Princess Sophia
Shoaled in a snowstorm on Vanderbilt reef in Lynn Canal on October 24, 1918. All 341 passengers and crew aboard her were lost.

Brother Jonathan
Coastal sidewheeler shoaled off Crescent City, California with the loss of 170 lives.

Pacific
Coastal sidewheeler sunk off the Washington coast in 1875 after ramming another vessel. The death toll aboard the Pacific was 277.

City of Rio de Janeiro
Ocean Liner struck rock at the entrance to San Francisco Harbour in heavy fog. Sank in 150 feet of water with the loss of 131 passengers and crew.

 

Valencia
Passenger steamer shoaled near Pachina Point, Vancouver Island, on January 22, 1906 with a death toll of 151.

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