AH-WR-0481

J. Henry Edmunds

Pilot Schooner · United States · Lost 1928 · Delaware Bay & the Approaches

The last schooner-rigged pilot boat to serve the Delaware Bay pilots was launched in 1893 and finally lost in bad weather off Cape Henlopen in 1928.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

The second pilot schooner named J. Henry Edmunds was built in 1893 at Brooklyn, New York, for the Philadelphia Bay pilots, replacing an earlier vessel of the same name lost in 1892. She served the Delaware Bay pilotage for thirty-five years, the last schooner-rigged pilot boat still working the bay, before she was lost in bad weather outside Cape Henlopen in March 1928.

Vessel

Built: 1893
Builder: C. & R. Poillon
Yard: Brooklyn, New York
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Philadelphia Pilots

Loss

Date: March 12, 1928
Cause: Storm
Location: Outside Cape Henlopen, Delaware
Water: Delaware Bay approaches
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: 38.80° N 75.09° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Cape Henlopen, Delaware
Region: Delaware Bay & the Approaches

General area only: coordinate of Cape Henlopen from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.