04/28/2024
The Peter Iredale
Tuesday afternoon we visited the shipwreck of The Peter Iredale. She was a four masted steel ship in the Pacific Coast Wheat Fleet whose home port was Liverpool, England. She was originally 287 feet long, 30 feet wide, 23 feet deep – but that of course has changed over the years since her grounding.
On October 25, 1906 there was dense fog causing visibility to be difficult, and strong southeast winds which pushed the Peter Iredale into the breakers in Clatsop Spit.
The sand pits there have taken over 2000 vessels in its history known for its danger of running ships aground just like it did with the Peter Iredale. The area became known as the “Graveyard of the Pacific”.
It was amazing to see this history still in place after all these years!
