Kad'yak
Bark (or Barque) · Russia · Lost 1860 · The Inside Passage & Alaska
A Russian-American Company bark that sank near Kodiak in 1860 while carrying ice to California, rediscovered by NOAA in 2003.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The Kad'yak was a wooden bark built in Finland in 1851 for the Russian-American Company and based at Kodiak, Alaska. She was part of the company's unusual trade shipping natural ice from Alaska to gold-rush California. In April 1860 she struck a submerged rock near Kodiak while loaded with ice and sank, though no lives were lost. Her wreck was located by NOAA researchers in 2003, making it one of the earliest documented Russian colonial-era shipwrecks found in Alaska.
Vessel
- 1851
- Not established
- Turku, Finland
- Wood
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
- Sail
- Russian-American Company
Loss
- April 3, 1860
- Grounding
- Near Kodiak, Alaska
- Gulf of Alaska
- Kodiak, Alaska → San Francisco, California
- Ice
- Not established
- No lives were lost.
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Wreck site identified with hull remains and cargo
- Not established
- 2003
- Not established
Position
- 57.79° N 152.40° W
- Approximate position
- Kodiak, Alaska
General wreck area near Kodiak as reported by NOAA following its 2003 discovery.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Loss date, cause, cargo, and 2003 discovery details.
