| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Cadmus |
| Owner | Benjamin Rich & Co.[1] |
| Builder | T[hatcher] Magoun, Medford, Massachusetts[1] |
| Fate | Wrecked 4 August 1842 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 316,[1] or 320 (bm) |
Cadmus was built in 1816 at Medford, Massachusetts. She made five complete voyages as a whaler, one out of Boston (1822–1825), and four out of Fairhaven, Massachusetts (1831–1841). She was lost in 1842 on an uncharted atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago (23°10′S 137°07′W / 23.167°S 137.117°W), that for a time was known as Cadmus Island, and is now known as Morane.[2]
- ^ a b c Gleason (1929), p. 14.
- ^ Quanchi & Robson (2005), p. xxiii, Pacific islands and their first European visitors.