|
Nature of Casualty
Crushed in ice and abandoned. Crew reached shore and was rescued by the vessel Onward. Tornfelt,
Evert E., Burwell, Michael, Shipwrecks of the Alaskan Shelf and Shore, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, 1992
Arctic ship of Fairhaven, later (1861) bark of Boston and (1869) Honolulu. 431 tons (123 tons) 81' x 23'
x 11'. Builder Wilson Barstow; Watson Cannon, master carpenter (Charles Mendell credits this vessel
to Arvin Cannon.) Owners: (1851) Edmund Allen, William L. B. gibbs, William P. Jenney, and others of
Fairhaven; Charles W. Gelett, (master) of Kingston, MA. Whaling Voyages: From Fairhaven, two to the
North Pacific, one to the Pacific; from Honolulu, eight to the Arctic. Crushed in the ice and abandoned
near Point Franklin, Alaska, 7 July 1876. Wood Jr., Edward F.R. and Lund, Judith Navas, The Ports of
Old Rochester - Shipbuilding at Mattapoisett and Marion, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Quadequina
Publishers, New Bedford 2004
|
