Tenadores · stranding
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 144–145 · No. 924
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- Item 2 has 'St S' handwritten in the label column.
- Faint handwritten text in upper right near '924' is partially legible: 'Troop transport'.
- Signature name reading is uncertain.
Form header
- Running number
- 924
- Filed at
- Collection District No. ______, Port of ______
- Received
- RECEIVED 20 FEB 13 AM 11 03
- RECEIVED JAN 23 1920 NAVY DEPARTMENT · 23 Jan 1920
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- FOREIGNTOTAL LOSSSTRANDING
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Tenadores · steam screw, American
- 6 · Official number
- 212655
- 3 · Tonnage
- 7,782 gross, 4,559 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1913
- 5 · Port registered
- New York
- 7 · Master and residence
- Commander J. B. Gilmer, U.S.N.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- United Fruit Co. N.Y.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- December 28, 1918
- 24 · Locality
- Ile d'Yeu, 10 miles off coast of France
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Hoboken 18 December 1918 → Bordeaux, France
- 27 · Weather
- Wind Force 3- Sea Moderate - Dark, Fog.
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- 69 passengers, 302 crew, No lives lost persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $ 2,566,486.86
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Stranded
26 · Cause, as written
Ran aground in fog.
Signature
- Signed by
- E P Jessop · Captain, U.S.N.
- Company or by
- For Chief of Naval Operations.
- Date signed
- 10 February 1920
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- December 28, 1918
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American steam screw Tenadores (Steel)
- 3 · Tonnage
- 7,782 gross, 4,559 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1913
- 5 · Port registered
- New York
- 6 · Official number
- 212655
- 7 · Master and residence
- Commander J. B. Gilmer, U.S.N.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- United Fruit Co. N.Y.
- 9 · Sailed from
- Hoboken 18 December 1918
- 10 · Bound for
- Bordeaux, France
- 11 · Passengers
- 69
- 12 · Crew
- 302
- 13 · Persons lost
- No lives lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $ 2,566,486.86
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $ 237,973.00
- 16 · Cargo
- Beef & butter
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 548 Tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $ 2,566,486.86
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- $ 237,973.00
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- None
- 24 · Locality
- Ile d'Yeu, 10 miles off coast of France
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Stranded
- 26 · Cause
- Ran aground in fog.
- 27 · Weather
- Wind Force 3- Sea Moderate - Dark, Fog.
- 28 · Measures taken
- Commanding Officer held responsible.
- 29 · Assistance
- USS. McNeal stood by and received passengers and part of crew with baggage money records & confidential publications. French life saving boat assisted. USS. Wilhelmina, Favorite, and Four mine sweepers, USS? Hubbard, Courtney, James & Lewes stood by. French life boat took 13 of crew to Port Breton. USS. Hubbard received remainder of crew & officers. Seneca did excellent work in salvaging pumps & gear also medical out-fit.
- 30 · Remarks
- Compiled from data available.