the Ernestina Morrisey

Good Morning and have a great day

Today I will share a few shots of an Old ship that I often see docked here in New Bedford The Erniestina Morrisey

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A little bit about the ship

the schooner ERNESTINA-MORRISSEY, was built at the James and Tarr Shipyard for the Gloucester fishing fleet at a cost of $16,000 and launched on February 1, 1894. was owned by Captain William E. Morrissey and the John F. Wonson, Co. of Gloucester, MA. The vessel was named after Captain Morrissey’s daughter. The ship’s illustrious career began that same year, when the 156-foot-long schooner carried Gloucester fishermen to the Grand Banks, Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland in search of cod, haddock, hake, halibut, pollock, and other species and to carry freight,
Under Captain Bob Bartlett she sailed to within 600 miles of the North Pole, and later brought immigrants to the U.S. under the power of sail. Returned to the US in 1982 as a gift from the newly independent Cape Verdean people, she sailed as an educator until 2005.
She is primarily docked in New Bedford

Well I should add when I first moved here back in 2020 and for the first couple of years, the ship was not in New Bedford, as she was undergoing repairs, but now she is back and I often see her in the port, but it seems she was out and about more this year than last year as often she wasnt docked at the port, I know she went to Texas once for a sail ship regatta and believe I read somewhere she attended other events around the country

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now I am fascinated seeing old tall ships and hence find it very cool we have one that docks here, that said I am happy seeing them from land i have no interest in going out and sailing on one, which may be a little weird i guess

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