Story
This schooner (auxiliary) was built in 1936 by Smith & Rhuland, Lunenburg NS.
Owners & Masters
In 1936 she was owned by Leon J. Iversen (MO) et al., Lunenburg NS Canada.
In 1967 she was owned by USA interests.
In 1971 she was owned by Lundeberg MD Seamanship School, Annapolis MD USA.
Name Significance
Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 – January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast and as an attorney who successfully represented the U.S. government before the U.S. Supreme Court during the Civil War in the Prize Cases. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen.
References
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 30/01/2026)
- en.wikipedia.org ↗ (website viewed 30/01/2026)
