Bellmont
Barkentine · United States · Lost 1894 · Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals
A sugar-laden barkentine from Cuba was destroyed almost instantly on the Peaked Hill Bars in a snow-laden gale, six of her crew lost.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The 533-ton barkentine Bellmont, carrying a cargo of sugar from Cuba toward Boston, was caught by a howling northeast gale with heavy snow as she neared Cape Cod on April 8-9, 1894. She struck the outer Peaked Hill Bars and broke apart within about fifteen minutes, described in contemporary press as collapsing 'like a punctured balloon.' Six of her crew perished instantly; the Peaked Hill Bars lifesaving crew managed to save others despite the vessel's rapid disintegration.
Vessel
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- Wood
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- 533
- Sail, barkentine rig
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Loss
- April 9, 1894
- Storm
- Peaked Hill Bars, Provincetown
- Atlantic Ocean, outer Cape Cod
- Cuba → Boston, Massachusetts
- Sugar
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- 6
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The Wreck Today
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- Reported to have broken into fragments with little of the hull remaining visible.
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Position
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- Peaked Hill Bars, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (68/100)
Full crew complement, survivor count, and vessel dimensions beyond tonnage are not established in the sources reviewed.
Wreck narrative, tonnage, cargo, casualty figure, quoted period accounts.
