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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) |
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