List of shipwrecks of Oregon
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This is a list of shipwrecks of Oregon. The location is the nearest modern community or primary landmark.
North coast
[edit]Ship | Flag | Sunk Date | Notes | Location |
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Santo Cristo de Burgos | Spain | 1693 | The Spanish galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos wrecked on Nehalem Spit en route from Manila to Acapulco, loaded with a cargo of beeswax. The existence of the wreck was recorded in native oral history, with descendants of survivors including Chief Kilchis. It is the earliest known shipwreck in the Pacific Northwest.[1][2][3] | Nehalem |
General Warren | United States | 30 January 1852 | A steamship that was grounded on Clatsop Spit and wrecked in heavy seas | Tillamook Head |
Detroit | 25 December 1855 | A brig that bumped ground putting out of the Columbia River. Crew abandoned ship after she took on 7 feet (2.1 m) of water. Ship drifted south and ran aground at Tillamook Head. | Tillamook Head | |
Brant | 1862 | A schooner that was refloated. | Tillamook | |
Millie Bond | 13 November 1871 | A schooner that was wrecked on sand spit near Tillamook Bar. Refloated.[4] | Barview | |
Lupatia | 3 January 1881 | A barque that sunk with the loss of the 16 man crew. The only survivor was the ship's dog.[5][6] | Tillamook Rock | |
Kate L. Heron | 27 April 1881 | A schooner that was wrecked on Tillamook Bar. Parts washed up at Nehalem. | Barview | |
Pilots Bride | 1 August 1881 | A sloop that was stranded on Nestucca Bar. | Pacific City | |
Carmarthen Castle | 2 December 1886 | A barque that ran aground in Nestucca Bay. | Pacific City | |
Queen of the Bay | 11 November 1887 | A schooner that was wrecked at the mouth of the Nehalem River. | Nehalem | |
Garcia | 12 December 1893 | A schooner that was wrecked near Cape Meares Lighthouse. | Cape Meares | |
Occident | 12 March 1897 | A steam tug that sunk with the loss of all hands. | Nehalem | |
Lila and Mattie | 9 March 1900 | A schooner that was wrecked on Tillamook Bar.[7] | Barview | |
Laguna | 6 April 1900 | A steamship that went ashore on north spit of Tillamook Bar.[8] Refloated and towed back to San Francisco for repairs, but during a gale abandoned at a point ten miles SWW of Crescent City.[9] Ran aground on July 17 at the Klamath River for a total loss. | Barview | |
Pioneer | 17 December 1900 | The schooner's remains can still be seen when erosion takes place. | Pacific City | |
Charles H. Merchant | 11 August 1902 | A schooner that was stranded on Nehalem Spit, refloated and scrapped. | Manzanita | |
Gem | 15 February 1904 | A schooner that ran aground on the beach near the Tillamook Bay north jetty. | Barview | |
Peter Iredale | United Kingdom | 25 October 1906 | The barque's remains can still be seen. | Fort Stevens |
Gerald C. | 10 May 1907 | Wrecked on the north spit at the entrance to Nestucca harbor. | Pacific City | |
Antelope | 30 September 1907 | A schooner built 1887 in Benicia, California, for a salmon packer. Wrecked at Nehalem River. | Nehalem | |
Emily Reed | United States | 14 February 1908 | A barque that was loaded with 2,100 tons of coal, the ship ran ashore and broke apart. The captain, his wife and seven crewmen survived, but eight died. Remains are occasionally seen after storms. | Rockaway |
Hill | 17 June 1908 | A schooner wrecked at Nehalem Bar. | Nehalem | |
Ida Schnauer | 17 June 1908 | A schooner wrecked on Tillamook Bar. While waiting for tug into harbor, wind shifted and she was pushed ashore for a total loss. | Barview | |
Argo #1 | 26 November 1909 | A steamship that struck the bar off the entrance to Tillamook Bay and foundered. Two crew and two passengers were drowned. Sister ship, the Argo #2, a river steamer, went down at Dixon Entrance in Alaska. | Barview | |
Vida | 28 April 1912 | A gas schooner that lost its rudder and broke into pieces on Tillamook Bar. | Barview | |
George R. Vosberg | 3 May 1912 | A steam tug that had its hull punctured by an underwater rock. The crew attempted to plug the hole with a spare fuel tank. Though the effort was ultimately futile, the crew was rescued. | Nehalem | |
C.T. Hill | 30 July 1912 | A schooner that was stranded on the south side of the Nehalem Bar. It was later salvaged. | Nehalem | |
