Forliset er beskrevet i boken "Fra de hvite seils dager", av Halfdan I. Drevdal, hvor det fortelles at BAROSSA drev med strømmen nedover norske kysten med bunnen i været. Utenfor Lyngør ble det foretatt forsøk på berging, noe som ikke lykkes før vraket var utenfor Arendal som hadde slepebåt. Vraket ble tauet inn til Morvikfiorden ved Grimstad, snudd og pumpet lens.
Mastene var ødelagt, men skroget var tett, så vraket ble tauet til Sarpsborg for lossing, deretter kondemnert.

 

Ref.; Aarbog for Norges Handelsmarine utgitt i 1910:

Bark BAROSSA av Larvik, paa reise Riga-Sarpsborg med cellulosetømmer, kantret 24 oktober i Skagerak. Av besætningen, 14 mand, er kun 1 i live, nemlig russeren 2.den styrmand Julius Berg, der kom drivende ind til Hvalerøerne mandag 25 s.m. sammen med liket av 1.ste styrmand Hansen.
Paa skipsinspektørens foranledning blev sjøforklaring avholdt paa St.Joseph’s Hospital, hvor 2den styrmand Berg blev avhørt.

Skipsinspektøren i østenfieldske distrikt finder:

1. At fartøyet ved avseilingen fra Riga maa antages at ha været i sjødyktig stand og forskriftmessig utstyrt.
2. At fartøyet hadde et middeldypgaaende av 16 fot og 1/2 tomme.
3. At ladningen, der besto av cellulosekub, var ordentlig stuet, at dækslastens høide var 3 fot, og at der til avstivning var 125 tons sand i bunnen.
4. At fartøiet den 21 oktober grundstøtte ved Aaen på Bornholm, kom flott ved egen hjelp efter 1 1/2 times forløp og fortsatte reisen.
5. At fartøyet paa grund herav har faat lækage, der stadig forvaerredes, intil der var 10 á 12 fot vand i rummet, da Helsingør passertes.
6. Den 24. kantret fartøiet i Skagerak, medens det slørte for en storm av SSV med høi sjø.
7. At ulykken maa tilskrives den omstændighet, at fartøiet mistet den fornødne stabilitet paa grund av, at vandet sto 10 á 12 fot høit i rummet, hvorved fartøiet kantret i den voldsomme sjø og sterke storm fra SSV.
8. At Capteinen undlot at ankre i Øresund og forsøke tætning av lækagen.
9. Da kapteinen er forulykket, gir saken ikke anledning til nogen forføyning fra det offentliges Side, men henlægges.

The accident is described in the book "Fra de hvite seils dager", by Halfdan I. Drevdal, where it’s told that BAROSSA drifted with the current along the Norwegian coast with the bottom up. Off Lyngør it was made an attempt to save the wreck, but no success before the wreck reached off Arendal and a tug was available. The wreck was taken in to Morvikfiorden in the Grimstad area, turned and water taken out. All masts was broken, but no damage to the hull. The wreck was then taken under tow to Sarpsborg for saving of cargo and the ship was then condemned.

 

Ref.; Yearbook of the Norwegian Merchantfleet of 1910:

Barque BAROSSA of Larvik, on route Riga, Latvia - Sarpsborg with cellulose timber, capsized 24 October in Skagerak. Of the whole crew of 14 men, only one survived, namely the russian 2nd mate Julius Berg, who came drifting in to Hvaler Islands on monday 25 same month, together with the body of 1st mate Hansen.
The authority ordered a Maritime accident inquiry and it was held at St. Joseph’s Hospital, were the 2^nd mate Berg was questioned.
The ship inspector of the ”eastern part of southern Norway” district find:

1. That the ship upon arrival Riga, must be seen as seaworthy and equipped according the regulation.
2. That the vessel had a mean draft of 16 ft and ½ inch.
3. That the cargo, consist of cellulose timber, was securly fastened, and the cargo level on deck was abt. 3 ft, and as ballast, she had 125 tons of sand in the bottom.
4. That the vessel at 21 October grounded at Aaen on Bornholm, came afloat by own means after a 1 ½ hours and continued the voyage.
5. That the vessels grounding caused a leakage, steadily increasing, until there was abt. 10 to 12 foot water in the cargo hold, as Helsingør was passed.
6. The 24th she capsized in Skagerak, as she had a wind-abeam course for a storm fra SSW and rough sea.
7. The accident can be blamed upon circumstances that the vessel had lost her stability, caused by the water had reached a level of 10 to 12 foot in the cargo hold. These resulted in the capsize in the rough sea and the strong wind from SSW.
8. That the master fail to anchor in Öresund and tried to solve the leak.
9. As the master lost his life, this case will not be prosecuted from the authorities, but will be dismissed.