Resolute · casualty
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 22–23 · No. 861
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Form header
- Running number
- 861
- Filed at
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- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D MAY 6 1918 ANS'D By · 6 May 1918
- Vessel name written at top
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- Other numbers
- 1419
- Stamps on the form
- ATLANTICOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Resolute · Screw, American
- 6 · Official number
- 205311
- 3 · Tonnage
- 294 Gross 199 Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- about 10 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Baltimore Md
- 7 · Master and residence
- E. L. Davis 502 Georgia Ave Norfolk
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Thos. P. Dougherty Co Baltimore Md
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- 540 A.M. Sunday Feb 16, 1918
- 24 · Locality
- Buzzards Bay, Dumpling Rock L.H. bearing N W X W 1/2 W Quicks Hole Ledge Buoy bearing S 3/4 W
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Boston Mass Feb 15, 1918 → New Bedford
- 27 · Weather
- Strong S.W. wind Cloudy Dark
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 16 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $75,000.-
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Loss of Propeller
26 · Cause, as written
Heavy Ice
Signature
- Signed by
- H. P. Dougherty · Sec'y Owners
- Company or by
- The P. Dougherty Co.
- Date signed
- May 31 1918
- Place
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- 540 A.M. Sunday Feb 16, 1918
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American Screw Resolute Iron
- 3 · Tonnage
- 294 Gross 199 Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- about 10 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Baltimore Md
- 6 · Official number
- 205311
- 7 · Master and residence
- E. L. Davis 502 Georgia Ave Norfolk
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Thos. P. Dougherty Co Baltimore Md
- 9 · Sailed from
- Boston Mass Feb 15, 1918
- 10 · Bound for
- New Bedford
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 16
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $75,000.-
- 15 · Value of cargo
- None
- 16 · Cargo
- None
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- None
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $500.-
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- None
- 24 · Locality
- Buzzards Bay, Dumpling Rock L.H. bearing N W X W 1/2 W Quicks Hole Ledge Buoy bearing S 3/4 W
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Loss of Propeller
- 26 · Cause
- Heavy Ice
- 27 · Weather
- Strong S.W. wind Cloudy Dark
- 28 · Measures taken
- None
- 29 · Assistance
- Towed in to New Bedford, Mass a tug belonging to the New Bedford Tow Boat Co.
- 30 · Remarks
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