VESSEL: Schooner
TYPE: Collision
DATE: March 25, 1903
SIZE:
BUILT: Thomaston, Maine
MASTER:
LOCATION: Entrance to Gedney’s Channel, New York Harbor
SUMMARY:
The steamer Orono was departing from New York bound for Montevideo when it was in collision with the schooner Almeda Willey at the entrance to Gedney’s channel in New York harbor. The Orono suffered considerable damage while the Almeda Willey‘s jibboom, head stays and flying jib were carried away. Both vessels returned to New York.
REFERENCE:
The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts). March 25, 1903. Page 8.
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Vessel Name: Almeda Willey
Vessel Type: Schooner
Country or Flag:
Wreck Type: Collision
Incident Type: Collision
Incident Date: 1903-03-25
Incident Year: 1903
Incident Month: 3
Incident Day: 25
Location – By Water: Gedney’s Channel, New York Harbor,
Location – By Land: New York, New York
Lives Lost: 0 deaths
All Hands: false
Injuries: 0 injured
Weather:
Notes: Lost jibboom, head stays and flying jib after collision with steamer Orono
Total or Recovered: Recovered
Departure Port: New York, New York
Destination Port: Brunswick, Georgia
Cargo:
Vessel Type: Schooner
Country or Flag:
Wreck Type: Collision
Incident Type: Collision
Incident Date: 1903-03-25
Incident Year: 1903
Incident Month: 3
Incident Day: 25
Location – By Water: Gedney’s Channel, New York Harbor,
Location – By Land: New York, New York
Lives Lost: 0 deaths
All Hands: false
Injuries: 0 injured
Weather:
Notes: Lost jibboom, head stays and flying jib after collision with steamer Orono
Total or Recovered: Recovered
Departure Port: New York, New York
Destination Port: Brunswick, Georgia
Cargo: