Strathairly
Freight Steamer · United Kingdom · Lost 1891 · The Outer Banks
A British iron freighter laden with iron ore that ran aground in fog on the Outer Banks in 1891, killing 19 of 26 aboard.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Strathairly was a British iron freight steamer carrying iron ore from Santiago, Cuba, to Baltimore when she ran ashore in dense pre-dawn fog near the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station on North Carolina's Outer Banks on March 24, 1891. Despite a rapid response from three nearby Life-Saving stations, nineteen of her twenty-six crew died in the heavy surf, making it the U.S. Life-Saving Service's most disastrous wreck of that year.
Vessel
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- Newcastle, England
- Iron
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- 1236
- Steam, single screw, auxiliary schooner rig
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Loss
- March 24, 1891
- Grounding
- About 1.25 miles south of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station, Outer Banks, North Carolina
- Atlantic Ocean
- Santiago, Cuba → Baltimore, Maryland
- Iron ore
- 26
- 19
- Captain William Wynne
The Wreck Today
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Position
- 35.77° N 75.50° W
- Approximate position
- Chicamacomico, North Carolina
Approximate position 1.25 miles south of the historic Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (70/100)
Precise wreck location and present condition are not established in the sources reviewed.
Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service, 1891
Full loss narrative, casualty count, cargo, and rescue effort.
