Cape Ann & the Gulf of Maine
New England winter, and the coastal trade that sailed through it
The coastal tanker and fishing trades worked these waters year-round, including through the winter storms that periodically overwhelmed them.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableAcme II
AH-WR-1106Thacher Island, off Gloucester, Massachusetts
1988 · Fishing Vessel · 400 ft deep
AvailableAda K. Damon
AH-WR-0104Ipswich, Massachusetts
1909 · Schooner
AvailableAlice M. Colburn
AH-WR-0521Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
1923 · Schooner · 30 deep
RegisteredAlma A. E. Holmes
AH-WR-1104Marblehead, Massachusetts
1914 · Schooner · 160 ft deep
RegisteredAngel Gabriel
AH-WR-1015Pemaquid Harbor, Bristol, Maine
1635 · Passenger Galleon
AvailableCalifornia
AH-WR-1619Between Little Salvages and Dry Salvages, Rockport
1955 · Fishing Vessel
AvailableCarrie L. Hix
AH-WR-1105Gloucester, Massachusetts
1900 · Schooner
AvailableCharles
AH-WR-1019Cape Elizabeth, Maine
1807 · Schooner
AvailableChelsea
AH-WR-1620Off Loblolly Cove, Cape Ann
1957 · Coastal Tanker
AvailableChester A. Poling
AH-WR-0005Gloucester, Massachusetts
1977 · Coastal Tankship
AvailableDash
AH-WR-1022Casco Bay, Harpswell, Maine
1815 · Privateer Schooner
AvailableDefence
AH-WR-1011Stockton Springs, Maine
1779 · Privateer Brigantine
AvailableDefiance
AH-WR-1021York Beach, Maine
18th century, after 1753 · Pinky
AvailableEdna G.
AH-WR-0522Gloucester, Massachusetts
1988 · Fishing Dragger
AvailableEdward Rich
AH-WR-0519Sandy Bay, Rockport, Massachusetts
1899 · Schooner
AvailableFalconer
AH-WR-1023Ipswich Bar, Ipswich, Massachusetts
1847 · Brig
AvailableFrank A. Palmer
AH-WR-0335Gloucester, Massachusetts
1902 · Schooner · 300 ft deep
AvailableHorace
AH-WR-1026Lord's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine
1838 · Barque
AvailableHoward
AH-WR-0334Gloucester, Massachusetts
1807 · Ship
AvailableIdle Hour
AH-WR-1849Annisquam and Ipswich Bay, Massachusetts
April 1943. Disappeared after departing Saturday, April 3; exact sinking date and time unwitnessed. · Fishing Gillnetter
AvailableIsadore
AH-WR-1025Bald Head Cliff, York, Maine
1842 · Barque
AvailableJoffre
AH-WR-0037Gloucester, Massachusetts
1947 · Eastern-Rig Dragger
AvailableLamartine
AH-WR-0105Cape Ann, Massachusetts
1893 · Schooner
AvailableLeader
AH-WR-1842Norman’s Woe, Gloucester, Massachusetts
1895 · Fishing Schooner
AvailableLouise B. Crary
AH-WR-0336Gloucester, Massachusetts
1902 · Schooner · 350 ft deep
Historical ListingMargaretta
AH-WR-1017Sawyer Cove, Jonesport, Maine
1775 · Armed Sloop
AvailableMary Alice
AH-WR-1838Rockport, Massachusetts
1952 · Auxiliary Fishing Dragger
AvailableMerchant
AH-WR-1024Gooch's Beach, Kennebunk, Maine
1820 · Brig
AvailableNancy
AH-WR-1110Plum Island, Ipswich, Massachusetts
1849 · Ship
AvailableNina
AH-WR-1834Thacher Island, Rockport, Massachusetts
April 1952; exact day unresolved because transcription heading Thursday, April 22, 1952 conflicts with the calendar. Fire preceded sinking shortly after midnight. · Fishing Dragger
AvailableNottingham Galley
AH-WR-1016Boon Island, York, Maine
1710 · Merchant Galley
AvailablePatriot
AH-WR-1107Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts Bay
2009 · Fishing Vessel · 100 ft deep
AvailablePaul Palmer
AH-WR-0038Gloucester, Massachusetts
1913 · Coasting Schooner · 80 ft deep
AvailablePinthis
AH-WR-0786Scituate, Massachusetts
1930 · Coastal Tanker · 100-105 deep
AvailableRalph Brown
AH-WR-1828Brier Neck, Gloucester, Massachusetts
1926 · Fishing Schooner
AvailableRMS Bohemian
AH-WR-1020Cape Elizabeth, Maine
1864 · Ocean Liner
AvailableSS Charles S. Haight
AH-WR-0039Rockport, Massachusetts
1947 · Liberty Ship
AvailableSS City of Salisbury
AH-WR-0710Graves Ledge, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
1938 · Freighter · 70-85 deep
AvailableSt. Christopher
AH-WR-1109Eastern Point, Gloucester, Massachusetts
1946 · Fishing Vessel
Historical ListingUSRC Albert Gallatin
AH-WR-0520Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
1892 · Revenue Cutter · 50 ft deep
Historical ListingUSS Adams
AH-WR-1018Hampden, Maine
1814 · Frigate
Historical ListingUSS Diligent
AH-WR-1014Penobscot River, Maine
1779 · Brig-Sloop
Historical ListingUSS Grouse
AH-WR-1683Rockport, Massachusetts
1963 · Minesweeper
Historical ListingUSS New Hampshire
AH-WR-0789Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
1922 · Ship Of The Line · 25-35 deep
Historical ListingUSS Providence
AH-WR-1013Penobscot River, Maine
1779 · Sloop-Of-War
Historical ListingUSS Warren
AH-WR-1012Penobscot River near Bangor, Maine
1779 · Frigate
AvailableVirginia and Joan II
AH-WR-1848Ipswich Bay and Annisquam, Massachusetts
November 1936. Dedicated November 12 account repeatedly identifies Tuesday, November 10; a retrospective sentence in the 1943 Idle Hour account says Armistice day, November 11. Exact date left unset pending resolution. · Fishing Gillnetter
AvailableWandby
AH-WR-0790Kennebunkport, Maine
1921 · Freighter · 15-25 deep
RegisteredWatch and Wait
AH-WR-0333Rockport, Massachusetts
1635 · Bark (or Barque)
