Albert L. Butler
Schooner · United States · Lost 1898 · Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals
A logwood schooner from Jamaica was driven ashore near Provincetown during the catastrophic Portland Gale of 1898, killing two crew and a passenger.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The 344-ton schooner Albert L. Butler, under Capt. Frank Leland, was bound from Jamaica to Boston with a cargo of logwood when the Portland Gale overtook her roughly 40 miles off Highland Light in Truro on November 26-27, 1898. Driven by northeast gales, she drifted about 15 miles before grounding near the Peaked Hill Bars Life-Saving Station early on November 27. A passenger from Jamaica fell from the rigging and was lost, and two sailors also died, while the rest of the crew and captain were saved.
Vessel
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- Wood
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- 344
- Sail, schooner rig
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Loss
- November 27, 1898
- Storm
- Near the Peaked Hill Bars Life-Saving Station, Provincetown
- Atlantic Ocean, outer Cape Cod
- Jamaica → Boston, Massachusetts
- Logwood
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- 3
- Frank Leland
The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Peaked Hill Bars, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (78/100)
Wicked Local / Cape Codder (Don Wilding), citing 1899 U.S. Life-Saving Service annual report
Vessel tonnage, cargo, captain, casualty account, and quoted official report.
