unsuccessful salvage continued into early May · Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan
The lumber scow-schooner Laurina became a total loss on Milwaukee’s breakwater after an April 1893 storm.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Laurina was a wooden two-masted scow-schooner used in the lumber trade and as a sand scow. An 1881 rebuilding increased her dimensions to 73 by 18.5 feet and her gross tonnage to 55.40. Sheltering at Milwaukee while bound for Racine with hardwood lumber, she dragged anchor onto the breakwater rocks during an April 1893 storm. Cargo was removed, but the attempt to pull her free failed and further recovery was considered uneconomical.
Vessel
- Not established
- US registry no. 15875
- Fredrickson
- Chicago, Illinois
- Wood
- 73 ft
- 18.5 ft
- 55.40 gross tons (after 1881 rebuilding)
- Sail
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Loss
- April 1893; unsuccessful salvage continued into early May
- Grounding
- Breakwater at the foot of Knapp Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan
- Racine, Wisconsin
- Hardwood lumber
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Position not established
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
Construction year is contradictory; exact loss day, wreck position, depth and present condition are not established. The remains have not been found.
Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant — Wisconsin Shipwrecks
Two-masted rig, lumber trade, 1881 rebuilding, contemporary April/May 1893 grounding and unsuccessful salvage reports; conflicting construction years.
