Dudley Farlin ~ 2 April 1891

Wrecks and Derelicts in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1887 to 1893, Inclusive

The USS Yantic reports that the sunken ship Dudley Farlin about 24 miles N.E. of Bodie Island is not to be found. Concluded heavy weather has broker her up. The same conclusion may be reached as regards the two wrecks off Cape Lookout, NC (Aberlady Bay and Glenrath). March 30, a careful search during very favorable weather failed to reveal as much as a break or swirl of water by which the whereabouts of the sunken steamers Aberlady Bay or Glenrath might be known, both of which lay off Cape Lookout. Wreck of schooner Mollie J. Saunders was located and marked by a buoy March 31, 7 miles southeast from Bodie Island, the weather being too rough to blow her up.

Steamer Glenrath ~ 30 September 1890

NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM

Beaufort, NC

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On this day in 1890 at roughly 4:45 p.m. the British steamship Glenrath, enroute from Pensacola, FL for Antwerp via Norfolk, Va, hit the remains of the British steamer Aberlady Bay off of Cape Lookout. The Glenrath eventually sank along with it's cargo of lumber. Around 9 p.m. the chief mate and 12 crew members manned a lifeboat and left to summon help. They made it to shore safely in the ships boats after rowing for eleven hours and were cared for at the Cape Lookout Life-Saving Station. The master and remaining crew departed the sinking vessel the next morning and were met by a life boat around 2 p.m. and towed to Beaufort. 

New Berne Weekly Journal, October 9, 1890