Place MadeUnited States
Title
Flag
Datemid 19th Century
Mediumcloth, rope
Dimensions8 × 15 ft. (243.8 × 457.2 cm)
Object number00.110.74
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA swallow-tail flag with a blue cross on a white background. "Petrel" is written in the hoist.ProvenanceFlag of the Petrel. There two vessels called "Petrel" sailing from New Bedford between 1853 and 1893. One was a schooner that was built at Newburyport, MA in 1840. It capsized in a gale at sea on October 28, 1879, with 6 survivors rescued November 2. One was a 350 ton ship built at Rochester in 1853 and condemned and broken up at Cpe Verde in 1893."Fifteen Lives Lost at Sea" - New York Times article from November 9, 1879.
On View
Not on view
Circa 1850
1865-1867
1812-1818
Circa 1853
