Nancy
Ship · United States · Lost 1849 · Cape Ann & the Gulf of Maine
A brick-laden ship ran aground on Plum Island's Emerson's Rocks and every man of her five-man crew was lost.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The ship Nancy, carrying a cargo of bricks, went aground at Emerson's Rocks on Plum Island on December 3, 1849. All five members of her crew died in the wreck, part of a long record of vessels lost on the treacherous Ipswich Bar and adjoining Plum Island shore documented by local historians. The loss came within two years of the nearby wreck of the brig Falconer and reflects the same stretch of shifting sand and swift currents that claimed numerous vessels through the 19th century.
Vessel
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- Wood
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Loss
- December 3, 1849
- Grounding
- Emerson's Rocks, Plum Island, Massachusetts
- Ipswich Bay
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- Bricks
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Plum Island, Ipswich, Massachusetts
Evidence
Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (40/100)
The vessel's origin, destination, builder, dimensions, and the identities of her crew are not established in the sources reviewed.
Historic Ipswich, "The Shipwrecks at Ipswich Bar"
Loss date, location, cargo, and crew fatalities.
