AH-WR-1923

Sardinia

Schooner · Lost June 1900; arrival given as June 19 and the final gale as June 29 in the quoted account. · Door County & Lake Michigan

A Georgian Bay-built former British schooner was driven onto the rocks of Hedgehog Harbor by a 1900 gale.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

William Pidgeon built the two-masted schooner Sardinia at Coldwater, Ontario, in 1856 for a Toronto merchant. In June 1900, arriving light from Milwaukee to load wood at Hedgehog Harbor, she was winched out to her anchors when a northwest wind rose. The gale broke her shortened chains and drove her onto the rocky shore, stoving her bottom. Plum Island lifesavers could not refloat her, and she was stripped and abandoned.

Vessel

Built: 1856
Registry: US registry no. 22583
Builder: William Pidgeon
Yard: Coldwater, Ontario
Material: Wood
Length: 105.2 ft
Beam: 24.7 ft
Tonnage: 150 gross tons
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: June 1900; arrival given as June 19 and the final gale as June 29 in the quoted account.
Cause: Storm
Location: Rocky shore of Hedgehog Harbor between Voigt and Weborg docks, Door County, Wisconsin
Water: Green Bay
Voyage: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cargo: None (arrived light to load wood)
Aboard: 5
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Max Pfeil