{"id":955,"date":"2011-12-17T20:49:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com\/?p=955"},"modified":"2011-12-17T20:49:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T20:49:43","slug":"a-friend-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2011\/12\/17\/a-friend-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"A friend at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

The schooner Cordova<\/em>, 93 tons, 69′ in length with a beam of 18 ‘ and a draft of 8’, was built in Kingston in 1835 by Lysander Bartlett for Benjamin Delano. \u00a0Described by Henry Jones in Ships of Kingston\u00a0<\/em>as a full-bowed vessel, with masts raked well aft, bowsprits steeved very high and ports painted\u00a0in the old style, she sailed to the West Indies, along the New England coast and throughout Atlantic fishing grounds until 1882.<\/p>\n

In 1835\u00a0Cordova<\/em>\u00a0brought in a haul of 42,000 fish from the Grand Banks<\/a>, but in 1855, she engaged in a different kind of business there, one that may have saved a sister schooner.<\/p>\n

\"Receipt<\/a>
Receipt for an anchor, 1855<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Grand Bank, August 29th 1855<\/p>\n

Received on Board the Schr [schooner] called the Mary Brewer of Castine<\/a>, from on Board Schr. Cordova of Kingston viz. one anchor weighing two hundred and fifty pounds, and the stock belonging thereunto for which I promise to pay the owners of the Cordova or return said anchor &c in good order.\u00a0James Brophy<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mary Brewer<\/em>, a schooner of 115 tons, 77′ by 21′ by 8′, had been built in Vinalhaven, ME in 1852, but sailed from Castine. She was one of the largest of the Grand Bankers<\/a>\u00a0in the Penobscot Bay area.<\/p>\n

For more on Grand Banks fishing, take a look at this Smithsonian exhibit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: MC13 Arthur Beane Collection\/Jones River Village Historical Society; Ships of Kingston by Henry Jones.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The schooner Cordova, 93 tons, 69′ in length with a beam of 18 ‘ and a draft of 8’, was built in Kingston in 1835 by Lysander Bartlett for Benjamin Delano. \u00a0Described by Henry Jones in Ships of Kingston\u00a0as a full-bowed vessel, with masts raked well aft, bowsprits steeved very high and ports painted\u00a0in the … <\/p>\n

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