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![]() Ships visiting the Marshall Islands (until 1885)
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European vessels visiting Likiep 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 |
Likiep |
1565 |
January 5 |
San Lucas |
Alonso de Arellano |
SPA |
|
Likiep |
1817 |
November 5 |
Nadesha |
Otto von Kotzebue |
expedition |
RUS |
Likiep |
1817 |
November 5 |
Rurick |
Otto von Kotzebue |
expedition |
RUS |
Likiep |
1824 |
May 6 |
Predpriatrie |
Otto von Kotzebue |
expedition |
RUS |
Likiep |
1884 |
July |
H.L.Tiernan |
merchant ship |
USA |
|
Likiep |
1885 |
October 27 |
SMS Nautilus |
Rötger |
warship |
GER |
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