Lake Name: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck Name: Gallinipper
Shipwreck Photos

Vessel Type: Wooden Schooner
Location: Sheboygan, WI
Vessel Build Info: 1846, H. Gibson, Milwaukee
Shipwreck Specs: 95x22x7, 145 t. [om]
Official Number: none
Names Other: built on hull of NANCY DOUSMAN(qv)

Sinking Detail
She capsized and foundered in a white squall, then drifted to a point about 10 mi SSE of Manitowoc, where she sank.
Loss Date: 7/7/1851
Loss Place: near Sheboygan, WI
Loss Life: unknown
Loss Reason: Storm
Vessel Cargo: unknown

Shipwreck Description
She is intact and sits upright. The Gallinipper is a unique relic of Wisconsin formative years, with ties to the War of 1812, the Great Lakes fur trading era and the early history of Wisconsin. Her remains would be the oldest ever located for a commercial vessel in Wisconsin waters.

Dive Type: Technical
Depth Deck(ft): 200 ft
Depth Bottom(ft): 215 ft
Depth Deck(m): 61 m
Depth Bottom(m): 66 m