Ships visiting the Marshall Islands (until 1885)
Namorik Atoll

edited by Dirk H.R. Spennemann



European vessels visiting Namorik 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

Namorik

1792

December 15

Royal Admiral

Henry Bond

merchant ship

GB

Namorik

1799

December 28

Ann & Hope

Christopher Bently

merchant ship

USA

Namorik

1805

February 26

Herald

Zachary Silsbee

merchant ship

USA

Namorik

1828

December 15

HMS Rainbow

Henry John Rous

warship

GB

Namorik

1835

November 10

Pallas

Henry Archer

merchant ship

USA

Namorik

1835

November 12-14

Pallas

     

Namorik

1835

October 5

Awashonks

Prince Coffin

whaler

USA

Namorik

1835

October 6

Awashonks

     

Namorik

1841

December 19

USS Flying Fish

Knox

warship

USA

Namorik

1843

August 22

Potomac

Isaac B. Hussey

whaler

USA

Namorik

1843

January 13

Wilmington and Liverpool Packet

Gilbert J.Place

whaler

USA

Namorik

1850

September 11

Herald

     

Namorik

1851

Noc or December

schooner

???

merchant ship

???

Namorik

1851

November or December

Elisabeth and Henry

 

whaler

USA

Namorik

1851

November or December

Lion

Nichols

whaler

USA

Namorik

1855

Sept 7

Belle

Handy

whaler

USA

Namorik

1856

October 5-6

Martha

     

Namorik

1857

August 8

Morning Star

S.G.Moore

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1858

December

Morning Star

John W.Brown

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1860

March 16

William C. Nye

John M. Soule

whaler

USA

Namorik

1862?

April

vessel

Enos

whaler

USA

Namorik

1863

December 27

Morning Star

C.W.Gelett

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1863

January 23

vessel

Enos

whaler

USA

Namorik

1864

February 22

Morning Star

Samual James

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1864

May 4

Midas

     

Namorik

1865

April 22

Java

     

Namorik

1865

October 16

Morning Star

Samual James

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1865

September 2

Morning Star

Samual James

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1867

December 27

Morning Star II

Hiram Bingham

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1867

November 25

Morning Star II

Hiram Bingham

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1867

September 14

Morning Star II

Hiram Bingham

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1868

April 23-24

Malolo

     

Namorik

1868

April 26-29

Malolo

     

Namorik

1868

August

Syringia

Brown

merchant ship

GBA

Namorik

1868

August

Water Lily

Ben Pease

merchant ship

USA

Namorik

1868

December 21

Helen Snow

Thomas Campbell

whaler

USA

Namorik

1868

December 24

Helen Snow

     

Namorik

1868

February

vessel

???

merchant ship

???

Namorik

1868

February 3

St.George

     

Namorik

1869

August

Morning Star II

A.Tengstrom

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1871

November

Morning Star III

Matthews

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1873

November 1-4

Morning Star III

Willaim B. Hallett

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1873

October 20

schooner

C.F.Wood

merchant ship

GBN

Namorik

1874

January

Leonora

Bully Hayes

merchant ship

MIS

Namorik

1874

January 15

Savaii

Becker

merchant ship

MIS

Namorik

1874

November 22-24

Morning Star III

C.W.Gelett

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1875

December 1

Morning Star III

A.D.Colcord

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1876

 

HMS Sappho

Commander Digby

merchant ship

GB

Namorik

1876

December 1

Tutuila

Witt

merchant ship

MIS

Namorik

1876

July 15

Vision

George Loverock

merchant ship

GBN

Namorik

1876

September 13

Morning Star III

A.D.Colcord

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1877

April 10

Matautu

Stockflett

merchant ship

MIS

Namorik

1877

early February

Agnes Donald

Austin

merchant ship

GBN

Namorik

1877

February 5

Fortune

Murray

merchant ship

GBN

Namorik

1877

February 5

Matautu

Stockflett

merchant ship

MIS

Namorik

1877

January 15

Fortune

Murray

merchant ship

GBN

Namorik

1877

January 15

Tutuila

Witt

merchant ship

MIS

Namorik

1877

January 26

Agnes Donald

Austin

merchant ship

GBN

Namorik

1877

March

Vision

Morton

merchant ship

GBN

Namorik

1877

March 27

Lotus

Bully Hayes

merchant ship

MIS

Namorik

1877

November 21

Agnes Donald

J.Murray

merchant ship

GBN

Namorik

1877

October 1

Matautu

Stockflett

merchant ship

MIS

Namorik

1878

end of January

Pacific

Peterson

merchant ship

???

Namorik

1878

January 29

Lotus

Miller

merchant ship

MIS

Namorik

1878

September 11

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

merchant ship

USA

Namorik

1879

September 9-10

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1880

August

Belle Brandon

G.H.Harris

merchant ship

GBN

Namorik

1880

December 3

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1882

December

Northern Light

Slocum

merchant ship

USA

Namorik

1882

September 21

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1883

 

Morning Star III

George Graland

mission ship

USA

Namorik

1883

June 23

HMS Espiegle

Cyprian Bridge

warship

GB

namorik

1878

August 24

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

merchant ship

USA



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