Wreck of the Peter Iredale
The wreck of the Peter Iredale.
The Peter Iredale, a four-masted barque of iron and steel construction, sits rusting on the Oregon Coast, near the town of Warrenton.
Built in 1890, in Maryport, England, the Peter Iredale began its final trip in Salina Cruz, Mexico in September of 1906. Empty, after offloading its cargo of sacked wheat, it was bound for Portland, Oregon where it was to pick up another cargo of wheat for delivery in England when disaster struck.
Early on the morning of 25 October 1906, while awaiting daylight and a Columbia River pilot, it was blown ashore on this Oregon beach, just a couple miles south of the river mouth. It's been here ever since.
No deaths or serious injuries were reported. The captain and his crew have the Point Adams rescue boat squad to thank for delivering them to the beach, where a toast by the captain to their newly wrecked ship turned into quite the party with several of the crew understandably drinking to the point of serious inebriation.
An inquiry later found the captain to be blameless for the mishap.
No casualties, no lost cargo, nobody to fault, and a beach party makes this somewhat of a happy shipwreck as shipwrecks go. It immediately became an Oregon Coast tourist attraction, which it still is, and it's now said to be the most photographed shipwreck in history.
This photo has not been edited or altered in any way. It came straight out of my Ricoh GRII just as we see it here.
I used a KITE to fly the camera.
Wreck of the Peter Iredale
The wreck of the Peter Iredale.
The Peter Iredale, a four-masted barque of iron and steel construction, sits rusting on the Oregon Coast, near the town of Warrenton.
Built in 1890, in Maryport, England, the Peter Iredale began its final trip in Salina Cruz, Mexico in September of 1906. Empty, after offloading its cargo of sacked wheat, it was bound for Portland, Oregon where it was to pick up another cargo of wheat for delivery in England when disaster struck.
Early on the morning of 25 October 1906, while awaiting daylight and a Columbia River pilot, it was blown ashore on this Oregon beach, just a couple miles south of the river mouth. It's been here ever since.
No deaths or serious injuries were reported. The captain and his crew have the Point Adams rescue boat squad to thank for delivering them to the beach, where a toast by the captain to their newly wrecked ship turned into quite the party with several of the crew understandably drinking to the point of serious inebriation.
An inquiry later found the captain to be blameless for the mishap.
No casualties, no lost cargo, nobody to fault, and a beach party makes this somewhat of a happy shipwreck as shipwrecks go. It immediately became an Oregon Coast tourist attraction, which it still is, and it's now said to be the most photographed shipwreck in history.
This photo has not been edited or altered in any way. It came straight out of my Ricoh GRII just as we see it here.
I used a KITE to fly the camera.