Petrel
Schooner · Lost 1892 · Door County & Lake Michigan
A small wooden schooner wrecked at Anderson's pier near Sturgeon Bay and was soon reported split from stem to stern.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Petrel was built at Charlotte, New York, in 1885 and registered as number 150356. The small wooden schooner measured 45 feet long and was valued at $1,000 without insurance at her loss. A November 12, 1892 report dated the wreck to November 7 at Anderson's pier on Monument Point. By November 14 she was reported rapidly breaking up, split from stem to stern, with a mast fallen.
Vessel
- 1885
- US registry no. 150356
- Not established
- Charlotte, New York
- Wood
- 45 ft
- 11 ft
- 9 gross tons
- Sail
- Not established
Loss
- November 7, 1892
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- Anderson's pier, Monument Point near the mouth of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- Green Bay
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The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Reported split from stem to stern by November 14, 1892, with a mast fallen.
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Position
- 44.98° N 87.36° W
- Reported, unconfirmed
- Monument Point, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Shipwrecks inventory position; not independently verified as surviving wreck remains.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
Mast count, casualty cause, crew outcome, depth and surviving remains are not established; the inventory zero-mast field is not accepted as a rig specification.
Wisconsin Shipwrecks — Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant
Construction, registry, service, vessel-specific final-loss narrative and published inventory coordinates.
