AH-WR-1624

Herman Winter

Coastal Freighter · Lost 1944 · Buzzards Bay & Vineyard Sound

The freighter stranded at Gay Head on 7 March 1944.

Become Captain of Record

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Herman Winter was built at Philadelphia in 1886. The freighter stranded at Gay Head on 7 March 1944. BUAR describes broken remains below the clay cliffs.

Vessel

Built: 1886
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Iron
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, propeller
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: March 7, 1944
Cause: Grounding
Location: Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard
Water: Vineyard 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: Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard
Region: Buzzards Bay & Vineyard Sound

No verified wreck position adopted from the sources reviewed.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)

Present condition, precise position and casualty figures are not established here.

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