Ships visiting the Marshall Islands (until 1885)
Wotho Atoll

edited by Dirk H.R. Spennemann



European vessels visiting Wotho 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

Wotho

1565

January 12

San Pedro

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

 

SPA

Wotho

1565

January 12

vessel

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

 

SPA

Wotho

1565

January 12

vessel

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

 

SPA

Wotho

1835

 

America

I.I.Schantz

transport

RUS

Wotho

1852

January 1

HMS Serpent

L.U.Hammett

warship

GB

Wotho

1899

January 15

California

     


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