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SPRING 1986
1792 MARINE DRIVE, ASTORIA, OREGON 97103
VOL. 13
NO. 2
THE GLENESSLIN ON THE ROCKS AT NEAHKAHNIE MOUNTAIN, 1913 The British Ship Glenesslin sailed straight onto the rocks at the base of Neahkahnie Mountain in 1913, carrying almost full sail, in calm seas and broad daylight. The odd circumstances of her loss and the visually dramatic position in which she came to grief made this one of Oregon's best known shipwrecks. A couple of years ago, Dr. John Nay/on of the University of Keele, England very kindly sent us a photocopy of the official findings of the court of inquiry held on the loss of the G lenesslin. We think it will be of interest to reprint that document here.
• Findings and Order of a Naval Court held at the British Consulate at Portland, Oregon, on 9th and 11th days of October, 1913, to investigate the circumstances attending the
stranding on October 1, 1913, of the British sailing ship "GLENESSLIN," of the Port of Liverpool, Official Number 91227, at Neah-kah-nie Mountain, about 30 miles south of the Columbia River, Oregon, when on a voyage from Santos, Brazil, to Portland, Oregon, and the cause of such stranding, and to enquire into the conduct of the master, certificated first and second mates and crew of said vessel. The "Glenesslin" was a steel sailing, full-rigged, ship, of 1,645 tons registered tonnage, built at Liverpool in 1888. It appears from the evidence before the Court that she sailed from Santos, Brazil, on the 28th of May, 1913, bound for Portland, Oregon, with about 850 tons rubble ballast and a crew of (continued on page 3/