Clan Galbraith (ship)

Career
Namesake:	Clan Galbraith
Owner:	Thomas Dunlop & Sons (Queen Line) * 1910 A/S Clan Galbraith (Carl Bech & Co.), Tvedestrand, Norway * 1916 Bech's Rederi A/S (Carl Bech & Co.), Tvedestrand
Builder:	Russell & Co
Yard number:	347
Launched:	01/02/1894
Fate:	Sunk - 24/04/1917
General characteristics
Type:	Steel barque
Tonnage:	2149 grt, 1983 nrt
Length:	282.9 feet
Beam:	40.4 feet
Depth:	24.6 feet
Propulsion:	Sail 4 masts
Notes:	[1]

Clan Galbraith was a steel barque built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1894 for trade with Calcutta.^[2]

Clan Galbraith aground on Long Island

On 22 July 1916, returning in ballast from Bristol, England after delivering oil there, Clan Galbraith ran aground at Flying Point beach, near Bridgehampton, NY, while attempting to find her way to the Ambrose Channel lightship in a heavy fog. The ship hit bottom about 200 feet off shore, eventually being deposited by the rising tide 50 feet off shore and in only 3 feet of water. Her distress signals were responded to by life savers from the communities of Bridgehampton and Southampton. A breeches buoy was put up by the life savers for the safety, in the event of a storm, of those crew members who, along with Captain A. E. Olson, elected to stay aboard. The Coast Guard cutter Mohawk, as well as two wrecking tugs, was sent to aid the stricken vessel.^[2]

Among the crowds that gathered to view the shipwreck was Republican Presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes, along with his family.^[2]

During World War I Clan Galbraith was stopped and scuttled off the coast of Ireland by U-boat SM U-70 while sailing between Philadelphia, PA and Birkenhead with a load of lubricating oil and wax. There were no casualties.^[1][3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Allan, Bruce; Colin Campbell, John Ward. "sv CLAN GALBRAITH" (Online Database). Clydebuilt Database. http://www.clydesite.co.uk. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=17661. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "BIG IRON BARK FAST IN LONG ISLAND SAND". New York Times. 22 July 1916. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50813F93E5F17738DDDAA0A94DF405B868DF1D3. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 
3. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Clan Galbraith". http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/ship.html?shipID=1325. Retrieved 4 June 2011.