Lavinda
Schooner · United States · Lost Before January 9, 1897; exact sinking date unknown · Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan
A January 1897 report records the schooner Lavinda already sunken and neglected in Milwaukee’s river boneyard.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Lavinda was built at Allegan in 1863 as a wooden two-masted schooner. Her service included several collisions and groundings, new rigging in 1873, and rescue after becoming waterlogged at Racine in 1881. She ultimately lay sunken and abandoned in Milwaukee’s Kinnickinnic River boneyard under owner Patrick Kearns. A January 9, 1897 newspaper report confirms her sunken condition, but not when or why she sank.
Vessel
- 1863
- St. German
- Allegan, Michigan
- Wood
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- Sail
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Loss
- Before January 9, 1897; exact sinking date unknown
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- Kinnickinnic River boneyard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Kinnickinnic River
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The Wreck Today
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- Recorded sunken and abandoned by January 1897; later removal is suggested but not confirmed.
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Position
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- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
Exact sinking date, cause, position, depth and casualty totals are not established; later removal of the remains is unconfirmed.
Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant — Wisconsin Shipwrecks
Construction and two-masted rig, service history, institutional abandonment account and Door County Advocate report dated January 9, 1897 confirming sunken condition.
