Ships visiting the Marshall Islands (until 1885)
Jaluit Atoll

edited by Dirk H.R. Spennemann



European vessels visiting Jaluit Atoll until the beginning of the German Protectorate over the Marshall Islands in October 1885.

Abbreviations/Comments: Vessel type note that the type labour ship includes blackbirders; Nationality (Flag): AUS - Austria; CHI - Chinese; FRA - French; GB - Great Britain; GBA - Great Britain, Australia; GBN - Great Britain, New Zealand; GER - Imperial Germany; HAW - Hawaiian; HOL - Holland; JAP - Japanese; MIS - Marshall Islands (locally owned); RUS - Imperial Russia; SIN - Singapore; SPA Spanish; SWE - Sweden; TAH - Tahiti; USA - United Sates of America.

 

Atoll

Year

Date

Vessel

Captain

Type

Nationality

Jaluit

1809

 

Elisabeth

Patterson

merchant ship

GB

Jaluit

1824

May 28

Coquille

Loius Duperry

expedition

FRA

Jaluit

1841

December 17

USS Flying Fish

Knox

warship

USA

Jaluit

1852

December

Sea Nymph

McKenzie

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1859

November 5

Morning Star

John W. Brown

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1859

November 23

General Scott

     

Jaluit

1863

December 18

Morning Star

C.W.Gelett

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1864

February 28

Morning Star

Samual James

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1865

August 27

Morning Star

Samual James

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1867

February

Blossom

Ben Pease

merchant ship

HAW

Jaluit

1867

February 5

Sunbeam

Dewitt C. Barrett

whaler

USA

Jaluit

1867

November 28

Morning Star II

Hiram Bingham

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1867

September 6

Morning Star II

Hiram Bingham

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1868

Aprl 27

Malolo

L.P.Eldridge

merchant ship

HAW

Jaluit

1868

December 19

Helen Snow

     

Jaluit

1869

 

Morning Star II

A.Tengstrom

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1870

February 15

Malolo

     

Jaluit

1870

May 23

Malolo

     

Jaluit

1871

 

Eugene

???

labour ship

???

Jaluit

1871

 

steamship

???

labour ship

GBN

Jaluit

1872

April 17-26

HMS Barrosa

Lewis J.Moore

warship

GB

Jaluit

1872

September 28

HMS Blanche

Cortland Simpson

warship

GB

Jaluit

1873

 

Savaii

Edward Milne

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1873

March 19

Peter Godeffroy

Wendt

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1873

November 8-11

Morning Star III

Willaim B. Hallett

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1874

February 24

Elisabeth K.Bateson

Lessing

merchant ship

GBA

Jaluit

1874

January

Matautu

Niebuhr

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1874

January

Savaii

Becker

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1874

March 10-19

Morning Star III

Willaim B. Hallett

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1874

November 27- December 9

Morning Star III

C.W.Gelett

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1874

Sept 4-9

Morning Star III

C.W.Gelett

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1874

Sept 19

Alfred

Ganter

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1875

 

Mary Ann

Westfallen

merchant ship

GBN

Jaluit

1875

August 30

Morning Star III

A.D.Colcord

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1875

November

???

???

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1875

November

???

???

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1875

November

Julie Reitz

Harslager

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1875

November 22

Morning Star III

A.D.Colcord

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1876

 

HMS Sappho

Commander Digby

merchant ship

GB

Jaluit

1876

August

Matautu

Stockflett

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1876

August 24-30

Morning Star III

A.D.Colcord

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1876

December 1

Tutuila

Witt

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1876

December 3

Morning Star III

A.D.Colcord

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1876

December 9-February '77

Susanne

Loser

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1876

July 7

Helene

Bahlmann

merchant ship

GER?

Jaluit

1876

July 7

Vision

George Loverock

merchant ship

GBN

Jaluit

1876

October

Comet

 

whaler

HAW

Jaluit

1877

April 5

Maggie Johnston

Bliven

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1877

April 10

Matautu

Stockflett

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

August 2

Cesar Godeffroy

???

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1877

August 2

Susanne

Loser

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1877

Dec8

Lotus

Miller

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

December 16

Lotus

Miller

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

December 17

Spray

Barston

merchant ship

TAH

Jaluit

1877

December 22

E.A.Williams

Becker

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

December 29-January '78

Norman

Thomas G.Campbell

whaler

USA

Jaluit

1877

early feb

Agnes Donald

Austin

merchant ship

GBN

Jaluit

1877

February 6

Tutuila

Witt

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

February 17

Franziska

Miller

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1877

July 22

Agnes Donald

J.Murray

merchant ship

GBN

Jaluit

1877

July 28

E.A.Williams

Becker

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

June 25

Matautu

Stockflett

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

late October

Montiara

Raveklide

merchant ship

SIN

Jaluit

1877

late October

Susanne

Loser

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1877

March 5

Lotus

Bully Hayes

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

March 27

Lotus

Bully Hayes

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

March 27

San Francisco

 

merchant ship

???

Jaluitk

1877

March 29

Lotus

Bully Hayes

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

September 15

Montiara

Raveklide

merchant ship

SIN

Jaluit

1877

October 1

Matautu

Stockflett

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1877

November 7

Maggie Johnston

Bliven

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1878

April

John Bright

Merithers (?)

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1878

August 21-23

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1878

February 3

Spray

Barston

merchant ship

TAH

Jaluit

1878

January

Lotus

Miller

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1878

January 6

Maggie Johnston

Bliven

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1878

January 15

Pacific

Peterson

merchant ship

???

