Ships visiting the Marshall Islands (until 1885)
Lae Atoll

edited by Dirk H.R. Spennemann



European vessels visiting Lae 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

Lae

1799

December 31

Ann & Hope

Christopher Bently

merchant ship

USA

Lae

1835

October

Awashonks

Prince Coffin

whaler

USA

Lae

1858

December

Morning Star

John W.Brown

mission ship

USA

Lae

1864

January 30

Cicero

John R. Stivers

whaler

USA

Lae

1877

 

E.A.Williams

Becker

merchant ship

MIS

Lae

1883

 

???

???

merchant ship

JAP

Lae (?)

1804

November 27

Ocean

John Mertho

merchant ship

GB

Lae(?)

1852

January 3

HMS Serpent

L.U.Hammett

warship

GB

Lae

1883

 

Morning Star III

George Graland

mission ship

USA

Lae

1884

early

Ada

 

merchant vessel

GB

Lae

1884

September

Ada

 

merchant vessel

GB



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