Lady Washington is the name of two small wooden merchant sailing vessels, the original which sailed for about 10 years in the 18th century, and a somewhat updated modern replica created in 1989. The replica has appeared in numerous films and television shows, as various other real or fictional ships.
The original Lady Washington (or more commonly, Washington) was a 90-ton merchant sloop. As part of the Columbia Expedition, she left Boston Harbor ...
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Lady Washington is the name of two small wooden merchant sailing vessels, the original which sailed for about 10 years in the 18th century, and a somewhat updated modern replica created in 1989. The replica has appeared in numerous films and television shows, as various other real or fictional ships.
The original Lady Washington (or more commonly, Washington) was a 90-ton merchant sloop. As part of the Columbia Expedition, she left Boston Harbor on October 1, 1787. She sailed around Cape Horn and participated in the fur and pelt trade with the coastal Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest and in tea and porcelain across the Pacific in China.
Named in honor of Martha Washington, she was captained originally by Robert Gray, and later by John Kendrick, former captain of her larger sailing partner, the Columbia Rediviva (Kendrick insisted he and Gray switch vessels mid-journey). Under the command of Kendrick, she was refitted as a brig (she was formerly a sloop).
She became the first...
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