QUARTERDECK
REVIEW WINTER 1987-88
VOL. 15
1792 MARINE DRIVE, ASTORIA, OREGON 97103
NO . 1
THE GALENA STRANDED ON CLATSOP BEACH, 1906 Only a couple of weeks after the loss of the Peter Iredale on Clatsop Spit, another large British square-rigger, the Galena, was stranded, in similar circumstances, to the south on Clatsop Beach. The remains of this vessel are said to now lie buried in the dunes about 600 feet from the sea. We are reprinting below the official report on the wreck of the Galena. A photocopy of this document was supplied to us a few years ago, via Bill Wagner, from Dr. John Naylon at the University of Keele in England. No attempt has been made to correct the spelling or punctuation of the original document.
Finding and order of a Naval Court held at the British Vice Consulate at Astoria, Oregon, on the sixth, seventh, and eighth days of December, 1906, to investigate the circumstances attending the stranding of the British sailing ship Galena of the port of Liverpool, official number 96417, on Clatsop Beach, near Astoria, Oregon, when on a voyage from Junin, Chile to Portland, Oregon, and the cause of such stranding, and to enquire into the conduct of the master, certificated first mate, and crew of the said vessel. (continued on page 3}