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)

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

Constantine

Schooner

 

1862

Wrecked

 

 

 

 

 

sail

Mendocino

39deg 08'26'N

123deg 43'45'W

Curacao

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

Far West

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

Galveston

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

Golden State

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., San Francisco

 

 

 

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

Columbia

Two Masted Schooner

1865

1868

Wrecked

Capt. Barstow

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

L C Lane

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

Berry

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

Florence

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 Jackson

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

 

Iverson, Beck

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