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Governor Ames

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Coordinates: 35°43′37″N75°20′24″W / 35.727°N 75.340°W / 35.727; -75.340

The Governor Ames was the first five-masted schooner. In the late 19th century, she was the world's largest cargo vessel.

She was launched on December 1, 1888, by the Leavitt-Storershipyard of Waldoboro, Maine, United States, and was named for Oliver Ames (then the Governor of Massachusetts).[2] The Governor Ames was owned and operated by the Atlantic Shipping Company based in Somerset, Massachusetts.

Although the Governor Ames was the first five-masted schooner, she was preceded by the five-masted Great LakesbarkentineDavid Dows, which was confusingly called a schooner despite having a square-rigged foremast. The David Dows was longer than the Governor Ames but otherwise smaller.

The schooner's first voyage, in ballast to Baltimore, Maryland, resulted in disaster on December 11, 1888, when the foremast snapped in high winds, taking the other masts with it and dismasting the Governor Ames completely. The anchor chain also broke, and the schooner ran aground on Georges Bank.[3]

Refloated and towed to port, the vessel was remasted with shorter masts,[4] following which it sailed from Maine to Buenos Aires in Argentina with a cargo of 1,896,000 board feet (4,470 m3) of spruce and pinelumber valued at $29,868, believed to be the largest or second largest cargo ever taken by an American vessel at the time.[5]

The lumber trade proving profitable, she was employed for the next five years in that trade, venturing far away from the Eastern seaboard and its coal trade for which she was built. She rounded Cape Horn to bring lumber to Redondo Beach, California, and was then employed hauling lumber from Pacific ports to Australia. Returning to the waters of the Eastern United States via Cape Horn once more, she entered the coal trade finally in Fall 1894.[1]

El 30 de mayo de 1899, el Governor Ames encalló en dieciocho pies de agua cerca de Key West, Florida . [ 6 ] Con la ayuda del remolcador Childs y otras goletas, y el lanzamiento por la borda de 200 toneladas cortas (180 t) de carbón, el Governor Ames fue reflotado la tarde siguiente sin daños importantes. [ 7 ] 

El Governor Ames naufragó durante un temporal el 13 de diciembre de 1909, a cuatro millas del cabo Hatteras , en la costa de Carolina del Norte . Había zarpado el 9 de diciembre de Brunswick, Georgia , con destino a Nueva York , transportando una carga de traviesas de ferrocarril apiladas en su cubierta. La goleta fue arrastrada hacia los bancos de arena de Wimble y se partió en dos horas. Trece de las catorce personas a bordo perecieron, incluyendo al capitán, King, y a su esposa. El único superviviente fue Joseph Speering, de Nueva York. [ 8 ]

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Desaparece la goleta de cinco mástiles" (PDF) . The New York Times . 3 de marzo de 1895. pág.  14.
  2. ↑ Becker, Rick. "RBHS - Muelle de Redondo" . Sociedad Histórica de Redondo Beach . Consultado el 16 de abril de 2008. ... la goleta de cinco mástiles Governor Ames , que entonces era el mayor buque de carga del mundo...
  3. ↑ "Un viaje desafortunado" (PDF) . The New York Times . 17 de diciembre de 1888. pág. 2. 
  4. ↑ "Una gran goleta maderera" (PDF) . The New York Times . 16 de febrero de 1889. pág. 1. 
  5. ↑ "Un gran cargamento de madera" (PDF) . The New York Times . 1 de mayo de 1889. pág. 12. 
  6. ↑ "Goleta Governor Ames en tierra" (PDF) . The New York Times . 31 de mayo de 1899. pág. 12. 
  7. ↑ "Bota la goleta del gobernador Ames" (PDF) . The New York Times . 31 de mayo de 1899. pág. 4. 
  8. ↑ "Trece desaparecidos en una goleta" (PDF) . The New York Times . 26 de diciembre de 1909. pág. 1. 

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