Charlie Hickman
Brig · Canada · Lost 1884 · Long Island & the New York Approaches
A coal-laden Canadian brig ran aground in fog near the Moriches Life-Saving Station, and its crew was hauled ashore by breeches buoy all but one.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The 903-ton barque Charlie Hickman, built at Dorchester, New Brunswick, in 1871, was carrying coal from Liverpool to New York when she came ashore on a fog-covered bar near the Moriches Life-Saving Station on the night of December 22, 1884. Surfmen fired a line to the stricken vessel and brought fifteen of her sixteen-man crew ashore by breeches buoy. One crew member, a boy, was washed overboard and lost. The wreck was one of several that brought salvageable cargo ashore for local residents that winter.
Vessel
- 1871
- Official Number 64547
- Not established
- Dorchester, New Brunswick, Canada
- Wood
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- 903
- Sail, barque-rigged
- Not established
Loss
- December 22, 1884
- Grounding
- Sandbar near the Moriches Life-Saving Station, Long Island
- Atlantic Ocean
- Liverpool, England → New York, New York
- Coal
- 16
- 1
- Not established
The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Position not established
- Moriches, Long Island, New York
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (74/100)
The captain's name and the wreck's final condition or breakup are not established in the sources reviewed.
Naval Marine Archive, Ships Detail (Charlie Hickman)
Build year, tonnage, registry, rig, and wreck remark.
Wreck date, location, cargo, and rescue narrative.
