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Alaska Shipwrecks
1750 - 1887

Source: http://www.mms.gov/alaska/ref/ships/index.htm
Original research done by Ryan Olson, Megan Huber and Debika Shome

Ship ID

Planning Area

Vessel

Date of Wreck

Where Lost

Cause of Wreck

Last Port

Destination

Length/
Tons

17 AA Sv. Petr 1/1/1750 Near Islands (Attu?) (Agattu?) Wrecked; survivors rescued.      
27 AA Sv. leremiia 9/3/1753 Adak Driven onto offshore rocks when anchor cable parted. Kamchatka, Russia Aleutians  
20 AA Sv. Kapiton 9/6/1758 Kiska Island, Aleutians Ship driven onto rocky reef near island. Crew reached shore but 17 men died while onisland. The rest made way to Shemya Island where they were rescued by Sv. Petr i Pavel in1761. Bering Island, Commander Islands, Russia    
26 AA Sv. Petr i Pavel 1/1/1762 Shemya Island Wrecked close to shore and most of crew survived. Some made way to Attu in a baidara.      
1022 STG Sv. Zakharii i Elizaveta 12/1/1763 Illiuliuk (Unalaska) Bay, now known as Captain's Bay--present-day site of WakefieldCannery Burned by Aleuts.      
988 STG Sv. loann 1/1/1764 Nikolski Bay, Umnak Island Destroyed at anchorage in bay; burned by Aleuts after they took what they wanted.      
875 NA Sv. Nikolai 1/1/1764 Issanakh Strait (False Pass), Unimak Island Destroyed by Aleuts.      
18 AA Andrei Pervozvannyi 1/1/1779 enroute Amchitka Island   Attu Island Amchitka  
11 AA Unknown 1/1/1780 Rat Island, Aleutians Wrecked. Rats escaping from wreck invaded island and island has been known ever since as Rat Island.      
1030 STG Unknown 1/1/1782 Aleutian Islands        
8 AA Unknown 1/1/1783 Rat Island, Aleutians Stranded in storm; later, survivors taken to Okhotsk by Russians.      
24 AA Sv. Evpl 1/1/1785 Pan'kov Harbor on Bering Sea side of Amlia Island Wrecked close to shore when ship put in to pick up hunting crew. Crew and cargo savedand taken to Okhotsk by other vessels. mainland Russia Kamchatka, Russia  
283 GACI Astrolabe (sm. boat from) 7/11/1786 mouth of Lituya Bay Lost in the tidal breakers at the mouth of Lituya Bay (see yawl from Boussole). Brest, France, Aug. 1, 1785 French explorer LaPerouse's scientific circumnavig  
307 GACI Boussole (sm. boat from) 7/11/1786 mouth of Lituya Bay Twenty-one men lost in the tidal breakers at the mouth of Lituya Bay while attemptingto map the entrance. Some pieces of the wrecked boats brought to LaPerouse by Tlingit Indians. Brest, France Aug. 1, 1785 French explorer LaPerouse's scientific circumnavig  
540 GACI Sea Otter 9/1/1786 Gulf of Alaska Foundered. Snug Harbor Cove, Knight Island, Prince William So China 100
1025 STG Sv. Pavel 1/1/1789 near Pribilof Islands Vessel wrecked but crew and cargo saved. Okhotsk Kenai Bay  
1011 STG Tri Sviatitelia (Three Saints) 10/1/1790 Kasheega Harbor on Bering Sea side of Unalaska Island Vessel completely broken up when severe storm broke from N. Much of the cargo wassalvaged. Okhotsk Aug. 19, 1790    
991 STG Sv. loann Pretecha 1/1/1791 St. George Island Vessel was wrecked with no loss of life; cargo salvaged.      
918 S Orel 1/1/1792 enroute to Kodiak, Suklik Island (Sutwik Island?)     Kodiak  
1009 STG Wakamiya Maru 1/1/1794 Unalga Pass, Biorka Island Ship broken up by waves while at anchor. Survivors brought to Unalaska by Russians; 15survivors taken to Okhotsk in 1795. Sendai, Japan    
461 GACI Tri Sviatitelia (Three Saints) 1/1/1796 Kamishak Wrecked; unsuccessful attempt made to repair vessel and it was later burned for ironand salvage in 1798. Possible this was the salvaged Tri Sviatitelia from 1790.      
