Everything about Pilgrim Brig totally explained
The
Pilgrim was a sailing
brig (180 tons, 86.5 feet long) engaged in the
California hide trade of the early
19th century. Although just one among many other ships engaged in the business, the
Pilgrim was immortalized by one of her
sailors,
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., who wrote the classic account
Two Years Before the Mast about its 1834 voyage between
Boston and
California.
The Pilgrim was built in 1825 for Boston owners
Bryant, Sturgis & Co., and went down in a fire at sea in 1856.
A replica of the vessel was refitted from a
1940s era
diesel freighter in the
1970s and became a
museum ship in
Dana Point, California, the site of some of Dana's adventures. It was used in
Amistad, a film directed by
Steven Spielberg. Pilgrim also played the notorious "Ghost Galleon" in .
Crew
As described by Dana, in addition to six to eight common sailors, the ship's complement included three officers: the
Captain, the
First Mate and the
Second Mate. The second mate commanded the starboard
watch but while technically an officer was socially isolated, being neither truly an officer or a crewman. This was probably due to the size of the ship; on larger vessels with more crew, the Second Mate was clearly an officer, but on the
Pilgrim, the Captain and First Mate ate together and the Second Mate had to make due with their leftovers. Besides the captain, there were four specialist crewmembers who were not part of any watch: the steward, cook, carpenter and sailmaker.
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