A list of men fishing out of Gloucester,
Massachusetts, USA who have been lost or died at sea.
All of the names and the spellings of the names are as listed in the accounts and in the
death records of the time.
(Newspapers include the Gloucester
Telegraph, the Cape Ann Advertiser, and the Gloucester
Daily Times.
Also records from The Fishermen's Memorial & Record Book, 1873
and The Fisherman's Own Book, 1882.)
1900 - A year of extreme leniency, a total of eight vessels and fifty
four men lost.
October - The Sigfrid -
entire crew of thirteen men lost
December - The Mary A. Brown - entire crew of five men
lost
1901 - Nine vessels, forty-eight men lost, leaving nine widows and 21
children
February - The
Commonwealth - entire crew of fourteen men lost
November - The Iolanthe - entire crew of fourteen men
lost
November - The Eliza H. Parkhurst - entire crew of
eight men lost
1902 - Eighty two lives lost this year, leaving thirty widows and
fifty two fatherless children
January - The Alva -
entire crew of seventeen men lost
December - The Annie Wesley - entire crew of fourteen
men lost
1903 - Nine vessels, seventy three men lost, leaving 14 widows and forty
fatherless children.
May - The Gloriana -
fifteen men lost
September - The George F. Edmunds - fifteen men lost
1904- Names of 22 men lost at sea
1905 - Names of 19 men lost at sea
1906 - 27 men lost at sea
January - The Avalon -
one man lost
May - The Juno - two men lost
May - The Illinois - one man lost
1907 - Names of 33 men lost at sea
October - The Clara G.
Silva - ten men lost
1908 - Sixty three men lost at sea
February - The Northern
Eagle - entire crew of ten men lost
May - The Fame - eighteen men lost
August - The Maggie and May - nine men lost
1909 - Forty seven men lost, leaving 12 widows and 25 fatherless
children.
August - The Orinoco -
eleven men lost
1910 - Only one vessel, twenty five men lost, the smallest number with
one exception for nearly half a century.
1911 - Five vessels and two boats and 62 men leaving 22 widows and over
40 fatherless children.
January - The Ella M. Goodwin
- entire crew of ten men lost
November - The Alice R. Lawson - entire crew of eight
men lost
1912 - Ten vessels and forty five men toll of sea from this port
March - The Patrician
- ten men lost
1913 - Only twenty four men lost.
1914 - Twenty five souls lost this year.
1915 - Twenty six men lost.
December - The Ella M.
Doughty - entire crew of six men lost
1916 - Twenty eight men lost
December - The Cavalier
- one man lost
December - The Jessie Costa
- six men lost
1917 - Twenty five men lost.
February - The Joseph P.
Mesquita - one man lost
1918 - Twenty five lives lost
1919 - nineteen men lost.
August - The Francis A.
- six men lost
November - The Gleaner - four men lost
December - The Benjamin A. Smith - two men lost
1920 - Ten lives lost
1921 - Ten lives lost
February - The Monarch
- two men lost
1922 -
January - The Teazer -
two men lost
February - The Caldwell H. Colt - eleven men lost
June - The Puritan - one man lost
July - The Malicia Enos - entire crew of five men lost
August - The Elva L. Spurling - one man lost
September - The Good Luck - one man lost
1923 - Twenty four men lost this year.
January - The Louise B.
Marshall - one man lost
March - The Elizabeth Howard - four men lost
August - The Sibyl - one man lost
June - The Agnes - one man lost
November - The Grace N. Pendleton - sixteen men lost
1924 - Thirty Men lost this year.
August - The Dorcas -
one man lost
August - The Alice and Wilson - three men lost
August - The Helen E. Murley - entire crew of six men
lost
August - The Anita and Bernice L. - entire crew of
eight men lost
December - The Elizabeth and Ruth - one man lost
1925 - Twenty seven men lost this year
January - The John J.
