Flotsam and salvage

Timber, casks, chests, canoes, and boats found adrift, masts and spars afloat, and the weed of the Gulf Stream.

See them on the moments map

1. 1847 · Draco: Found a burned foremast adrift.
2. 1844 · Solon: Struck and salvaged a floating mast.
3. 1847 · Draco: Picked up floating jib boom.
4. 1861 · Altamaha: Recovered a vessel's floating bowsprit.
5. 1862 · Hopeton: Picked up a floating box of hams.
6. 1832 · George Porter: Retrieved a cask of rum adrift.
7. 1831 · George Porter: Saw large quantities of gulfweed.
8. 1831 · Parker: Crew salvaged a large timber log.
9. 1835 · Parker: Spotted first gulfweed of the voyage.
10. 1842 · Rowena: Spotted two empty whaleboats.
11. 1843 · Rowena: First sighting of gulfweed.
12. 1844 · Jefferson: Recovered lost oar after weeks.
13. 1846 · Dunbarton: Retrieved floating mahogany from the sea.
14. 1847 · Dunbarton: Crew retrieved an adrift canoe.
15. 1852 · Active: Spotted a floating schooner's mast.
16. 1853 · Active: Encountered large amounts of driftwood.
17. 1856 · Daniel Wood: Crew found a floating chest.
18. 1861 · Altamaha: Crew salvaged floating palm oil.
19. 1862 · Hopeton: Crew salvaged floating barrel of lard.
20. 1863 · Solon: Crew salvaged floating barrel of turpentine.
21. 1865 · Brewster: Large drift-wood and trees floating past.

Whaling Logs · Moments by topic · All voyages · About