Lake Name: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck Name: Robert C. Pringle
Vessel Type: Wooden tugboat steamer
Location: Sheboygan, WI
Vessel Build Info: 1903, Manitowoc, WI
Shipwreck Specs: 101x22x10, 143g 114n
Official Number: 127764
Names Other: Built as passenger steamer CHEQUAMEGON, renamed PERE MARQUETTE 7 in 1910, last name in 1911
Sinking Detail: Waterlogged and sank
Loss Date: 7/19/1922
Loss Place: off Sheboygan, WI
Loss Life: ?
Loss Reason: Collided and foundered
Vessel Cargo: Propeller steam tug, wood
Shipwreck Description
This beautiful shipwreck is intact with pilot house and many details such as captain’s quarters with still open cabinet drawers. The ship’s wheel, bell, search light, and massive engine housing are in their original place.
Dive Type: Technical
Depth Deck(ft): 270 ft
Depth Bottom(ft): 290 ft
Depth Deck(m): 82m
Depth Bottom(m): 88 m
Additional Info: Robert C. Pringle (1903) – WI Shipwrecks
