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Shipswrecks of Mendocino: 1850 - 1900

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

Ontario

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

La Paz

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)