Nicosia
Sailing Barque · Canada · Lost 1894 · Nova Scotia & Sable Island
The New Brunswick-built barque Nicosia ran aground and was lost on Sable Island in 1894, with her entire crew saved.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Nicosia was a wooden barque built in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1878. On 30 July 1894, while sailing from Dublin to Saint John, she ran aground in thick fog on Sable Island and became a total loss. All of her crew survived, one of several hundred wrecks recorded on the island known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
Vessel
- 1878
- Official number 79974
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- Saint John, New Brunswick
- Wood
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- 1113
- Sail, barque rig
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Loss
- July 30, 1894
- Grounding
- Sable Island, Nova Scotia
- Atlantic Ocean, Sable Island
- Dublin, Ireland → Saint John, New Brunswick
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- 0
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The Wreck Today
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- Total loss
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Position
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- Position not established
- Sable Island, Nova Scotia
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Naval Marine Archive - The Canadian Collection
Build year, registry, tonnage and date/location of wreck.
Parks Canada, Sable Island Sable Treasures exhibit
Voyage route and confirmation crew survived.
