at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. Postcard
Built by George L. Welt, Waldoboro, Maine in 1902, burned to waterline and sunk on 15 June 1913 since 2007 part of the National Register of Historic Places. Tonnage 2,193 tons and as dimensions 84 x 13 x 7.3 metres or 276 x 44 x 2 feet. Part of the fleet of William F. Palmer active in the New England coal trade, since 1911 od J.S. Winslow and Company. The Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 19 June 1913 reported in an item dated Boston 16 June she was totally burned while at sea off Provencetown. The edition dated 23 June reported in an item dated Boston 24 June that she was abandoned still burning off Cape Cod and sunk 6 miles north east of Race Point. Her crew was saved and landed at Provincetown. The wreck would be broken up.
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