Benicia
 Official Number
87916

The Benicia was an iron full-rigged ship built by the Whitehaven Ship Building Co. at Whitehaven, launched 22nd October 1883. She had a poop deck 48 feet long and a  forecastle 30 feet long. Her initial owners were Lowden, Edgar & Co.of Liverpool.

There are four on-line photos of the Benicia at the State Library of Victoria (see source 2). These state that she was later renamed Manicia. Two of the photos show the ship in rough weather in the North Sea in 1921, though to me it looks like the ship is foundering.

Source 3 states that the Benicia was broken-up in 1922.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Benicia
1883
1868
261.0
39.3
24.1
 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1887-8 (names master as Capt.Taylor, signal code flags JCHP).
  2. There are some excellent photographs of the Benicia at the State Library of Victoria website (Multimedia Catalogue).
  3. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984), which states that the vessel was renamed Manicia whilst owned in Norway.
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