Mimi | 13 February 1913 | A barque that later ran aground in fog on Nehalem Spit, then capsized in salvage operation, killing 17. | Manzanita | |
Glenesslin | 1 October 1913 | A square rig that sailed into the rocks at the base of Neahkahnie Mountain, on a clear day. All survived, but rocks penetrated the hull and little was salvaged. A naval court of inquiry ruled the cause was negligence. | Neahkahnie Beach | |
Francis H. Leggett | United States | 18 September 1914 | A steam schooner that was lost in a gale due to being overloaded. Two survived, but the 60 who were lost make it the worst maritime disaster in Oregon history. The railroad ties that were its cargo were used for construction in Manzanita when they washed ashore. [10] | Manzanita |
Oakland | 22 March 1916 | A schooner which was abandoned at sea. After running ashore, it was raised and renamed Mary Hanlon. Ultimately lost off Mendocino, California. | Manzanita | |
Life-Line | United States | 26 May 1923 | Foundered off Neahkahnie, washed ashore and covered by sand. Uncovered by a bulldozer in 1949.[11][12] | Neahkahnie Beach |
Venus | 4 November 1923 | A gas schooner that capsized on Nestucca Bar. Captain Adolph Kangiser and his engineer made a swim for shore. The captain felt something tug him down. Kicking hard he managed to free himself. Upon reaching shore, he found part of his boot missing, though he himself was not injured.[13] The marks on the boots indicated a shark, making him the first shark attack victim in Oregon history.[citation needed] | Pacific City | |
Phoenix | 5 November 1923 | A gas schooner that capsized on Tillamook Bar. Four died.[14] | Barview | |
Sea Island | 7 February 1932 | Rum-Runner. | Tillamook | |
Tyee | 6 December 1940 | A tugboat that foundered off Tillamook Bar. The engine was ripped out, saving the crew by lightening the ship. | Barview |
Central coast
[edit]Ship | Flag | Sunk Date | Notes | Location |
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Samuel Roberts | 6 August 1850 | Schooner | Reedsport | |
Bostonian | 1 October 1850 | Owned by a man named Gardiner, much of the vessel was salvaged and used in the building of the town of Gardiner, Oregon. | Reedsport | |
Almira | 9 January 1852 | Brig | Reedsport | |
Juliet | March 1852 | Newport | ||
Nassau | 22 July 1852 | Schooner | Reedsport | |
Roanoke | 2 February 1853 | Brig | Reedsport | |
Joseph Warren | 25 November 1853 | Barque | Newport | |
Fawn | 21 November 1856 | Brig | Florence | |
Calumet | 8 December 1856 | A schooner that was wrecked at Siletz River while offloading supplies for Indian Affairs. Captain B. Jennings. [15] | Siletz Estuary (Nechesne) | |
Blanco | 1864 | Brig | Lincoln City | |
Cornelia Terry | 13 October 1864 | Oyster pirate schooner. Sank while being pursued by Annie G. Doyle. | Newport | |
Ork | 24 November 1864 | Barque | Reedsport | |
Annie G. Doyle | 11 March 1865 | A schooner that ran aground at nearly the same location as the pirate vessel Cornelia Terry, which it had pursued half a year prior. | Newport | |
Enterprise | 20 February 1873 | The sternwheeler's engines were later salvaged and installed on the vessel Beaver | Reedsport | |
John Hunter | 1873 | Newport | ||
Meldon | 16 March 1873 | Schooner | Reedsport | |
Bobolink | October 1873 | The schooner was salvaged, but later lost at Mendocino, California. | Reedsport | |
Sparrow | 4 December 1875 | Schooner | Reedsport | |
Lizzie | 16 February 1876 | Schooner | Newport | |
Caroline Medeau | 5 April 1876 | Schooner | Newport | |
Phil Sheridan | 15 September 1878 | A schooner that was run into by the steamer Ancon. | Reedsport | |
Olivia Schultze | 28 April 1880 | Schooner | Florence | |
Tacoma | 29 January 1883 | Steamship | Reedsport | |
Phoebe Fay | 16 April 1883 | Schooner | Newport | |
Ona | 26 September 1883 | Steam schooner | Newport | |
Beda | 17 March 1886 | Steam schooner | Yachats | |
Emma Utter | December 1886 | Florence | ||
Yaquina City | 4 December 1887 | This steamship was the predecessor of Yaquina Bay. Lost a year later at the same spot, effectively ruining the vessel owners, the Oregon Development Co. | Newport | |
Yaquina Bay | United States | 9 December 1888 | Originally named Caracas. She was the sister ship of Valencia and successor of Yaquina Bay. Ran aground near the wreckage of Yaquina City and was declared a total loss. | Newport |
