Vamar Shipwreck Site

	Vamar Shipwreck Site
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve No. 9
	Gulf of Mexico, looking in the direction of the Vamar from Mexico Beach
Nearest city	Mexico Beach, Florida
Coordinates	29°53′56″N 85°27′48″W / 29.89889°N 85.46333°W
Built	1919
NRHP reference No.	06000243
FUAP No.	9
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 10, 2006
Designated FUAP	2004

The Vamar is a shipwreck (which sank on March 21, 1942) near Mexico Beach, Florida, United States.^[2] It is located 3.7 miles offshore from Mexico Beach. It became the ninth Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve when it was dedicated in 2004.^[2] On April 10, 2006, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

History

The Vamar underwent several name changes in its history:

1919 - 1920 built as a gun boat for the Royal Navy, named HMS Kilmarnock
1920 - 1923 S.S. Kilmarnock
1926 - S.S. Kilmarnock, registered Canadian
1928 - renamed the Chelsea after being sold to a private firm
1928 - 1930 Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd acquired the ship for his journey to Antarctica. He renamed the ship the Eleanor Bolling, in honor of his mother, Eleanor Bolling Byrd. During the voyage, due to rough seas, the crew nicknamed the ship the "Evermore Rolling".
1930 - sold to a seal hunting company
1933 - the Vamar Shipping Company bought the ship and renamed it the Vamar
1941 - sold to Bolivar-Atlantic Navigation Company, registered Panama
1942 - March 21, after leaving Port St. Joe, Florida carrying a load of lumber to Cuba, Vamar ran aground, capsized and sunk in heavy seas in 25 feet of water off Mexico Beach, Florida (29°54′N 85°27′W / 29.900°N 85.450°W / 29.900; -85.450) under suspicious circumstances. The pilot reported that the ship was overloaded and top heavy. Local suspicions that the ship had been sabotaged to block the channel into Port St. Joe led to a Coast Guard investigation, which was unable to verify the suspicions.^[4]
2004 - Vamar became Florida's Ninth Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Eleanor Boling-Vamar-Lumbership Wreck". Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
^ Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 4/10/06 Through 4/14/06 at National Register of Historic Places
^ "Vamar (Lumberboat Wreck) (+1942)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

Original Vamar Underwater Archaeological Preserve Proposal (pdf or MS Word format) at The Underwater Archaeological Preserves
Museums in the Sea Vamar

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[MBARA-2] "Eleanor Boling-Vamar-Lumbership Wreck". Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

[3] Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 4/10/06 Through 4/14/06 at National Register of Historic Places

[4] "Vamar (Lumberboat Wreck) (+1942)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, Van Waerwijck, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, Koolama, SS Mary, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 5 Mar: Auby 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter, Rononia 7 Mar: Arabutan, HNLMS Gouden Leeuw, Nyggjaberg, Uniwaleco 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel, Smyshlyony 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2, Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587, Equipoise 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585 Unknown: Emilia, Panay
Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: USS Sargo, HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 23 Mar: USS Gato 25 Mar: Imperial Transport Unknown date: USS Drum
1941 1942 1943 February 1942 April 1942

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Vamar Shipwreck Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve No. 9

Gulf of Mexico, looking in the direction of the Vamar from Mexico Beach
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Nearest city	Mexico Beach, Florida
Coordinates	29°53′56″N 85°27′48″W / 29.89889°N 85.46333°W / 29.89889; -85.46333
Built	1919
NRHP reference No.	06000243^[1]
FUAP No.	9
Added to NRHP	April 10, 2006
Designated FUAP	2004