FRANKLIN A.
FRANKLIN A.
Years Active: 1868-1873
Vessel Type: Wooden Schooner
Schooner
Nationality: American
Probably sunk in the Falkland Islands, after being run down and holed by a fellow American whaling schooner in January 1873.
Main Use:
Whaling and Sealing
Years Active:
1868-1873
Power:
Sail
Built:
1868
Size:
65 Net tons
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Main Use: Whaling and Sealing
Built: 1868
Power: Sail
Design/Build: Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Size: 65 Net tons
According to modern sources: on 17th January 1873, an American whaling schooner, the E. B. PHILLIPS, struck another American whaling schooner, the FRANKLIN A., amidships, in Berkeley Sound, East Falkland, carrying away both masts and cutting through the hull. The FRANKLIN A. sank almost immediately. Her master, Captain Malenson and his mate, Roderick Dyer, were knocked overboard, spending some time in the water before being rescued. This account may or may not be true, because no contemporary report has been found. There’s nothing mentioned in either the Stanley Shipping Register, or in Falkland Islands Company reports from the local Manager to Head Office in London. A reliable American whaling database gives the following voyage information for the E. B. PHILLIPS: 1868-1871 (on voyages) and 1874-1876 (on voyages). This appears to suggest that the E. B. PHILLIPS wasn’t at sea at the time of the collision in 1873. However, it’s most unlikely that she wasn’t working between 1871 and1874.
According to modern sources: on 17th January 1873, an American whaling schooner, the E. B. PHILLIPS, struck another American whaling schooner, the FRANKLIN A., amidships, in Berkeley Sound, East Falkland, carrying away both masts and cutting through the hull. The FRANKLIN A. sank almost immediately. Her master, Captain Malenson and his mate, Roderick Dyer, were knocked overboard, spending some time in the water before being rescued. This account may or may not be true, because no contemporary report has been found. There’s nothing mentioned in either the Stanley Shipping Register, or in Falkland Islands Company reports from the local Manager to Head Office in London. A reliable American whaling database gives the following voyage information for the E. B. PHILLIPS: 1868-1871 (on voyages) and 1874-1876 (on voyages). This appears to suggest that the E. B. PHILLIPS wasn’t at sea at the time of the collision in 1873. However, it’s most unlikely that she wasn’t working between 1871 and1874.
