Histoire
This bark was built in 1871 by Brinch's Verft, Christiana Norway.
Notes historiques
In 1900-1901 this vessel was on a voyage to the Baillie Islands NWT.
In 1903-1904, 1904-1905 this vessel was on a voyage to Herschel Island.
In 1905-1906 this vessel was on a voyage to Herschel Island and was trapped by ice. The old wooden steam bark Bowhead, a 381ton vessel built in Norway in 1871 and long active in the Arctic whaling fleet, was sold to a motion picture company, which attempted to sink her with bombs during the filming of an early sea epic.
In 1915 unable to do so, they had her beached and burned in California.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1897 she was owned by Captain John A. Cook, USA.
In 1898 she undertook an Arctic whaling voyage via Suez Canal.
She retired from the whaling trade in 1908 and in 1915 was used as a torpedo target for Hollywood films.
Capitaines
Captain John A. Cook (1900-1901) and (1903-1906);
Références
- Bockstoce, John with contributions by William A. Baker and Charles F. Batchelder (1977)
- Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1912, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 213
- commons.wikimedia.org ↗ (website viewed 02/05/2025)
