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Resolute · casualty

Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 22–23 · No. 861

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Report of Casualty, Resolute, page 22

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Form header

Running number
861
Filed at
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Received
  • U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D MAY 6 1918 ANS'D By · 6 May 1918
Vessel name written at top
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Other numbers
1419
Stamps on the form
ATLANTICOTHER CAUSES

Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality
Resolute · Screw, American
6 · Official number
205311
3 · Tonnage
294 Gross 199 Net
4 · Age or year built
about 10 years
5 · Port registered
Baltimore Md
7 · Master and residence
E. L. Davis 502 Georgia Ave Norfolk
8 · Owner and residence
Thos. P. Dougherty Co Baltimore Md

Casualty

1 · Date
540 A.M. Sunday Feb 16, 1918
24 · Locality
Buzzards Bay, Dumpling Rock L.H. bearing N W X W 1/2 W Quicks Hole Ledge Buoy bearing S 3/4 W
9–10 · Voyage
Boston Mass Feb 15, 1918 → New Bedford
27 · Weather
Strong S.W. wind Cloudy Dark
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
no passengers, 16 crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel
$75,000.-

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

Loss of Propeller

26 · Cause, as written

Heavy Ice

Signature

Signed by
H. P. Dougherty · Sec'y Owners
Company or by
The P. Dougherty Co.
Date signed
May 31 1918
Place
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1 · Date of casualty
540 A.M. Sunday Feb 16, 1918
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
American Screw Resolute Iron
3 · Tonnage
294 Gross 199 Net
4 · Age or year built
about 10 years
5 · Port registered
Baltimore Md
6 · Official number
205311
7 · Master and residence
E. L. Davis 502 Georgia Ave Norfolk
8 · Owner and residence
Thos. P. Dougherty Co Baltimore Md
9 · Sailed from
Boston Mass Feb 15, 1918
10 · Bound for
New Bedford
11 · Passengers
None
12 · Crew
16
13 · Persons lost
None
14 · Value of vessel
$75,000.-
15 · Value of cargo
None
16 · Cargo
None
17 · Deck load
No
18 · Overladen
No
19 · Cargo weight
None
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
$500.-
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
None
22 · Loss or insurance (22)
None
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
None
24 · Locality
Buzzards Bay, Dumpling Rock L.H. bearing N W X W 1/2 W Quicks Hole Ledge Buoy bearing S 3/4 W
25 · Nature of casualty
Loss of Propeller
26 · Cause
Heavy Ice
27 · Weather
Strong S.W. wind Cloudy Dark
28 · Measures taken
None
29 · Assistance
Towed in to New Bedford, Mass a tug belonging to the New Bedford Tow Boat Co.
30 · Remarks
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