![]() Barquentine Benicia
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Name | Benicia |
Builder | Matthew Turner, Benicia, California |
Launched | 1899 |
Fate | Wrecked 10 October 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Barquentine |
Tons burthen | 674 tons [1] |
Benicia was a barquentine built by Matthew Turner in Benicia, California in 1899. She was known for a fast passage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Kehei, Hawaii, of 35 days. [2]
Benicia was wrecked on Lafolle Reef off Haiti on 10 October 1920. [3]
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Name | Benicia |
Builder | Built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked for Matthew Turner |
Notes | Arrived in San Francisco, 1941 |
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Class and type | 2-masted schooner [4] |
At least two other sailing vessels also carried the name Benicia. Gibbs reports that Turner's influence on the South Seas schooner was still evident as late as 1941, when a two-masted schooner, Benicia, built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked in Turner's yard, arrived in San Francisco under the French flag. [2] [4]
An 899-ton iron ship named Benicia was launched in Oct. 1883, for Liverpool owners, by Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co. [5]
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Name | Benicia |
Owner | Liverpool, England |
Builder | Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co. |
Launched | Oct. 1883 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 809 tons [5] |