Alaskan | United States | 13 May 1889 | While sailing to San Francisco from the Columbia River, the Alaskan ran into bad weather and the river going vessel began to fall apart from the stress off Cape Foulweather. Sidewheeler. | Depoe Bay |
Fearless | 20 November 1889 | Formerly a brig named Star of China. Ran aground in 1873, refloated, and converted into a tugboat. Loss not discovered until the next day when debris and one survivor washed ashore. However, he perished before he could reveal the final fate of Fearless. | Reedsport | |
Struan | 25 December 1890 | A schooner that was constructed in John Fraser's shipyard on Courtney Bay in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1877[16][17] | Tillamook | |
Maggie Ross | 8 December 1891 | Steamship | Newport | |
St. Charles | 17 May 1892 | Depoe Bay | ||
Mary Gilbert | 17 December 1894 | Schooner | Waldport | |
Bandorville | 21 November 1895 | Steamship | Reedsport | |
Volante | 7 March 1896 | A steamship that burned in Yaquina Bay in Newport. | Newport | |
Truckee | 18 November 1897 | Steamship | Reedsport | |
Atalanta | 17 November 1898 | A clipper that ran into a reef while coasting along the shore. | Seal Rock | |
Nettie Sundberg | 28 December 1902 | Schooner | Florence | |
Charles Nelson | November 1903 | Steam schooner | Florence | |
Ocean Spray | 20 November 1903 | Schooner | Florence | |
Alice Kimball | 12 Octember 1904 | Schooner | Florence | |
Quickstep | 24 November 1904 | Barquentine | Newport | |
Bella | 25 November 1905 | A schooner located just south of the south jetty at the mouth of the Siuslaw river. Often buried in sand; occasionally visible at low tides depending on sand movement. | Florence | |
Alpha | 3 February 1907 | Schooner | Reedsport | |
Berwick | 13 March 1908 | Schooner | Florence | |
J. Marhoffer | United States | 22 April 1910 | A steam schooner that caught fire off Newport, and drifted north, eventually grounding at what is now Boiler Bay. Boiler Bay was named after the discarded boiler from J. Marhoffer | Depoe Bay |
Wilhelmina | 22 January 1911 | Gas schooner | Reedsport | |
Pilgram | 1912 | Sloop | Newport | |
Condor | 17 November 1912 | Cargo ship | Waldport | |
Frederick | 14 April 1914 | Barge | Florence | |
Hugh Hogan | 28 April 1914 | A schooner that was refloated and renamed as Ozmo. | Florence | |
Graywood | 2 October 1915 | Steam schooner | Reedsport | |
Anvil | 11 April 1917 | Florence | ||
Washtucna | 17 August 1922 | Barge | Reedsport | |
Admiral Nicholson | 16 May 1924 | A steam schooner that ran aground while towing the disabled G.C. Lindauer. | Reedsport | |
G.C. Lindauer | 16 May 1924 | A steam schooner that had a history of wrecks prior to final loss at Reedsport. Came loose and lost soon after the towing Admiral Nicholson wrecked. | Reedsport | |
Yaquina | 20 February 1935 | Coast guard patrol boat. Lost while attempting to aid the crew of a barge caught on the Yaquina Bar. | Newport | |
Parker #2 | 26 February 1935 | Dredge | Newport | |
Dorothy Joan | 13 September 1945 | Newport | ||
Etta Kay | 11 December 1946 | Schooner | Newport | |
John Aspin | 22 April 1948 | As of 1986, portions of the cargo ship's hull were still visible at low tide. | Newport | |
Helori | 21 December 1949 | Oil screw | Reedsport | |
L.H. Coolidge | 20 August 1951 | A tugboat that ran aground at Bandon. While under tow to the Columbia River by Salvage Chief, she came loose and sank of the coast at Yachats. | Yachats | |
Captain Ludvig | 25 June 1953 | Newport | ||
Blue Magpie | Panama | 19 November 1983 | Cargo ship | Newport |
New Carissa | Philippines | 4 February 1999 | Half of the ship. This half was beached before being towed off and sunk by United States Navy. The other half is at Coos Bay. The ship broke apart at Coos Bay, with the rear portion drifting north. | Waldport |
South coast
[edit]Ship | Flag | Sunk Date | Notes | Location |
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Bandon | Grounded several times before being sold. Steamship | Coos Bay | ||
Cohansa | Coos Bay | |||
Echo | Refloated. Sternwheeler | Bandon | ||
Jackson | Coos Bay | |||
New World | Coos Bay | |||
W.L. Hackstaff | August 1849 | Grounded at Rogue River. Survivors marched overland to the Willamette Valley. Schooner | Gold Beach | |
Captain Lincoln | 30 December 1851 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Anita | 1852 | Barque | Port Orford | |
