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Sunday, 31 May 2026

American whaler Liverpool lost according to the newspaper The Polynesian dated 24 September 1853

An item reported that the at Laihana, Hawaii lying American whaler Wm. Tell stated that in the middle of July the whaler Liverpool master Swift of New Bedford struck a sunken reef off Port Clarence in the Bering Straits and bilged, refloated with the assistance of the American whaler Helen Augusta, master False of Newport. She was taken to the St. Lawrence’s Bay, condemned and set fire. Her oil was loaded on board of the Helen Augusta. 

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