SS Czarina
Steamer · United States · Lost 1910 · The Columbia River Bar & Oregon Coast
An overloaded coastal steamer that capsized on the Coos Bay bar in a 1910 gale, drowning all but one of the 24 men aboard within sight of shore.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The iron steamer Czarina left Coos Bay for San Francisco on January 12, 1910, loaded with cement, coal, and deck lumber despite a fierce gale building offshore. Struck by heavy seas soon after crossing the bar, she was driven onto a sand spit and capsized within a few hundred yards of shore. Twenty-three of the twenty-four men aboard drowned as horrified onlookers, including some crew members' wives, watched from the beach.
Vessel
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- Iron
- 216 ft
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- Steam
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Loss
- January 12, 1910
- Storm
- Coos Bay bar, Oregon
- Pacific Ocean
- Coos Bay (Marshfield), Oregon → San Francisco, California
- Cement, coal, and lumber
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- Captain Dugan
The Wreck Today
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Position
- 43.35° N 124.35° W
- Approximate position
- Coos Bay, Oregon
Position approximates the Coos Bay bar and spit.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
The vessel's year of build and shipbuilder are not established in the sources reviewed.
Oregon Encyclopedia, Oregon Historical Society
Loss narrative, casualty count, and historical context.
Detailed narrative of the wrecking and eyewitness accounts.