Chansey | May 1854 | Coos Bay | ||
Quadratus | 1856 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Friendship | 1860 | Barque | Sixes River | |
Baltimore | 1861 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Cyclops | 1862 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Energy | 1862 | A brig with one survivor | Coos bay | |
Noyo | 1868 | Burned when her cargo of lime ignited.Schooner | Coos Bay | |
D.M. Hall | 3 October 1868 | Barque | Coos Bay | |
Alaska | December 1869 | Schooner | Bandon | |
Ida D. Rogers | 15 December 1869 | Brig | Coos Bay | |
Commodore | 1870 | Steamship | Coos Bay | |
Charles Devans | February 1870 | Barque | Coos Bay | |
Occident | 3 May 1870 | Barquentine | Bandon | |
Bunkalation | July 1870 | Schooner | Cape Blanco | |
Jenny Thelin | 1874 | Refloated. Lost for good later at Punta Maria, California.Schooner | ||
Laura May | 1874 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Northwester | 1875 | Schooner | Gold Beach | |
Mary Schowner | 1876 | Schooner | Bandon | |
Messenger | 1876 | Sternwheeler | Coos Bay | |
Harriet Rose | 28 January 1876 | Schooner | Port Orford | |
Perpetua | 24 October 1876 | Foundered in a gale offshore. Brig | Coos Bay | |
Oregonian | 16 January 1877 | Schooner | Bandon | |
Esther Colos | 21 October 1879 | Schooner | Gold Beach | |
Gussie Telfair | 25 September 1880 | Formerly a Confederate blockade runner named Gertrude that had been captured. Steamship | Coos Bay | |
Victoria | 28 November 1883 | Steamship | Port Orford / Cape Blanco | |
Mose | 28 July 1884 | Port Orford | ||
Escort | 21 December 1886 | Sank in bay when its boiler exploded. Tugboat | Coos Bay | |
Dawn | 3 February 1887 | Drifted for nine days before being towed into Coos Bay. However, abandoned due to the ship being waterlogged. Scow | Coos Bay | |
Ocean King | 26 December 1887 | Destroyed by on board fire. Cargo ship | Cape Blanco | |
Julia H. Ray | 26 January 1889 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Parkersburg | 18 November 1889 | Ran aground during storm attempting to enter Coquille River. Schooner | Bandon | |
Rosalind | 18 February 1890 | Schooner | Gold Beach | |
Express | 8 September 1891 | Destroyed by fire. Steamship | Coos bay | |
General Butler | 8 December 1891 | Started breaking up 100 miles (160 km) offshore. Part of hull drifted north and ran aground at the Yaquina jetty. Barque | Coos bay / Cape Blanco | |
Charles W. Wetmore | United States | 8 September 1892 | Previously ran afoul of Columbia Bar after rudder came loose.[18] Steamship | Coos Bay |
Emily | 17 July 1893 | Repaired and renamed Arago. The re-christened Arago sank at the same location. Steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
T.W. Lucas | 24 October 1894 | Brig | Port Orford | |
Bawnmore | 28 August 1895 | Steamship | Bandon | |
Ella Laurena | 18 December 1895 | Abandoned by crew during a storm. Found ran aground the next day. Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Arago | 20 October 1896 | Struck bar previously in 1891 at same location. Steamboat | Coos Bay | |
Cyclone | 1897 | Destroyed by fire prior to launch. Schooner | ||
Moro | 6 December 1897 | Gas schooner | Bandon | |
Eureka | 30 November 1899 | Schooner | Bandon | |
Monterey | 19 May 1900 | Salvaged and converted into a whaler. Schooner | Coos Bay | |
South Portland | 19 October 1903 | Steamboat | Cape Blanco | |
Fulton | 12 February 1904 | Port Orford | ||
Western Home | 13 November 1904 | Schooner | Bandon | |
Del Norte | 1905 | Collided with the vessel Sea Foam. Steam schooner | Bandon | |
Onward | 25 February 1905 | Schooner | Bandon | |
Sacramento | 15 October 1905 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Melanope | December 1906 | Began as a Cape Horn windjammer in 1876, turned into a barge after damage at Cape Blanco in 1906. Sunk to form part of breakwater at Royston, British Columbia in 1946.[19]: 14 Barge | Cape Blanco | |
Daisy | 1907 | Destroyed by forest fire prior to launch. Schooner | ||
Chinook | 12 April 1907 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Novelty | 20 September 1907 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Marconi | 23 March 1909 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Czarina | 12 January 1910 | Steamship | Bandon | |
