AH-WR-1622

French Van Gilder

Three-Masted Schooner · Lost 1885 · Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

She stranded on Tuckernuck Shoal on 29 March 1885 with paving stones aboard.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

French Van Gilder was built at Dennisville in 1879. She stranded on Tuckernuck Shoal on 29 March 1885 with paving stones aboard. Her crew reached Nantucket safely. Some 30,000 paving blocks were subsequently salvaged.

Vessel

Built: 1879
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: March 29, 1885
Cause: Grounding
Location: Tuckernuck Shoal
Water: Nantucket Sound
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: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Tuckernuck Shoal
Region: Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

No verified wreck position adopted from the sources reviewed.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)

Exact present condition and verified wreck coordinates are not established here.

Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources
Vessel identity, type, loss date or year, and named loss locality.