Benmohr

On March 11, 1900 this vessel was a steamer while under Captain A. Wallace which struck Benmohr Rock (then an uncharted un-named rock) while proceeding to sea from Oyster Bay BC to San Francisco CA. Her pilot at the time of the incident was Captain James Christensen. The ship suffered no damage and this vessel was able, after inspection, to proceed on her voyage. The Benmohr, while en route London to Yokohama Japan, was lost on October 16, 1914 in the early days of the First World War, captured and sunk (scuttled) by the SMS Emden 65 miles NW of Minikoi in the Indian Ocean.