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RESOLUTE · casualty

Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 73–74 · No. 890

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Report of Casualty, RESOLUTE, page 73

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Reader’s notes on the scan

  • Item 1 has multiple dates and times listed.
  • Item 3 has '684 gross' handwritten next to the typed '610 net.'
  • Item 13 printed label has typed addition 'also age and nativity'.
  • Item 20 mentions 'Sails as noted on reverse side'.
  • Item 24 has stamped 'AT SEA' overlapping the typed text.
  • Item 25 has stamped 'OTHER CAUSES' with handwritten 'lost sails'.
  • Item 30 includes a list of sails lost at the bottom of the page: '--Sails Lost-- 4 Gaffs 1 Main Boom Foresail Mainsail Cap jib Flying Jib Fore Topsail Mizzen Topsail'.
  • The year 1919 in Item 30 has a typo '19a9' which is struck through and corrected to 1919.

Form header

Running number
890
Filed at
Collection District No. 28, Port of San Francisco, Cal.
Received
  • U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D DEC 2 1919 ANS'D · 2 Dec 1919
Vessel name written at top
—
Other numbers
—
Stamps on the form
AT SEAOTHER CAUSES

Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality
RESOLUTE · Sch., Am.
6 · Official number
111392
3 · Tonnage
610 net. 684 gross
4 · Age or year built
17 years.
5 · Port registered
San Francisco.
7 · Master and residence
H Henricksen Monteson, Wash
8 · Owner and residence
E.K. Wood Lumber Co. San Francisco

Casualty

1 · Date
12AM Dec 6,1918 12M Dec 7,1918 10AM Dec 18,1918 4PM Jan 14,1919 1 PM Jan 16, 1919
24 · Locality
----- AT SEA
9–10 · Voyage
Sydney, Australia. Nov. 9, 1918. → San Francisco, Cal.
27 · Weather
Gales and calm cloudy, high sea running day and night
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
no passengers, Eleven crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel
$35,000.00

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

OTHER CAUSES lost sails

26 · Cause, as written

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Signature

Signed by
[illegible] · Managing Owners
Company or by
E. K. WOOD LUMBER CO.
Date signed
October 22, 1919
Place
—
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.

1 · Date of casualty
12AM Dec 6,1918 12M Dec 7,1918 10AM Dec 18,1918 4PM Jan 14,1919 1 PM Jan 16, 1919
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
Am. Sch. RESOLUTE, - (wood).
3 · Tonnage
610 net. 684 gross
4 · Age or year built
17 years.
5 · Port registered
San Francisco.
6 · Official number
111 392.
7 · Master and residence
H Henricksen Monteson, Wash
8 · Owner and residence
E.K. Wood Lumber Co. San Francisco
9 · Sailed from
Sydney, Australia. Nov. 9, 1918.
10 · Bound for
San Francisco, Cal.
11 · Passengers
None
12 · Crew
Eleven
13 · Persons lost
None
14 · Value of vessel
$35,000.00
15 · Value of cargo
$31,083.20
16 · Cargo
Copra, Cocanut Oil,Hardwood.
17 · Deck load
Yes- Oil and Hardwood
18 · Overladen
No
19 · Cargo weight
1050 Tons
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
Value sails about $2500.00 Sails as noted on reverse side
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
None
22 · Loss or insurance (22)
$15,000.00 on Hull
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
None
24 · Locality
----- AT SEA
25 · Nature of casualty
OTHER CAUSES lost sails
26 · Cause
-----
27 · Weather
Gales and calm cloudy, high sea running day and night
28 · Measures taken
------
29 · Assistance
------
30 · Remarks
From December 6, 1918 to January 18, 1919 it was squally and unsettled weather with sea running