Narwhal (whaling vessel) explained
Narwhal was a whaling ship, a barque which was part of the Arctic fleet between 1883 and 1907.[1] [2]
Further reading
- News: Arrival of Another Whaler From the Arctic . San Francisco Chronicle . 10 November 1886 . 8 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Close to the Pole . San Francisco Chronicle . 3 October 1893 . 12.
- News: Happy Whalers . The San Diego Union . 23 October 1894 . 1.
- News: Whalebone Will Be Expensive . The New York Times . 17 November 1895 . 25.
- News: Great Catch of Whales . The New York Times . 6 November 1898 . 9.
- News: Dock & Deck . Oakland Tribune . 23 September 1916 . 14 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Boat is Missing . Oakland Tribune . 21 May 1917 . 4 . Newspapers.com.
- News: The bark Narwhal . Oakland Tribune . 26 August 1921 . 31 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Windjammer in Movies . San Francisco Chronicle . 27 August 1921 . 17 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Lure of the Screen . The Nautical Gazette . 24 September 1921 . 411.
- News: Owen . L. C. . 9 January 1923 . Motley Crew Assembled for Treasure Hunt in South Seas . Deseret News . 6.
- News: Adventurous Crew to Film Savage and Cannibal Tribes Inhabiting South Sea Isles . The San Diego Union . Associated Press . 25 March 1923 . 17.
- News: South Sea Ship Believed Lost . Los Angeles Times . Associated Press . 24 January 1924 . 7.
- News: Think Bark Narwhal Safe in South Seas . Los Angeles Times . Associated Press . 6 February 1924 . 3.
- News: Noted Argosy of Modern Jasons is Reported Lost in Pacific Odyssey . Nevada State Journal . 22 June 1924 . 1.
- News: Treasure Cruise Nets Film . Los Angeles Times . Associated Press . 16 August 1924 . 1.
- News: Overman . Lee . 31 August 1924 . South Sea Maidens Too Fat Asserts Crew of 'Lost' Ship . The Ogden Standard Examiner . 7 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Most Important New of World . Lake Benton Valley News . 3 October 1924 . 2 . The bark Narwhal ... was 'knocked down' by an auctioneer for $1,500 to satisfy a claim of $1,100 entered by F. Meyer, the ship's cook..
- News: Shipping and Los Angeles Harbor News . Los Angeles Times . 10 September 1925 . 15 . The famous old Pacific whaling bark, Narwhal, is also based in this port while being used by John Barrymore in the filming of Herman Melville's epic of the whaling industry, "Moby Dick." On the screen Moby Dick will be seen as the Sea Beast..
- News: MacDowell . Syd . 14 February 1926 . Ahoy! Demand for Maritime Filmes Saves Derelicts From Ship 'Graveyard' . Los Angeles Times . 28.
- White . Tom . Under the Southern Cross . Yachting . 1931 . 51–55 . 0043-9940.
- News: Famed Whaler Finds Home at Ensenada . Evening Tribune . 22 September 1931 . 2.
- News: Famous Old Bark Narwhal Due Today as Barge Service Ends . The San Diego Union . 12 February 1932 . 4.
- News: Old Bering Sea Whaler Arrives From Ensenada . Evening Tribune . 12 February 1932 . 6.
- News: Old Whaler Anchors Here, Ghost Ship of Sailing Days . The San Diego Union . 13 February 1932 . 7.
- News: Bark, Sans Rigging and Gear Is Towed to Mudflat Berth . The San Diego Union . 31 October 1932 . 5.
- News: Fay . Murry N. . 26 February 1933 . My Crazy Cruise on a Haunted Whaler . Los Angeles Times . H4.
- News: The Ship That Was . The San Diego Union . 24 November 1933 . 8.
- News: 6 Die in S. D. Navy Airboat Crash . The San Diego Union . 24 August 1937 . 1.
- Bockstoce . John . December 1975 . Contacts between American Whalemen and the Copper Eskimos . Arctic . 28 . 4 . 298–299 . 10.14430/arctic2846 . 40508701. free .
- Ries . Edward M. . Summer 1991 . From Tall Ship to Fishing Barge . Mains'l Haul . Maritime Museum Association of San Diego . 32 . 4 . 10–13 . 1540-3386.
- Book: Busch, Briton Cooper . 2015 . Whaling Will Never Do For Me: The American Whaleman in the Nineteenth Century . University Press of Kentucky . 978-0-8131-5061-1 . 224–.
Notes and References
- News: Crawford . Richard . 15 January 2009 . Whaling ship mastered reinvention . The San Diego Union-Tribune . 2012-10-23.
- Web site: Magellan - The Ships Navigator . Cimorelli.com . 2012-10-23.