Saturday, October 07, 2006

The Galena


N WIND 10 TO 15 KT.
WIND WAVES 2 FT.
NW SWELL 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS.

The "Galena" went ashore near Gearhart, Oregon on November 13, 1906. The British vessel was on its way to load grain at Portland. She got too close to shore and was carried onto the beach by the surf. Sand built up around the hull before salvage could be carried out.

She was a four-masted iron/steel barque rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails. Built and launched in December of 1890 by A. Stephen & Sons, Dundee.

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