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    VESSEL NAME:   City of Sheboygan
    OTHER NAME(s): (sometimes seen Cheboygan in error)
    OFFICIAL NO:   (C) 137894  (US) 125218
    DATE OF LOSS:  25 September 1915
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Ontario, off Amherst Island
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Hamilton, Sheboygan, WI - 1871
    OWNER(S):      Capt. Edward McDonald, Owen Sound, Ont.
    MASTER:        same
    TONNAGE:       248 gt, 210 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    135 x 30 x 10
    CASUALTIES:    5 (all)


                       Bound Kingston to Buffalo when she foundered off
                    Amherst Island.

        May, 1915 -    Delivered cargo of square timbers to the Dock & Mill
                    Company, Tonawanda on May 18th. Minor collision with
                    the steamer McWILLIAMS when off Bar Point which tore
                    the schooner's nose off. Had been purchased by Capt.
                    Edward McDonald just a couple of weeks before.

     August, 1915 -    Spent five days being tossed around Lake Erie by
                    storm after storm. Arrived at Port Colborne on Aug. 6th
                    after being reported as lost off Erie, Pa.

   April 19, 1893 -    Sunk at the Lighthouse Slip, Chicago, during a
                    severe storm by the steamer CITY OF NAPLES. The stern
                    of the steamer broke loose from her moorings and
                    battered the smaller schooner. Raised by Capt. J. S.
                    Dunham who, after a few months, became anxious about
                    his bill and had the schooner sold at Marshal's sale.
                    Purchased by Capt. J. S. Dunham.

   November 4, 1886 -  Bound Buffalo to Chicago with coal when she struck
                    a rock and sank near Detroit. Crew escaped safely.

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Sources: The Daily News, Batavia, N.Y., 8 November 1886
         The Chicago Tribune, 6 July 1893
         Amsterdam Evening Recorder, 6 August 1915
         Syracuse Journal, 6 August 1915
         Toronto Globe, 29 September 1915
         Merchant Vessel List - 1897
         Great Lakes Maritime Database, University of Michigan