Ships visiting the Marshall Islands (until 1885)
Maloelap Atoll

edited by Dirk H.R. Spennemann



European vessels visiting Maloelap 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.

 

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Atoll

Year

Date

Vessel

Captain

Type

Nationality

GB

Maloelap

1788

June 28

Charlotte

Thomas Gilbert

transport

GB

Maloelap

1788

June 28

Scarborough

William Marshall

transport

GB

Maloelap

1799

July 15-16

Nautilus

Charles Bishop

many atolls

1829

 

Krotky

L.V.Hagemeister

transport

RUS

Maloelap

1817

February 10

Nadesha

Otto von Kotzebue

expedition

RUS

Maloelap

1817

February 10

Rurick

Otto von Kotzebue

expedition

RUS

Maloelap

1825

December 10

Dolphin

John Percival

warship

USA

Maloelap

1872

April 10

HMS Barrosa

Lewis J.Moore

warship

GB

Maloelap

1878

September 19

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

merchant ship

USA

Maloelap

1879

August 26-27

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Maloelap

1880

November 15-18

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Maloelap

1882

October 16

Morning Star III

Isaiah Bray

mission ship

USA

Maloelap

1883

 

Morning Star III

George Graland

mission ship

USA

Maloelap

1885

October 23

SMS Nautilus

Rötger

warship

GER

Maloelap (?)

1854

 

James Arnold

T.Sullivan

whaler

USA



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