Vesper
Freight And Passenger Steamer · United States · Lost Sank about 1930, per Caroline County Historical Society research. · Annapolis & the Upper Chesapeake
A freight steamer that carried grain and passengers between Baltimore and the upper Choptank for decades now lies wrecked below Denton.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Vesper was a 145-foot wooden steamer built in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1871 that spent her career running freight and passengers on the Chesapeake out of Baltimore. From the 1900s into the late 1920s she carried wheat, sacked grain, and passengers along the Choptank River between Baltimore, Denton, and Greensboro. She sank in the Choptank around 1930, and her remains lie on the river's east side just below Denton.
Vessel
- 1871
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- Wilmington, Delaware
- Wood
- 145.6 ft
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- Steam
- Wilmington Steamship Company (from about 1917)
Loss
- Sank about 1930, per Caroline County Historical Society research.
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- Choptank River, east side, just below Denton, Maryland
- Choptank River
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The Wreck Today
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- Listed with the Maryland Historical Trust.
Position
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- Denton, Maryland
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (55/100)
The cause of loss is not established in the sources reviewed.
Caroline County Historical Society, 'Vesper Shipwreck'
Build data, ownership, route, and approximate sinking date and location, citing Maryland Historical Trust records.