985 STG Simeon i Anna 1/1/1797 enroute Pribilof Islands   Okhotsk Pribilof Islands  
992 STG Sv. Mikhail 7/1/1797 near Umnak Vessel wrecked and washed ashore on Umnak. Kodiak    
549 GACI Severnyi Orel (Northern Eagle) 1/1/1799 enroute Prince William Sound (Montague Island?) Vessel blown on rocks causing loss of six lives and over 22,000 rubles worth of furs. Yakutat Kodiak via Prince William Sound ?
552 GACI sixty bidarkas 1/1/1799 Hinchinbrook Entrance Boats encountered a sudden storm and 200 men lost. Worst boating disaster in historyof Prince William Sound.      
28 AA St. Alexander 1/1/1799 between Alaska and Siberia Wrecked with cargo of furs; there were no survivors.   Okhotsk, Russia  
724 K Phoenix 5/24/1799 wreckage washed ashore on Shuyak Island and later on Tugidak and Sitkinak Islands Phoenix was the first ship built in Russian America at Voskresenskaia Gavan(modern-day Seward). Builder was an Englishman, Lt. James Shields, in Russian service wholost his life in the wreck. Vessel lost with all hands (90) in storm SE. of Kodiak. Wreckcaused great hardship in Russian America due to the loss of badly needed supplies. Head ofthe Kodaik Mission, Archimandrite Joseph, also perished. Okhotsk, Russia Kodiak 180
987 STG Sv. Arkhistrati Mikhail 1/1/1801 Unalaska Island        
1021 STG Predpiiatie Sv. Alexandry (Enterprise of St. Alexa 1/1/1802 on Unalaska Island Wrecked.      
583 GACI Unknown 4/10/1803 Montague Island Wrecked; wreckage came ashore on island.      
979 STG Dimitrii 10/1/1803 near Umnak Wrecked; all cargo and personnel saved. Okhotsk, Russia Kodiak  
595 GACI Sv. Ol'ga 1/1/1804 at Yakutat Wrecked. Later, to celebrate conclusion of peace with the Tlingit Indians, Baranov had wreck destroyed with salvos of cannon fire.      
524 GACI Unknown 1/1/1805 near Sitka Wrecked. Later, to celebrate the conclusion of peace with Tlingit Indians, Baranov had wreck destroyed with salvos of cannon fire.      
647 GACI Zakharii I Elizaveta (Elizaveta) 12/1/1805 enroute to Kodiak Wrecked. Kodiak New Archangel (Sitka)  
956 S Eclipse 8/11/1807 near Sanak Island Ran into reef and sank in 3 fathoms; cargo salvaged. Captain Joseph O'Caindrowned. Kamchatka (Whampoa, port of Canton, May 8, 1807) Kodiak 343
278 GACI Avos' 1/1/1808 enroute to Sitka in Bay of Islands (Islas Bay?) Wrecked. Kodiak Sitka  
639 GACI Neva 1/9/1813 Neva Bay, Kruzof Island, N. of Cape Edgecumbe Struck a rock and wrecked; 36 died in raging surf and 24 survived. Survivors reachedSitka in a Kolosh canoe. A Ketchikan newspaper reported in 1915 that a Capt. J.E. Sayles,local marine man, was outfitting an expedition to go to Kruzof Island to strip the wreckof the Neva. Associated with him in the salvage effort was C.F. Stager, a deep sea diver.The Neva was reported to have carried a number of bronze guns, and a cargo of gold churchvestments. Capt. Sayles was said to have received permission from the Russian Governmentto make the salvage effort. Okhotsk, Russia late Aug. 1812 Sitka 370
308 GACI Borneo 1/28/1819 near Kaigahnee Wrecked in a gale. Officers and mess taken onboard the ship Volunteer after escaping from Haida Indians and making their way to Kaigahnee. Cargo of furs lost. The Brutus carried the crew of the Borneo to Hawaiian Islands in 1819. Boston Dec. 3, 1817 fur trading Northwest Coast 233
239 GACI Karluk 11/14/1829 Uganik Bay, NW. side of Kodiak Island Wrecked due to violent wind and navigation error. Cargo and crew saved; ship fittingsremoved. Kodiak Katmai Post  
756 K Unknown 2/10/1830 Crane Bay, Kodiak Island Wrecked in heavy weather and 20 lives lost. Wreckage washed ashore. Kodiak Alexandrovsk Redoubt  
13 A Sivutch 1/1/1831 E. of Wall Bay, Atka Island Ship lost but crew saved and cargo offloaded into baidaras. Vessel broken up for woodand iron. Korovin Bay, Atka    
347 GACI Chilkat 1/1/1837 off Cape Edgecombe Beached in storm and lost with entire crew and cargo of furs. Wreckage strewn alongCape and St. Lazaria Island.      
