Almira (Ship)
Biographical notes:
Whaling ship; out of Edgartown, Mass.; master: Abram Osborn [Abraham Osborn]; stove by ice and lost in Arctic, 1870.
From the description of Log/journal, 1824 Nov. 28-1826 Dec. 14. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 70957767
Whaling vessel, out of Edgartown, Mass., mastered by Charles M. Marchant, on voyage from 5 Aug. 1869-1870 (lost in Arctic), to the near Hatteras, Western, off Western, Western Island, Falklands, Coast of Chile, Marquesas, Hawaii, Anadyr Sea, and Arctic Ocean whaling grounds; owner-agent: Samuel Osborn, Jr.; built at Mattapoisett, Mass.; stove by ice and lost in Arctic, 1870.
From the description of Logbook of the ship Almira, 1869 Aug. 5-1870 Aug. 27. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 259757937
Whaling vessel; out of Edgartown, Mass., mastered by Richard Flanders on voyage from 2 June 1837-4 Apr. 1839; owner-agent: Abraham Osborn; stove by ice and lost in Arctic, 1870.
From the description of Logbook of the ship Almira, 1837 Sept. 18-Oct. 13. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130172
Whaling vessel, out of Edgartown, Mass., mastered by Abraham Osborn, Jr., on voyage 8 Aug. 1864-4 Oct. 1868 to the South Atlantic, South Pacific, and Arctic whaling grounds; owner-agent: Abraham Osborn, Sr.; built at Mattapoisett, Mass.
From the description of Logbook, 1864 Aug. 10-1866 Nov. 1. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972624
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- Mobulidae
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Places:
- Massachusetts--Edgartown (as recorded)
- Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
- Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Fogo (Cape Verde) (as recorded)
- Maio Island (Cape Verde) (as recorded)
- Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Edgartown (as recorded)
- Faial Island (Azores) (as recorded)
- Dominica (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Edgartown (as recorded)
- Juan Fernández Islands (as recorded)
- Hilo (Hawaii) (as recorded)
- South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
- Arctic Ocean (as recorded)
- Flores Island (Azores) (as recorded)
- Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Edgartown (as recorded)
- Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Faial Island (Azores) (as recorded)
- Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
- Honolulu (Hawaii) (as recorded)
- Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Talcahuano (Chile) (as recorded)
- Mocha Island (Chile) (as recorded)
- Flores Island (Azores) (as recorded)
- Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
