Description

In the History of the Navigation of the Great Lakes, published in 1911, Ralph Gordon Plumb: “Then followed the first disaster of magnitude that occurred on Lake Michigan. This was the burning of the Phoenix off Sheboygan on November 21, 1847. This boat, too, had 250 emigrants from Holland on board in route to Milwaukee. The lake had been rough and the boat had remained in Manitowoc Harbor until it was thought safe to venture out.”

Ship Name: Phoenix 

Year Built: 1845

Tonnage 305

Ship type: Wooden Hulled Propeller Steamer 

Nationality: United States of America 

Year Wrecked: 1847

Reason for Wreck: Caught Fire 

Location Wrecked: Lake Michigan, Sank Near Sheboygan Wisconsin 

Lives Lost: Estimated to be around 250

Sources: 

https://newspaperarchive.com/weekly-wisconsin-mar-29-1848-p-8/

https://newspaperarchive.com/montrose-peoples-advocate-dec-09-1847-p-2/

https://newspaperarchive.com/independent-american-and-general-advertiser-dec-03-1847-p-2/

https://newspaperarchive.com/portage-sentinel-dec-01-1847-p-2/

https://books.google.com/books?id=mj82AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA188&dq=phoenix+sheboygan+1847&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwja_Nutg_WGAxVmlIkEHcR6CGYQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=phoenix%20sheboygan%201847&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=jcQyAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA283&dq=phoenix+burning+great+lakes&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwit8q7IgPWGAxVjv4kEHdxXALg4HhDoAXoECAwQAg#v=onepage&q=phoenix%20burning%20great%20lakes&f=false

https://www.michiganshipwrecks.org/shipwrecks-2/shipwreck-categories/shipwrecks-lost/phoenix

https://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/30035/data?n=2

https://newspaperarchive.com/rock-river-pilot-dec-01-1847-p-3/