Jaluit

1878

January 27

Pacific

Peterson

merchant ship

???

Jaluit

1878

March 14

Stormbird

George Jackson

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1878

November 26-December 1

SMS Ariadne

B. von Werner

warship

GER

Jaluit

1878

October 3-7

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1879

August 16-27

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1879

December

John Bright

R.B.Bentley

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1879

December

Mana

ranks

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1879

January 20-24

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1879

March 5

Maggie Johnston

Bliven

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1879

September 4-8

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1880

April

Franziska

Rohlf

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1880

April 21

Jaluit

Witt

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1880

April 21

Montiara

Schneiders

merchant ship

SIN?

Jaluit

1880

April 21

Nicolaus

Jepsen

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1880

April 21 - May 4

Ferdinand

Westgaard

merchant ship

GB

Jaluit

1880

April 21-May 8

Mathilde

Nissen

merchant ship

GER?

Jaluit

1880

April 21-May 10

Olesaga

Schleuter

merchant ship

GER?

Jaluit

1880

April 24

Alaska

Westphalen

labour ship

GER

Jaluit

1880

January 20

Tori

Kumminga

merchant ship

???

Jaluit

1880

January or February

Pomare

A.N.Tripp

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1880

June

Nicolaus

Jepsen

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1880

June 1

Olesaga

Schleuter

merchant ship

GER?

Jaluit

1880

late May - June 5

Mathilde

Nissen

merchant ship

GER?

Jaluit

1880

March

Hawaii

Benjamin Whitney

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1880

March

John Bright

R.B.Bentley

labour ship

USA

Jaluit

1880

March 30

Sophia

 

merchant ship

???

Jaluit

1880

May 4-12

Vavau

Breckwoldt

labour ship

GB?

Jaluit

1880

May 9

Venus

Cummind

merchant ship

GB

Jaluit

1880

May 15

Fortune

Wallace

labour ship

GB?

Jaluit

1881

 

Franziska

Rohlf

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1881

August 8

???

???

merchant ship

GBN?

Jaluit

1881

August 23

Tarquin

L.A.Kessel

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1881

June 16-22

HMS Emerald

William H. Maxwell

warship

GB

Jaluit

1881

June 17

Pacific

 

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1881

June 19

SMS Habicht

Kuhn

warship

GER

Jaluit

1881

mid-Jun

Tarquin

L.A.Kessel

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1881

September 13

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1882

 

Olesaga

 

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1882

August 3-23

Bellona

 

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1882

August 5

Julia

Brown

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1882

August 5-14

Seaver

 

merchant ship

???

Jaluit

1882

August 13

Montiara

 

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1882

December

Alaska

Westphalen (?)

labour ship

GER

Jaluit

1882

December 1

Lotus

 

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1882

December 4

Julia

Brown

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1882

December 11-14

Greyhound

 

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1882

July 18

Julia

Brown

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1882

July 18

Montiara

 

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1882

July 27

Louisa

 

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1882

June 1

???

 

merchant ship

???

Jaluit

1882

June 15

Belle Brandon

Lehme

merchant ship

GBN

Jaluit

1882

June 19

Cassilda

 

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1882

June 20

Fraiya

 

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1882

November

Alaska

Westphalen (?)

labour ship

GER

Jaluit

1882

November 2

Francisco

Ryan (?)

merchant ship

USA?

Jaluit

1882

October

Alaska

Westphalen (?)

labour ship

GER

Jaluit

1882

October 7-17

Staghound

 

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1882

October 20

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1882

October 28

Francisco

Ryan (?)

merchant ship

USA?

Jaluit

1882

Sept 12

Alaska

Westphalen (?)

labour ship

GER

Jaluit

1882

September 21 - October 30

Navigator

 

merchant ship

GER

Jaluit

1882

September 23

Francisco

Ryan (?)

merchant ship

USA?

Jaluit

1882

September 28

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1883

 

Morning Star III

George Graland

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1883

December

Kaluna

A.Lowell

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1883

January

Alaska

Westphalen (?)

labour ship

GER

Jaluit

1883

January 18

Maria Lousia

Ohner

merchant ship

FRA

Jaluit

1883

June 19

HMS Espiegle

Cyprian Bridge

warship

GB

Jaluit

1883

November 5

Morning Star III

George Graland

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1884

April 16-19

USS Essex

A.H.McCormick

warship

USA

Jaluit

1884

August 10

HMS Dart

LtCmdr William Moore

warship

GB

Jaluit

1884

early April

Francisco

Ryan

merchant ship

GB

Jaluit

1884

January 15

Lucretia

     

Jaluit

1884

July

Jennie Walker

Holland

merchant ship

HAW

Jaluit

1884

July

Nieu

 

merchant ship

???

Jaluit

1884

July 21

HMS Dart

LtCmdr William Moore

warship

GB

Jaluit

1884

July 31

H.L.Tiernan

 

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1884

July 31

Klakuk

Phillips

merchant ship

USA

Jaluit

1884

July 31-August 2

Vauadis

Kiwlbing

warship

SWE

Jaluit

1884

June

Julia

 

labour ship

HAW

Jaluit

1884

late May

Francisco

Ryan

merchant ship

GB

Jaluit

1884

May

Lotus

 

merchant ship

MIS

Jaluit

1885

December 30

Fleetwing

     

Jaluit

1885

June 6

Morning Star IV

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Jaluit

1885

October 15-17

SMS Nautilus

Rötger

warship

GER

Jaluit

1885

October 29

SMS Nautilus

Rötger

warship

GER

Jaluit

1885

September 2

Morning Star IV

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA



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