1934 — June 11/12, tuna clipper Belle Isle Sails from San Diego, CA, lost at se       —     12

Compiled by Wayne Blanchard; last edit 12-12-2024 for upload to: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/

—  12  Bakersfield Californian.  “U.S. Warships to Search For Clipper.” Aug 9, 1934, p. 6.

—  12  Berman, Bruce D.  Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. 1972, p. 203.

Narrative Information

 Berman: “Belle Isle.  Ol.s [oil screw].  169 [tons].  1930 [built]. Foundered. San Diego, Calif.  All lives (12) lost.”  (Berman, Bruce D.  Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. 1972, p. 203.)

Newspaper

Aug 9: “San Pedro, Aug 9. – Assigned to the peace-time mission of locating a small fishing boat missing for nearly a month, the battleship Arizona and cruiser New Orleans today prepared to set sail for the Galapagos islands off the coast of Mexico. Object of the search was the tuna clipper Belle Isle with 12 men aboard, unreported since it left port June 11. A plea by Miss Clara Gabelich, sister of John Gabelich, skipper of the craft, brought orders from Washington for the ships to cancel their cruise through the Panama Canal and take up the rescue mission.

“Officials feared wreckage sighted on a reef 60 miles from La Union, Salvador, might be that of the Belle Isle.” (Bakersfield Californian. “U.S. Warships to Search For Clipper.” 8-9-1934, p. 6.)

Sources

Bakersfield Californian. “U.S. Warships to Search For Clipper.” 8-9-1934, p. 6.  Accessed at:  http://www.newspaperarchive.com/FullPagePdfViewer.aspx?img=154144872

Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. Boston: Mariners Press Inc., 1972.