Wollin
Schooner · Lost 1897 · Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan
The old schooner Wollin was driven aground on Sheboygan's North Point in an 1897 gale after losing her sails; all five aboard were saved.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1854, the three-masted schooner Wollin was carrying slabs and potatoes from Frankfort, Michigan, to Milwaukee on the night of April 29, 1897, when a strong northeast gale blew away her canvas and her yawl, leaving her helpless offshore. At 3 a.m. she went aground near Sheboygan's North Point, where an engineer at the city pumping station spotted her. Rescuers took off all five men. She was abandoned as a total loss and broke up over the summer.
Vessel
- 1854
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- Wood
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Loss
- April 29, 1897
- Storm
- North Point, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan
- Frankfort, Michigan → Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Slabs and potatoes
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- Capt. Webb
The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Sheboygan, Wisconsin
No pin: Wisconsin Shipwrecks inventory positions are not used as wreck pins.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Original newspaper accounts are quoted by the source and were not independently inspected.
Wisconsin Shipwrecks (Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant) — Wollin
Specification table and final-voyage text read; quoted newspapers not independently inspected.
