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ANNETTE ROLPH · casualty

Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 75–76 · No. 891

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Report of Casualty, ANNETTE ROLPH, page 75

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  • Item 24 includes stamped text 'AT SEA'.
  • Item 25 includes stamped text 'OTHER CAUSES'.
  • Items 28 and 29 are bracketed together in the answer column.

Form header

Running number
891
Filed at
Collection District No. 28, Port of San Francisco, Cal.
Received
  • U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D DEC 2 1919 By ANS'D · 2 Dec 1919
Vessel name written at top
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Other numbers
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Stamps on the form
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Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality
ANNETTE ROLPH · St.s., Am.
6 · Official number
217255
3 · Tonnage
1391 net.
4 · Age or year built
1 year.
5 · Port registered
San Francisco.
7 · Master and residence
J. S. Hellengren San Francisco. Calif.
8 · Owner and residence
Rolph Navigation Coal Co. San Francisco, Calif.

Casualty

1 · Date
5.30 P.M. Tuesday, 11th February, 1919
24 · Locality
Lat. 24° 12' South Lon. 169° 20' East AT SEA
9–10 · Voyage
Honolulu Jany. 23rd 1919 → Sydney Australia
27 · Weather
Hurricane
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
no passengers, 30. crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel
$350,000.00

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

Port side stove in - Lashings & chocks broken. Steering gear Carried away. Sundry stores damaged. Doors & windows etc broken. OTHER CAUSES

26 · Cause, as written

Seas boarding Vessel

Signature

Signed by
[illegible] · MANAGER
Company or by
Rolph Navigation & Coal Co., owner
Date signed
November 20th, 1919
Place
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.

1 · Date of casualty
5.30 P.M. Tuesday, 11th February, 1919
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
Am. St.s. ANNETTE ROLPH, -(wood)
3 · Tonnage
1391 net.
4 · Age or year built
1 year.
5 · Port registered
San Francisco.
6 · Official number
217 255.
7 · Master and residence
J. S. Hellengren San Francisco. Calif.
8 · Owner and residence
Rolph Navigation Coal Co. San Francisco, Calif.
9 · Sailed from
Honolulu Jany. 23rd 1919
10 · Bound for
Sydney Australia
11 · Passengers
None
12 · Crew
30.
13 · Persons lost
None
14 · Value of vessel
$350,000.00
15 · Value of cargo
Not Known to us
16 · Cargo
Miscellaneous Merchandise 1 Auto.
17 · Deck load
No.
18 · Overladen
No.
19 · Cargo weight
2773 475/2000 Revenue Tons
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
$10,000 00
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
None
22 · Loss or insurance (22)
$750,000 00
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
Not known to us
24 · Locality
Lat. 24° 12' South Lon. 169° 20' East AT SEA
25 · Nature of casualty
Port side stove in - Lashings & chocks broken. Steering gear Carried away. Sundry stores damaged. Doors & windows etc broken. OTHER CAUSES
26 · Cause
Seas boarding Vessel
27 · Weather
Hurricane
28 · Measures taken
All possible
29 · Assistance
by Crew
30 · Remarks
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