| Name | BENJAMIN CARVER |
|---|---|
| Named for | |
| Designation | |
| Official Number (MVUS) | 2087 |
| Official Number (Lloyds) | |
| Official Number (Japanese) | |
| Hull Number | |
| IMO Number | |
| State License # | |
| Signal Letters | H. C. L. F. |
| Radio Letters | |
| Combined | |
| F.C.C. | |
| Rig | H-Brig |
| Type | |
| Class | 2 – |
| Rate | |
| Model | Full |
| ABS | |
| Head | Billet |
| Stern | Square |
| Displacement | |
| Tons, gross | 155.67 |
| Tons, net | 147.89 |
| Capacity | |
| Dimensions | 92.0 x 25.3 x 9.3 |
| Length, keel | |
| Length, overall | |
| Length, over deck | |
| Length, registered | 92 |
| Length-waterline | |
| Beam | 25.3 |
| Depth | 9.3 |
| Draft | 10 |
| Draft, Centreboard down | |
| Decks | 1 |
| Accommodations | |
| Hatches | |
| Hatches, size | |
| Tanks | |
| Compartments | |
| Compartments, capacity | |
| Masts | 3 |
| Mast(s), height | |
| Spars, other dimensions | |
| Sail Area (Sq. Ft.) | |
| Sail Area (Sq. Ft.) – Main | |
| Sail Area (Sq. Ft.) – Mizzen | |
| Mizzen staysail | |
| Sail Area (Sq. Ft.) – Headsail | |
| Sail Area (Sq. Ft.) – Spannaker | |
| Sailmaker | |
| Sails, Year made | |
| Sail No. | |
| Race Rating | |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 1846 |
| Launched, time | |
| Commissioned | |
| Re-commissioned | |
| Cancelled | |
| Built where (Country) | United States |
| Built Where (State/Province) | ME |
| Built Where (Town) | Searsport |
| Cost | |
| Designer | |
| Design # | |
| Designer, Interior | |
| Builder | John Carver |
| Builder’s Number | |
| Master Carpenter | |
| Rebuilt | 1880-01, United States, NJ, Jersey City |
| Hull Material | Wood: Mixed woods |
| Fastenings | Essential copper and iron |
| When Metaled | 1859, September |
| Engine description | |
| Engine, dimensions | |
| Diameter of Cylinder | |
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| Boiler(s), number | |
| Boiler(s), type | |
| Boiler(s), size | |
| Ind. Steam, Fire and Bilge Pump | |
| Security and Provisions against fire | |
| Transmission | |
| Shaft size | |
| Screw(s) | |
| Propeller Size | |
| Horsepower | |
| Nominal HP | |
| Indicated HP | |
| Shaft HP | |
| Speed | |
| Fuel type | |
| Burns oil | |
| Fuel, capacity | |
| Range | |
| Generator(s) | |
| Water, capacity | |
| Holding tank, capacity | |
| Nationality | American |
| Armament | |
| Electronics | |
| Service | |
| Trade Indicator | |
| Owners | Benjamin Carver and others (1846-55) Benjamin Carver, John Carver and others (1856-60) Walsh, Carver & Chase (1862) Walsh-Carver and Co. (1864) B. and J. Carver (1879) Mark Gray, Bucksport ME (1886) Mrs. Hannah D. Gray, sole, ME, Bucksport (1879.) |
| Factory(s) | |
| Master(s) | James N. Carver (1846) William Meyers (1860) J. Perry (1862) G. Carver (1867) Mark Gray (1879) Simeon Colson (1879). Edward Lowell (1886) |
| Chief Engineer(s) | |
| Officers | |
| Crew | |
| Homeports | ME, Searsport (1862) > ME, Bucksport |
| Station | |
| Area of Operations | |
| Port of Registry | |
| Port of Survey | |
| Survey (Date and Place) | 1862, April, NY |
| Estimated value | |
| Disaster | |
| Decommissioned | |
| Fate | Lost |
| Date of Disaster | 1886-08-14 |
| Location of Disaster | USA, Whitehead Ledges |
| Latitude | |
| Longitude | |
| Lifesaving Station | |
| Master | |
| Crew (Voyage/Disaster) | |
| Voyage | |
| Cargo | |
| Persons on Board | |
| Lives Lost | |
| Salvage | |
| Value of Vessel | |
| Value of Cargo | |
| Total Value | |
| Estimate Value of Property Lost | |
| Notes | P. H. Repairs 1859 Part new ceiling and new deck. Disaster: 11 December 1879, leak, beached Red Bank, NY, Staten Island, NY to Portland, coal, Taken to NJ, Jersey City, rebuilt. |
| References | MVUS Am. Lloyds (1862) Am Record (1879) Applebee, Sailing Vessels Built in Penobscot River Towns |