Maritime History

Amaranth (barquentine)

Amaranth was a four-masted barquentine built by Matthew Turner of Benicia, California in 1901. Amaranth sailed in the China trade between Puget Sound and Shanghai. She was wrecked on a guano island in the South Pacific in 1913 while carrying a load of coal.

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See also

• ▸HMCS Fraser (DDH 233)
• ▸Ceremonial drum
• ▸HMS Hyaena (1778)

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