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[[File:Captain Samuel Samuels.jpg|thumb|Samuel Samuels, designer and captain the Dreadnought. Print from a wood engraving]] |
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Captain Samuel Samuels was an American sea captain best known for command of the famous [[clipper]] ship the Dreadnought.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164281|title=SV Dreadnought (+1869)|accessdate=8 February 2021|publisher=The Wrecksite}}</ref> The fastest sailing ship of the time was quite famous and Captain Samuels was also renowned as the captain and designer of the ship. In 1859 he set a new record for [[New York]] to [[Liverpool]] of only 9 days, 17 hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Dreadnought(1853).html|title=Dreadnought|accessdate=8 February 2021|author=Lars Bruzelius|year=1996}}</ref> Twice Captain Samuels sailed faster than steamer ships which were increasingly popular for freight during this time. |
Captain Samuel Samuels was an American sea captain best known for command of the famous [[clipper]] ship the Dreadnought.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164281|title=SV Dreadnought (+1869)|accessdate=8 February 2021|publisher=The Wrecksite}}</ref> The fastest sailing ship of the time was quite famous and Captain Samuels was also renowned as the captain and designer of the ship. In 1859 he set a new record for [[New York]] to [[Liverpool]] of only 9 days, 17 hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Dreadnought(1853).html|title=Dreadnought|accessdate=8 February 2021|author=Lars Bruzelius|year=1996}}</ref> Twice Captain Samuels sailed faster than steamer ships which were increasingly popular for freight during this time. |
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He was also the captain of James Gordon Bennett's yacht "Dauntless" in famous races in 1870 & 1887. |
He was also the captain of James Gordon Bennett's yacht "Dauntless" in famous races in 1870 & 1887. |
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In 1887 he released his autobiography "From the Forecastle to the Cabin", published by Harper. In it, he describes all of the topics one would expect from the golden age of the sailing era: storms, shipwrecks, famine, disease, press-gangs, desertion, piracy, violence, mutiny. He also tells the story of meeting his future wife, Miss Harriet Alice Steele. |
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He died 18 May 1908 at age 85 in [[Brooklyn]], New York and is laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.<ref name=grave/> |
He died 18 May 1908 at age 85 in [[Brooklyn]], New York and is laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.<ref name=grave/> |
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Revision as of 09:55, 8 February 2021
Captain Samuel Samuels was an American sea captain best known for command of the famous clipper ship the Dreadnought.[1] The fastest sailing ship of the time was quite famous and Captain Samuels was also renowned as the captain and designer of the ship. In 1859 he set a new record for New York to Liverpool of only 9 days, 17 hours.[2] Twice Captain Samuels sailed faster than steamer ships which were increasingly popular for freight during this time.
He was born in Philadelphia 8 March 1823.[3] According to his autobiography, works of James Fenimore Cooper and Frederick Marryat inspired him to run away to sea at the age of 11.[4] As a youth Samuels is shanghaied onto a ship bound for Liverpool. He learns the skills of the seaman, becomes an officer, and then a captain by age twenty-one.[5]
He was also the captain of James Gordon Bennett's yacht "Dauntless" in famous races in 1870 & 1887.
In 1887 he released his autobiography "From the Forecastle to the Cabin", published by Harper. In it, he describes all of the topics one would expect from the golden age of the sailing era: storms, shipwrecks, famine, disease, press-gangs, desertion, piracy, violence, mutiny. He also tells the story of meeting his future wife, Miss Harriet Alice Steele.
He died 18 May 1908 at age 85 in Brooklyn, New York and is laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.[3]
References
- ^ "SV Dreadnought (+1869)". The Wrecksite. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Lars Bruzelius (1996). "Dreadnought". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Capt Samuel Samuels". Findagrave. 19 Jun 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ From Forecastle to Cabin By Samuel Samuels
- ^ The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860 By Samuel Eliot Morison