Ardandhu
Freighter · United Kingdom · Lost 1900 · Buzzards Bay & Vineyard Sound
A British freighter carrying baled hay was nearly cut in two off Naushon Island in an 1900 collision with the liner Herman Winter.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
On her first voyage for the Munson Steamship Line, the steel freighter Ardandhu was carrying hay from New London toward Halifax when she collided with the Metropolitan liner Herman Winter off Robinson's Hole in Vineyard Sound on January 23, 1900. The liner's bow tore deep into Ardandhu's hull; her engineer and second officer were lost when the crew abandoned ship. She drifted onto the southwest end of Naushon Island and settled in 60 feet of water. Salvagers judged raising her too costly and the wreck was dynamited as a hazard to navigation later that year.
Vessel
- 1893
- Official No. 102594
- Workman, Clark and Co. Ltd.
- Belfast, Ireland
- Steel
- 281.7 ft
- 39.7 ft
- 2169
- Steam, single screw, triple expansion engine
- Munson Steamship Line, New York (Clark and Service, Glasgow)
Loss
- January 23, 1900
- Collision
- Off Robinson's Hole, southwest end of Naushon Island, Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts
- Vineyard Sound
- New London, Connecticut → Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 5,770 bales of hay
- 31
- 2
- Captain G. Dundas
The Wreck Today
- 60 ft
- Settled on an even keel, masts and smokestack once broke the surface; dynamited as a hazard to navigation in 1900.
- Not established
- Not established
- Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources exempted shipwreck site
Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Naushon Island, Massachusetts
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources
Full build specifications, collision narrative, casualties, and salvage history.
New York Times, January 24, 1900
Contemporary reporting on the collision.
