| Defiance (schooner) | The four-masted schooner Defiance of 1897 burned while loading copra in the Solomon Islands, Capt. Clark and the crew reaching shore safely. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1922, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest.,p. 330. |
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| Defiance (schooner) | Peter Mathews at Hoquiam delivered the 604 -ton four masted schooner Defiance to the E. K. Wood Lumber Company. With dimensions of 179.8 x 37.7 x 13.7, this was the largest sailing vessel to be built in the Pacific Northwest that year. She was initially commanded by Capt. Blum. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1897, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 21. |
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