SS Valencia
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | SS Valencia | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | steamboat | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | United States | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | United States Navy, Pacific Steam Whaling Company v. United States, Ward Line | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | North Pacific Ocean | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Canada | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 1 km from land |
| Position | 48.7056, -125.0058 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
SS Valencia was an iron-hulled passenger steamer built for the Red D Line for service between Venezuela and New York City. She was built in 1882 by William Cramp and Sons, one year after the construction of her sister ship Caracas. She was a 1,598-ton vessel (originally 1,200 tons), 252 feet (77 m) in length. In 1897, Valencia was deliberately attacked by the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The next year, she became a coastal passenger liner on the U.S. West Coast and served periodically in the Spanish–American War as a troopship to the Philippines. Valencia was wrecked off Cape Beale, which is near Clo-oose, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, on 22 January 1906. As her sinking killed 100 people (including all of the women and children aboard), some classify the wreck of Valencia as the worst maritime disaster in the "Graveyard of the Pacific", a famously treacherous area off the southwest coast of Vancouver Island.
Location
- Recorded position: 48.7056, -125.0058 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: North Pacific Ocean
- Nearest coast: Canada
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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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