A Comprehensive Accounting of Alaska Shipwrecks and Losses of Life in Alaskan Waters
LADY KINDERSLEY (1904) The Canadian power schooner Lady Kindersley was caught in the ice and crushed off of Point Barrow August 31, 1924. The vessel was worth $420,000 with cargo. The crew was rescued by the schooner Boxer. The Lady Kindersley carried a cargo of machinery and stores for northern outposts. Mapping and Location: Northern …
KARLUK (1914) The Stefannson Arctic Expedition brigantine Karluk was trapped in the ice in August of 1913 while travelling to Herschel Island in the Arctic. She drifted in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas and eventually was crushed by the ice and sank. The crew and expedition staff survived on the ice and made their way …
J D THOMPSON (1871) The 432 ton wooden bark J D Thompson was abandoned in the ice around Point Belcher September 14, 1871. The bark was valued at $45,000 and was in the whaling trade out of New London, Connecticut. Mapping and Location: Northern Alaska 70 47 40 N 159 39 02 W Chart 16005 …
INDIAN CHIEF (1857) The 401 ton whaling ship Indian Chief was stove in by ice and lost in the Arctic August 25, 1857. Lost in the disaster were the 3rd mate and lifeboat crew. The Indian Chief left New London, Conn. September 29, 1856 and had a cargo of whale oil and bone when lost. …
HAE HAWAII (1868) The 368 ton whaling bark Hae Hawaii drug anchor and went ashore in a gale September 22, 1868 in the Seahorse Islands. The vessel departed Honolulu March 30, 1868 for whaling in the Arctic. Mapping and Location: Northern Alaska 70 53 N 158 42 W Chart 16005 Source: Shipwrecks of the Alaskan …
GAY HEAD (1871) The 300 ton wooden whaling bark Gay Head was abandoned in the ice around Point Belcher September 14, 1871. Her home port was New Bedford, Mass. and value at the time of the disaster was $40,000. Master of the Gay Head, Captain William H Kelley revisited the site the following year and …
FANNY (1871) The 391 ton wooden bark Fanny was abandoned in the ice around Point Belcher September 14, 1871. The Fanny was a whaling vessel out of New Bedford, Mass with a value of $58,000 at the time of the disaster. Mapping and Location: Northern Alaska 70 47 40 N 159 39 02 W Chart …
EAGLE (1869) The 336 ton whaling bark Eagle grounded at Sea Horse Shoal off Point Franklin and was lost along with 1600 barrels of whale oil and 25,000 lbs of whale bone September 30, 1869. The crew was rescued by the John Carver but the Eagle, valued at $100,000 with cargo was lost. Mapping and …
DANIEL WEBSTER (1881) The 327 ton whaling vessel Daniel Webster was crushed in the ice and sank 5 miles south of Point Barrow July 2, 1881. Mapping and Location: Northern Alaska 71 23 29 N 156 28 30 W Chart 16003 Sources: 1. Lewis and Dryden’s Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (1961) Pg 291, …
C B BROWER (1934) The vessel C B Brower is reported to have been wrecked off of Point Barrow and lost in 1934. Mapping and Location: Northern Alaska 71 23 29 N 156 28 30 W Source: The H W McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (1966) Pg 432 C HOWLAND (1876) The U …