Steamer Governor Safford ~ 24 July 1908

Photo Credit: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory
S.J. Doughan, Photographer

The steamer Governor Safford went down during rough weather, four miles from Bogue Inlet in 40 ft. of water. At the time she was under tow by the steamer Katahdin. All 10 crew members were able to row a life boat safely to the Katahdin, which carried them to Baltimore, MD.

The Safford was a wooden hulled side-wheel ship, built in 1884 at Camden, NJ. This ship was a 307 gross, 261 net ton. She was 129.6 feet in length, 26 feet in beam and 7.5 feet in depth of hold, and had a single cylinder steam engine with a 28 inch bore and a 72 inch stroke. In 1900 she was in passenger service based out of Cedar Key, FL but in 1908 her home port changed to New York. 

Schooner M.B. Davis ~ 8 December 1917

The Davis was an18-ton wooden hulled schooner built at Davis, NC in 1913. She was 53’ in length, 15.9’ in beam and 3.4’ in depth of hold. Based on her size, she could have been a sharpie schooner. Her home port was Beaufort, NC. She was lost at Bogue Inlet.

Schooner Morris & Cliff ~ January 16, 1926

Daily Press, VA, Jan. 20, 1926

Schooner Napoleon ~ 17 March 1841

NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM

Beaufort, NC

www.ncmaritimemuseum.org

On this day in 1841 the schooner Napoleon was lost 2 miles east of the bar at Bogue Inlet.

Portion of an 1864 map by J.H. Colton.

1822 Map by Brazier and Young