Vessel Profile

Three Brothers (IV)

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Story

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

Historical Notes

On September 10, 1877 this whaling vessel was crushed by ice off Point Barrow TA USA.

Owners & Masters

In 1877 she was owned by USA interests.

Masters

Captain Leander C. Owen (1877)

References

  • 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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