Canton (Bark)

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Peleg L. Sherman on voyage from 8 Dec. 1874-1878 July 9; owner-agent: Charles R. Tucker & Co.; built at Baltimore, Md., 1835; rerigged from ship to bark in 1874; lost 1910.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Canton, 1874 Dec. 13-1876 Dec. 20. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74985985

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William H. Poole, on voyage from 1 May 1895-8 Oct. 1896; owner-agent: J. & W.R. Wing; built at Baltimore, Md., 1835.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Canton, 1895 May 1-1896 Oct. 7. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977537

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by James Henry Sherman on voyage from 12 Sept. 1878-9 Nov. 1882; owner-agent: John F. Tucker; built as ship at Baltimore, Md., 1835; rerigged to a bark in 1874; lost 1910.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Canton, 1878 Sept. 12-1882 Nov. 9. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130143

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William H. Poole, on voyage from 1 May 1895-8 Oct. 1896; owner-agent: J. & W.R. Wing; built at Baltimore, Md., 1835; lost in 1910.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Canton, 1895 May 1-1896 Oct. 7. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977649

Whaling vessel (238 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George Lyman Howland, on voyage from 19 May 1891-2 June 1893, to the Western, East Cape, and Coast of Africa whaling grounds; owner-agent: Edward D. Mandell; built at Baltimore, Md., 1835.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Canton, 1891 May 19-1893 June 2. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 173610945

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by George Lyman Howland, on voyage from 14 June 1887-13 Nov. 1890 to the Western Island, San Antonio, Pigeon, East Cape, Coast of Africa, Coast of New Zealand, near Desolation, and Madagascar whaling grounds; owner-agent: Edward D. Mandell; built at Baltimore, Md., 1835.

From the description of Logbook, 1887 June 14-1890 Nov. 13. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976728