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Monday, 6 December 2021

Wreck of the American whaling bark La Fayette 1826-1850

 

Journal of whaling voyage kept by Susan C. Austin 13 September 1848-24 March 1853

MS220 log 47 Nantucket historical association

Built at Philadelphia, USA in 1826. Of Baltimore and since 1838 of New Bedford and wrecked in 1850.Dimensions 100.30 x 23-24 x 12 feet, 260 39/95 tons, no galleries, a billethead, square stern, 2 decks and 3 masts. Registered on 25 December 1847, master Samuel Lawrence, owners Edward W. Howland, Charles A. Tucker, Edward M. Robinson and Cornelius Howland all of New Bedford and Lorenzo Smith of Tisbury. 

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