71 B Mary Mitchell 1/1/1851 Beaufort Sea Lost. San Francisco whaling in Arctic 354
57 B Mexican 1/1/1851 Arctic Lost. New Bedford May 31, 1848 whaling in Arctic 226
6 AA Unknown 1/1/1851 Atka        
601 GACI Washington 1/1/1851 Pitt's Island        
9 AA New Bedford 5/17/1851 near Umnak Island, Fox Islands Ran aground. New BedfordOct. 10, 1850 whaling voyage 351
768 N Ajax 6/19/1851 rocks 10 to 12 mi S. of St. Lawrence Island Hit rocks. Le Havre, France whaling voyage 474
76 B Houqua 7/1/1851 near Cape Oliver, Arctic Ocean Wrecked. New Bedford, Sept. 8, 1849 whaling in Arctic 339
694 H Henry Thompson 7/15/1851 near Diomede Island Lost in ice. New London Oct. 22, 1850 whaling in Arctic 315
767 N Acushnet 8/16/1851 St. Lawrence Island Went ashore in fog and sank in 10 fathoms of water. Same ship Herman Melville desertedin the Marquesas in 1842. Fairhaven, MA whaling in Arctic 359
50 B Bramin 9/25/1851 Arctic Lost. New BedfordSept. 9, 1851 whaling in Arctic 245
21 A Monongahela 1/1/1853 near Atka Island, Aleutian Islands Lost with all hands. New Bedford, MAOct. 1, 1850 whaling voyage 497
37 B Indian Chief 8/25/1857 Arctic Stove by ice and lost. New London, CNSept. 29, 1856 whaling in Arctic 401
984 STG Napoleon III 5/20/1858 St. Paul Island Stove by ice. Le Havre, France whaling voyage 707
732 K Kad'iak 3/30/1860 off Spruce Island Loaded with 356 tons of ice, vessel struck rock off Wooded Island and later sank offnearby Spruce Island in 70 feet of water. Wooded Island San Francisco 500
85 C Caulaincourt 9/5/1861 Point Belcher Stove by ice. Le Havre, France whaling in Arctic 657
156 GACI Imperator Nikolai I 11/8/1861 Russian Reef, near Neltushkin, Admiralty Island Struck rocks in thick snowstorm; abandoned, broke in two, and washed ashore. Crew was saved by Tlingit Indians and entertained by them until the screw steamer Aleksandr arrived from Sitka. Engine parts salvaged and used in Politkofsky. New Archangel (Sitka) Kolosh Straits  
5 AA Unknown 9/1/1862 at Attu Wrecked.      
1032 STMH Electra 7/14/1863 on Nunivak Island Lost. New London Aug. 5, 1862 whaling in Arctic 348
110 C Henry Kneeland 7/1/1864 Chukchi Sea Lost in ice. New Bedford Aug. 11, 1862 whaling in Arctic 304
124 C Gratitude 7/2/1865 near Cape Lisburne Stove by ice and sank trying to get into the protection of grounded ice. New Bedford June 19, 1862 whaling in Arctic 337
709 H Louisiana 7/9/1865 between S. side of Choris Peninsula and Chamisso Island, Kotzebue Sound Fleeing the rampage of the Shenandoah, the Louisiana withdrew along with the bark Martha, the Eliza Williams, and the Oliver Crocker for Kotzebue Sound. On the way into the sound, the Louisiana ran aground on a shoal. Boat burned on July 13 and sank the next day.Wreck seen onshore for the next 10 years. New Bedford Apr. 25, 1864 whaling in Arctic 297
577 GACI Royal Charlie 1/1/1866 Kuiv (Kake?) Village, Admiralty Island Vessel was seized and scuttled by Tlingit Indians and crew murdered.      
