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A Manila galleon under the command of Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho that was wrecked at anchor in Drakes Bay, the first shipwreck in California. 37°59′48″N 123°01′11″W / 37.99677°N 123.01984°W / 37.99677; -123.01984 ( San
If survivors or casualties arrived or were immediately taken to locations in the county, the ship was added to this list. The list includes ships later refloated and repaired. The approach to Humboldt Bay is treacherous due to currents, winds and shifting sandbars. Jetties and harbor improvements reduced shipwrecks in the late 20th century.
Most of the roughly $50,000,000 of gold found each year in California were shipped East via the Panama route on paddle steamers, mule trains and canoes and later the Panama Railroad across Panama. After 1855 when the Panama Railroad was completed the Panama Route was by far the quickest and easiest way to get to or from California from the East ...
High school students, a science teacher and his daughter, a marine biologist and a family of five are among the victims of a diving boat fire 33 bodies from California boat fire recovered, 1 ...
One of the deadliest accidents in recent U.S. maritime history was the fault of owners of a Southern California dive boat whose lack of oversight resulted in a fire that swept through the vessel ...
It was founded in 1969 in Hollywood, California by Frank Butler. [1] Catalina Yachts is one of the largest boat manufacturers in the world, with over 80,000 boats manufactured to date. [2] Though Catalina produces boats from as small as eight feet under their Capri nameplate, the company is best known for its production of mid-sized cruisers.
Firefighters say there were some deaths in a fire on a boat carrying dozens of people off the coast of Southern California. Authorities recover 4 bodies near California dive-boat fire Skip to main ...
Divers located 25 bodies by September 2, while nine other people remained missing. Four floating bodies were initially recovered at the time of the sinking, and another sixteen were pulled from the water later. Another five bodies were visible in the vessel but unreachable because of concerns about unsafe conditions on the boat. [35]