Eleanor A Percy

The 6 masted schooner Eleanor A Percy was launched from the Percy and Small shipyard in Bath on October 10, 1900. At the time of her launch, she was the largest sailing vessel in the world and the 2nd ‘6 master’ to be launched from Percy & Small. On her second voyage, as she was inbounding to Boston loaded with over 5000 tons of coal, she struck a ledge near Boston Light. In June of 1903 off Cape Cod she hit the George Wells, the only other 6 masted schooner in the world. She left Rio de Janeiro on November 11, 1919 for Copenhagen with a cargo of wheat and foundered on December 25 1919 off the coast of Ireland. The logbook washed ashore on the Scilly Islands two years later. The second mate's last entry was: "Sprung a leak, sinking, lat 48°N, long 19°W, bound for Copenhagen".