H.L. Tiernan
Schooner · United States · Lost 1882 · The Inside Passage & Alaska
A San Francisco cod-fishing schooner lost among the Shumagin Islands in 1882, part of a Pacific fleet that worked Alaska's remote cod grounds.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The two-masted schooner H.L. Tiernan was part of the Pacific coast cod-fishing fleet operating out of San Francisco when she was lost in the Shumagin Islands in 1882. She was owned by the San Francisco firm of Lynde and Hough and valued with her cargo at $17,000. Surviving records give only the vessel's tonnage, ownership, and the year and general area of loss.
Vessel
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- Wood
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- 153
- Sail
- Lynde and Hough, San Francisco
Loss
- January 1, 1882
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- Shumagin Islands, Alaska
- Gulf of Alaska
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The Wreck Today
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Position
- 55.17° N 160.00° W
- Reported, unconfirmed
- Shumagin Islands, Alaska
Position taken from a general chart-area reference in a compiled shipwreck inventory rather than a surveyed position.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (45/100)
The exact date, cause of loss, and precise position are not established in the sources reviewed.
Alaska Shipwreck compiled inventory, citing Pacific Cod Fisheries (1916)
Loss year, location, tonnage, ownership.
