Era (Schooner)

Dates:
Active 1895
Active 1899

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George Comer, on voyage 26 June 1900-10 Oct. 1902 to Off Whale Point and Yellow Bluff whaling grounds; owner-agent: Thomas Luce & Co.; built at Boston, Mass., 1847.

From the description of Logbook, 1900 June 30-1902 Oct. 9. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70967874

Whaling vessel, out of New London, Conn., mastered by Capt. Clisby or John O. Spicer, on voyage beginning 8 July 1891 to a whaling station off Frobisher Bay, Nunavut; owner-agent: C.A. Wiliams and Co.

From the description of Logbook, 1891 Aug. 1-1892 Aug. 20. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70973078

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George Comer, on voyage 29 June 1897-21 Sept. 1899 to Whale Point and Cape Fullerton whaling grounds; owner-agent: Thomas Luce; built at Boston, Mass., 1847.

From the description of Logbook of schooner Era, 1897 June 29-1899 Sept. 21. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 670239476

Whaling vessel, out of New London, Conn., mastered by Elihu Spicer.

From the description of Account book, [ca. 1880]. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013386

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George Comer, on voyage 25 June 1895-3 Oct. 1896 to Whale Point, Cape Fullerton, Depot Island, and Yellow Bluff whaling grounds; owner-agent: Thomas Luce; built at Boston, Mass., 1847.

From the description of Logbook, 1895 June 25-1899 Oct. 3. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70967876

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Subjects:

  • Arctic peoples
  • Ships
  • Ships
  • Children
  • Children and the sea
  • Fur trade
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Musk
  • Offshore whaling
  • Oxen
  • Plaster casts
  • Punishment
  • Railroads
  • Rescue
  • Seafaring life
  • Seals (Animals)
  • Voyages and travels
  • Walrus
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters
  • Whaling ships
  • Whaling stations

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Places:

  • Nunavut (as recorded)
  • St. John's (N.L.) (as recorded)
  • Repulse Bay (Nunavut : Bay) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Hudson Bay (as recorded)
  • Vineyard Haven (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Connecticut--New London (as recorded)
  • Connecticut--New London (as recorded)
  • Arctic regions (as recorded)
  • Hudson Bay (as recorded)
  • Hudson Bay (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Southampton Island (Nunavut) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)