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W. H. Dimond was a three-masted barquentine of 390 tons, built by Matthew Turner, of Benicia, California, for J. D. Spreckles for the Island trade. Later transferred to the Oceanic Steamship Co., she was sold out of the trade in 1905, and was converted to a schooner by the Alaska Codfish Co. She was wrecked 17 February 1914, having run aground on Bird Island, Alaska, carrying general cargo from San Francisco to Unga Island. Her lines, sailplan, and a rendering are shown in Chapelle's The History Of American Sailing Ships.

References

1. Lyman, John (13 September 1941). Pacific Coast Built Sailers, 1850-1905. The Marine Digest. p. 2.
2. "Steamers disabled through heavy weather". The Times. No. 40450. 18 February 1914. p. 15.
3. Chapelle, Howard (1935). The History Of American Sailing Ships. W. W. Norton & Co., Inc. pp. 290–292.

External links

• "SV W. H. Dimond (+1914)". Wreck Site.
• "W. H. Dimond (barquentine)". cimorelli.com.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents from January to July 1914
Shipwrecks	4 Jan: Oklahoma, Thomas Winsmore 10 Jan: HMCS Karluk (last voyage) 16 Jan: HMS A7 30 Jan: Monroe 17 Feb: W. H. Dimond 11 Mar: Wellesley 17 Mar: City of Sydney 31 Mar: Southern Cross 2 Apr: Kate 30 Apr: Benjamin Noble 1 May: Dollart 29 May: Empress of Ireland (sinking) 17 Jun: HMHS Maine
Other incidents	25 Jan: San Antonio 26 Jan: Warrior 28 Feb: HMS Laverock 1 Mar: Camano 2 Apr: Bellubera 21 Apr: Ypiranga (incident) 22 Apr: HMS Isis 29 May: Storstad 8 Jun: Victoria Luise 18 Jun: Bülow 27 Jun: California 1 Jul: Andrei Pervozvanny 6-23 Jul: Komagata Maru (incident) 7 Jul: Mousqueton
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