AH-WR-0523

Aransas

Passenger Steamer · United States · Lost 1905 · Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

A passenger steamer that collided with a schooner barge in fog off Chatham in 1905.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Aransas was a passenger steamship lost off Chatham, Massachusetts, on May 7, 1905, after colliding in dense fog with the schooner barge Glendower. The wreck is recorded among the many losses along Cape Cod's outer shoals.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Not established
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: May 7, 1905
Cause: Collision
Location: Off Chatham, Massachusetts
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

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

Position

Coordinates: 41.59° N 69.88° W
Accuracy: Reported, unconfirmed
Nearest: Chatham, Massachusetts
Region: Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

Position off Chatham, MA given in a hobbyist-compiled New England shipwreck coordinates list (41°35.440'N 69°52.543'W); not an official survey position.