Benicia (barquentine)

Barquentine Benicia
History
United States
Name	Benicia
Builder	Matthew Turner, Benicia, California
Launched	1899
Fate	Wrecked 10 October 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Barquentine
Tons burthen	674 tons [1]

Benicia was a barquentine built by Matthew Turner in Benicia, California in 1899. She was known for a fast passage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Kehei, Hawaii, of 35 days. ^[2]

Benicia was wrecked on Lafolle Reef off Haiti on 10 October 1920. ^[3]

Turner's influence on schooner Benicia

French Polynesia
Name	Benicia
Builder	Built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked for Matthew Turner
Notes	Arrived in San Francisco, 1941
General characteristics
Class & type	2-masted schooner [4]

At least two other sailing vessels also carried the name Benicia. Gibbs reports that Turner's influence on the South Seas schooner was still evident as late as 1941, when a two-masted schooner, Benicia, built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked in Turner's yard, arrived in San Francisco under the French flag. ^{[2] [4]}

1883 iron ship Benicia

An 899-ton iron ship named Benicia was launched in Oct. 1883, for Liverpool owners, by Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co. ^[5]

United Kingdom
Name	Benicia
Owner	Liverpool, England
Builder	Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co.
Launched	Oct. 1883
General characteristics
Tons burthen	809 tons [5]

References

1. Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. p. 138. ISBN   978-0-517-17060-1.
2. Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. pp. 42–43. ISBN   978-0-517-17060-1.
3. "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 42544. London. 18 October 1920. col. C, p. 21.
4. Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. pp. 40–41. ISBN   978-0-517-17060-1.
5. Bruzelius, Lars (1997-03-08). "Shipbuilders: Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co". Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co. The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved Mar 13, 2011.