Vessel Profile

Java (I)

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Story

This bark (whaling) was built in 1875c in New Bedford, MA.

Historical Notes

On June 7 1877 this whaling vessel was crushed by ice in the northern Bering Sea.

Owners & Masters

In 1876-1877 she was owned by USA interests.

Masters

Captain Herbert D. Colson (1877)

References

  • The San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco CA USA) Sunday October 14, 1877 page 2
  • Tornfelt, Evert E. and Michael Burwell (1992) Shipwrecks of the Alaskan Shelf and Shore. U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Bockstoce, John R. (Apr 2006) in The Northern Mariner XVI No. 2 Pp53-68) "Nineteenth century commercial shipping losses in the northern Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea and Bering Sea."

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