This article was contributed by Jim Jenney, BLMA Maritime Historian

Rhode Island’s Perilous Coast – Bonnet Point (Part 1)

On the west side of the western passage into Narragansett Bay about two miles from Beavertail Light there is a crescent shaped sandy beach at a point known simply as “The Bonnet”, Over the years the rocky shores along the eastern side of the point have been the scene of a number of maritime disasters which have resulted in the loss of more than a half dozen vessels including one of the earliest shipwrecks in the state and one of the most Slot Gacor Gampang Menang prominent of the “night boats” that routinely traveled a course between Providence and New York City. The following is a brief description of these ill-fated vessels whose final voyage left them there.