North Carolina Shipwrecks

"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

Friday, January 6, 2012

Schooner Samuel Smith ~ Abt. 1 December 1804

The Wilmington Gazette, Wilmington, NC, 4 December 1804

Merchantman Shannon ~ March 1764

Caledonian Mercury Edinburgh March 31, 1764 The [Scottish] Shannon , [Captain] Williamson, from Virginia for Glasgow put asho...

Brig Seaman ~ 13 July 1849

The Tri-Weekly Commercial, Wilmington, NC

Schooner Savannah ~ 27 December 1912

Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913: The 584-ton, 4-mas...

Steamer Santiago ~ 11 March 1924

Loaded with 32,000 bags of sugar, the 5,000-ton Ward Line freighter Santiago left Cienfuegos, Cuba on March 4, 1924. The week before she...

Schooner Seaman ~ 5 March 1837

NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM Beaufort, NC www.ncmaritimemuseum.org 1836 Map of the Vicinity by Morse and Tuttle On this da...

Steamer Sardinian Prince ~ 1 January 1896

Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897: During a rift...

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