Sunbeam (Bark)

Dates:
Active 1860
Active 1864

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Frederick P. Taber; owner-agent: J. & W.R. Wing; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1856.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Sunbeam, 1878 July 9-Aug. 22. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 166143936

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Samuel H. Cromwell, Joseph W. Goodrich, and Hiram F. Tobey on voyage from 22 Oct. 1860-15 June 1864; owner-agent: J. & W.R. Wing & Co.; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1856.

From the description of Logbook, 1860 Oct. 10-1864 June 9. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976310

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Thomas N. Fisher, on voyage 18 June 1868-28 Aug. 1871 to the Western, Steen, Tristan, and Molucca Sea whaling grounds; owner-agent: J. & W.R. Wing; built at Rochester, Mass., in 1856.

From the description of Logbook, 1868 June 4-1871 Aug. 28. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 81956069

Whaling vessel (255 tons); out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George W.J. Moulton; on voyage from 24 Aug. 1886-5 June 1889; owner-agent: J. & W.R. Wing; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1856.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Sunbeam, 1886 Aug. 24-1889 June 5. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 405631042

Whaling vessel (255 tons); out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George A. Smith, Thomas McKenzie, and George W.J. Moulton;; on voyage from 12 Aug. 1892-20 June 1893; owner-agent: J. & W.R. Wing; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1856.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Sunbeam, 1892 Aug. 12-1893 June 19. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 405640515

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by DeWitt C. Barrett, on voyage from 2 Nov. 1864-27 Apr. 1868; owner-agent: J. & W.R. Wing; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1856.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Sunbeam, 1865 May 9-1868 Apr. 27. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74984368

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Subjects:

  • Blue whale
  • Deserters, Naval
  • Finback whale
  • Globicephala
  • Humpback whale
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Killer whale
  • Lightning
  • Marine accidents
  • Naval Medicine
  • Punishment
  • Seafaring life
  • Sperm whale
  • Voyages and travels
  • Whale bone
  • Whale oil
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters

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Places:

  • Okhotsk, Sea of (as recorded)
  • South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Indian Ocean (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Celebes (Indonesia) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Ternate Island (Indonesia) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)