Contributed by Pejepscot History Center
Description
Photograph of ship painting made by George B. Webber. This ship was part of the George Skolfield Fleet.
Written on painting: Ship Sam Skolfield. S. Skolfield, Master, off Cape Leeuwin from Melbourne for Calcutta. Sept. 25th, 1884. Written on back of photograph: 2nd Ship by same name.
The Sam Skolfield 2nd was to have been named the Skolfield Brothers, but the ship Sam Skolfield was lost in a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico while the new ship was on the stocks so it was launched in 1883 as the Sam Skolfield 2nd. The second Sam was a slow sailer and in her later years, often in trouble.
About This Item
- Title: Ship Sam Skolfield 2nd, ca. 1884
- Creator: George B. Webber
- Creation Date: circa 1884
- Subject Date: circa 1884
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Locations:
- Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Harpswell, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 18 cm x 24 cm
- Local Code: OH207-3
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Marine paintings
- Merchant ships--Maine
- Sailing ships--Maine
- Sam Skolfield 2nd (Ship)
- Shipbuilding--Maine
- Shipyards--Maine--Bath
- Shipyards--Maine--Harpswell
- Skolfield family
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Pejepscot History Center159 Park Row, Brunswick, ME 04011
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