Skidby
Steamship · United Kingdom · Lost 1905 · Nova Scotia & Sable Island
The British steamer Skidby ran aground on Sable Island in 1905, and her crew of 26 simply walked ashore at low tide.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Skidby was a British steamship carrying bunker coal on a voyage to Baltimore when she ran aground on Sable Island on 31 January 1905. Her crew of 26 was able to walk ashore across exposed sandbars at low tide, and the ship became a total loss, documented in Library and Archives Canada's shipwreck investigation records.
Vessel
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Loss
- January 31, 1905
- Grounding
- Sable Island, Nova Scotia
- Atlantic Ocean, Sable Island
- Baltimore, United States
- Bunker coal
- 26
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The Wreck Today
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- Total loss
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Position
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- Sable Island, Nova Scotia
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (65/100)
Builder, tonnage, and dimensions of this vessel are not established in the sources reviewed.
Parks Canada, Sable Island Sable Treasures exhibit
Cargo, crew size, date and rescue details.
Library and Archives Canada, Investigating Sable Island
Confirmation of wreck date and archival photographs.
