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Steamship General Whitney (1873-1899)


(oil painting by Antonio Jacobsen)


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Built in 1873 by Harlan & Hollingworth, Wilmington, DE
Iron hulled, two-masted, steam-powered screw
1849 gross tons, 255. x 40 x 18.0
Built for Metropolitan SS Co., New York

the Whitney was used for freight service between New York and Boston.

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During the late 1800s thru 1930s, it was not uncommon for a steamship line
to charter another lines ships to fill-in for ships in repair, disabled or lost.
While under charter to the Cromwell Line, she left New Orleans for New York and
foundered off Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 21, 1899 losing Captainn Hawthorne and sixteen men.


Sources:
Antonio Jacobsen oil painting.
http://www.p4a.com/itemsummary/76534.htm

New York Times, Ships, May 1887
... May 24, Steamship General Whitney, Bearse, Boston, to HF Dimock, mdse. May 24, Steamship Roanoke, Couch, Richmond, West Point, & Norfolk, pass. ...
www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/nytimes1887.htm

Search for "Jacobsen" Antonio"
... Steamship General... - A marine oil on canvas by Antonio Jacobsen(American
1850 to 1921). Steamship General Whitney. Built in 1873 ...
www.seekw3.com/ cgi-bin/metasearch.cgi?lang=en&keywords=Jacobsen%2C+Antonio

Sniffin's The Checklist (Jacobsen) 6 entries - 3 sketches,
(1878, unknown, 1882), 3 paintings unknown-Mariners, 1914, 1915


Sources:


NYT NOV 05, 1873


NYT APR 04, 1899


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