Benjamin C. Cromwell
Schooner · Lost 1899 · The Gulf of Mexico
The Maine schooner Benjamin C. Cromwell was driven ashore at Dog Island, Florida, in the hurricane of August 1, 1899, and never refloated.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built at South Portland, Maine, by Andrew J. York, who also sailed as her master, the schooner Benjamin C. Cromwell was completed in 1890. On August 1, 1899, she lay moored at Dog Island, Florida, loading or already loaded with lumber and naval stores, when the season's second hurricane struck St. George Island and Apalachee Bay. She was one of about fifteen vessels beached there and judged unsalvageable.
Vessel
- 1890
- Andrew J. York
- South Portland, Maine
- Wood
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- Sail
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Loss
- August 1, 1899
- Storm
- Dog Island anchorage, Apalachee Bay area
- Gulf of Mexico
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- Lumber and naval stores (loading or loaded)
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- The article does not report casualties.
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Position not established
- Carrabelle, Florida
No pin: no surveyed wreck position in the sources used.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (50/100)
Based on a published secondary account; original records were not independently inspected.
Wikipedia — Benjamin C. Cromwell
Article narrative of construction, voyage and loss (secondary summary of cited books and newspapers).
1899 Carrabelle hurricane casualty listing (via Wikipedia, List of shipwrecks in 1899)
Schooner beached and wrecked at Dog Island, Florida, during the 1 August 1899 hurricane.
