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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1905 Ship State Description Almedia Norway: The full-rigged ship was wrecked near Nouméa, New Caledonia. [75] [76] Moonbeam United States: The barge foundered off Point Judith, Rhode Island. Her master, his young son and daughter and two crewmen were killed. [31] Rocket United States
A December 6, 1905 issue of the Duluth News Tribune wrote about the assessment of the wrecks: Captain C.O. Flynn returned last evening from an inspection of the stranded steamer George Spencer and schooner Amboy. He said "the schooner Amboy is a total wreck ... the steamer Spencer is still in good shape. Her hatches are intact, and she does not ...
The Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Site is an archeological shipwreck site which consists of the wrecks of the wooden bulk freighter George Spencer and the wooden schooner-barge Amboy. Both vessels were wrecked during the Mataafa Storm of 1905. In 1994 the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [2]
Joseph S Fay, c. 1874. The schooner D. P. Rhodes was built as the Fay's consort, and the pair worked in tandem hauling iron ore.On October 17, 1905, the two ships departed from Escanaba, Michigan en route to Ashtabula, Ohio with a load of iron ore, and the Fay towing the Rhodes.
A December 6, 1905 issue of the Duluth News Tribune wrote about the assessment of the wrecks: Captain C.O. Flynn returned last evening from an inspection of the stranded steamer George Spencer and schooner Amboy. He said "the schooner Amboy is a total wreck ... the steamer Spencer is still in good shape. Her hatches are intact, and she does not ...
The rest died from exposure, drowning, and injuries sustained while diving overboard. 128 1907 United Kingdom: Berlin – On 21 February the steamship was driven onto the granite breakwater at the New Waterway ship canal in the Netherlands by large waves and then broke apart. Of 144 people aboard, 128 were lost. 128 1905 United Kingdom
She had six accidents in her career, the first one occurred on June 12, 1905 when Sylvania collided with the steamer Sir Henry Bessemer of Whitefish Point, Lake Superior because of confused passing signals. In 1914 the ship's name was changed to D.M. Philbin, she sailed with this name until August 30, 1929 when her name was changed back to ...
Built in Cleveland, Ohio in 1905, the SS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 was a train ferry built to transport railway cars across Lake Erie from Conneaut, Ohio, to Port Stanley, Ontario. She had a length of 338 feet (103 meters) and a beam of 54 feet (16 meters), and her gross register tonnage was 2,514.