Benicia (barquentine)
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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.[2]
_-_lib.WA_4092.jpg) Barquentine Benicia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Benicia |
| Builder | Matthew Turner, Benicia, California |
| Launched | 1899 |
| Fate | Wrecked 10 October 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Barquentine |
| Tons burthen | 674 tons [1] |
Benicia was wrecked on Lafolle Reef off Haiti on 10 October 1920.[3]
 French Polynesia | |
|---|---|
| Name | Benicia |
| Builder | Built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked for Matthew Turner |
| Notes | Arrived in San Francisco, 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 2-masted schooner[4] |
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.[2][4]
An 899-ton iron ship named Benicia was launched in Oct. 1883, for Liverpool owners, by Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co.[5]
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