Vessel Profile

Florence (XI)

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Story

Historical Notes

On August 8, 1878 this vessel was crushed by ice and sank near Point Barrow Alaska while on a whaling voyage.

Owners & Masters

In 1878 she was owned by USA interests.

Masters

Captain Lewis W. Williams (1878)

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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