125 C Ontario 9/27/1866 Chukchi Sea Abandoned in Arctic after colliding with Helen Mar on Sept. 27, 1866. New Bedford July 2, 1863 whaling in Arctic 489
43 B Emeline 1/1/1868 in Arctic Lost. HonoluluMar. 3, 1868 whaling in N. Pacific  
464 GACI Torrent 1/1/1868 English Bay Foundered in storm, went ashore, and became a total loss. ? English Bay? ?
138 GACI Growler 3/1/1868 Cape Chacon, Dixon Entrance, S. tip of Prince of Wales Island The Growler sailed from Victoria in the spring of 1868 on a trading voyage to Sitka.The vessel while running at night probably missed the entrance to Clarence Strait and ranonto rocks at or near Cape Chacon. Wreckage and bodies of the crew washed ashore on the south end of Prince of Wales Island. It was reported that all survivors were slain by Haida Indians. Victoria, BC Mar. 19, 1868 Sitka 48.5
113 C Hae Hawaii 9/22/1868 Sea Horse Islands Anchors dragged and vessel went ashore and lost in gale. Honolulu Mar. 30, 1868 whaling in Arctic 368
227 GACI Louisa Downes 11/22/1868 Dry Bay Vessel ran into gale and both masts had to be cut away to save it. On Nov. 22, vesseldrifted into Dry Bay, went ashore, and wrecked. Crewmen found canoes at a deserted Tlingit village, loaded trade goods and furs into canoes, and paddled W. to another Tlingit village, arriving on Dec. 7. Tlingits confiscated their goods but took care of crew and in the spring took them to Cross Sound. On June 23, 1869, 3 crewmen arrived in Sitka after being given up for lost. Sitka Oct. 13, 1868 Hoonah, other villages on Icy Strait, Cross Sound, 11
492 GACI Unknown 1/1/1869 Barren Island        
4 AA Unknown 4/1/1869 Adak        
194 GACI Luella 5/1/1869 on the Alaska Coast Driven ashore during a gale. Sitka? Victoria?  
84 C Eagle 9/30/1869 Sea Horse Shoal, off Point Franklin Grounded nd crew rescued by John Carver. New Bedford June 7, 1865 whaling in Arctic 336
25 A Myrtle 1/1/1870 in the Aleutians Lost.      
493 GACI Unknown 1/1/1870 Wrangell Island        
304 GACI Buena Vista 6/1/1870 Gulf of Alaska        
60 B Almira 8/26/1870 near Point Barrow Stove by ice and lost. Edgartown, MAAug. 5, 1869 whaling in Arctic 310
38 B Hibernia 8/28/1870 about 2 mi SW. of Point Barrow Ice stove hole in bow and vessel ran aground. Sold at auction for $150. New BedfordMay 3, 1866 whaling in Arctic 256
611 GACI Washington 1/1/1871 at Kasilof, Cook Inlet On voyage to catch and salt fish, vessel was blown ashore and lost. Capt. Slocum andmen built a large whaleboat from her timbers and continued fishing. They acquired cargo offish that was taken to market by hired craft. Sydney, Australia Cook Inlet  
1039 STMH Massachusetts 2/6/1871 Scammons Lagoon, Cape Romanzof Lost. San Francisco Dec. 22, 1870 whaling voyage 351
7 AA Jinko Maru 7/10/1871 at Atka Wrecked. Ise Kamano Province  
92 C Comet 9/2/1871 between Point Franklin and Sea Horse Islands Crushed between grounded floe and moving pack ice. Honolulu Apr. 19, 1871 whaling in Arctic 255
117 C Roman 9/7/1871 Sea Horse Islands, off Point Franklin Crushed between grounded floe and moving pack ice. Vessel sank less than an hour afterbeing carried off by ice. Crew escaped over ice. New Bedford Oct. 29, 1868 whaling in Arctic 358
105 C Awashonks 9/8/1871 lost S. of Wainwright Inlet Crushed and pushed partly onto ice. Wreck still visible in 1872. New Bedford Oct. 19, 1870 whaling in Arctic 380
94 C Julian 9/8/1871 near or S. of Wainwright Inlet Crushed in ice and abandoned. Honolulu Nov. 23, 1870 whaling in Arctic 356
87 C Kohola 9/9/1871 2 mi N. of Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. In 1872, found high and dry S. of Point Belcher. Honolulu 1871 whaling in Arctic 270
82 C Carlotta 9/12/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. New London Dec. 31, 1870 whaling in Arctic 480
111 C Fanny 9/13/1871 6 mi S. of Point Belcher, 1/4 mi from shore Abandoned after trapped in ice and crushed. New Bedford July 21, 1869 whaling in Arctic 391
