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General Grant (sailing ship)
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Not to be confused with USS General Grant.
General Grant was a 1,005-ton three-masted bark built in Maine in the United States in 1864 and registered in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] It was named after Ulysses S. Grant and owned by Messers Boyes, Richardson & Co. She had a timber hull with a length of 179.5 ft, beam of 34.5 ft and depth of 21.5 ft.[2] While on her way from Melbourne to London, General Grant crashed into a cliff on the west coast of main island of the Auckland Islands of New Zealand, and subsequently sank as a result. Sixty-eight people drowned and only 15 people survived.
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Owner | Boyes, Richardson & Co |
Builder | Built in Maine |
Launched | 1864 |
Fate | Wrecked 13 May 1866, Auckland Island |
General characteristics | |
Type | Bark |
Tons burthen | 1,005 tons |
Length | 179 ft 6 in (54.71 m) |
Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Draft | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
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