# Benjamin C. Cromwell

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History United States Name Benjamin C. Cromwell Builder Andrew J. York, South Portland, Maine Laid down 1883 Launched 1890 Fate Wrecked August 1, 1899 General characteristics Class & type Schooner

***Benjamin C. Cromwell*** was a transport [schooner](/source/Schooner) built by Andrew J. York in [South Portland](/source/South_Portland%2C_Maine), [Maine](/source/Maine). [Laid down](/source/Keel-laying) on June 30, 1883, she was completed on October 31, 1890. York sailed as [master](/source/Sea_captain) of three [sailing ships](/source/Sailing_ship): *Mattie B. Russell* from June 21, 1873, to March 20, 1876; *Edward Waite* from 1876 to 1883; and *Benjamin C. Cromwell*.[1]

*Benjamin C. Cromwell* was at her moorings, either preparing to take a cargo of [lumber](/source/Lumber) and [naval stores](/source/Naval_stores) aboard, or already having done so on August 1, 1899, when the [2nd hurricane of the season](/source/1899_Atlantic_hurricane_season) struck [St. George Island](/source/St._George_Island%2C_Florida) and the [Apalachee Bay](/source/Apalachee_Bay) area of [Florida](/source/Florida). Some 15 ships moored at [Dog Island](/source/Dog_Island_(Florida)), Florida, including *Benjamin C. Cromwell* were beached and deemed [unsalvageable](/source/Marine_salvage).[2]

## Sources

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Biography of Andrew York](http://www.raynorshyn.com/megenweb/cumberland/biographies/york2.txt)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Florida State University Underwater Archeology](http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03252005-125704/unrestricted/013CHAPTER_5.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110815203544/http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03252005-125704/unrestricted/013CHAPTER_5.pdf) 2011-08-15 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1899 Shipwrecks 4 Mar: HMS Resistance 30 Mar: Stella 24 Apr: Loch Sloy 14 May: Gallia May (unknown date): City of Paris 4 Jun: Lindus, R.G. Stewart 12 Jul: City of York 21 Jul: Nunobiki Maru 26 Jul: Clarence 1 Aug: Benjamin C. Cromwell, James A. Garfield 27 Aug: George Stetson 8 Oct: Caleb Curtis 14 Oct: Typo 2 Nov: USS Charleston 2 Dec: Montevideo 3 Dec: Ismore 18 Dec: 115 Unknown date: Zaragoza Other incidents January (unknown date): Nubia 13 Feb: Germanic 24 Mar: Willehad June-September : SS Waikato 28 Jul: HMS Royal Sovereign July (unknown date): Oakland, Vigilancia 12 Nov: Gromoboi 29 Dec: Mesaba Unknown date: Frank A. Palmer 1898 1900

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