123 C Monticello 9/13/1871 S. of Point Belcher Trapped in ice and abandoned. In 1872, hull of vessel was identified--bow and sternwere 1/2 mi apart. New London Nov. 18, 1865 whaling in Arctic 356
89 C Champion 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. Edgartown Aug. 14, 1869 whaling in Arctic 367
90 C Concordia 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice; burned by Inupiaq Eskimos. New Bedford Dec. 7, 1867 whaling in Arctic 368
96 C Contest 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. New Bedford July 19, 1870 whaling in Arctic 341
93 C John Wells 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. New Bedford Nov. 9, 1869 whaling in Arctic 357
116 C Elizabeth Swift 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. New Bedford Nov. 10, 1868 whaling in Arctic 327
126 C Emily Morgan 9/14/1871 1 mi. N. of Point Belcher Abandoned after trapped in ice and crushed. By 1872, wreck had drifted 1mi N. of Point Belcher, and in 1873 wreck was still visible. New Bedford Nov. 10, 1868 whaling in Arctic 365
100 C Eugenia 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Ice snapped rudder and vessel was abandoned after trapped in ice; latercrushed. New Bedford Sept. 14, 1869 whaling in Arctic 315
103 C Florida 9/14/1871 Sea Horse Islands Abandoned after trapped in ice and forced ashore by ice. In 1852, foundashore at Sea Horse Island burned to water's edge by Eskimos. San Francisco 1870 whaling in Arctic 470
109 C Gay Head 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice; in 1872 found burned by Inupiaq Eskimos. New Bedford Oct. 26, 1870 whaling in Arctic 300
115 C George 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice and crushed. New Bedford Aug. 10, 1869 whaling in Arctic 259
107 C George Howland 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. New Bedford Sept. 29,1870 whaling in Arctic 361
106 C Henry Taber 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. New Bedford Oct. 23, 1868 whaling in Arctic 296
97 C James D. Thompson 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. New London June 13, 1868 whaling in Arctic 432
114 C Mary 9/14/1871 S. of Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice and crushed. Edgartown Sept. 22, 1866 whaling in Arctic 373
62 B Massachussetts 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. In 1872, hull had been carried around Point Barrow byice. New BedfordJuly 19, 1870 whaling in Arctic 356
121 C Navy 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. New Bedford Oct. 7, 1869 whaling in Arctic 385
122 C Oliver Crocker 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. New Bedford July 1, 1868 whaling in Arctic 305
91 C Paiea 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. Honolulu Jan. 7, 1871 whaling in Arctic 386
83 C Reindeer 9/14/1871 5 mi S. of Point Belcher Abandoned after trapped in ice. In 1872, found 5 mi S. of Point Belcher. New Bedford Oct. 4, 1870 whaling in Arctic 332
98 C Seneca 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. Vessel survived crush of 1871 and was taken in tow bybark Florence in July 1872. Later it was cut adrift in bad weather, ran aground, and lost. New Bedford Oct. 16, 1869 whaling in Arctic 328
88 C Thomas Dickason 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. In 1872, vessel found 2 mi N. of Wainwright Inlet withwater flowing in and out of her. New Bedford Nov. 2, 1869 whaling in Arctic 461
102 C Victoria 9/14/1871 lost S. of Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. San Francisco 1869 trading and whaling in Arctic 149
120 C Victoria II 9/14/1871 Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet Abandoned after trapped in ice. Honolulu 1871 whaling in Arctic 200
101 C William Rotch 9/14/1871 lost S. of Wainwright Inlet Forced ashore by ice and abandoned. Honolulu whaling in Arctic 290
