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*Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''Cleopatra's Barge''' | *Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''Cleopatra's Barge''' | ||
*[http:// | *[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/1482060 The Story of George Crowninshields' Yacht, Cleopatra's Barge]by F. B. Crowninshield. | ||
*[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/1760983 George Crowninshield's Yacht Cleopatra's Barge] Peabody Museum, 1959. | *[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/1760983 George Crowninshield's Yacht Cleopatra's Barge] Peabody Museum, 1959. | ||
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*[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/2382888 Essex Institute Historical Collection] Vol. 25, pp. 81-117 | *[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/2382888 Essex Institute Historical Collection] Vol. 25, pp. 81-117 | ||
*[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/1659624 | *[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/1659624 Ships and Sailors of Old Salem] by Ralph D. Paine. | ||
*[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/2055203 One hundredth anniversary of the building of "Cleopatra's Barge", 1816-1916] Peabody Museum | *[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/2055203 One hundredth anniversary of the building of "Cleopatra's Barge", 1816-1916] Peabody Museum | ||
Latest revision as of 14:39, 9 October 2025
- This unusual ship, the first ocean-going yacht, was built in 1816 by George Crowninshield and captained by Benjamin W. Crowninshield.
- The elegant Cleopatra's Barge was built for pleasure voyages and cost $50,000 to build. The furniture was later appraised at $7,000. She was eighty-three feet long and twenty two feet wide. Many thousands visited her before she made her maiden voyage in March of 1817.
- Capt. George Crowninshield died on the yacht in November of that year. The yacht was later dismantled and fitted as a merchant vessel. It was eventually sold to King Kamehameha I of Hawaii, in 1819 and shortly after was wrecked on a reef.
- Crowninshield's journal of his 1817 trip went up for auction in Aug. of 2022.
See Also
- Postcard Image courtesy of CardCow.com
- Vertical File in Salem Collection - Cleopatra's Barge
- The Story of George Crowninshields' Yacht, Cleopatra's Bargeby F. B. Crowninshield.
- George Crowninshield's Yacht Cleopatra's Barge Peabody Museum, 1959.
- Essex Institute Historical Collection Vol. 25, pp. 81-117
- Ships and Sailors of Old Salem by Ralph D. Paine.
- "Journal of Salem's first yacht trip goes to auction" Salem News, Aug. 8, 2022, p. A1
