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Charles K. Buckley

Schooner · Lost 1914 · The New Jersey Coast

The three-masted lumber schooner Charles K. Buckley stranded off Long Branch in April 1914; eight of her nine crew died.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Built at Milbridge, Maine, in 1890, the 153-foot three-masted schooner Charles K. Buckley was carrying yellow pine lumber from Jacksonville to Elizabeth, New Jersey, under Captain J. H. Hardy when she stranded off Long Branch on April 15, 1914, near the Monmouth Beach Life-Saving Station. She was a total loss, and eight of her nine crew died.

Vessel

Built: 1890
Builder: Not established
Yard: Milbridge, Maine
Material: Wood
Length: 153.4 ft
Beam: 34.2 ft
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: April 15, 1914
Cause: Grounding
Location: Long Branch
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Jacksonville, Florida → Elizabeth, New Jersey
Cargo: Yellow pine lumber
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 8
Master: J. H. Hardy

The Wreck Today

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

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Long Branch, New Jersey
Region: The New Jersey Coast

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).
New Jersey Courier, 24 April 1914 (via Ocean County NJ History)
Bodies of seven victims, including Captain Hardy, his brother and his wife, recovered at Long Branch after the schooner was beached on Wednesday night.