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Gold Shell · collision

Wreck Report, 1 page · T925-0005, p. 35 · No. 870

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Form header

Running number
870
Filed at
Collection District No. 11, Port of Wilmington, Delaware
Received
  • U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D OCT 16 1919 By ANS'D · 16 Oct 1919
Vessel name written at top
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Other numbers
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Stamps on the form
COLLISIONAT SEA

Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality
Gold Shell · Steam Tanker, U.S.
6 · Official number
213873
3 · Tonnage
Gross 5614; Net 3420
4 · Age or year built
Completed Feb. 14, 1916
5 · Port registered
Wilmington, Delaware
7 · Master and residence
A. Kuipers c/o B. Heens 134 Broad St., N. Y.
8 · Owner and residence
Gold Shell Steamship Co., San Francisco

Casualty

1 · Date
10:26 P.M. Sunday, 1st June, 1919
24 · Locality
49-33 N Lat and 15-15 W Long.
9–10 · Voyage
Philadelphia,Pa.,U.S.A., May 20, 1919 → Sweden via Dartmouth, England
27 · Weather
Calm but in dense fog at night
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
no passengers, 46 crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel
$1,250,000.

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

Collision with Belgian S.S."Patagonier" of Antwerp

26 · Cause, as written

Occured in dense fog

Signature

Signed by
K. A. Kuipers
Company or by
GOLD SHELL STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Date signed
Oct. 6 1919
Place
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1 · Date of casualty
10:26 P.M. Sunday, 1st June, 1919
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
U.S. Steel Steam Tanker "Gold Shell"
3 · Tonnage
Gross 5614; Net 3420
4 · Age or year built
Completed Feb. 14, 1916
5 · Port registered
Wilmington, Delaware
6 · Official number
213873
7 · Master and residence
A. Kuipers c/o B. Heens 134 Broad St., N. Y.
8 · Owner and residence
Gold Shell Steamship Co., San Francisco
9 · Sailed from
Philadelphia,Pa.,U.S.A., May 20, 1919
10 · Bound for
Sweden via Dartmouth, England
11 · Passengers
None
12 · Crew
46
13 · Persons lost
None
14 · Value of vessel
$1,250,000.
15 · Value of cargo
$ 318,962.
16 · Cargo
Gasoline,Kerosene, Gas Oil in bulk
17 · Deck load
No
18 · Overladen
NO
19 · Cargo weight
7643.8324 tons
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
$25,000.
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
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22 · Loss or insurance (22)
$1,000,000.
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
Don't know
24 · Locality
49-33 N Lat and 15-15 W Long.
25 · Nature of casualty
Collision with Belgian S.S."Patagonier" of Antwerp
26 · Cause
Occured in dense fog
27 · Weather
Calm but in dense fog at night
28 · Measures taken
Accident in fog; usual precautions taken
29 · Assistance
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30 · Remarks
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