All the whaling captains and crew are smiling down on Mystic, CT these days, and they will all be watching on Saturday too. Our Owen Chase will be with us Im sure!!! In 80 years of service, she made 37 voyages. Charles W. Morgan brought home 54,483 barrels of sperm and whale oil and 152,934 pounds of whalebone. She sailed in the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans, surviving ice and snow storms. Her crew survived a cannibal attack in the South Pacific. Charles W. Morgan had more than 1,000 whalemen of all races and nationalities in her lifetime. Her crew included not only Americans, but sailors from Cape Verde, New Zealand, the Seychelles, Guadeloupe, and Norfolk Island. As with other whaleships in the 19th century, Charles W. Morgan was often home to the captains family. Charles W. Morgan was owned and managed by the J. & W. R. Wing Company of New Bedford. During her years of service, Charles W. Morgan was used in several movies, including Miss Petticoats (1916), Down to the Sea in Ships (1922) and Java Head (1923).
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 14:17:01 +0000
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