History | |
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United States | |
Name | A. T. Gifford |
Owner |
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Laid down | March 1883 |
Homeport | Gloucester, Massachusetts |
Fate | Lost, 1915 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Schooner-rigged whaler |
Displacement | 82 short tons (74 t) |
Length | 82 ft 6 in (25.15 m) |
The A. T. Gifford was the last American schooner-rigged whaleship to cruise Hudson Bay. She caught fire and sank in late 1915. Although the captain and a few of his crew escaped the wreck, none survived the disaster.