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Image Built Flag & home port Description Rig Notes A. J. Meerwald: 1928 Bivalve, New Jersey: Educational vessel and state ship of New Jersey; former oyster schooner 2 masted gaff [1] Adventure: 1926 Gloucester, Massachusetts: National Historic Landmark former Grand Banks fishing schooner 2 masted gaff knockabout [2] Adventurer-56 (formerly Blue ...
French frigate Melpomène (1890) Minnedosa (schooner barge) Miztec (schooner barge) Modoc YT-16; USS Mohican (SP-117) SS Monarch; Murtaja (1890 icebreaker) N. HMS ...
Minnedosa was a four-masted wooden Great Lakes schooner launched in 1890. This was late in the era of sailing ships and it spent its career as a schooner barge , towed by a steam tug. It was lost with its nine crew and passengers and a heavy load of grain in a storm October 20, 1905 on Lake Huron .
The 131-foot (40 m) schooner Coronet was designed by William Townsend and built for Rufus T. Bush by the C. & R. Poillon shipyard in Brooklyn. Bush then put forth a $10,000 challenge against any other yacht for a transatlantic race.
In the United States, the term "clipper" referred to the Baltimore clipper, a topsail schooner that was developed in Chesapeake Bay before the American Revolution and was lightly armed in the War of 1812, sailing under Letters of Marque and Reprisal, when the type—exemplified by the Chasseur, launched at Fells Point, Baltimore, 1814— became known for its incredible speed; a deep draft ...
Pitcairn was a schooner built in 1890 for the Seventh-day Adventist Church for use in missionary work in the South Pacific. After six missionary voyages, the schooner was sold in 1900 for commercial use, and renamed Florence S. She was lost by stranding on the island of Mindoro, Philippine Islands, on 17 October 1912.
The Muir was a 130-foot (39.6 meters), three-masted schooner that was built in 1872. ... Images of the wreck show the vessel's deck has collapsed and the sides have fallen outward.
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