"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.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Schooner Melvina ~ 29 October 1859
NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM
Beaufort, NC
www.ncmaritimemuseum.org
1822 Chart of Vicinity
On this day in 1859, the schooner Melvina sprung a leak during a storm and went ashore on the inside of the Ocracoke Inlet bar. She was under the command of Captain Cahoon, carrying a cargo of naval stores (pine tar, pitch and turpentine) bound for Boston. The vessel was reported to be a total loss.
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