Type: Shipwreck (schooner)
Build: Wood
Location: Kingston
Nearest municipality: Kingston, Ontario
Depth: 95 feet (32 metres)
Visibility: 20-25 feet (6-8 metres)
Approximate length: 135'5" (45 metres)
Built: 1871
Sunk: 1915
Access: Boat
Level: Advanced
The "City of Sheboygan" is a 3 masted schooner built in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
The vessel is 135'5" long, with a 27'4" beam. 10'hold, and a gross
tonnage of 244.79.
The Sheboygan left the port of Kingston Sunday September 26, 1915. With 500
tons of feldspar from a mine near Verona, she was on her way towards
Buffalo, under the command of Captain MacDonald, when it was noticed at
11:00 p.m. she was taken on water. The stern had opened up due to the
relentless pounding and back-breaking work she had endured over her last
years as a schooner. The "City of Sheboygan" sank that late evening,
along with her she took the lives of the captain and his wife, 2 dogs,
Jerry Lavis, Robert Milne, and Wm. Joyner.
She now rests in her final resting place near Nut Island off of Amherst in
33 metres of water. Visibility varies from 8metres to next to nil. Items
of interest during the dive are; capstan, chain locker and chain, hatch to
chain locker, pulleys, forward mast, rear mast still standing 6 metres
high, deadeyes, and not seen too often - remnants of the cabin.
The ship's wheel, compass, and other artifacts can be located in the Marine
Museum in Kingston.
Thanks to the Dolfin Divers of Oshawa, for retrieving this article from thier
archives.
