Cornelia Soule
Schooner · United States · Lost 1902 · Long Island & the New York Approaches
A granite-laden schooner ran aground on Rockaway Shoals in a gale, and her scattered stone cargo still marks the wreck known today as the Granite Wreck.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Cornelia Soule was a three-masted schooner carrying cut granite jetty stone from Maine to Philadelphia when a gale drove her onto Rockaway Shoals on 26 April 1902. Rough seas kept lifesavers from reaching her until the next morning, when the full crew was rescued. Her hull and granite cargo remain a shallow dive site known as the Granite Wreck.
Vessel
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- Wood
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- 306
- Sail
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Loss
- April 26, 1902
- Grounding
- Rockaway Shoals, Long Island, New York
- Atlantic Ocean
- Maine → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Cut granite jetty stones
- 6
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- Captain Bennett
The Wreck Today
- 25 ft
- Deteriorated wooden hull with granite cargo still scattered on site
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Position
- 40.43° N 73.18° W
- Approximate position
- Rockaway, Long Island, New York
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
The vessel's build year and builder are not established in the sources reviewed.
Date of loss and confirmation of the wreck event.
