Merchant Vessel Wrecks 1800-1900

Electric (1867) Wreck

Year Built: 1853, Where Built: Mystic, CT, Departure Port: Hamburg, Germany, Destination Port: New York, NY, Crew: 5, Passengers: 350, Lives Lost: 0,...

Forfarshire Wreck

BUILT IN 1834 IN DUNDEE OF COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE DUNDEE, PERTH AND LONDON SS CO. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE...

Idaho Wreck

STRUCK ROCKS NEAR CONINGBEG LIGHTSHIP AND FOUNDERED WHILE ON PASSAGE NEW YORK FOR LIVERPOOL VIA QUEENSTOWN.

John Minturn Wreck

STRANDED IN GALE

Meta Wreck

STRANDED

Ontario Wreck

GROUNDED

Rhine Wreck

STRANDED

State Of Louisiana (Bow Section) Wreck

BUILT IN 1872. RAN AGROUND ON HUNTER ROCK WHILST EN-ROUTE GLASGOW TO LARNE. FOUR TUGS UNABLE TO PULL VESSEL OFF ROCK & SHE EVENTUALLY BROKE IN THREE....

State Of Louisiana (Stern Section) Wreck

BUILT IN 1872. RAN AGROUND ON HUNTER ROCK WHILST EN-ROUTE GLASGOW TO LARNE. FOUR TUGS UNABLE TO PULL VESSEL OFF ROCK & SHE EVENTUALLY BROKE IN THREE....

W A Scholten Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1874, SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH ANCHORED BRITISH COLLIER 'ROSA MARY' IN POOR VISIBILITY. VESSEL, EN-ROUTE ROTTERDAM TO NEW YORK, SAN...