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Wreck of the Cottoneva
Wreck of the Cottoneva
February 10, 1937 was a very windy day. The
75 miles per hour wind caused the steam schooner Cottoneva to
run aground at Battle Rock. The 190 foot schooner
was in port loading 800,000 board feet of lumber.
The captain and all 26 seamen were rescued by the coast
guard using a breecher buoy.
The Cottoneva was constructed in 1917, and was
origionally called Frank D. Stout. The only thing left
of the schooner, it the propeller. The propeller in the above
pictures is on display in the Battle Rock park located in
Port Orford, Oregon
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