Auburn
Packet Ship · Lost 1847 · The New Jersey Coast
The packet ship Auburn, bound from New Orleans to New York with cotton and hemp, stranded south of Barnegat Light in 1847; nineteen of twenty-six died.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built at New York in 1837, the 117-foot packet ship Auburn was carrying cotton and hemp from New Orleans to New York under Captain E. S. Hoyt when she stranded about five miles south of Barnegat Light on September 25, 1847. The ship was a total loss, and nineteen of the twenty-six people aboard died.
Vessel
- 1837
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- New York, New York
- Wood
- 117 ft
- 28.7 ft
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- Sail
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Loss
- September 25, 1847
- Grounding
- About 5 miles south of Barnegat Light
- Atlantic Ocean
- New Orleans, Louisiana → New York, New York
- Cotton and hemp
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- 19
- E. S. Hoyt
The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Position not established
- Barnegat Light, New Jersey
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).
Packet ship Auburn driven ashore and wrecked south of Barnegat Lighthouse on 25 September 1847.
