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The Wanderer was a bark (sailing ship) based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and used for whaling.
In 1878, the Wanderer was built in Holmes' shipyard in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. The ship weighed 303 tons and was 35 metres long.
The Wanderer is considered one of the most beautiful, but above all, the last sailing ship used for whaling. Between 1878 and 1924, the ship went on 23 whaling voyages, mainly in the area around the Azores.
In 1922, the ship was used for the film Down to the Sea in Ships, in which it played the Charles W. Morgan.
The ship's 24th voyage could not take place: a day after departing from New Bedford, the ship was anchored off Cuttyhunk, the outermost island of the Elizabeth Islands (between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound in southern Massachusetts), when its anchor line broke. The Wanderer was thrown onto the rocks and sank. The entire crew managed to save themselves in two boats to the shore.
The ship gave its name to the regional newspaper The Wanderer, founded in 1992 and published for the communities of Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester in southeastern Massachusetts. The newspaper features the black silhouette of a three-masted bark in its top left corner.
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10.00.013 |
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Description |
whaler "Wanderer" (1878) |
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sp/lines; elevation/rigging plan; deck plan; details; drawing contains English text |
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1 : 64 |
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2 |
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Weight in grams |
185 |
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Particulars |
l.o.a. 77 cm |
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