AH-WR-1073

Omega

Schooner · United States · Lost 1865 · Annapolis & the Upper Chesapeake

Anchored without a proper light off the usual channel, the schooner Omega was run down and sunk by the steamer Cambridge before dawn.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

The schooner Omega, bound from Baltimore for Kent Island, anchored in light winds on the southwest side of the Patapsco River on the night of November 16-17, 1865, out of the main shipping channel. Before daylight the steamer Cambridge ran into her and sank her. A federal circuit court later found both vessels partly at fault, faulting Omega for having no proper signal light or lookout posted.

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: November 17, 1865
Cause: Collision
Location: Patapsco River, southwest side, out of the main channel, near Baltimore
Water: Patapsco River
Voyage: Baltimore, Maryland → Kent Island, Maryland
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established