Denis Sullivan (schooner)
Denis Sullivan under partial sail off the Milwaukee lakefront | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Denis Sullivan |
| Owner | World Ocean School |
| Completed | 2000, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Homeport | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Identification |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Tonnage | 97 GT |
| Displacement | 150 tons |
| Length | 137 ft (42 m) overall; 98 ft (30 m) on deck |
| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Height | 95 ft (29 m) |
| Draft | 8.75 ft (2.67 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail; two 180 hp (130 kW) auxiliary engines |
| Sail plan | Gaff rigged; ten sails, 4,597 square feet (427.1 m2) total sail area |
| Capacity | 31 persons overnight, 60 on day sails (including crew) |
| Crew | 10 |
SV Denis Sullivan is a three-masted wooden gaff rigged schooner originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The only existing replica of a 19th century Great Lakes schooner, she was envisioned and built by a Milwaukee-based team of professionals and volunteers and was owned by the museum Discovery World. She was the flagship of both the state of Wisconsin and of the United Nations Environment Programme until Discovery World controversially sold her to the World Ocean School in late 2022. She then moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where World Ocean School is located, although her home port is still listed as Milwaukee for ceremonial reasons and because World Ocean School plans on maintaining her connection with the city.