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The Charles W. Morgan is on exhibit today in Mystic, Connecticut at the Mystic Seaport museum. She is the world’s oldest surviving merchant vessel.
She served as a U.S. whaling ship in the 19th and early 20th century. As merchant vessel she harvested the blubber of whales for oil. Back in those days the oil was used for lamps.
Charles W. Morgan was a Quaker whaling merchant that had the ship built and named after him. He had the ship built by Jethro and Zachariah Hillman of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The ship was first launched in September of 1941. And her first voyage was to take her around Cape Horn then cruise the Pacific Ocean.
Her first voyage took three years and 4 months, upon her return she was loaded with 800 barrels of whale oil, 1600 barrels of sperm oil and around 10,000 lbs of baleen or whalebone. The load was valued at $56,000 thousand dollars.
The ship remained in service for 80 years, during this time period it was said the she made 37 voyages. The voyages lasted anywhere from 9 months to five years. Over this time period the Charles W. Morgan brought to market 54,483 barrels of sperm whale oil and 152,934 lbs of baleen. Her voyages took the ship to the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans. Over the years she survived snow and ice storms and once a cannibal attach in the South Pacific. The Morgan’s home port was based out of San Francisco.
The Morgan ship was a working ship built to perform three jobs of a whaling ship.
- The primary job was to serve as the mother ship to the smaller whale-boats and also to store them on davits when not in use.
- Her secondary job was to serve as a refinery which extracted the oil from the whale blubber.
- The last job but not the least she also served as an oil tanker to return the oil to market.
Over the lifetime of service the Charles W. Morgan had over 1,000 whale-men to serve aboard her. The crew was a diverse group of races and nationalities. They included not only Americans but sailors from many different places. Some came from Cape Verde, Guadeloupe, New Zealand, and Norfolk Island over the years.
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On the average voyage the ship carried around 33 men to carry out the duties of the whale-ship. Most often whale-ships of the 1800’s were the primary home to the Captain’s family.
Over the years of service there were a number of movies made the used the ship in some of their scenes. The movies were “Miss Petticoats” in 1916, “Java Head” in 1921 and “Down to the Sea in Ships” in 1922.
In June of 1924 the Sankaty steamer being on fire drifted across the Acushnet River in New Bedford harbor and collided with the Morgan. Fire spread to the ship causing some damage and just barely escaped destruction.
Thankfully the whaling days came to an end once refining petroleum was perfected. The ship was under the care of Whaling Enshrined, Inc. up to 1941. The whaling ship was transferred to Mystic Seaport where she remains to this very day. She holds the distinction of being the only surviving wooden whale-ship from the 1800 and is still sea worthy today. The ship is declared a National Historic Landmark and has a listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Charles W. Morgan is she is one of the four oldest sailing ships in the United States. The other three are the USS Constitution of 1797 and The Star of India 1863 along with the USS Constellation of 1854.
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The beautiful tall sailing ship The Star of India was indeed a real ship with a real history. She launched November 14th of 1863 as The Euterpe, the muse of music. She was built of iron with three masts with square sails. She was assigned British Registry No.47617 and signal VPJK.
The Euterpe was constructed by Gibson, McDonald & Arnold, of Ramsey, Isle of Man for the purpose of Indian jute trade of the Wakefield Nash & Company of Liverpool.
The ships beginnings were fast off to a rocky start. Sailing for Calcutta from Liverpool in January of 1864 with Captain William John Storry a collision occurred at night. A Spanish brig running without lights pulled the hit and run causing considerable damage. Somewhere off the coast of Wales the Spanish brig carried off her jib-boom also damaging the other rigging.
Her crew, at this point refuses to continue on becoming mutinous The Enterpe returned to Anglesey for repairs. There were 17 members of the crew thrown in to jail in Beaumaris to serve hard labor. Later on in another unfortunate incident in the Bay of Bengal off Madras she was forced to cut away her masts in a storm. After which she limped to Trincomalee and Calcutta for more repairs. On her return to England Captain Storry died and was buried at sea.
Seemingly a bad-luck ship with two disastrous voyages under her belt The Euterpe was sold. An investor by the name of David Brown of London bought the ship and made 4 successful voyages to India. With the opening of the Suez Canal she was replaced by modern steamers. The Enterpe was sold once again to Shaw, Savill & Company of London.
