Benicia was a barquentine built by Matthew Turner in Benicia, California in 1899. She was known for a fast passage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Kehei, Hawaii, of 35 days.[1]
Benicia was wrecked on Lafolle Reef off Haiti on 10 October 1920.[2]
At least two other sailing vessels also carried the name Benicia. Gibbs reports that Turner's influence on the South Seas schooner was still evident as late as 1941, when a two-masted schooner, Benicia, built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked in Turner's yard, arrived in San Francisco under the French flag.[1] [3]
An 899-ton iron ship named Benicia was launched in Oct. 1883, for Liverpool owners, by Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co.
. James A. Gibbs . West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures . Superior Publishing Co . 1968 . Seattle . 42–43 . 978-0-517-17060-1.
. James A. Gibbs . West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures . Superior Publishing Co . 1968 . Seattle . 40–41 . 978-0-517-17060-1.