This month in Cape Ann maritime history: November
What the City of Gloucester's Lost at Sea register records for November, including 1883, the November with the most names.
· Sunday, November 1
Trust Check: Checked against public records
Every November, we look back at the people and vessels Cape Ann lost at sea in that month, using the City of Gloucester's Lost at Sea register and records our news desk has checked.
Across all the years it covers, the register records 552 names in November.
The November with the most names was 1883, with 115 entries, followed by 1897 with 33 and 1888 with 30.
November 1883
The register names 10 vessels with entries in November 1883, and it records 9 of them as lost with their entire crew. The vessels with the most names recorded:
- Hattie Chester: 14 names, entire crew lost, as the register records it
- Ruth Groves: 14 names, entire crew lost, as the register records it
- Sultana: 14 names, entire crew lost, as the register records it
- George H. Pierson: 13 names, entire crew lost, as the register records it
- John McDonough: 13 names, entire crew lost, as the register records it
- Maud F. Leighton: 12 names, entire crew lost, as the register records it
- Rutherford B. Hayes: 12 names, entire crew lost, as the register records it
- Helen M. Dennis: 11 names, entire crew lost, as the register records it
Dates in the register are as recorded; for a vessel never heard from, the date may be the day she sailed or was last seen.
Explore every November anniversary on our maritime history page, see the counts by year or search all 6,626 register entries in the archive.
The city says its register is incomplete. If you have a name, a correction or a family record to add, tell us.
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