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Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 173–174 · No. 946
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Form header
- Running number
- 946
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 10, Port of New York
- Received
- RECEIVED AUG 14 1920 · 14 Aug 1920
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- NAVIGATIONAT SEATOTAL LOSSFOUNDERING
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- BAYARD HOPKINS · Schr, Amer
- 6 · Official number
- 3662
- 3 · Tonnage
- 269 tons gross 212 tons net
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1895
- 5 · Port registered
- New York
- 7 · Master and residence
- William Imke - Jersey City N.J.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- United Line - 80 Wall St. N.Y.C.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Unknown
- 24 · Locality
- Unknown
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Newport News. Va. about Dec 31, 1918 → Sanchez, Santo Domingo
- 27 · Weather
- Unknown
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 6 crew, Unknown E. Johansen, mate, Dane; Wm Imke, master, Severin Andersson, seaman, Norwegian, Kai Isaacsen, seaman, Norwegian, Wm J. Johnson, seaman, American; C. B. Andersson, cook, Norwegian 6 persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $8000.00
13 · Names of persons lost
- E. Johansen
- Wm Imke
- Severin Andersson
- Kai Isaacsen
- Wm J. Johnson
- C. B. Andersson
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Unknown
26 · Cause, as written
Unknown
Signature
- Signed by
- F. J. Bergbauer · Agent
- Company or by
- United Line Inc.
- Date signed
- October 4, 1920
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- Unknown
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Amer Schr BAYARD HOPKINS (wood)
- 3 · Tonnage
- 269 tons gross 212 tons net
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1895
- 5 · Port registered
- New York
- 6 · Official number
- 3662
- 7 · Master and residence
- William Imke - Jersey City N.J.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- United Line - 80 Wall St. N.Y.C.
- 9 · Sailed from
- Newport News. Va. about Dec 31, 1918
- 10 · Bound for
- Sanchez, Santo Domingo
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 6
- 13 · Persons lost
- Unknown E. Johansen, mate, Dane; Wm Imke, master, Severin Andersson, seaman, Norwegian, Kai Isaacsen, seaman, Norwegian, Wm J. Johnson, seaman, American; C. B. Andersson, cook, Norwegian 6
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $8000.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- Unknown
- 16 · Cargo
- Coal
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 351 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Total presumably
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- Total presumably
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- Unknown
- 24 · Locality
- Unknown
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Unknown
- 26 · Cause
- Unknown
- 27 · Weather
- Unknown
- 28 · Measures taken
- Unknown
- 29 · Assistance
- Unknown
- 30 · Remarks
- Vessel was loaded at Newport News, Va. late in December of 1918 and have no specific knowledge as to the actual date she sailed. Vessel has never been heard of from that day to this.