Maritime record MWX1649 - Eugene Schneider

Sank following collision with the SS BURUTU. (1)(2) This vessel is listed in two volumes of the United Kingdom Shipwreck Index, the Isle of Wight entry stating position of loss as 30 miles SW of St Catherine's Point. Year Built: 1902 Builder: Chnt. Nantais de Const Where Built: Nantes Owner: Soc. Gen. d'Armament Crew: 28 Crew Lost: 24 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LR.1924-5 No.51508(E) LCR 1926(G) P3

gross tonnage

Position 50 6.67N 1 40.99W taken from (7)

Wreck Site and Archaeological Remains:

Wreck listed as lying in 66 metres, 8 metres high, off the Isle of Wight. (7)

A brass superstructure porthole, 18" in diameter, lacking glass; and a brass hull porthole window only, 8.75" in diameter, recovered from the charted site of the EUGENE SCHNEIDER, 34 miles south of the Needles. (Droit 230/04) (6)

Wreck Event and Documentary Evidence:

Sank following collision with the SS BURUTU. (1)(2) Described in this source as a sailing vessel, material of construction unknown.

Foundered. (3) Incorrectly described in this source as a screw-driven steamship built of steel.

NB: This vessel is indexed twice in the Shipwreck Index of the British Isles; under Dorset (AJ), stating the position of loss as "Bill of Portland", source (2); and under Isle of Wight (BB), stating the position of loss as "30 miles SW of St Catherine's Point", source (3).

5 images of the EUGENE SCHNEIDER are owned by the State Library of Victoria, part of the Malcolm Brodie shipping collection, showing her as a three-masted full-rigged ship. One of the images is clearly annotated "Sunk by collision in the Channel with the BURUTU, Dec. 25/26." (4)

[It is difficult to tell from the images as reproduced on the website whether the vessel was constructed of steel or of wood. Either is possible at the period she was built.]

Built: 1902 (2)
Builder: Chantiers Nantais de Const. (2)
Where Built: Nantes (2)
Construction: three masts (4)
Crew: 28 (2)
Crew Lost: 24 (2)
Owner: Soc. Gen. d'Armament (1)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

Additional sources cited in the Shipwreck Index of the British Isles:
LR.1924-5 No.51508€; LCR 1926(G) p3

<1> Larn, Richard, 1992, United Kingdom shipwreck index, Extracted 23 November 1992 (Index). SWX5030.

<2> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<3> Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 2 : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent (Mainland), Kent (Downs), Goodwin Sands, Thames Section 2, Isle of Wight (BB) (Monograph). SWX4988.

<4> http://www.pictureaustralia.org, Accessed 06-JUL-2006] (Digital archive). SDO20599.

<5> http://www.wightspirit.co.uk/Wrecks, Accessed 06-JUL-2006 (Digital archive). SDO20600.

<6> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, 981 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<7> Wendes, D, 2006, South Coast Shipwrecks off East Dorset & Wight 1870 - 1979 (Monograph). SDO10496.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 900887 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 26 2024 12:11PM