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Later that year in 1871 the ship began a mission of carrying freight and passengers for the New Zealand emigrant trade. The trip took the ship to the east around the world before returning to England. The ship made the voyage 21 times and the fastest of which took only 100 days and the longest of which took 143 days. On one of the voyages a new baby was born on the route to New Zealand and received Enterpe as their middle name.
And once again after 21 trips around the world The Euterpe is sold again. She was purchased by new Hawaiian owners in 1897 and then sold again in 1899 to the Pacific Colonial Ship Company of San Francisco, California. After 4 more successful voyages hauling coal, lumber and sugar between the Pacific Northwest, Australia and Hawaii she was registered in the United States in October of 1900.
Once again the Euterpe was sold again this time to Alaska Packers’ Association of San Francisco. The Packers’ Association re-rigged her as a barque then started carrying fisherman and cannery workers, coal and canning supplies from Oakland, Ca. to Nauhagak in the Bering Sea. Each fall she would return with her holds loaded with canned salmon.
The major event of 1906 was the Association re-named her to The Star of India to be more consistent with the rest of their fleet. After making 22 voyages to Alaska and back she was laid up in 1923, in that day the new steam ships ruled the seas.
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The Star of India was not to be forgotten because the Zoological bought her in 1926 with plans to make her the centerpiece of their aquarium and museum. The plan had to be canceled because of the Great Depression and World War II. By 1957 thoughts of restoration began and a windjammer captain and author while on a lecture tour saw her decaying in the harbor. He began publicized the story and with interest from a group of citizens they formed “The Star of India Auxiliary” that supported the ships restoration.
The restoration progress was very slow but by 1976 the fully restored Star of India was put to sea again. She has been kept sea worthy ever since and still sails at least once a year. Today she houses exhibits for the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
What makes the Star of India so great is she is the forth oldest ship in the United States. The other three is the USS Constitution of 1797 and The Charles W. Morgan of 1841 along with the USS Constellation of 1854. But The Star of India unlike the other restored ships she is still 100% original the hull cabins and equipment.
You can still see The Star of India at the San Diego Maritime Museum just south of the San Diego International Airport. She is located on the west side of North Harbor Drive. All the other ships in the Maritime Museum are docked to the north of the Star of India.
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There are some interesting stories about the San Felipe Ship and some are more interesting than others.
What really makes the ship famous it that it is treasured by ship model builders? And for good reason the San Felipe is indeed a beauty and as a model ship she makes the perfect decorative display for an office lobby or restaurant.
Some of the stories say she was only built as a model ship and a lot of doubts about the ships authenticity exist.
Many articles are written about the San Felipe but no real information on whether she existed or not.
Real or only just a model she is a real beauty. The common consensus is very likely she never existed.
The story told about the San Felipe that is most repeated but most likely is made up for the models being sold. The story does a good job describing her beauty rather than the facts.
As the story goes the “San Felipe” was launched around 1690. It was said she was one of Spain’s most majestic fighting ships of the 17th century.
She was to have displaced around one thousand tons and said to be armed with 108 cannons. They built her to engage with success any of the capable ships British and French Navies.
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She was said to have had a slim profile and impressive wide spread of sails. This combination gave her agility and maneuverability second to none.
Enhancing the overall beauty of this ship was the beautiful sculptures to grace her stem transom. As the story goes the San Felipe was suppose to be an integral part of the great Spanish Fleet.
When the Spanish Fleet was engaged in perennial wars with Britain and France over territory dominance in the Caribbean and South America a battle broke out.
Sometime around 1705 this battle took place and being one of 12 Spanish ships against 35 English ships. The horrific battle went on for over 24 long hours and The San Felipe was said to be captured by the English ship “Revenge”.
With the San Felipe being damaged badly ended up sinking with several tons of gold and other treasures still on board. Or so the story goes!
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More of the story of the invented life of this beautiful ship is The San Felipe real birth may have come from a Barcelona model ship builder from around the middle of the twentieth century. It is believed that he created the design based on illustration of Spanish, English and French ship of the 18th century.
The plans were republished many times by a number of different companies. This fact is believed to be what makes the San Felipe one of the most famous Spanish ships of all. Ship history even the false ships make for some very interesting stories.
The Marine Museum of Barcelona has done some extensive searches and has come to the conclusion that the “San Felipe” is and invented boat.
Even the story about the naval engagement between the English was made up.
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The battle does resemble the story that goes with the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718 when a Spanish ship with the name “Real San Felipe” was captured and exploded while being towed.
As a model she is indeed a Beauty and makes a great conversation piece. After all was she a real ship or just a model?
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