Pilgrim (brig)
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The Pilgrim was an early 19th century American sailing brig. She was immortalized by one of her sailors Richard Henry Dana Jr., who wrote the classic account Two Years Before the Mast about a 1834-1835 voyage between Massachusetts and California to trade for hides. Pilgrim caught fire and sank at sea in 1856.
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Name | Pilgrim |
Owner |
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Builder | Sprague & James, Medford, Massachusetts |
Launched | 1825 |
Fate | Sank in a fire at sea, 1856. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Brig |
Tons burthen | 180.5 tons burthen |
Length | 86.5 ft (26.4 m) |
Beam | 21.6 ft (6.6 m) |
Notes | 1834 voyage described in Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr. |
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