Rosabelle
Schooner · Lost Late October 1921 · Door County & Lake Michigan
Rosabelle was found bottom-up off Milwaukee in 1921, with no crew aboard, then towed to Racine for lumber salvage.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Rosabelle was built in Milwaukee in 1863 as a two-masted wooden schooner. In late October 1921 she departed High Island for Benton Harbor carrying lumber. She apparently capsized in a gale and was found bottom-up east of Milwaukee, with no trace of her crew. Cumberland towed the drifting hull to Racine, where it was purchased and beached for lumber salvage.
Vessel
- 1863
- US registry no. 21302
- Not established
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Wood
- 106 ft
- 26 ft
- 115 gross tons
- Sail
- House of David Israelite Colony of High Island, Benton Harbor (final owner)
Loss
- Late October 1921
- Storm
- Lake Michigan, east of Milwaukee; hull subsequently towed to Racine and beached
- Lake Michigan
- High Island, Michigan → Benton Harbor, Michigan
- Maple lumber
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
The Wreck Today
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Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Racine, Wisconsin
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
Exact sinking day, crew-loss count and surviving remains are not established; published beaching coordinates are not treated as the foundering position.
Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant — Wisconsin Shipwrecks
Vessel construction, mast count, final loss and subsequent wreck or salvage history; dates and casualty uncertainty retained. Published GPS used only for the documented Hetty Taylor site.
