Story
This freighter, (standard ww1) was built in 1919 by William Doxford & Sons Ltd. in Pallion Sunderland, Sunderland.
Historical Notes
This vessel was launched as the War Coral but completed as the Orteric. On December 11, 1922 this vessel, while en route Puget Sound to San Francisco, ran aground during thick fog on the Fish Rocks (Point Arena) 70 miles north of San Francisco Bay CA USA. This vessel almost immediately broke in two in the surf. The Captain attributed his vessel's drift in a very strong current to the accident.
Owners & Masters
In 1919-1922 she was owned by the Bank Line Ltd (Andrew Weir & Co), Glasgow Scotland UK.
Masters
Captain Vincent Harper (1922);
References
- Gibbs, Jim (1986) Peril At Sea
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Atglen PA USA
- The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco CA USA) Thursday, December 14, 1922
