California (Bark)

Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Horace P. Smith, on voyage 1 Dec. 1898-16 Nov. 1899, to On the Line, Coast of Japan, Okhotsk Sea, and coast of Kamchatka whaling grounds; owner-agent: William Lewis; built at New Bedford, Mass., 1842; originally rigged as a ship; rerigged to bark ca. 1892.

From the description of Logbook, 1898 Dec. 1-1899 Nov. 16. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70969945

Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by P.D. Montgomery, on voyage from 2 Dec. 1896-2 Nov. 1897; owner-agent: William Lewis; built at New Bedford, Mass., 1842.

From the description of Logbook of the bark California, 1896 Dec. 3-1897 Oct. 28. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977436

Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Ellsworth Luce West, on voyage from 4 Dec. 1894-7 Nov. 1895; owner-agent: William Lewis; built at New Bedford, Mass., 1842.

From the description of Logbook of the bark California, 1894 Dec. 4-1895 Nov. 7. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977434

Whaling vessel; out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Horace P. Smith on voyage from 13 Dec. 1900-1 Nov. 1901 to the Hawaii, Coast of Japan, Sea of Japan, and Okhotsk Sea whaling grounds; owner-agent: William Lewis; built at New Bedford, Mass, 1842.

From the description of Logbook of the bark California, 1901 Jan. 1-Nov. 1. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 192098422

Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by William F. Joseph, on voyage from 16 Feb. 1905-3 Nov. 1905; owner-agent: William Lewis & Son; built at New Bedford, Mass., 1842.

From the description of Logbook of the bark California, 1905 Feb. 16-Nov. 3. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977438

Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Horace Perry Smith, on voyage from 7 Dec. 1899-4 Nov. 1900, to the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Coast of Japan, and Japan whaling grounds; owner-agent: William L. Lewis; built at New Bedford, Mass., 1842.

From the description of Logbook of the bark California, 1899 Dec. 7-1900 Nov. 4. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 191971305

Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by William F. Joseph, on voyage from Nov. 1902-3 Nov. 1903; owner-agent: William Lewis; built at New Bedford, Mass., 1842.

From the description of Logbook of the bark California, 1902 Nov. 20-1903 Nov. 3. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977437