{{Infobox ship |display_title=''Benjamin C. Cromwell'' |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = | image_caption = }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = |country=United States |flag={{USN flag|1890}} | name = ''Benjamin C. Cromwell'' | owner = | ordered = | builder = Andrew J. York, [[South Portland, Maine|South Portland]], [[Maine]] | original_cost = | laid_down = 1883 | launched = 1890 | acquired = | commissioned = | decommissioned = | in_service = | out_of_service = | renamed = | struck = | reinstated = | honours = | captured = | fate = Wrecked August 1, 1899 | notes = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = [[Schooner]] | tons_burthen = | length = | beam = | draught = | draft = | hold_depth = | propulsion = | sail_plan = | complement = | armament = | notes = }} }} '''''Benjamin C. Cromwell''''' was a transport [[schooner]] built by Andrew J. York in [[South Portland, Maine|South Portland]], [[Maine]]. [[Keel-laying|Laid down]] on June&nbsp;30, 1883, she was completed on October&nbsp;31, 1890. York sailed as [[Sea captain|master]] of three [[sailing ship]]s: ''Mattie B. Russell'' from June&nbsp;21, 1873, to March&nbsp;20, 1876; ''Edward Waite'' from 1876 to 1883; and ''Benjamin C. Cromwell''.<ref>[http://www.raynorshyn.com/megenweb/cumberland/biographies/york2.txt Biography of Andrew York]</ref>

''Benjamin C. Cromwell'' was at her moorings, either preparing to take a cargo of [[lumber]] and [[naval stores]] aboard, or already having done so on August&nbsp;1, 1899, when the [[1899 Atlantic hurricane season|2nd hurricane of the season]] struck [[St. George Island, Florida|St. George Island]] and the [[Apalachee Bay]] area of [[Florida]]. Some 15&nbsp;ships moored at [[Dog Island (Florida)|Dog Island]], Florida, including ''Benjamin C. Cromwell'' were beached and deemed [[Marine salvage|unsalvageable]].<ref>[http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03252005-125704/unrestricted/013CHAPTER_5.pdf Florida State University Underwater Archeology] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815203544/http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03252005-125704/unrestricted/013CHAPTER_5.pdf |date=2011-08-15 }}</ref>

==Sources== {{Reflist}}{{1899 shipwrecks}}

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