The CHARLES W. MORGAN is the only received whale-catching gel ship of the world.

At present its building were there more than 700 ships of this kind. On 21 July 1841 the wooden Vollschiff ran on threw from Jethro & Zachariah Hillman in new Bedford, mA (Massachusetts), the USA, from the pile and after the and buyer the Charles Waln Morgan, their main owner, was designated. On 6 September 1841 the young remote travel began via cape Hoorn into the Pacific. To three and a half years returns not completely it to its home port new Bedford, loaded with 2.400 barrels (381,552 l) whale oil and 4.5 t (2,400 lbs) whale bone (value: $ 56,068). 1867 were umgeriggt it from cost reasons to the bark, measured again and again registered. In its 80 service years (until 1921) it was led from 21 captains to 37 journeys, those from nine months to over five years (!) , and employed more lasted as 1,000 men of the most diverse nationalities than whalers, whale digesters and sailor. All their crews (30 - 35 men per journey) caught more whales than any other whale-catching ship their kind (altogether: 54,483 barrels (8.661.707 l) oil and 69.37 t bones). Their operational area was except the Pacific the Indian ocean and the south Atlantic. It even got over heavy snowstorms, drift ice and a Kannibalenangriff in the south Pacific. After fall of the whaling industry, one of the most important branches of industry of the USA to beginning 20. Century, it became to 28. May 1921 presented. After its de-activating "“Whaling Enshrined, Inc. took over."” the ship and brought it after "“Round Hill"” in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. In November 1941 the CHARLES W got. to MORGAN after Mystic, CT (Connecticut), and came into a Sandbett. At the end of of 1973 was dragged it in the lifting dock of the whale-catching museum by Mystic, in order to restore the ship soil. It was then presented swimming until 1974. The museum continues the renewal of retired parts from original materials and according to original methods, as happen also during its service years, so that a majority was particularly replaced the surface ship in the course of the years. It is today as museum ship in Mystic, CT (Connecticut, the USA, to visit. According to its appearance of 1905 (good photo documentation) it is completely restored with Barktakelage. Further it is overhauled completely in regular intervals.

Ship data

• Construction: Wood trunk with special superstructures as whale-catching ship
• Rigg: Vollschiff with dopp. Mars, einf. Bram, royal sail at the grossmast;
• further Rigg: Bark with dopp. Mars, einf. Bram, royal sail at the grossmast;
• Employment: Whale-catching ship
• Launching of a vessel: 21. July 1841
• Young remote travel: 6. September 1841 into the Pacific

• Building-thrown: Jethro & Zachariah Hillman, new Bedford, mA, the USA
• Technical designer: Jethro Hillman
• Shipping company: Charles Waln Morgan, new Bedford

• Home port: New Bedford, San Francisco
• Galionsfigur: no, no Bugzier
• Length A.: 40.54 m (133 ')
• Galion tail (fuselage length) lengthens: 33.80 m (111 ')
• Length on deck: 28.00 m (92 ')

• Width: 9.70 m (31 ' 10 ")
• Depth: 5.44 m (17 ' 9 ")

• Measurement: 313.75 BRT (gross register tons)/296 NRT (Nettoregistertonnen)

• Sail surface: ~2,100 m (22: 13 Rah, 4 steam turbine and gas turbine system, 4 pre, 1 Besan; as bark: 19:9 Rah, 4 steam turbine and gas turbine system, 4 pre, 2 Besane)
• Mast height: 34.00 m (111 ' 6 ") (Flaggenknopf - Kiel)
• Auxiliary machines: none
• Construction costses: $ 52.000

• First ship leader: Thomas's C. Landers
• further captains: J.M. Tickham, Chs. F. Keith, J.S. Layton, Jas. A.M. Earle, Th. Scullun; Jos. F. Edward, J. Gonsalves (last. Captain)
• Crew: ~33 men
• Maximum speed: ~10 kn

• Characteristics: Whale-catching ship equipment, 6 whale-catching boats

Related links

• http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Merchant/Sail/C/Charles_W_Morgan(1841).html (English)
• http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_019400_charleswmorg.htm (English)
• http://www.kelseypub.com/ct-guide/museums/chmorgan.shtml (English)
• http://www.peninsulators.org/Prism/Deck/Charles_W_Morgan/ (English)
• http://www.peninsulators.org/Prism/Deck/Charles_W_Morgan/charles_w_morgan.jpg (large admission)

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