The ''Maritana'' was a ship that sank on November 3, 1861 off the coast of Massachusetts. It has been called "
Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor is a natural harbor and estuary of Massachusetts Bay, located adjacent to Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to the Port of Boston, a major shipping facility in the Northeastern United States.
History 17th century
Since its dis ...
's worst shipwreck."
[ The 991-ton ]full-rigged ship
A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing ship, sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more mast (sailing), masts, all of them square rig, square-rigged. Such a vessel is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged, with each mas ...
was lost on the Shag Rocks in Broad Sound off the coast of Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
at .
A monument to the captain, G.W. Williams, and those who were lost was placed at Old Village Cemetery
The Old Village Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Dedham, Massachusetts.
History
The first portion of the cemetery was set apart at the first recorded meeting of the settlers of Dedham on August 18, 1636, with land taken from Nicholas Phillips ...
in Dedham, Massachusetts
Dedham ( ) is a New England town, town in, and the county seat of, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Located on Boston's southwestern border, the population was 25,364 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
First settled by E ...
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19th-century ships
Shipwrecks of the Massachusetts coast
Maritime incidents in November 1861
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