San Buenaventura | 14 January 1910 | Abandoned. Final resting spot unknown. Schooner | Cape Blanco | |
Washcalore | 21 May 1911 | Oil schooner | Gold Beach | |
North Star #1 | 20 January 1912 | Motor launch | Coos Bay | |
Osprey | 1 November 1912 | Gas schooner | Coos Bay | |
Advent | 8 February 1913 | Schooner | Coos Bay | |
Randolph | 15 April 1915 | Gas schooner | Bandon | |
Claremont | 22 May 1915 | Steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
Santa Clara | 2 November 1915 | Formally named John S. Kimball and then James Dollar. Steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
Fifield | 21 February 1916 | Second ship named Fifield. Steam schooner | Bandon | |
Sinaloa | 15 June 1917 | Gas schooner | Cape Blanco | |
Wallacut | 3 November 1918 | Barge | Coos Bay | |
Rustler | 24 August 1919 | Destroyed by on board fire. | ||
J. A. Chanslor | United States | 18 December 1919 | Oiler | Cape Blanco |
Adel | 2 October 1920 | Coos Bay | ||
Joan of Arc | 15 November 1920 | Steamboat | Gold Beach | |
Ozmo | 17 May 1922 | Originally christened as Hugh Hogan. Schooner | Port Orford | |
Sea Eagle | 20 November 1822 | Wrecked while towing the vessel Ecola. Ecola survived. Tugboat | Coos Bay | |
Brush | 26 April 1923 | Steamship | Coos Bay | |
C.A. Smith | 16 December 1923 | Steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
Columbia | 17 February 1924 | Steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
Acme | 31 October 1924 | Steam schooner | Bandon | |
Mary E. Moore | 23 February 1927 | Steam schooner | Bandon | |
Sujameco | 28 February 1929 | A steamboat that ran aground at Horsfall Beach in heavy fog missing Coos Bay entrance by a few miles. During World War II much of the hull was scrapped for iron. The wreck is partially visible each winter due to seasonal sand movement; more than usual emerged April 2010.[20] | Coos Bay | |
Fort Bragg | 14 September 1932 | Hit south jetty and ran aground inland. Steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
E. L. Smith | 1 January 1936 | Gas schooner | Bandon | |
Phyllis | 9 March 1936 | Scuttled by captain after ship sprang a leak. Steam schooner | Port Orford | |
Golden West | 29 March 1936 | Cargo ship | Bandon | |
Golden Bear | 1937 | Superstructure began to fall apart, incapacitating the ship and crew. Towed by Active and converted into a barge. Now a part of a breakwater in British Columbia. Cargo ship | Coos Bay | |
Cottoneva | 10 February 1937 | Originally christened as Frank D. Stout. Steam schooner | Port Orford | |
Willapa #2 | 2 December 1941 | Formerly christened Florence Olson. Crew saved by local fishermen. Steam schooner | Port Orford | |
Camden | 4 October 1942 | Torpedoed off Coos Bay by the Japanese submarine I-25. Towed north by tug Kenai to attempt salvage. Sank off Grays Harbor several days later. Oiler | Coos Bay | |
Larry Doheny | 5 October 1942 | Torpedoed and sank off Gold Beach by the Japanese submarine I-25. Oiler | Gold Beach | |
Susan Olson | 15 November 1942 | Formerly named Willamette and California. Steam schooner | Port Orford | |
Y M S #133 | 21 February 1943 | A minesweeper | Coos Bay | |
George L. Olson | 23 June 1944 | Formerly named Ryder Hanify. Steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
Alvarado | 16 March 1945 | Steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
Ida M. | 23 September 1948 | Coos Bay | ||
Alice H. | 23 September 1950 | Port Orford | ||
Helen E. | September 1951 | A patrol boat that was grounded and burned. | Coos Bay | |
Cynthia Olson | 9 June 1952 | Salvaged by crew of Salvage Chief and repaired. Sister ship of Oliver Olson. Cargo ship | Bandon | |
Oliver Olson | 3 November 1953 | Filled with rocks and sank as extension of the south Coquille River jetty. Sister ship of Cynthia Olson. Cargo ship | Bandon | |
Port of Pasco #510 | 12 December 1953 | Barge | Coos Bay | |
Andrew Jackson | 5 March 1954 | Gold Beach | ||
New Carissa | Philippines | 4 February 1999 | After running aground, oil cargo was burned out. Half of the ship remained beached while the other half was taken out to sea and scuttled. Remaining half has since been scrapped. Cargo ship | Coos Bay |
Rivers
[edit]Ship | Flag | Sunk Date | Notes | River | Location |
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Bully Washington | 12 December 1857 | Filled in as the foundation of a dock. Steamship | Umpqua River | Scottsburg | |