22 AA Unknown 1/1/1872 at Adak Wrecked.      
46 B Roscoe 8/19/1872 off Point Barrow Stove while at anchor and abandoned. New BedfordNov. 1, 1870 whaling in Arctic 313
186 GACI Margaret 3/2/1874 near Kake Village, N. side of Kake Island Driven ashore and wrecked in heavy snowstorm. All hands saved. Tlingit Indians pillaged cargo. Sitka Feb. 16, 1874 San Juan Island, WA  
550 GACI Sitka 9/20/1875 near Wrangell Driven ashore and wrecked. Sitka Apr. 5, 1875 Hootzenoo  
866 N Illinois 4/18/1876 South of Bering Strait Collided with Marengo and went to bottom in 15 min. New Bedford Jan. 9, 1872 whaling in Arctic 409
35 B Arctic 7/7/1876 20 mi off Pt. Franklin Crushed in ice 20 mi from shore. Crew reached shore and was rescued by Onward. Honolulu1876 whaling in Arctic 431
69 B Acors Barnes 9/12/1876 NE. of Point Barrow Caught in ice and abandoned; later, burned by Inupiaq Eskimos. New Bedford March 27, 1875 whaling in Arctic 296
40 B Camilla 9/12/1876 NE. of Point Barrow Caught in ice and abandoned. New BedfordDec. 6, 1871 whaling in Arctic 328
59 B Cornelius Howland 9/12/1876 NE. of Point Barrow Caught in ice and abandoned. New BedfordAug. 4, 1874 whaling in Arctic 333
70 B Java 2nd 9/12/1876 NE. of Point Barrow Caught in ice and abandoned. New BedfordOct. 2, 1872 whaling in Arctic 290
78 B Desmond 9/12/1876 NE. of Point Barrow Caught in ice and abandoned. Honolulu1876 whaling in Arctic 301
55 B Josephine 9/12/1876 NE. of Point Barrow Caught in ice and abandoned. New BedfordAug. 24, 1875 whaling in Arctic 363
31 B Marengo 9/12/1876 NE. of Point Barrow Caught in ice and abandoned. San Francisco whaling in Arctic 478
52 B Onward 9/12/1876 NE. of Point Barrow Caught in ice and abandoned. New BedfordJune 25, 1872 whaling in Arctic 339
49 B St. George 9/12/1876 NE. of Point Barrow Caught in ice and abandoned. New BedfordJune 4, 1872 whaling in Arctic 392
743 K Urania 12/29/1876 near Kodiak Disappeared with all hands and cargo of furs. Kodiak San Francisco 80
54 B W.A. Farnsworth 1/1/1877 Point Barrow Abandoned and crushed in ice.   whaling in Arctic 432
61 B Java 6/1/1877 Arctic Lost. New Bedford1877 whaling in Arctic 309
73 B Three Brothers 9/11/1877 off Point Barrow Abandoned in ice; catch saved. New BedfordOct. 12, 1875 whaling in Arctic 357
53 B William H. Allen 8/2/1878 at Point Barrow Stove in by ice and sank. Honolulu1878 Arctic trading voyage 157
81 B Florence 8/8/1878 at Point Barrow Stove in by ice and sank. San FranciscoApr. 18, 1878 whaling in Arctic 245
1085 na Sarah 1/1/1879 North Pacific Lost codfishing.   codfishing 142
1038 STMH Timandra 5/22/1879 6 mi W. of Nunivak Island Vessel struck reef off W. end of island in thick weather. Vessel on illegal trading expedition with 3,000 gallons of rum. As a rum runner, the Timandra got around. A cupbearing the inscription "Capt. Ravens, brig Timandra 1878." was discovered in the hands of Natives on the N. coast of the Chukchi Peninsula by A.E. Nordenskiold,captain of the Vega, when his expedition overwintered in the area in 1878-79. Honolulu Arctic Ocean 119.88
922 S W.H. Wood 10/30/1879 near Unga Driven ashore.      
1010 STG Bella 12/5/1879 N. entrance, Umnak Island Stranded in stormy weather. Unalaska Aleutian Islands 34.83
909 S Nagay 1/1/1880 Shumagin Islands        
1068 na Nicholas 4/6/1880 Elainia Island Driven ashore.      
