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Shipswrecks of Mendocino: 1850 - 1900 |
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Ship’s Name |
Type |
Year Built |
Year Sunk |
Cause |
Owner |
Captain |
Length |
Beam |
Tonnage |
Engine |
County |
Latitude |
Longitude |
|
Frolic |
Brig |
1844 |
1850 |
Stranded |
Augustine
Heard and Company |
Faucon, Edward Horatio |
88 feet |
24 feet |
212 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
21'22'N |
123deg
49'14'W |
|
Fannie |
Pilot
boat |
|
1852 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
Sheriff |
Schooner |
|
1852 |
Storm |
|
Tibbey |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
17'38'N |
123deg
48'00'W |
|
|
Brig |
|
1853 |
Scuttled as
breakwater |
|
none |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'05'N |
123deg
47'50'W |
|
Arispe |
Steam
screw |
1853 |
1854 |
Grounded |
Ryan,Duff & others |
Pierce |
131.3
feet |
30
feet |
336 |
|
Mendocino |
38deg
50'00'N |
123deg
37'40'W |
|
Donna Maria (Donna May) |
Brig |
|
1854 |
Grounded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
47'55'N |
123deg
35'25'W |
|
Invincible |
Schooner |
|
1854 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
25'40'N |
123deg
48'40'W |
|
Walter
Claxton |
Bark |
|
1854 |
Capsized |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
22'30'N |
124deg
55'00'W |
|
Anor |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1855 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'00'N |
124deg
48'00'W |
|
Harriet |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1855 |
Parted
lines |
|
Haley |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
17'30'N |
124deg
47'45'W |
|
Kingsbury |
Brig |
|
1855 |
Monster
wave |
|
|
30 feet |
|
195 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'12'N |
123deg
47'42'W |
|
|
Bark |
|
1855 |
Monster
wave |
|
Chazelles |
|
|
1078 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
16'30'N |
123deg
47'24'W |
|
Northbend |
Brig |
|
1855 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'05'N |
123deg
47'50'W |
|
J
B Brown |
Brig |
|
1857 |
Stranded |
|
Miller |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
|
|
|
Wellingsley |
Brig |
|
1857 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
13'30'N |
123deg
46'00'W |
|
Charles
and Edward |
Schooner |
|
1858 |
Stranded |
|
St.Claire |
|
|
50 |
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
Isabella
Ebbetta |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1858 |
Wrecked |
|
Redfield |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
13'30'N |
123deg
46'00'W |
|
Jack
Hays |
Sloop |
|
1858 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
Judson |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1858 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
13'30'N |
123deg
46'00'W |
|
Halcyon |
Clipper
brig |
1858 |
1859 |
driven
ashore by storm |
Charles
McLean (3/4) |
Wood, George A. |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'05'N |
123deg
47'50'W |
|
North
American |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1859 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
48'18'N |
123deg
34'30'W |
|
J
S Cabot |
Brig |
|
1860 |
Dragged
Anchor, Capsized |
|
Gage |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'12'N |
123deg
47'42'W |
|
Cuffeys Cove |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1861 |
Wrecked |
John S. Kimball |
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
08'24'N |
123deg
43'42'W |
|
C
W Gunnel |
Schooner |
|
1862 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
|
Schooner |
|
1862 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
08'26'N |
123deg
43'45'W |
|
|
Brig |
|
1862 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
46'03'N |
123deg
3 |
|
H
T Clay |
Schooner |
|
1862 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mendocino |
39deg
25'40'N |
123deg
48'40'W |
|
Rosalie |
Schooner |
|
1862 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
S
F Blunt |
Schooner |
|
1862 |
Waterlogged |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
13'30'N |
123deg
46'00'W |
|
Sovereign |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1862 |
Parted
moorings |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
11'24'N |
123deg
45'30'W |
|
Caroline |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1863 |
Wrecked |
|
Johnson |
|
|
80 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
13'30'N |
123deg
46'00'W |
|
|
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1863 |
Stranded
in gale |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
19'38'N |
123deg
48'25'W |
|
Francis
Helen |
Schooner |
|
1863 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
16'20'N |
123deg
47'30'W |
|
|
Brig |
|
1863 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
17'38'N |
123deg
48'00'W |
|
Walcott |
Brig |
|
1863 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
48'08'N |
123deg
35'13'W |
|
Elizabeth
Buckley |
Ship |
|
1864 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
J
E Murdock |
Schooner |
|
1864 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
25'40'N |
123deg
48'40'W |
|
|
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1865 |
Storm |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'00'N |
124deg
48'00'W |
|
Helen |
Two
Masted Schooner |
1864 |
1865 |
Stranded |
Capt. Lendil |
Lendil |
|
|
121 |
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
54'55'N |
123deg
42'40'W |
|
J
R Whiting |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1865 |
disappeared |
Eugene Brown |
Brown, A. |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
25'40'N |
123deg
48'40'W |
|
Metis |
Schooner |
|
1865 |
Storm |
|
Haines |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
21'50'N |
123deg
48'54'W |
|
Storm
Cloud |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1865 |
Storm |
Mendocino Lumber Company |
Smith |
|
|
