Amaranth (barquentine)
![]() Amaranth under sail
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Name | Amaranth |
Builder | Matthew Turner, Benicia, CA |
Launched | 1901 |
Fate | Wrecked at Jarvis Island, Aug. 30, 1913, 0°22′50″S 159°59′56″W / 0.38056°S 159.99889°W |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 4-masted barquentine |
Tons burthen | 1,109 [1] |
Sail plan | Barquentine[1] |
Amaranth was a four-masted barquentine built by Matthew Turner of Benicia, California in 1901. Amaranth sailed in the China trade between Puget Sound and Shanghai. She was wrecked on a guano island in the South Pacific in 1913 while carrying a load of coal.
Construction
Barquentine Amaranth Co. incorporated in
In 1975, a half-hull model of Amaranth was on display in the
Voyages to China
Amaranth sailed from Astoria, Oregon to Shanghai in 23 days. She also made four voyages under Captain E.C. Boles from Puget Sound to Taku, (Shanghai), "in 100, 110, 118, and 123 days."[3]
Delivery of drydock materials to Pearl Harbor
In April 1910, Amaranth delivered materials for construction of a
Shipwreck at Jarvis Island
On 30 August 1913, Amaranth, under Captain C.W. Nielson, was carrying a cargo of
.The Amaranth's scattered remains were noted and scavenged for many years, and rounded fragments of coal from the ship's
Plaque
References
- ^ a b c d
ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
- ^ Report of Secretary of State, p. 27
- ^ a b
ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
- OCLC 17212276.
- ISBN 9780517518915.
- OCLC 16000833. ("The Historic American Merchant Marine project has collected and deposited in the US National Museum lines of the schooner Lily and complete plans of schooner Commerce, barkentines Kohala, Amazon and Amaranth, and bark Newsboy.")
- OCLC 1663720.
- OCLC 1036237.
- ^ a b US Fish & Wildlife Service. "Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge". Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge Interpretation. US Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved Feb 26, 2011.
- ^ Bryan, E.H. "Jarvis Island" Retrieved: 7 July 2008.
External links
- Mathew Turner, Benicia’s shipbuilder extraordinaire, by Jerry Bowen