1855 — Nov 3, Delaware grounds, Lake Michigan storm, 6-8 miles ~Sheboygan, WI –10-11

— 11 Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. 1972, p. 241.
— 11 Lytle/Holdcamper. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1807-1868. 1952, p229.
— 11 Mansfield, John B. (Ed. and Compiler). History of the Great Lakes (Vol. 1). 1899, p675.
— 11 Van Eyck. “The Story of the Propeller Phoenix,” 1924, p. 292.
–10-11 Swayze, David D. “Great Lakes Shipwrecks Beginning with the letter D.”
— 10 Maritime History of the Great Lakes. “Delaware, (Prop.), 1855.”

Narrative Information

Lytle and Holdcamper: “Delaware…368 [tons] stranded…11-3-1855…Sheboygan, Wis… 11[lives lost].”

Mansfield: “…propeller Delaware wrecked at Sheboygan, 11 loves lost…”

Swayze: “Bound down from Chicago for Buffalo with a stop at Milwaukee. Driven ashore by a gale and sank. Within a few days only her arches were visible above water. Owned by Davis & Sutton of Buffalo.” (Swayze, David D. Great Lakes Shipwrecks Beginning with the letter D.)

Van Eyck: “On Saturday evening, November 3, 1855, at eleven p.m., she left Port Washington with a heavy load of provisions from Chicago. Soon after midnight a tremendous northeastern gale struck her, and after laboring hard for hours she sprang a leak. The water gained on the pumps so fast that she was obliged to head to shore. The water extinguishing her fires, she drifted with her jib set until she struck about six miles south of Sheboygan. There the angry blasts of the northeastern hurricane, piling wave upon wave, pounded the old propeller to pieces. Eleven lives were lost, and the Delaware was a total wreck.” (Van Eyck. “The Story of the Propeller Phoenix,” 1924, p. 292)

Sources

Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. Boston: Mariners Press Inc., 1972.

Hall, John W. Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes During the Navigation of 1871… Detroit: Free Press Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1872. Accessed 10-24-2021 at:
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Lytle, William M., compiler, from Official Merchant Marine Documents of the United States and Other Sources; Holdcamper, Forrest H. (Editor, and Introduction by). Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1807-1868. “The Lytle List.” Mystic, CT: Steamship Historical Society of America (Publication No. 6), 1952. Accessed 10-25-2021 at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015018039084&view=1up&seq=7

Mansfield, John Brandts (Ed. and Compiler). History of the Great Lakes (Vol. 1). Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1899. Google digitized. Accessed 10-25-2021 at: http://books.google.com/books?id=iHXhAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false

McNeil, William R. Maritime History of the Great Lakes. “Delaware, (Prop.), 1855.” Accessed 10-25-2021 at: https://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/38991/data?n=2

Swayze, David. Great Lakes Shipwrecks “C”. Accessed 9-4-2017 at: http://www.boatnerd.com/swayze/shipwreck/d.htm

Van Eyck, William O. “The Story of the Propeller Phoenix,” Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 7, No. 3, March 1924. Accessed 10-25-2021 at: http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wmh&CISOPTR=3813&CISOSHOW=3705