Angel Gabriel
Passenger Galleon · England · Lost 1635 · Cape Ann & the Gulf of Maine
A colonial-era passenger galleon torn from her anchors and destroyed at Pemaquid by the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635, one of the earliest documented shipwrecks on the Maine coast.
Steven E Zimmerman
The Vessel and Her Loss
Angel Gabriel carried English settlers toward New England in 1635, anchoring at the Pemaquid settlement in August. Most aboard went ashore for the night as guests of the villagers. A powerful, unnamed hurricane later called the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 struck that night, tearing the ship from her moorings and destroying her. Searches for the wreck in Pemaquid Harbor in the 1970s found no surviving artifacts.
Vessel
- 1615
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- England
- Wood
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- 240
- Sail
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Loss
- August 15, 1635
- Storm
- Pemaquid Harbor, Bristol, Maine
- Gulf of Maine
- Bristol, England → New England
- Passengers' belongings and ship's stores
- Not established
- Most passengers and crew had already gone ashore for the night before the ship was destroyed; casualty figures are not established.
- Robert Andrews
The Wreck Today
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- No wreck material has been located despite searches
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Position
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- Position not established
- Pemaquid Harbor, Bristol, Maine
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
No wreck material has been located, and the vessel's precise resting place and condition are not established in the sources reviewed.
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, Colonial Pemaquid
Loss narrative, date, and search history
Wikipedia, citing colonial-era journals
Ship history and voyage details
