"The Blue Book says we've got to go out and it doesn't say a damn thing about having to come back." --Captain Patrick Etheridge, USLSS
A compilation of U.S. Life-Saving Service reports, newspaper articles, publications and more related to shipwrecks of the N.C. coast. Does not include ships that were hauled off or otherwise saved.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Schooner Betey and Polly ~ 25 January 1803
NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM
Beaufort, NC
www.ncmaritimemuseum.org
On this day in 1803 the schooner Betey and Polly, under command of Captain Dudley, wrecked on the shoals at Cape Hatteras. Portion of an 1802 map by Samuel Lewis.
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