Fallon - one man lost
January - The Elk - two men lost
January - The Oretha F. Spinney - one man lost
January - The Gov. Marshall - one man lost
February - The Republic - two men lost
April - The Hesperus - one man lost
May - The Elsie - one man lost
May - The Elizabeth W. Nunan - one man lost
June - The Rex - fifteen men lost
August - The Nirvana - one man died
November - The Pilgrim - one man lost
1926 -
January - The Catherine
- one man lost
February - The Ralph Brown - three men lost
March - The Henry Ford - one man lost
1927 -
April - The Commonwealth
- twelve men lost
August - The Columbia - entire crew of twenty two men
lost
August - The Mayflower - one man lost
October - The Avalon - eleven men lost
October - The Ingomar - one man lost
1928 - For the first time in recorded history of the port, not a man who
sailed for the Banks failed to return safely.
April - one man lost when his motor boat was run down
1929 - Thirteen vessels and eight men lost this year, the largest number
of vessels since 1918, while loss of life at sea jumped from a low record of no losses in
1928 to a number sufficient to make us realize the dangers that still beset our men on the
water.
January - The Seiner -
twenty men lost, one from Gloucester
1930 -
January - The Independent
II - one man lost
July - The Governor Al Smith - one man lost
August - The Natalie S. - one man lost
December - The Rhodora - one man lost
December - The Alpar - one man lost
1931 -
November - The Edith
and Elinor - six men lost
1932 -
January - The Aberrance
- one man lost
February - The Eleanor Nickerson - 21 men lost
September - The Patara - seven men lost
1933 -
December - The Ellen T.
Marshall - three men lost
1934 -
August - The Killarney
- one man lost
1935 - Fifteen men lost in the first six months
January - The Natalie
Hammond - one man lost
April - The Arthur D. Story - entire crew of seven men
lost
1936 -
March - The Adventure
- one man lost
April - The Laura Goulart - one man lost
November - The Virginia and Joan II - entire crew of
six men lost
1937 -
January - The Andrew and
Rosalie - one man lost
March - The Frances C. Denehy - one man lost
May - The Killarney - one man lost
August - The Eva M. Martin - one man lost
September - The Bettina - one man lost
October - The William L. Putnam - one man lost
1938 -
February - The Raymonde
- one man lost
March - The Joffre - one man lost
August - The Doris M. Hawes- one man lost
December - two men lost
1939 -
March - The Adventure
- two men lost
March - The Leretha - one man lost
1940 -
February - The Pollyanna
- one man lost
April - The Rio Douro - one man lost
December - The Catherine Graffeo - one man lost
1941 -
January - The Mary E. O'Hara
- eighteen men lost
May - The M. V. Consolidated - one man lost
November - The J. M. Marshall - two men lost
1943 -
January - The Saint Anne
- one man lost
April - The Idle Hour - three men lost
April - The Columbia - one man lost
May - The Alden - one man lost
1944 -
January - The Inca -
entire crew of seven men lost
1945 -
February - The Mildred Silva
- four men lost
November - The Old Glory - one man lost
1946 -
April - The Superior -
one man lost
May - The St. Christopher - two men lost
1947 -
January - The Belle -
entire crew of seventeen men lost
1949 -
September - The
Corinthian - six men lost
November - The Tina B. - one man lost
1951 -
January - The
Gudrun - entire crew of seventeen men lost
1952 -
December - The Kingfisher
- one man died
1953 -
February - The St.
Bernadette - one man lost
July - The P. K. Hunt - one man lost
December - The Edna Fae - one man lost
1956 -
January - The Eagle - one
man killed
January - The Mother Ann - one man lost
March - The Cushmeer - one man died
1958 -
March - two men lost
May - The Manuel F. Roderick - one man lost
July - The Comet - one man lost
August - one man lost
1960 -
December - The Agnes and
Myrnie - three men lost
1962 -
October - The St. Stephen
- three men lost
November - The Midnight Sun - eleven men lost
December - The Austin W. - entire crew of five
men lost
1967 -
January - The Serafina II
- one man lost
1975
May - The Eugene H. -
one man lost
1977 -
November - The Sea Breeze
- two men lost
1978 -
February - The Can Do -
entire crew of five men lost
September - The Captain Cosmo - entire crew of six men
lost
September - The Alligator - entire crew of three men
lost
1982 -
March - one man lost
1991 -
October - The Andrea Gail
- entire crew of six men lost
1994 -
September - The Italian
Gold - entire crew of four men lost
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