A.T. Stewart
Pilot Boat · United States · Lost 1869 · New York Harbor
A Sandy Hook pilot schooner named for a dry-goods magnate, sunk in a collision with the steamship Scotia in 1869.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Launched in 1865 at Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the pilot schooner A.T. Stewart replaced the lost pilot boat George Steers in the New Jersey and New York Sandy Hook Pilots' Association fleet. Named for dry-goods businessman Alexander Turney Stewart at the request of his friends, she guided ships in and out of New York Harbor under Captain Daniel C. Chapman. On November 30, 1869, she collided with the steamship Scotia and sank; she was replaced in the pilot fleet the following year by the James Gordon Bennett.
Vessel
- 1865
- Pilot boat No. 6
- Edward F. Williams
- Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
- Wood
- 80 ft
- 21 ft
- 90
- Sail
- New Jersey and New York Sandy Hook Pilots' Association
Loss
- November 30, 1869
- Collision
- Off New York Harbor
- New York Harbor approaches
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- Daniel C. Chapman
The Wreck Today
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Position
- Not established
- Position withheld to protect the site
- New York Harbor, New York
No source with a documented numeric position could be found for this pilot boat beyond the generic description 'off New York Harbor.'
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (65/100)
The wreck's location, depth, and present condition are not established in the sources reviewed.
Wikipedia (sourced from Record of American and Foreign Shipping and period newspapers)
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