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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Samson_ship.jpg) Samson
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 Norway | |
| Name | Samson |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | K. Larsen in Logebergskaret, Arendal, Norway |
| Laid down | March 1884 |
| Launched | 15 July 1885 |
| Commissioned | 19 February 1886 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold 1914 |
| Notes | 170-foot steam barquentine |
 Canada | |
| Name | Jacobsen |
| Owner | Canadian Whaling Co Ltd |
| Operator | S. Th. Sverre |
| Port of registry | Sydney |
| Fate | Sold 1919 |
 Sweden | |
| Name | Bellsund |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | Stockholm |
| Renamed | Samson (1928) |
| Fate | Sold 1929 |
 United States | |
| Name | Samson |
| Owner | Richard E. Byrd |
| Operator | Richard E. Byrd |
| Port of registry | New York |
| Out of service | 29 December 1952 |
| Renamed | City of New York (1928) |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Destroyed by fire, 29 September 1952 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 506 GRT, 254 NRT |
| Length | 147 ft 9 in (45.03 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 1 in (9.47 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 1 in (5.21 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail, Steam Auxiliary (1-Screw. C2cyl. 70NHP, later T3cyl. (18.1/2, 27.1/4 & 47 – 33in) 145NHP). |
| Sail plan | Fully rigged |
| Speed | 7 knots (13 km/h) (under steam) |
| Armament | 1 × 3-pounder QF gun |
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The City of New York was a steam barquentine known for being Richard E. Byrd's flagship on his 1928–30 exploration of Antarctica, mistakenly for the rescue of Ernest Shackleton in 1915, and most infamously for claims of being the ship that failed to come to the aid of the Titanic in 1912. Her name was changed several times; originally named Samson (1885–1914), she was renamed the Jacobsen (1915–1919), and then the Belsund (1919–1926), and back to Samson (1926–1928), before being finally dubbed the City of New York in 1928.