James Rolph (ship)

American schooner built 1899

History
United States
Name| James Rolph
Namesake| James Rolph
Owner| Rolph Navigation Co.
Port of registry| San Francisco
Builder| Hans Ditlev Bendixsen, Fairhaven, California
Launched| 1899
Fate| Wrecked, 1910
General characteristics [1]
Type| Schooner
Tonnage|

* 586 GT
* 517 NT

Length| 169 ft 2 in (51.56 m)
Beam| 37 ft 11 in (11.56 m)
Depth of hold| 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
Sail plan| Schooner

The James Rolph was a schooner that transported cargo around the United States West Coast and Hawaii. Built near Eureka, California in 1899, the ship was based in San Francisco and owned by its namesake, shipping executive and future Governor of California, James Rolph.[1]

On the evening of August 2, 1910, the Rolph embarked from San Francisco with a cargo of general freight, lime, hay, and 14,000 board feet (33 m3) of lumber for sugar plantations in Hana, Hawaii on the island of Maui when the ship was swept by currents in San Francisco Bay in heavy fog. At 10 in the evening, the ship, blinded by the fog, sailed close to the shore, crashing into rocks at Point San Pedro in Pacifica, grounding 50 feet from the shoreline. The Rolph was grounded at the same spot where the four-masted bark Drumburton had been lost previously in 1904. The Rolph's crew managed to reach shore safely without any injuries or loss of life, yet the vessel could not be pulled off the rocks. Tugboats attempted to haul the Rolph free but to no avail.[1]

The Rolph was later stripped of usable fittings by salvage crews and abandoned.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "James Rolph". CINMS Shipwreck Database. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

37°35′00″N 122°31′03″W﻿ / ﻿37.5834°N 122.5176°W﻿ / 37.5834; -122.5176

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1910

Shipwrecks|

* 5 Jan: Farallon
* 6 Feb: USS Nina
* 31 Mar: Pericles
* 17 May: Forel
* 26 May: Pluviôse
* 20 Jul: Dode
* 2 Aug: James Rolph
* 12 Aug: San Giorgio
* 21 Aug: HMS Bedford
* 9 Sep: Pere Marquette 18
* 28 Sep: Chester
* 18 Oct: William C. Moreland
* 6 Nov: Preussen
* 10 Dec: Olympia
* Unknown date: Lothair

Other incidents|

* 6 Jan: Fürst Bismarck
* 9 Jan: Prinz Joachim
* 21 Jan: Pisa
* 18 Feb: Moresby
* 8 Mar: Watt
* 9 Apr: USS Pawnee
* 18 Apr: Minnehaha
* 30 May: HMS Quail
* 6 Jun: Trent
* 5 Aug: Princess May
* 10 Aug: HMS Barfleur
* August (unknown date): HMS A1
* 1 September D.R. Hanna
* 7 Sep: HMS A11
* 5 Nov: Brighton, Preussen
* November (unknown date): Alose
* 3 Dec: Watt
* 5 Dec: Nord America
* 10 Dec: HMS C8
* 25 Dec: Finland
* Unknown date: Hougomont Patrie, République

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