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Abiel Abbot

Bark (or Barque) · Lost 1903 · The New Jersey Coast

The bark Abiel Abbot stranded near Ship Bottom on January 20, 1903, carrying salt; five of her nine crew died.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Built at Boston, Massachusetts in 1874, the 136-foot bark Abiel Abbot was carrying salt from Salt Key, Turks Island to New York, New York under Captain Isaac B. Hawkins. On January 20, 1903, she stranded, about half a mile south of the Ship Bottom Life-Saving Station. She was a total loss. Five of her nine crew died.

Vessel

Built: 1874
Builder: Not established
Yard: Boston, Massachusetts
Material: Wood
Length: 136 ft
Beam: 32.5 ft
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: January 20, 1903
Cause: Grounding
Location: About half a mile south of the Ship Bottom Life-Saving Station
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Salt Key, Turks Island → New York, New York
Cargo: Salt
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 5
Master: Isaac B Hawkins

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Ship Bottom, New Jersey
Region: The New Jersey Coast

No pin: the museum describes its positions as approximations.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Partially documented (65/100)

Based on the New Jersey Maritime Museum's shipwreck database, compiled from newspapers, Life-Saving Service reports and books; those original records were not independently inspected.

New Jersey Maritime Museum — Shipwreck Database
Museum's compiled data sheet for this loss (dimensions, owner, master, voyage, crew, cargo, cause, lives lost).
Kingston Daily Freeman, 21 January 1903 — Lost in Storm on Jersey Coast
Wire report: the ship Abiel Abbott went ashore near Ship Bottom station in a southeast storm on the night of 20 January 1903; four men were killed by falling masts.