A list of men fishing out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA who have been lost or died at sea.

All of the names and the spellings of the names are as listed in the accounts and in the death records of the time.

( Newspapers include the Gloucester Telegraph, the Cape Ann Advertiser, and the Gloucester Daily Times.

Also records from The Fishermen's Memorial & Record Book, 1873 and The Fisherman's Own Book, 1882. )

1830 -

August - The Olive - entire crew of seven men lost

1832 - 1836 - Four vessels lost, four men, unknown, lost

1837 -

August - The Fair America - entire crew of seven men lost

August - The Benjamin Franklin - entire crew of seven men lost

August - The Vesta - entire crew of seven men lost

1838 - Four vessels, four men lost

1839 - Two vessels, four men lost

1840 - Two vessels, six men lost

1841 - Two vessels, eight men lost

1842 - Three vessels lost

1843 - Three vessels, ten lives lost

August - The Byron - entire crew of ten men lost

1844 - Three vessels, seven lives lost

September - The Confidence - entire crew of seven men lost

1845 - Four vessels, seven men lost

March - The Paris - entire crew of seven men lost

1846 - Three vessels, fifteen lives lost

November - The General Scott - entire crew of seven men lost

November - The Canton - entire crew of seven men lost

1847 - Three vessels, but no lives lost

1849 - Two vessels, ten lives lost

October - The Levi Woodbury - entire crew of ten men lost

1850 - Four vessels, thirty-nine lives

February - The William Wallace - entire crew of eight men lost

March - The Tuscany - entire crew of eight men lost

April - The Walter Scott - entire crew of eight men lost

April - The Specie - entire crew of seven men lost

1851 - Nine vessels and thirty-two lives lost

October - The Flirt - entire crew of fourteen men lost

October - The Princeton - entire crew of ten men lost

November - The Ocean Queen - entire crew of eight men lost

1852 - Thirteen vessels and thirty-two lives lost

1853 - Three vessels lost

1854 - Four vessels, twenty six lives lost

February - The Flight - entire crew of twelve men lost

February - The Gold Hunter - entire crew of five men lost

March - The Lucy Pulcifer - entire crew of nine men lost

1855 - Seven vessels, twenty one lives lost

March - The Reporter - entire crew of eight men lost

March - The Abner L. Colby - entire crew of eight men lost

March - The Bessie Neal - entire crew of five men lost

1856 - Two lives lost this year

1857 - Five vessels and nine men were lost this year

February - The Oolong - entire crew of nine men lost

1858 - Seven vessels, forty two lives lost

February - The Alexandria - entire crew of six men lost

December - The John Franklin - entire crew of six men lost, with passengers a total of fourteen lost

December - The Queen of Clippers - entire crew of six men lost

1859 - Six vessels, thirty six lives lost

March - The Young America - entire crew of eight men lost

April - The Grace T. Powers - entire crew of eight men lost

April - The Charles E. Grover - entire crew of nine men lost

1860 - Five vessels, forty eight lives lost

1861 - Fifteen Vessels, forty four lives lost

1862 - "The fishing business has been pursued the past winter at a fearful sacrifice of life and property, the magnitude of which is truly appalling! Fifteen vessels have been lost with their entire crews...The number of lives lost this winter is one hundred and thirty eight, causing seventy widows, and one hundred and forty-seven orphans."

1863 - Nine vessels lost, six lives, plus the names of six vessels burned by the pirate vessel Tacony.

1864 - Disasters to our Fishing Fleet!

1865 - Eleven lives lost, eight vessels

1866 - Twenty six lives, fifteen vessels lost

February - The Carrie E. Crouse - entire crew of six men lost

October - The Clara Davis - entire crew of eight men lost

1867 - Sixty three lives, eleven vessels

1868 - Thirty nine men, four vessels lost

January - The Idaho - entire crew of eight men lost

June - The General Butler - entire crew of ten men lost

December - The James S. Ayer - entire crew of twelve men lost

1869 - Sixty six lives, sixteen vessels

1870 - Ninety seven lives, thirteen vessels

1871 - Twenty vessels, one hundred forty lives lost, forty eight widows, ninety eight fatherless children.

1872 - Twelve vessels, sixty-three lives lost this season

January - The Messenger - entire crew of twelve men lost

March - The Franklin Snow - entire crew of twelve men lost

March - The Matchless - entire crew of ten men lost

April - The White Eagle - entire crew of twelve men lost

1873 - Destructive Gale in the Bay of St. Lawrence. Additional Loss of Life.