118 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'00'N |
124deg
48'00'W |
|
Susie
Merrill |
Three
Masted Schooner |
1866 |
1866 |
Wrecked |
Merrill & Co., |
|
|
|
148 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
25'30'N |
123deg
49'10'W |
|
Flying
Mist |
Schooner |
|
1867 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
48'08'N |
123deg
35'13'W |
|
C
P Huestes |
Schooner |
1862 |
1868 |
Capsized |
|
Peltz |
|
|
57 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
25'40'N |
123deg
48'40'W |
|
|
Two
Masted Schooner |
1865 |
1868 |
Wrecked |
Capt. Barstow |
|
|
|
59 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
08'26'N |
123deg
43'45'W |
|
Ella
Florence |
Schooner |
|
1868 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
17'38'N |
123deg
48'00'W |
|
|
Schooner |
|
1868 |
Collision |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
16'30'N |
123deg
47'24'W |
|
Quaddy Belle |
Brig |
|
1868 |
Stranded
in storm |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
11'24'N |
123deg
45'30'W |
|
S
F Blunt |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1868 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'30'W |
|
H
L Tiernan |
Two
Masted Schooner |
1867 |
1869 |
Parted
moorings |
H. L. Tiernan |
|
90 feet |
27.5 feet |
153 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
21'54'N |
123deg
49'24'W |
|
J
J Fransen |
Two
Masted Schooner |
1867 |
1869 |
Parted
moorings |
|
Jensen |
|
|
120 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
25'40'N |
123deg
48'40'W |
|
|
Schooner |
|
1870 |
Stranded |
|
Josslyn |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
21'45'N |
123deg
49'00'W |
|
Robert
E Lee |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1870 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
Tolo |
Schooner |
1861 |
1871 |
Stranded |
J G |
Josselyn |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
21'40'N |
123deg
49'20'W |
|
W
F Browne |
Schooner |
|
1871 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
21'45'N |
123deg
48'54'W |
|
Ballard |
|
|
1872 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mendocino |
39deg
25'40'N |
123deg
48'40'W |
|
Brilliant |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1872 |
Stranded |
Mendocino
Lumber Company |
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'24'N |
123deg
48'06'W |
|
C
A Drew |
Schooner |
|
1872 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
13'30'N |
123deg
46'00'W |
|
Ella
Florence |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1872 |
Parted
moorings |
Mendocino Lumber Company |
|
|
|
67 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'05'N |
123deg
47'50'W |
|
Elsie
Iversen |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1872 |
Wrecked |
Iverson's Lumber Company |
Jensen |
|
|
62 |
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
Fannie
Jane |
Schooner |
|
1872 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
11'24'N |
123deg
45'30'W |
|
Speedwell |
Bark |
|
1872 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
Annie
Iverson |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1873 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
42 |
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
Lightwing |
Schooner |
|
1873 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
16'30'N |
123deg
47'24'W |
|
Annie |
Schooner |
|
1874 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
Cora |
Two
Masted Schooner |
1867 |
1874 |
Parted
moorings |
Caspar Lumber Co. |
|
|
|
155 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
21'40'N |
123deg
49'10'W |
|
Curlew |
Brig |
|
1875 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
57'30'N |
123deg
44'24'W |
|
Glenarm |
Schooner |
1864 |
1875 |
Parted
lines |
Thomas Pollard |
Nelson, P.B. |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
26'10'N |
123deg
08'09'W |
|
L
R Whitney |
Schooner |
|
1875 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
25'40'N |
123deg
48'40'W |
|
Pacific |
Schooner |
|
1875 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
08'24'N |
123deg
43'42'W |
|
Sarah
Louise |
Schooner |
1863 |
1875 |
Dragged
anchor |
|
|
68 feet |
22 feet |
49 |
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
48'18'N |
123deg
34'30'W |
|
Silas
Coombs |
Two
Masted Schooner |
1875 |
1875 |
Wind
died |
Little
River Mill Co. & Capt Gray |
Gray |
|
|
89 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
16'10'N |
123deg
47'25'W |
|
Ellen
Florence |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1876 |
Wrecked |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
18'00'N |
124deg
48'00'W |
|
Fideliter |
Steam
schooner |
1860 |
1876 |
Dragged
Moorings |
Pacific
Coast Steamship Co. |
von Helms |
|
|
175 |
|
Mendocino |
39deg
08'26'N |
123deg
43'45'W |
|
Skylark |
Schooner |
|
1876 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
46'09'N |
123deg
32'10'W |
|
Artful
Dodger |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1877 |
Stranded |
|
Colman |
|
|
53 |
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
48'08'N |
123deg
35'13'W |
|
B
F Lee |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1877 |
Collision |
|
|
|
|
98 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
08'26'N |
123deg
43'45'W |
|
Johanna |
Two
Masted Schooner |
|
1877 |
Stranded |
|
Isigkeit |
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
16'30'N |
123deg
47'24'W |
|
Martha
and Elizabeth |
Schooner |
|
1877 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
|
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
48'08'N |
123deg
35'13'W |
|
Mary
Cleveland |
Clipper
schooner |
|
1877 |
Stranded |
|
|
|
|
91 |
sail |
Mendocino |
39deg
25'40'N |
123deg
48'40'W |
|
Solano |
Two
Masted Schooner |
1865 |
1877 |
Stranded |
|
|
74 feet |
25 feet |
67 |
sail |
Mendocino |
38deg
50'44'N |
123deg
38'35'W |
|
Golden
Rule #2 |
Two
Masted Schooner |
1866 |
1878 |
Grounded |
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