Camilla May Page
Schooner · United States · Lost 1928 · The Isles of Shoals & the New Hampshire Coast
A four-masted coal schooner ran aground in fog at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbor in 1928, and autumn gales finished her off within days.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The four-masted schooner Camilla May Page, built in 1905 at Bath, Maine, was carrying soft coal bound for Boothbay Harbor when she ran aground on Jerry's Point at New Castle, New Hampshire, in dense fog on the evening of November 11, 1928. No lives were lost, but a series of autumn gales in the following days broke up the grounded hull. Photographs of the wreck taken at the time survive in the Portsmouth Athenaeum's collections, and small remains are still visible at low water near the harbor entrance.
Vessel
- 1905
- Not established
- Bath, Maine
- Wood
- 176 ft
- 37 ft
- 688
- Sail
- Not established
Loss
- November 11, 1928
- Grounding
- Jerry's Point (Jaffrey Point), New Castle, New Hampshire, at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor
- Atlantic Ocean
- Boothbay Harbor, Maine
- Soft coal
- Not established
- No fatalities reported.
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- 15 ft
- Only small objects remain, wedged between rocks in a strong-current area.
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Jerry's Point, New Castle, New Hampshire
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (82/100)
Date, cargo, destination, and cause of wreck.
Build specifications, tonnage, and wreck condition.
