AH-WR-1660

Nathaniel Lank

Schooner · Lost 1891 · The Outer Banks

A sugar-laden schooner lost between two North Carolina life-saving stations in January 1891.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Nathaniel Lank was built in Delaware in 1883 and traded from Wilmington. The schooner stranded between Chicamacomico and Gull Shoals on January 23, 1891, carrying sugar. Life-saving crews rescued the crew by breeches buoy except the captain, who was swept overboard as the vessel sank.

Vessel

Built: 1883
Builder: Not established
Yard: Delaware
Material: Not established
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: January 23, 1891
Cause: Grounding
Location: Within 200 yards of shore between Chicamacomico and Gull Shoals Life Saving Stations, North Carolina
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Sugar
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 1
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: Not established
Region: The Outer Banks

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (88/100)

The exact wreck coordinates, dimensions, crew total and final-voyage loading chronology are not established in the reviewed account.

NOAA Ocean Exploration — Wimble Shoals Shipwrecks
Construction year and state, home port and cargo trade, loss date, shore-relative location, sugar cargo, rescue and captain loss. Final-voyage chronology retained as uncertainty rather than inferred.