1874 - There were 68 lives and 10 vessels lost in 1874. Of the 68 men, 18 were known to have been married, leaving 18 widows and 87 children

February - The B. H. Smith - entire crew of twelve men lost

March - The White Fawn - entire crew of twelve men lost

November - The G. G. Kidder - entire crew of thirteen men lost

1875 - There were 123 men and 16 vessels in 1875 to leave this port and never return.

1876 - Total losses for the year were 212 men and 27 vessels, leaving 54 widows and 112 children

1877 - Eight vessels lost, total loss of lives thirty-nine men.

January - The Mary Burnham - entire crew of eleven men lost

1878 - Eight vessels lost, only one with crew. Total of thirty-five men lost this year.

January - The Carrie P. Morton - entire crew of fourteen men lost

November - The Cunard - entire crew of fourteen men lost

1879 - Scarcely a week has passed that we have not been called up to chronicle some loss of property or life. Thirteen vessels went down, one hundred and forty-three men were drowned, fifty six women were widowed and one hundred and fifty children left defenseless in a single February gale...Year's total of twenty nine vessels and two hundred forty nine men.

1880 - But one vessel lost with her crew, fourteen men, the present year but the men lost overboard and loss of lives by capsizing and stray dories, brought the total loss of life to forty-one. Of the forty-one men lost the present year, eleven are known to have been married, and the number of children made fatherless by these losses, so far as known, is eighteen.

November - The Annie C. Norwood - entire crew of fourteen men lost

1881 - Eight vessels lost, two with crews. Total loss of life, 56 men

April - The Carrie S. Dagle - entire crew of twelve men lost

July - The Guy Cunningham - entire crew of fourteen men lost

1882 - Twelve Vessels and One Hundred and Fifteen Lives Lost, leaving fifty widows and 113 children..

1883 - Twenty-one vessels and two hundred and sixty two lives lost

1884 - Eleven vessels lost, three with crews, total of one hundred thirty one lives lost.

February - The Magic - entire crew of twelve men lost

February - The Phoenix - entire crew of fourteen men lost

March - The William S. Baker - entire crew of five men lost

June - The Fanny Fern - four men lost

1885 - Twelve vessels lost, only 34 men lost, five widows and thirteen fatherless children

January - The Solomon Poole - entire crew of fourteen men lost

December - The Virginia Dare - entire crew of fourteen men lost



1886 - Waterfront news, men lost at sea, and those found again, and sightings of Sea Serpents

1887 - Year's total of 13 vessels and eighty-five lives lost.

1888 - Waterfront news, etc. Year's total of fourteen vessels and sixty three lives lost.

January - The Finance - two men lost

November - The Carleton - entire crew of twelve men lost

November - The Joseph O. -entire crew of twelve men lost

1889 - Waterfront news, fourteen vessels and seventy lives lost.

March - The Shiloh - entire crew of fourteen men lost

1890 - Waterfront news, eighteen vessels lost, eighty-six lives lost

1891 - Seventeen vessels lost, two with crews, 78 lives lost

January - The Veteran - entire crew of twelve men lost

September - The Percy - entire crew of twelve men lost

1892 - An unusual feature of the record is the fact that no vessel has been lost with all her crew, so that the loss of life has been much below the average, forty-six.

1893 - Twelve vessels and seventy-two lives lost

April - The Ernesta - six men lost

August - The Pioneer - entire crew of twelve men lost

December - The Spencer F. Baird - entire crew of fourteen men lost

1894 - Thirty Gloucester vessels and one hundred and thirty-five lives lost.

1895 - One hundred twenty three men lost

1896 - Fourteen Vessels and Eighty-Six men lost during the year

1897 - Total number of vessels lost is 11, and the number of lost lives is 86.

1898 - "Seventy men while engaged in the fisheries from our port have passed away from our midst, 63 during the calendar year 1898 and seven in December of the preceding year, an appalling statement to those who are less familiar with our condition than we are. We calmly say it is a small number, much below the average. "

September - The Alice C. Jordan - nine men lost

November - The F. R. Walker - entire crew of fifteen men lost

1899 - Fourteen vessels and 68 lives were lost this year.

October - The Two Forty - four men lost

November - The A. M. Burnham - entire crew of twelve men lost