Paiea shipwreck

Nature of Casualty

Abandoned after trapped in ice. 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

Official Number: N/A

Type: Bark

Length: 113 Feet

Home Port: Honolulu, HI

Place Built: Isle of Whithorn, Scotland

Date Lost: Sept, 14, 1871

Captain When Lost: N/A

Where: Point Belcher, Near Wainwright Inlet

Cause: Trapped in Ice

Cargo: 100 Barrels of Whale Oil