1878 — Jan 18 last sighting, American ship Grace Darling in gale off Cape Flattery WA– 15

–15 Gibbs, James A. Shipwrecks off Juan de Fuca. Portland, OR, 1968, pp. 218-219.
–15 Morning Oregonian, Portland. “Last Half Century.” 7-23-1907, p. 5.

Narrative Information

Gibbs: “Grace Darling. American ship, 1,043 tons, vanished off Cape Flattery, January 1878. The vessel was coal laden, bound for San Francisco from Nanaimo. She sailed from Victoria, January 3, and was last sighted off the cape, January 18, hove to [holding in stationary position with head to the wind] in a gale by the ship Melancthon. She is believed to have foundered shortly after with her entire crew of 18. She was built in 1854 as a clipper ship by E. & H. O. Briggs at South Boston, for Charles B. Fessendon of Boston. Was later purchased by Baker & Morrell and had many fine passages to her credit.” (Gibbs, James A. Shipwrecks off Juan de Fuca. Portland, OR, 1968, pp. 218-219.)
Newspaper

Morning Oregonian, Portland, 1907: “Grace Darling, American ship, from Nanaimo [Vancouver Island, B.C.] for San Francisco, foundered off Cape Flattery, January, 1878; 15 lives lost.” (Morning Oregonian, Portland. “Last Half Century.” 7-23-1907, p. 5.)

Sources

Gibbs, James A. Shipwrecks off Juan de Fuca. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1968.

Morning Oregonian, Portland. “Last Half Century.” 7-23-1907, p. 5. Accessed from University of Oregon Libraries “Historic Oregon Newspapers” website 6-23-2022 at: https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1907-07-23/ed-1/seq-5/ocr/