Tonquin (1845 ship)

From Wikipedia - Reading time: 2 min


The Tonquin was a 496-ton merchant vessel built in 1845 by Waterman & Ewell in Medford, Massachusetts, and owned by George R. Minot and Nathaniel Hooper of Boston. She sailed from New York to San Francisco. On November 19, 1849, she was wrecked at the entrance to San Francisco, on Whaleman's Reef.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Gleason, Hall (1937). Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford. Medford, MA: J.C. Miller. p. 68.

Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonquin_(1845_ship)
6 views | Status: cached on May 19 2025 15:11:35
Download as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF