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Form header
- Running number
- 870
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 11, Port of Wilmington, Delaware
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D OCT 16 1919 By ANS'D · 16 Oct 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Gold Shell · Steam Tanker, U.S.
- 6 · Official number
- 213873
- 3 · Tonnage
- Gross 5614; Net 3420
- 4 · Age or year built
- Completed Feb. 14, 1916
- 5 · Port registered
- Wilmington, Delaware
- 7 · Master and residence
- A. Kuipers c/o B. Heens 134 Broad St., N. Y.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Gold Shell Steamship Co., San Francisco
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- 10:26 P.M. Sunday, 1st June, 1919
- 24 · Locality
- 49-33 N Lat and 15-15 W Long.
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Philadelphia,Pa.,U.S.A., May 20, 1919 → Sweden via Dartmouth, England
- 27 · Weather
- Calm but in dense fog at night
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 46 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $1,250,000.
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Collision with Belgian S.S."Patagonier" of Antwerp
26 · Cause, as written
Occured in dense fog
Signature
- Signed by
- K. A. Kuipers
- Company or by
- GOLD SHELL STEAMSHIP COMPANY
- Date signed
- Oct. 6 1919
- Place
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- 10:26 P.M. Sunday, 1st June, 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- U.S. Steel Steam Tanker "Gold Shell"
- 3 · Tonnage
- Gross 5614; Net 3420
- 4 · Age or year built
- Completed Feb. 14, 1916
- 5 · Port registered
- Wilmington, Delaware
- 6 · Official number
- 213873
- 7 · Master and residence
- A. Kuipers c/o B. Heens 134 Broad St., N. Y.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Gold Shell Steamship Co., San Francisco
- 9 · Sailed from
- Philadelphia,Pa.,U.S.A., May 20, 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- Sweden via Dartmouth, England
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 46
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $1,250,000.
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $ 318,962.
- 16 · Cargo
- Gasoline,Kerosene, Gas Oil in bulk
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- NO
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 7643.8324 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $25,000.
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- —
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $1,000,000.
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- Don't know
- 24 · Locality
- 49-33 N Lat and 15-15 W Long.
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collision with Belgian S.S."Patagonier" of Antwerp
- 26 · Cause
- Occured in dense fog
- 27 · Weather
- Calm but in dense fog at night
- 28 · Measures taken
- Accident in fog; usual precautions taken
- 29 · Assistance
- —
- 30 · Remarks
- —