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Nature of Casualty
Abandoned after trapped in ice. In 1872, vessel found 2 miles North of Wainwright Inlet with water
flowing in and out of her. Tornfelt, Evert E., Burwell, Michael, Shipwrecks of the Alaskan Shelf and
Shore, U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, 1992
The Bringhampton Republican publishes the following private letter from Capt. William H. Kelley, of the
that city, who was Captain of one the fleet of whalers deserted in the ice Point Belcher a year ago, and
is again in the Arctic in command of a vessel: The Thomas Dickinson lies on her beams end, on the
bank, bilged and full of water. I don't know whether they will get her off or not. New York Times
10-31-1872
1872: The Thomas Dickason was hard ashore, high and dry with 800 barrels of oil in her hold, and the
Kohola was completely crushed. Bockstoce, John R., Whales, Ice, and Men: The History of Whaling in
the Western Arctic, University of Washington Press, Seattle Washington, 1986:163
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Official Number: 24259
Type: Bark (Formerly Ship-rigged)
Length: 118 Feet
Home Port: New Bedford, MA
Place Built: New Bedford, MA
Date Lost: Sept, 14, 1871
Captain When Lost: Valentine Lewis
Where: Point Belcher, 2 Miles North of Wainwright Inlet
Cause: Trapped in Ice
Cargo: 800 Barrels of Whale Oil
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