Java 2nd (Bark)

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Charles H.S. Kempton, on voyage from 4 May 1867-12 Jan. 1872 to the Molucca Straits, Indian Ocean, Timor Straits, Coast of Brazil, Java Sea, and St. Georges Channel whaling grounds; owner-agent: Charles Hitch & Son; built as a ship at Haverhill, Mass., 1818; whaling out of Fairhaven, Mass. (1828-1857); sold to New Bedford and altered to a bark, 1857; whaling out of New Bedford as a bark (1857-1876); abandoned in the Arctic, 1876.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Java 2nd 1867 Dec. 10-1868 Dec. 14. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 82154275

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