Telephone | 5 January 1892 | A steamship that struck the revetment on the eastern shore of Coon Island. Heavy fog prevented the pilot from seeing its red cautionary light. The 80 passengers and 30 crew members were all saved.[21][22] | Multnomah Channel / Willamette River | Scappoose | |
Regulator | 13 July 1898 | A steamship that was wrecked on the rocks. The 160 passengers and most of the freight were landed on the Oregon shore.[23] Towed in to drydock at Cascade Locks around 1 September. The hull was found to be a "complete wreck."[24] | Columbia River | Cascade Locks | |
Gypsy | 11 June 1900 | Tore hole in bottom and sank in ten feet (3.0 m) of water.[25] Steamship | Willamette River | Independence | |
Rogue River | 16 November 1902 | Struck a rock at what is now known as either Boiler Rapid or Boiler Riffle. Sternwheeler | Rogue River | Gold Hill | |
Welcome | 13 November 1904 | Sternwheeler | Coquille River | Myrtle Point |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Williams, Scott. "Beeswax shipwreck". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Beeswax Wreck Project". Maritime Archaeology Society. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Legendary Spanish galleon shipwreck discovered on Oregon coast". National Geographic. 16 June 2022. Archived from the original on June 16, 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Pacific Coast Dispatches: Oregon" (PDF). Daily Alta California (San Francisco, California). 18 November 1871. p. 1. Retrieved 28 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "What a wreck!". cannonbeachgazette.com. Cannon Beach Gazette. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ^ "Marine Disasters Off Coast: Another Shipwreck". Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). 8 January 1881. p. 1.
- ^ "Wreck of the Lila and Mattie at Tillamook". San Francisco Call (San Francisco, California). 12 Mar 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Laguna Still Aground". Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). 14 April 1900. p. 10.
- ^ "Laguna Wrecked Again". Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). 21 July 1900. p. 5.
- ^ "The Francis H. Leggett shipwreck". Cannon Beach History Center and Museum. 30 December 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ Marshall, Oregon Shipwrecks, at 97.
- ^ "Boat Goes on Rocks; Two Swim to Shore". Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). 28 May 1923. p. 1.
- ^ "Gasoline Schooner Hurled Onto Beach". Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). 5 November 1923. p. 1.
- ^ "4 Men are Drowned in Schooner Wreck". Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). 6 Nov 1923. p. 1.
- ^ Hedges, Absalom B (17 December 1856). "Correspondence". Oregon Superintendency. Microfilm.
- ^ "The Struan: From Saint John to Sandlake. - Oregon Historical Quarterly". HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
- ^ Crichton, Whitcomb (1999). The Struan: From Saint John to Sandlake. Chelsea Green+ Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1551092874.
- ^ "The Wrecked Whaleback". Evening Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon). 22 September 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ James, Rick (2004), The Ghost Ships of Royston, Vancouver: Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia, ISBN 0-9695010-9-9
- ^ "Shipwreck emerges from sand near Coos Bay". KATU. April 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
- ^ "The Telephone Sunk". Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). 6 January 1892. p. 1.
- ^ "Telephone is Raised". Evening Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon). 15 January 1892. p. 1. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Regulator Wrecked". Daily Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon). 14 July 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Regulator Raised". Daily Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon). 2 Sep 1898. p. 1. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Gypsy Sunk". Daily Journal (Salem, Oregon). 12 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
External links
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Shipwrecks map. Northwest Power & Conservation Council. Created 2020-02-07 based on Wikipedia references plus James Gibbs' Pacific Graveyard.