Whale ship Horatio arrives with 13 crewmenbers afflicted with smallpox.
Six patients move to the quarentine station; all but one are brought
through successfully and no new cases are reported.
Newspaper report in Hawaii dated 1895.
Samoa SG585
Horatio
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Re: Horatio
As given by Log Book was she built by James Bailey and Son, Port Jefferson, Long Island, as an American whaler, sailing from New Bedford, not more info given.
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/in ... ?ID=283785 as given on this page:
Built in 1877 by James Bailey & Son, Port Jefferson for Taber & Gordon, New Bedford.
Tonnage 349 tons, dm. 117.5 x 28.6 x 17.5ft.
A two decked vessel.
Call sign JSKQ.
Three masts and ship rigged. Square stern and a billethead
1878 Was she under command of Capt. C. Grant.
1884 Was he relieved by Capt. Morse.
12 May 1890 registered as a bark, as seen on the stamp.
1891 Sold to Wm Lewis, New Bedford.
From 1892 sailed out of San Francisco
1894 Took she on some crew in Hawaii, for a contract of 24 months, at that time she was under command of Captain Penniman.
27 January 1898 lost at Kusaia Island, Caroline Islands. (WP gives lost in 1889, but when sailing in 1892 out of San Francisco, this year can be not correct, most probably a typoo)
Till 1899 in Record of American and Foreign Shipping, still owned by Lewis and under command of Capt. Morse.
Source: Watercraft Philately Vol 28 page 13. Some web-sites.
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/in ... ?ID=283785 as given on this page:
Built in 1877 by James Bailey & Son, Port Jefferson for Taber & Gordon, New Bedford.
Tonnage 349 tons, dm. 117.5 x 28.6 x 17.5ft.
A two decked vessel.
Call sign JSKQ.
Three masts and ship rigged. Square stern and a billethead
1878 Was she under command of Capt. C. Grant.
1884 Was he relieved by Capt. Morse.
12 May 1890 registered as a bark, as seen on the stamp.
1891 Sold to Wm Lewis, New Bedford.
From 1892 sailed out of San Francisco
1894 Took she on some crew in Hawaii, for a contract of 24 months, at that time she was under command of Captain Penniman.
27 January 1898 lost at Kusaia Island, Caroline Islands. (WP gives lost in 1889, but when sailing in 1892 out of San Francisco, this year can be not correct, most probably a typoo)
Till 1899 in Record of American and Foreign Shipping, still owned by Lewis and under command of Capt. Morse.
Source: Watercraft Philately Vol 28 page 13. Some web-sites.