California (Ship Rigged Vessel) 1842

[Arturo]

Not much info about this beautiful sailing ship. Any further info wellcome.

She was built at New Bedford in 1842. Her tonnage was; 398 5/95 tons; lenght; 115,08 ft; breadth; 21.07 ft; draft; 10.8 ft.

She was owned by Thomas Mandell and others of New Bedford, and her master was Georg Lawrance, jr.

A subsequent registration of the vessel at new Bedford lists her tonnage at 366,58, lenght 114,4 ft., breadth 28,1 ft.,draft 18 ft., with the notation “vessel altered.” On 11 May 1891 she was re-registered fort he last time as a bark with entirely different set of owners.

Samoa I Sisifo, 1980

Source: Ship Registers of New Bedford, Massachusetts.