AH-WR-0307

Point Comfort

Steamboat · United States · Lost Date not established · Hudson River

A sidewheel steamer named Point Comfort that met her end somewhere along the Hudson River's long steamboat history.

Become Captain of Record See Shipwreck on Map

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Point Comfort was among the many wood-hulled steamboats that plied the Hudson River during the era of river commerce and excursion travel. Documentation of her specific career and loss is thin compared with better-known Hudson steamers. She is remembered chiefly through scattered historical references rather than a single detailed wreck account.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, sidewheel
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: Not established
Cause: Not established
Location: Hudson River
Water: Hudson River
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: 41.83° N 73.95° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Hudson River, New York
Region: Hudson River

General area only: coordinate of Esopus Island from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel — the steamer Point Comfort ran aground and wrecked on Esopus Island in the Hudson River — not a surveyed wreck position.