Benicia (barquentine)

Barquentine Benicia
History
United States
Name:	Benicia
Builder:	Matthew Turner, Benicia, California
Launched:	1899
Fate:	Wrecked in Haiti, 1920
General characteristics
Class & type:	Barquentine
Tons burthen:	674 tons [1]

Benicia was a barquentine built by Matthew Turner in Benicia, California in 1899. She was known for a fast passage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Kehei, Hawaii, of 35 days.^[2] Barkentine Benicia was wrecked in Haiti in 1920.

Turner's influence on schooner Benicia

French Polynesia
Name:	Benicia
Builder:	Built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked for Matthew Turner
Status:	Arrived in San Francisco, 1941
General characteristics
Class & type:	2-masted schooner [3]

At least two other sailing vessels also carried the name Benicia. Gibbs reports that Turner's influence on the South Seas schooner was still evident as late as 1941, when a two-masted schooner, Benicia, built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked in Turner's yard, arrived in San Francisco under the French flag.^[2][3]

1883 iron ship Benicia

An 899-ton iron ship named Benicia was launched in Oct. 1883, for Liverpool owners, by Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co.^[4]

United Kingdom
Name:	Benicia
Owner:	Liverpool, England
Builder:	Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co.
Launched:	Oct. 1883
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	809 tons [4]

References

1. Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
2. Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
3. Gibbs, Jim (1968). West Coast Windjammers in Story and Pictures. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0-517-17060-1.
4. Bruzelius, Lars (1997-03-08). "Shipbuilders: Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co.". Whitehaven Iron Shipbuilding Co. The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved Mar 13, 2011.