AH-WR-0468

Santa Rosa

Schooner · United States · Lost 1899 · The Channel Islands

A sailing schooner wrecked on San Miguel Island in 1899, one of dozens of vessels lost on the island's fog-bound western shores.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

The schooner Santa Rosa was lost on San Miguel Island in 1899, one of more than two dozen documented wrecks recorded on the island's treacherous western approaches between the 1870s and the 1960s. Details of her construction, voyage, and the circumstances of her loss are not well preserved in surviving records, but her loss is included in island historians' inventories of San Miguel Island shipwrecks alongside better-documented vessels like Comet and J.M. Colman.

Vessel

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

Loss

Date: January 1, 1899
Cause: Grounding
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Water: Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara Channel
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 0 ft
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Within Channel Islands National Park

Position

Coordinates: 34.04° N 120.38° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: San Miguel Island, California
Region: The Channel Islands

General area only: coordinate of San Miguel Island from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (35/100)

Construction details, cause of loss, and casualty information for this wreck are not established in the sources reviewed; only the fact and approximate year of loss are documented.