824 N Loleta 9/4/1880 N. side of St. Lawrence Island Stranded in fog and strong current. Honolulu San Francisco; trading voyage 119
223 GACI Gold Hunter 1/1/1881 30 mi E. of entrance to Behrings (Yakutat) Bay, Yakutat Lost rudder in storm, driven ashore, and wrecked. Alsek River Tlingit Indians took crew to Canoe Harbor near Cape Fairweather to Hoonah sea otter hunters' camp. Hoonah hunters took crew to Sitka, arriving around Apr. 1. coasting from Behrings Bay Sitka 8.1
261 GACI Los Angeles 1/1/1881 Peril Strait Went down.      
727 K St. George 4/27/1881 rock off Twin Rocks, St. Paul's Harbor Struck unknown sunken rock and stove hole in bottom. Vessel filled rapidly and sank.Schooner Pauline Collins towed her to Long Island. Kodiak English Bay and Nuchek 100.41
64 B Daniel Webster 7/2/1881 5 mi S. of Point Barrow Crushed by ice and sank rapidly. Crew escaped to Point Barrow and somewalked to Icy Cape and sailed on the bark Coral. Vessel a total wreck. New BedfordNov. 30, 1880 whaling in Arctic 327
758 N W.F. March 8/15/1881 Golovnin Bay Dragged anchors in gale and blown ashore. Indians assisted crew 3 days later. San Francisco Unalaska 95.92
667 GACI Pauline Collins 10/6/1881 North Beach, Karluk Sudden change of winds caused vessel to strand. Alutiiq Aleuts of Karluk and crew recovered sails, anchors, and chains.   Karluk via Afognak and St. Augustine 69.33
959 S General Miller 1/1/1882 Shumagin Islands Wrecked.     108
950 S H.L. Tiernan 1/1/1882 Shumagin Islands Lost.     153
835 N Sappho 5/6/1882 near St. Lawrence Island Lost. San Francisco Dec. 25, 1881 whaling in N. Pacific 263
79 B North Star 7/8/1882 Point Barrow, 2 1/2 mi from shore Crushed in ice on her maiden voyage and "force of ice was so great that thecracking of her timbers could be heard on shore." Crew made way over ice to U.S. ArmySignal Service Station. New BedfordAug. 2, 1881 whaling in Arctic 489
529 GACI Rose 9/26/1882 between Error Island and Boidarkin Island, 4 1/2 mi SE. of Sitka Ran on a rock and bilged; rock not charted. Vessel rescued and ran until the turn ofthe century. Sitka Sept. 24, 1882 prospecting cruise 48.85
963 S Diomedes Herman 11/13/1882 Chernabura Harbor, Shumagin Islands Kodiak Vessel anchored in Chernabura Harbor when easterly gale tore vessel frommoorings, blew it against a steep bluff, and tore a hole in the side. Declared a totalloss. Belkovsky Oct. 30, 1886 Chernabura Island 12.86
700 H John Howland 7/17/1883 S. of Point Hope Stove by ice and condemned. Boat burned on July 20, and sank on July 21. San Francisco Dec. 9, 1882 whaling in Arctic 384
86 C Cyane 8/23/1883 5 mi NE. of Point Belcher Vessel stranded and went to pieces in heavy seas. San Francisco May 13, 1883 whaling in Arctic 295.76
905 S Wild Gazelle 9/4/1883 unknown reef on Korovin Island (Andronica Island?), Shumagin Islands Stranded due to thick fog, darkness, and strong currents. San Francisco Aug. 15, 1883 Shumagin Islands 114.48
957 S St. Paul 4/28/1884 near Mikolaievsky Settlement, 10 mi N. of Belkofsky NE. gale drove vessel ashore and it wrecked. Belkovsky Kodiak 14.69
