Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Foundered
Robert C. Pringle
A tugboat built in 1903, lost on Lake Michigan in 1922. The record: “Sank after striking an obstruction.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Tugboat
- Builder
- Manitowoc Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
- Launched
- May 9, 1903
- Completed
- June 23, 1903
- Length
- 101 ft (31 m)
- Beam
- 22 ft (7 m)
- Tonnage
- 141 GRT; 112 NRT
- Propulsion
- 1 × 7.5 ft fixed pitch propeller
- Fate
- Sank after striking an obstruction
- Wreck site
- 8 mi southeast of Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- National Register
- Listed December 14, 2020 · ref. 10000590
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 43.6917° N, 87.5550° W
The same decade
Michigan losses of the 1920s
- Rosinco1928 · foundered
- SM UC-971921 · foundered
- SS Andaste1929 · foundered
- SS Lakeland1924 · foundered
- SS Milwaukee (1929)1929 · foundered
- SS Senator1929 · collision
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Selah Chamberlain7.4 mi · lost 1886
- SS Pere Marquette 1813 mi · lost 1910
- SS Atlanta14 mi · lost 1906
- Gallinipper16 mi · lost 1851
- Home18 mi · lost 1858
- SS Senator25 mi · lost 1929
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Deland Park Boat Ramp8.5 mi
- South 8th Street Boat Launch8.7 mi
- Lake Michigan Access (Sheboygan)8.9 mi
- Sheboygan River/Lake Michigan Access9.4 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Sheboygan Breakwater Light8.0 mi
- Sheboygan Lighthouse8.7 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Kohler-Andrae State Park8.3 mi · dunes
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Robert C. Pringle, retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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