AH-WR-0320

Ellen Holgate

Schooner · United States · Lost Date not established · Delaware Bay & the Approaches

Ellen Holgate, a wooden schooner lost in the Delaware Bay approaches, is remembered mainly through scattered historical mention.

Become Captain of Record See Shipwreck on Map

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Ellen Holgate was a wooden sailing schooner that worked coastal and bay trade routes near the Delaware Bay approaches. Detailed records of her builder, cargo, and the exact circumstances of her loss are not well preserved in general maritime histories. She is included among the many small trading schooners lost along this stretch of coast.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: Not established
Cause: Not established
Location: Delaware Bay approaches
Water: Delaware Bay
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

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

Position

Coordinates: 39.52° N 75.56° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Delaware Bay approaches
Region: Delaware Bay & the Approaches

General area only: coordinate of Reedy Island from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named landmark used in the vessel's loss record ("about two miles below Reedy Island lighthouse"), not a surveyed wreck position.