Alma A. E. Holmes

The Alma A. E. Holmes was a four-masted schooner that was used to transport coal. She sank on October 10, 1914, following a collision with the steamer "Belfast".
The ship.
The "Alma Holmes" was a 1,200-ton wooden-hulled ship built in 1896 in Camden, Maine, and named after the daughter of owner Joseph Holmes. She was 202 feet long, with a 41-foot beam and an 18-foot draft.
The wreck.
On October 10, 1914, the "Alma Holmes" carried coal from Norfolk, Virginia, intended for Lehigh Coal Yards in Salem, Massachusetts. While off the coast of Marblehead, Massachusetts, in thick fog, she was hit on the starboard side by the steamer "Belfast" which smashed straight through the wooden hull of the "Holmes". The "Belfast" had dug so deep into the hull of the "Alma Holmes" that the captain decided not to reverse until the crew had disembarked. After all crew members had been rescued, the "Belfast" reversed and in one minute's time the "Alma Holmes" sank. No one was killed during the episode.
She lies in of water at approximately .