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Vessel
*Not A Total Loss

Aggi
  
Name (former)
 Seerose, Sant' Erasmo, Aspice
Official Number
 102136
Propulsion
 Sail
Nationality
 Nrowegian
Masts
 3
Age
 21
Decks
 1
Value
Type
 Ship
Call Sign
 WJBM
Use
 Commercial
Home Port
 Scotland, Glasgow
Tonnage (gross)
 1898
Built When
 1894
Tonnage (net)
 1757
Built Where
 Scotland, Govan
Tonnage
Built by
 Mackie and Thompson
Displacement
  
Hull Material
 Steel
Length (ft)
 265.0
Cargo
 Barley & Beans
Beam
 39.1
Owner
 Akties Aggi (B. A. Olsen & Son)
Depth of Hold
 23.3
 
CASUALTY
   
Latitude
34°01N
Longitude
120°14W
WHERE
Santa Rosa Island, Talcott Shoal
STATE
CA
YEAR
1915
LAST PORT
CA, San Francisco
MONTH
05
DESTINATION
Sweden, Malmo
DAY
03
People on Board
21
TIME
1530
FATALITIES
0
CAUSE
Severe Storm
NATURE OF CASUALTY
The Aggi loaded with a cargo of 2,500 tons of barley and 600 tons of beans destined for Malmo, Sweden, was taken under tow by the steamer Edgar H. Vance. Leaving San Francisco on 29 April 1915, she was to be towed to the Panama Canal, pass through and sail onto Sweden. Encountering a storm the following day the hawser parted between the two vessels causing the Aggi to drift. Edgar H. Vance in distressed condition headed north for San Francisco. The steamer did not arrived until 5 May, even with her makeshift rudder she required further assistance from the steamers Navigator, Rover and Dauntless. As the storm worsened, Aggi's cargo shifted submerging her lee rails and flooding the forecastle. The crew attempted to maneuver the sailing ship on a heading for the city of Santa Barbara. By 3 May the crew still unsuccessful in taking control of the ship were witness to the final moments of this twenty-one year windjammer when she became spiked on Talcott Shoal, 1 mile northwest of Santa Rosa Island.

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