1660’s sketch of New Amsterdam
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Ship Name
Rigging
Notes
Year
Abigail
?
Owned by Edward Wilcox
1640
Acme
Brig
Thomas Dane owned/held interests
1857
Annie Laurie
Brig
Thomas B. Dane owned/held interests
1856
Antelope
Schooner
James B. Dane with John Cann owned/held interests
1854
Berlin City
Sidewheel Steamboat
Wisconsin Fox Valley River system, Green Bay to Appleton, Thomas Dane and family immigrate. Sometimes confused with the Berlin or City of Berlin, but they’re different.
1860
Blessing
Barque?
John Briggs immigrating
1635
Bluenose
Schooner
Henry Ernest Baily sold canvas for sails
1922
Schooner Bluenose in racing form
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Breslau
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Steamship
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German ship seized by USA in WWI, renamed USS Bridgeport
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1901
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USS Bridgeport
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Destroyer Tender
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Archibald Kowald in crew, See also Breslau
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1920
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Brilliant
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Packet Schooner
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George Stephen Fletcher and family immigrated to Australia,
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1852
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Britannia
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Brig
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James B. Dane with John Cann owned/held interests
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1838
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Clare
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Brig
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Thomas Dane owned/held interests
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1847
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Clementina
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Schooner
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Thomas B. Dane owned/held interests
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1861
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HMS Cleopatra
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32 gun 5th rate Frigate of the Royal Navy
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William Fletcher in crew
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1807
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HMS Columbia
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Sloop(?) of the Royal Navy
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William Fletcher in crew
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1808
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Comet
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Great Lakes Propeller Steamboat
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Thomas Dane and family immigrate. Buffalo, NY to Green Bay, WI
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1860
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Sunken remains of Propeller Comet
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Delhi
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Brig
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Thomas B. Dane owned/held interests
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1857
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SS Eastern State
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Steamship
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Yarmouth Steamship Co., Thomas Dane part owner
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1851
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England
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Brig
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Likely ship that brought Thomas Brooks and family from Portsmouth, England to Grosse Isle, Canada
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1832
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Eagle
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Schooner
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Wrecked on 1st voyage killing Capt. Israel D. Cann, John Cann, and Henry Patten
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1851
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Eagle
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Brig
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Thomas Dane owned/held interests
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1856
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Exile
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Fishing Schooner
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Thomas Dane owned/held interests
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1845
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Francis Dane
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Brigantine
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Thomas Dane owned/held interests
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1852
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HMS Gauchapin
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Brig of the Royal Navy
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William Fletcher commanded
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1810
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Gold Hunter
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Brig
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Thomas Dane owned/held interests
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1854
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Good Fame of New York
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?
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Abraham Joslin part of crew
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1670
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Grecian
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Brig
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James B. Dane owned/held interests
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1832
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Howard Putnam
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Schooner
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Master Stayley B. Dane
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1865
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Inca
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Barque
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August Kohls and family immigrating
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1869
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Barque Inca
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Increase or Encrease
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?
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Thomas Josselyn immigrating
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1635
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John and Mary
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Schooner
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James B. Dane with John Cann owned/held interests
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1854
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John G. Hall
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Brig
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Thomas Dane owned/held interests
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1856
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John Molson
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Steamship
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Immigrant Thomas Brooks and family
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1832
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Loyal
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Schooner
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Captain Stayley B. Dane
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1865
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Lyon
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?
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Immigrant John Coggeshell and John Throckmorton and families
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1632
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Magnolia
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Brig
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Thomas B. Dane owned/held interests
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1874
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Maitland
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Brigantine
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James B. Dane with John Cann owned/held interests
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1840
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SSC*1 Melrose
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Schooner
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Thomas Dane and family immigrate to America, Yarmouth, NS to Boston, MA
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1860
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Native
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Barque
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Thomas B. Dane owned/held interests
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1853
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Newfield
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Steamer
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James Dane in crew when wrecked with SS Princess Louise
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1884
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HMS Northumberland
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74 gun, 3rd Rate Royal Navy Ship of the Line
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William Fletcher crew
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1812
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Queen
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Schooner
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James B. Dane with John Cann owned/held interests
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1807
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SS Princess Louise
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Steamship
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Wrecked with Steamer Newfield
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1884
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SS Sierra Nevada
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Steamship
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Josef Hilak immigrating
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1913
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SS Sierra Nevada
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Sirion
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Barque
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James B. Dane with John Cann owned/held interests
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1841
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Speedwell
(or companion vessel)
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Galley?
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Immigrant families of Thomas Cooke and Edward Wilcox
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1637
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Swan
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Schooner
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Israel Dane was in crew
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abt. 1755
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Etching on powder horn of the Schooner Swan
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USS Tuscania
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Steamship
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Torpedoed WWI Troop Transport, Theodore Briggs survives.
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1917
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Tubal Cain
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Barque
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James B. Dane with John Cann owned/held interests.
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1862
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Victor
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Brig
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Thomas Dane owned/held interests, Master Richard Harding Fletcher
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1854
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Vortex
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Barque
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Thomas Dane owned/held interests
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1853
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Vulcan
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Schooner
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Thomas Dane owned/held interests
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1853
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?
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Ferry
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At Pocasset, from mainland to Rhode Island, operated by John Cooke and David Wilcox
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1668
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Sailing of the Mayflower, 1620, by A. Forestier
Mayflower and Speedwell in Dartmouth Harbor, by Wilcox
WWI Troop Transport USS Tuscania
If you need a refresher course or are still in Rigging 101, please check out The Ships List webpage regarding the various types of masts and sail patterns. Of course there are variations and exceptions. For example, the Swan of Israel Dane was built as a Schooner and was so noted until she was employed by the British, who then called her a Sloop. When that contract ran out, the Americans called her a Schooner again. Please see Rob Ossian’s website if you want the graduate level course for ship types, including military. He’ll help you with everything from an Argosy to a Turtle Ship to a Yorkshire Billy Boy.
Notes:
*1 SS C Melrose: The “SSC” stands for State Ship Canadian.
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