Description: schooner, wood.
Dimensions: length 79.5 ft., width 22.6 ft., depth 7.8 ft.
Tonnage: gross 74, other.
Cargo: paving blocks.
Date Sunk: August 30, 1899.
Location: Sandy Bay Breakwater (eastern end), Cape Ann.
Coordinates: latitude 42° - 40' - 39" N; longitude 70° - 35' - 25" W.
It was a foggy evening when the coasting schooner Edward Rich finally left the Cape Ann Granite Company dock after loading a cargo of paving blocks for Boston purchasers. While exiting Pigeon Cove harbor, the vessel struck the eastern end of the Sandy Bay Breakwater. Hitting the rocks hard, its hull was badly crushed and soon filled with water. By morning, all but a small portion of the schooner's bow was completely submerged. Hopelessly damaged, the Edward Rich was abandoned to the wreckers.
Constructed: in 1867 at Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Construction details: Oak; Iron & Copper Fastenings.
Crew: Master: John Paschal.
Owners: H.P. Halma.
Home or Hailing Port: Boston, Massachusetts.
Former Name(s) and date(s):
Official number: 7097 Country: U.S.A.
Initially wreckers removed the vessel's sails and rigging.
Boston Globe; August 30, 1899
Merchant Vessels of the United States; 1899
The Record, "American Lloyds," American Bureau of Shipping; 1899