Benjamin F. Packard

Benjamin F. Packard
1900 photograph of Benjamin F. Packard by Charles E. Bolles
History
United States
BuilderGoss, Sawyer & Packard, Bath, Maine
LaunchedNovember 15, 1883
FateScuttled on May 18, 1939
General characteristics
Length244 ft 2 in (74.42 m) LOA
Draft43 ft 4 in (13.21 m)

Benjamin F. Packard was an American Down Easter ship constructed in 1883. She was the last surviving Down Easter until her scuttling in 1939.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Lubbock, Basil (1987). The Down Easters: American Deep-Water Sailing Ships, 1869-1929. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-25338-1.