Parnassus (ship)

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Several vessels have been named Parnassus, for the mountain Parnassus.

Citations

  1. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Parnassus voyage #90875.
  2. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2622. 27 February 1761. hdl:2027/hvd.32044050661016.
  3. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015004741792?urlappend=%3Bseq=143 Lloyd's Register (1764).
  4. Lloyd's Register (1768), Seq.no.P21.
  5. Clyde Built Ships: Parnassus.
  6. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 27494. London. 28 September 1872. col D, p. 11.
  7. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 27425. London. 10 July 1872. col D, p. 12.

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