Inca (schooner)
| Career | United States |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Hall Brothers, Port Blakely, WA |
| Launched: | 1896[1] |
| Struck: | 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 245 ft. |
| Beam: | 41 ft.[2] |
| Sail plan: | 5-masted schooner |
The Inca was "the first true five-masted schooner built on the West Coast."[3]
Inca, "the second of her rig built on the Pacific, was launched at Port Blakely by Hall Bros. in 1896."[4]
Contents
Launching
"The Inca, because of its size and rig, had attracted considerable attention during the progress of its construction and when the time set for launching arrived a large crowd of people was present in the shipyards. The Port Blakeley schools were closed so that the pupils might attend the exercises incident to launching. Little Miss Melusina Thornton, the nine-year-old daughter of Chief Engineer Thornton of the steamer Sarah Renton, christened the new boat as it slipped into the water a few minutes before 11 o'clock on the morning of November 11, 1896."[5]
Lumber schooner
According to Gordon R. Newell, Inca "left Eureka, California October 10, 1920, with a cargo of redwood lumber for Sydney, Australia and was dismasted in the South Pacific. She was abandoned on December 7 by all hands except two men who volunteered to remain on board. The captain, his wife and the other 10 men of the crew set out in the boats and were sighted by the steamship Cosmos, which towed the Inca to Sydney, where she arrived December 18, discharged her cargo and was subsequently hulked." [6]
Schooner Inca in popular culture
"Inca Lane" in San Francisco is supposedly named after the 5-masted schooner.[7]
See also
- West coast lumber trade
- Port Blakely, WA
- Eureka, California, section Lumber and developing economy
External link
- "The Great Ships of Original Benjamin's". http://www.originalbenjamins.com/Inca.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
References
- ↑ Newell, Gordon R. (1966). "Maritime Events of 1896", H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co.. pp. 4. http://www.cimorelli.com/cgi-bin/magellanscripts/ship_dates_volume.asp?ShipName=Inca. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ↑ "The Great Ships of Original Benjamin's". http://www.originalbenjamins.com/Inca.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ↑ Bruzelius, Lars (Oct. 6, 1996). "Sailing Ships: Five-masted schooners". http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Schooners/Schooners%285m%29.html. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ↑ Lyman, John (May 10, 1941). "Pacific coast built sailers 1850-1905". The Marine Digest: pp. 2. http://www.cimorelli.com/cgi-bin/magellanscripts/ship_dates_volume.asp?ShipName=Inca. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ↑ Begley, Clarence (1916). History of Seattle from the earliest settlement to the present time. Chicago: S.J Clarke Publishing Co.. pp. 615–616. http://books.google.com/books?id=nbupvBGRpwEC&pg=PA615&dq=inca+schooner&cd=1#v=onepage&q=inca%20schooner&f=false.
- ↑ Newell, Gordon R. (1966). "Maritime Events of 1919-1920", H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co.. pp. 312. http://www.cimorelli.com/cgi-bin/magellanscripts/ship_dates_volume.asp?ShipName=Inca. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ↑ Donat, Hank (2008). "Mr. SF.com, Streets of the City". http://mistersf.com/streets/index.html?istsfr.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
Further reading
- Gibbs, Jim (1966). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures (1st ed.). Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. -- Three photos of Inca, including the frontispiece
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