Charles W Morgan Whaleship Photos

[Soundbounder]

Here are some photos I took of the Charles W Morgan, which is undergoing a three year restoration in Mystic CT. The CWM is the last remaining wooden whaling ship.

http://soundbounder.blogspot.com/2009/02/charles-w-morgan-restoration.html

There is also a photo gallery link of the October hauling.
I hope you enjoy it.

 

[Soundbounder]

And here are some of the Amistad taken in Noank CT last July. I am having trouble uploading photos on here.
http://soundbounder.blogspot.com/2008/11/amistad-in-noank.html

 

[Brian D]

What became of the original Amistad?

 

[Bilbo]

What became of the original Amistad?

This from the Wiki:

After being moored at the wharf behind the US Custom House in New London, Connecticut, for a year and a half, La Amistad was auctioned off by the U.S. Marshal in October 1840. Captain George Hawford, of Newport, Rhode Island, purchased the vessel and then needed an Act of Congress passed so that he could register her. He renamed her Ion. In late 1841, he sailed the ship to Bermuda and Saint Thomas with a typical New England cargo of onions, apples, live poultry, and cheese.
After sailing Ion for a few years, Hawford sold the ship in Guadeloupe in 1844. There is no record of what became of the Ion under her new French owners in the Caribbean.

 

[Brian D]

Thanks, Bilbo. That boat has some history behind it.