Rainbow (Schooner)

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1867
Active 1868

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel; out of Dartmouth, Mass.; mastered by Henry B. Macomber, on voyage from 9 Sept. 1867-1 May 1868; owner-agent: William Potter, 2nd; built at Duxbury, Mass., 1850.

From the description of Logbook of the schooner Rainbow, 1867 Sept. 9-1868 May 2. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71014742

Whaling vessel; out of Dartmouth, Mass.; mastered by Robert D. Eldridge, on voyage from 13 Dec. 1866-17 Aug. 1867; owner-agent: William Potter, 2nd; built at Duxbury, Mass., 1850.

From the description of Logbook of the schooner Rainbow, 1866 Dec. 13-1867 Aug. 17. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71014741

Whaling vessel; out of Dartmouth, Mass.; mastered by Thomas J. Cannon, on voyage from 15 May-25 Sept. 1868; owner-agent: William Potter, 2nd; built at Duxbury, Mass., 1850.

From the description of Logbook of the schooner Rainbow, 1868 May 14-Sept. 25. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71014744

Whaling vessel; out of Dartmouth, Mass.; mastered by Thomas J. Cannon, on voyage from 4 May 1869-13 Aug. 1870; owner-agent: William Potter, 2nd; built at Duxbury, Mass., 1850; withdrawn for mackerel fishery, 1871.

From the description of Logbook of the schooner Rainbow, 1869 May 4-1870 Aug. 13. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71014745

Whaling vessel, out of Dartmouth, Mass., mastered by Henry B. Macomber, on voyage 9 Sept. 1867-1 May 1868 to the Charleston, Western, Cape Verde, Cornell, Barbados, Dominica, and other whaling grounds; owner-agent: William Potter II; built at Duxbury, Mass., 1850.

From the description of Logbook, 1867 Sept. 9-1868 May 2. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70969925

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Subjects:

  • Anchors
  • Ships
  • Marine accidents
  • Seafaring life
  • Voyages and travels
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters

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  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Dartmouth (as recorded)
  • North Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Dartmouth (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Dartmouth (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Dartmouth (as recorded)
  • Trinidad (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Dartmouth (as recorded)
  • Bijagos Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau) (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)