Benicia (barquentine)

Barquentine Benicia
History
United States
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]

Turner's influence on schooner Benicia

French Polynesia
Name: Benicia
Builder: Built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked for Matthew Turner
Status: Arrived in San Francisco, 1941
General characteristics
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]

1883 iron ship Benicia

An 899-ton iron ship named Benicia was launched in Oct. 1883, for Liverpool owners, by Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co.[5]

United Kingdom
Name: Benicia
Owner: Liverpool, England
Builder: Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co.
Launched: Oct. 1883
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 809 tons [5]

References

  1. ↑ Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
  2. 1 2 Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
  3. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (42544). London. 18 October 1920. col C, p. 21.
  4. 1 2 Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
  5. 1 2 Bruzelius, Lars (1997-03-08). "Shipbuilders: Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co.". Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co. The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved Mar 13, 2011.

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