President Coaker
Schooner · Newfoundland · Lost 1924 · Newfoundland
Named for the founder of Port Union, this tern schooner vanished with a cargo of salt cod bound for Brazil in late 1923; only scattered wreckage near Cape Ballard was ever found.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
President Coaker, a three-masted tern schooner built in 1919 at Port Union for Sir William Coaker's Union Trading Company, sailed for Pernambuco, Brazil, on 22 October 1923 with a full cargo of dried codfish. She was never heard from again. On 1 February 1924, wreckage was discovered in Shoe Cove near Cape Ballard on the Avalon Peninsula, confirming her loss, though the circumstances and exact date remain unknown.
Vessel
- 1919
- Registration No. 1421333
- Union Shipbuilding Company
- Port Union, Trinity Bay
- Wood
- 115 ft
- 29.3 ft
- 304
- Sail
- Union Trading Company
Loss
- February 1, 1924
- Not established
- Near Shoe Cove, Cape Ballard, Avalon Peninsula
- Atlantic Ocean off the Avalon Peninsula
- Port Union, Newfoundland → Pernambuco, Brazil
- 4,607 quintals of dried codfish
- Not established
- Presumed lost with all hands; the exact crew number was not established in the sources reviewed.
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
- 1924
- Not established
Position
- 46.86° N 53.05° W
- Reported, unconfirmed
- Cape Ballard, Newfoundland
Coordinates mark Cape Ballard, where wreckage was found; the actual sinking location and date are unknown.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (55/100)
The date, location and cause of the sinking itself are not established; only the discovery of wreckage months later is documented.
Newfoundland's Grand Banks (compiled from Evening Telegram and Daily News, 1924)
Build details, ownership, cargo, voyage, and wreckage discovery.