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535 GACI Seolin 5/15/1884 close to Okan (Howkan?), Long Island W. of Prince of Wales Island Stranded on hidden rock in strong wind. Vessel was salvaged and a steam engine wasinstalled. Seolin operated in SE Alaska until after the turn of the century when she wasabandoned in Juneau. The ship was supposed to have been called the Sea Lion but the signpainter got drunk and mixed up the letters. San Francisco Apr. 28, 1883 fishing cruise in northern waters 20
1056 na Caleb Eaton 7/17/1884 Arctic? Crushed in ice. San Francisco Mar. 1884 whaling N. Pacific 110
119 C Bowhead 8/11/1884 Blossom Shoals, near Icy Cape Made fast to grounded ice to clean boilers. She was struck and holed by a piece ofdrifting ice and sank quickly. Crew was rescued by Narwhal and Balaena nearby. San Francisco Dec. 16, 1883 whaling in Arctic 533
1005 STG Alaska 1/1/1885 Bering Sea Lost.     138
811 N Gazelle 1/1/1885 St. Lawrence Island Lost. San Francisco Feb. 6, 1885 whaling voyage 273
75 B Rainier 1/1/1885 Arctic       51.54
914 S Nellie Edes 3/28/1885 SE. point of Cherni Island, 25 mi N. of Sanak Island Sprang a leak while taking on ballast and sank in NE. gale. Kodiak   25.3
1018 STG Rainbow 4/15/1885 Bering Sea Crushed in ice. San Francisco Dec. 10, 1884 North Pacific whaling 351
895 NA Montana 6/11/1885 Nushagak River, Bristol Bay Error of pilot caused vessel to strand. San Francisco Apr. 27, 1885 Nushagak River 628/
596
104 C George and Susan 8/10/1885 driven ashore between Pt. Belcher and Pt. Franklin Driven ashore and wrecked in SW. gale after parting anchor chain and colliding withthe Mabel. All crew but 3 rescued by Corwin. San Francisco Mar. 7, 1885 whaling in Arctic 343
99 C Mabel 8/10/1885 driven ashore between Pt. Belcher and Pt. Franklin After being fouled by whaler George and Susan, vessel went ashore in gale andstranded. It became a total wreck. Crew rescued by revenue cutter Corwin. Hulk still onbeach in 1886. Saipan, Caroline Islands Feb. 10, 1885 whaling in Arctic 188.09
798 N Amethyst 10/6/1885 N. of St. Lawrence Island Disappeared in the vicinity. San Francisco Feb. 21, 1885 whaling voyage 356
179 GACI Mary 11/22/1885 north tip of Admiralty Island Dragged anchors, drifted ashore and stranded in strong gale. Juneau Nov. 19, 1885 Admiralty Island 18.26
1029 STG Thornton 1/1/1886 Unalaska Went to pieces after 1886.     29
893 NA Western Shore 1/1/1886 Bristol Bay        
938 S Lookout 6/3/1886 Sanak Island Went ashore in thick fog and stranded. San Francisco May 1, 1886 hunting voyage, N. Pacific Ocean 66.71
696 H John Carver 6/21/1886 25 mi. S. of King Island Crushed by ice off St. Lawrence Island and later drifted to Cape Thompson. Crew waspicked up by the bark Atlantic after being in boats 33 hours. Catch was saved. San Francisco Dec. 5, 1885 whaling in Arctic 319/
303
56 B Clara Light 8/31/1886 15 mi N. of Point Franklin Abandoned in ice. San FranciscoMar. 18, 1886 whale tender in Arctic 179
397 GACI Flying Scud 11/1/1886 near Karluk Lost. Kodiak Nov. 14, 1886 Karluk  
2 AA Unknown 1/1/1887 Attu        
920 S Ounimak 3/30/1887 between Belkofsky and Pauloff Harbor Capsized in heavy gale and 6 lives lost. Found bottom up off Pauloff Harbor. Belkofsky Mar. 30, 1887 Pauloff Harbor Sanak Island 32.94

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