Wreck of the ADMIRAL BENSON What was first reported on 15 February 1930 as a minor stranding turned out to be a major steamship disaster. With thirty-nine passengers, sixty-five crew members, and a cargo of citrus fruits and general freight, the liner ADMIRAL BENSON, of the Pacific Steamship Co., stranded on the sands at Buoy No. 6, near Peacock Spit. It was 6:45 pm, and the vessel was inbound for Portland, Oregon, when she shoved her nose on the spit in the foggy channel entrance… keep reading Pacific Steamship Company’s ADMIRAL BENSONWrecked 15 February 1930.Captured on film by the well-known Charley Fitzpatrick of North Beach.Original from the archives of the Saltwater People Historical Society

Wreck of the ADMIRAL BENSON

What was first reported on 15 February 1930 as a minor stranding turned out to be a major steamship disaster.

With thirty-nine passengers, sixty-five crew members, and a cargo of citrus fruits and general freight, the liner ADMIRAL BENSON, of the Pacific Steamship Co., stranded on the sands at Buoy No. 6, near Peacock Spit. It was 6:45 pm, and the vessel was inbound for Portland, Oregon, when she shoved her nose on the spit in the foggy channel entrance…

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Pacific Steamship Company’s ADMIRAL BENSON
Wrecked 15 February 1930.
Captured on film by the well-known Charley Fitzpatrick of North Beach.
Original from the archives of the Saltwater People Historical Society

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