National Marine Sanctuaries

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Cordell Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Shipwreck Database

(partial list)
Vessel Name
*Not a total loss		 Casualty Location Year Built Year Lost Month Cargo Cause Latitude Longitude
Bremen Farallon Islands, South 1858 1882 10 Whiskey Navigation 37° 41 N 123° 00 W
Francois Coppee Tomales Point, 1 mi. S, Pierce Pt. of Bird Isl. 13 mi. N of the Pt. Reyes Life Saving Station 500 yds off shore 1900 1903 11 Coal
38° 14 N 122° 59 W
Franconia Farrallon Islands, Breaker Cove, Southeast 1874 1881 06 General Navigation 37° 41 N 123° 00 W
Haddingtonshire Point Reyes, three miles north of 1884 1885 08 Flour, Columbia River salmon Navigation 38° 02 N 122° 59 W
Hanalei Duxbury Reef, sixteen miles north of San Francisco, Bolinas Point 1901 1914 11 Lumber, animals & merchandise Navigation 37° 53 N 122° 41 W
Helen W. Almy Golden Gate, between Point Reyes and North Farallon island 1859 1898 03
Capsized cause unknown 37° 55 N 123° 05 W
Henry Bergh Farallon Islands, South Farallon Island 1943 1944 05
Navigation, currents, fog, blackout 37° 41 N 123° 00 W
Ituna San Francisco Lightship, 15 miles northwest 1886 1920 03 Machinery & cement Foundered in Storm 37° 56 N 122° 55 W
Jacob Luckenbach San Francisco, From Point Bonito 15.25 miles -2190 magnetic heading 1944 1953 07 Miscellaneous automotive and tank
equipment 		Collision 37° 40 N 122° 47 W
John D. Spreckels Point Reyes, bearing northeast distance 5 to 7 miles 1880 1913 03 Codfish Navigation - Collision 38° 05 N 123° 01 W
Labouchere Point Reyes, 8 miles off 1858 1866 04 General Navigation 38° 05 N 123° 01 W
Lammermoor Bodega Reef 1874 1882 06
Navigation 38° 18 N 123° 02 W
Louis Farallon Island, South 1888 1907 06 Railroad ties Navigation 37° 34 N 123° 00 W
Lucas Farallon Islands, Seal Rock 1828 1858 11
Navigation 37° 41 N 123° 00 W
Mary D. Pomeroy Point Reyes 1879 1879 12
Unknown 38° 00 N 123° 01 W
Munleon Point Reyes, 1 mile east of lighthouse 1919 1931 11 Sugar, salt & general merchandise Navigation 38° 00 N 123° 03 W
Napa City Point Reyes, 7 miles NW of 1872 1890 07 Bark and posts
38° 07 N 123° 03 W
Noonday Farrallon Islands, Noonday Rock 1855 1863 01 General merchandise Uncharted Hazard 37° 47 N 123° 10 W
Otago Point Reyes, 4 miles north 1864 1888 07 Coal Navigation 38° 02 N 123° 01 W
Polaris Duxbury Reef, near Point Bolinas 1902 1914 01 Ballast Gale 37° 54 N 122° 43 W
Prince Alfred Duxbury Reef, near Potato Cove 1852 1874 06 Gold, hides, charcoal, organ, coal & wood Navigation 37° 53 N 122° 42 W
Puerto Rican Golden Gate, 8 miles west of 1971 1984 10 91,984 barrels of lubrication oil & additives ** Explosion 37° 30 N 123°00 W
R. D. Inman Bolinas Point, extreme end of Duxbury Reef 1907 1909 03 Ballast Navigation 37° 54 N 122° 43 W
S. S. Lewis Duxbury Reef, 4 miles from Bolinas Bay 1851 1853 04 Specie & mail Navigation 37° 54 N 122° 59 W
Samoa Point Reyes, Abreast of Life Saving Station 1898 1913 01 Railroad Ties & Lumber Navigation 37° 59 N 122° 58 W
San Agustin Drakes Bay, near Point Reyes
1595
Silk and porcelain Dragged anchors 38° 00 N 122° 55 W
Selja Point Reyes, 3 miles south of 1907 1910 11 General chinese goods Navigation - Collision 37° 57 N 123° 01 W
Selma Point Reyes (300 yards north of lighthouse) 1866 1877 10 Fire Wood or Cordwood Navigation 37° 59 N 123° 01 W
Western Shore Duxbury Reef 1874 1878 07 Coal Unknown 37° 53 N 122° 42 W
Wm. F. Witzemann Duxbury Reef, 4 miles of Bolinas 1887 1907 02 Ballast Navigation 37° 53 N 122° 42 W

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