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Delaware

Schooner Barge · United States · Lost 1898 · Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Bay

A 318-foot converted iron barge went down off Scituate in the catastrophic Portland Gale of November 1898, the storm that also claimed the steamer Portland.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

Delaware was a 318-foot iron-hulled schooner barge, a converted steamer hull towed rather than self-propelled. She sank off North Scituate, Massachusetts, near Collamore Ledge, during the Portland Gale of November 27, 1898, the same storm that destroyed the steamer Portland in Massachusetts Bay. Her wreckage now lies broken up and scattered among rocks in about 60 feet of water.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Iron
Length: 318 ft
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: None (towed barge)
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: November 27, 1898
Cause: Storm
Location: Off North Scituate, Massachusetts, about one mile east of Collamore Ledge
Water: Massachusetts Bay
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established