Hello All
The SS Yankee Blade, launched in 1853, was in the service of the independent Steamship Co. in 1854. On October 1 she was on a run from San Francisco south to Panama, carrying about 900 passengers and crew and an unknown amount of gold, But including about $152,000 in coins consigned by the banking house of Page, Bacon and Co.
In heavy fog Captain Randall, believing he was far out to sea.But the captain was wrong, and the steamer was amid the rockbound Channel Islands, off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.
The ship ran upon a rock and sank,About 50 passengers lost their lives.
There is a mystery to what happened to the gold coins aboard. Some were alleged to have been recovered soon after the wreck in circumstances shrouded in mystery.
Years later around 1948 the hull was found again, and afterward various divers visited the wreck. Around 1977 200 to 500 1854-S double eagles came on the market allegedly from the shipwreck.
Who or how they were salvaged has been a bit of mystery?
The question remains is there any treasure still left our there?
Any info would be appreciated.
The drawing pictured is dated from around the time of the shipwreck.
Hardluck.
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