Geschichte
This bark (3-masted) was built in 1864 in Saint John.
Historische Notizen
This bark was originally in trade to India. This vessel sailed from Shanghai China to Moodyville in ballast under command of Captain Williams for a load of lumber. This vessel was stranded on July 27th, 1879, during a dense fog in a small cove five miles south of Cape Beale Light on a reef in Pachena Bay one-half mile west of Pachena Point. at 1:45 A.M., as the second mate was preparing to tack, this vessel struck bow on and immediately commenced to leak badly. This vessel dragged over the reef, settling hard aground in a little cove inshore, and at daylight the Indians rescued the crew. Captain Spring, who was at Cape Beale with the Favorite, went to the scene and took the crew, and some of the sails, etc., to Victoria. The wreck was sold to Henry Saunders for $180. Local people plundered much of the gear before this vessel could be salvaged.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
Kapitäne
Captain Williams (1879)
Benannte Orte
Pachena Point was apparently originally called Beghadoss Point derived from the ship's Parsee name but the name was changed in 1909 when the light station was established.
Referenzen
- Newell, Gordon (Ed.) (1966)
- Nicholson, George. (1962)
- Wells, R.E. (1981)
- Palm, R.S. (1978)
- Rogers, A.C. (Jr.) Shipwreck Chart No. 2
- Jim Gibbs, Shipwrecks off Juan de Fuca, Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1968
- Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961., p.272-3
