173-Year-Old Whaling Ship Returns to Save Whales | National Geographic

The world's last remaining wooden whaling ship has sailed again. Built in 1841, retired 80 years later, and kept on display since then, the Charles W. Morgan set sail in July in the waters off Cape Cod. Once it roamed the seas to harvest whales. After more than five years of restoration, the majestic sailing ship is now used as a tool at Mystic Seaport to educate the public about preserving and protecting whales.

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EDITOR: Alecia Jean Orsini Lebeda

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[conroychannel]

Bowhead whales live for 200 years imagine one being hunted in 1841 coming across this ship again almost 200 years later

[samrulz]

can barely fathom the incredible craftsmanship required to build such a vessel without the luxury of current technology. 

[imemyself]

I visited Mystic Seaport and the old Georg Stage (now "Joseph Conrad") during my student sailing with the new Georg Stage in 1989 and remember the Charles W. Morgan well, it was belaid on concrete and there were no plans to ever bring her about again - she was meant to stay as a museum ship.
What a surprise to see her sail again, what a massive achievement! Well done, Mystic!

[fonkyman]

id love living in those times... but with modern medicine please :P

[sovietred]

So you're telling me there is hope of me becoming a pirate?

[NOLAMarathon]

Whale oil lubricated our industrial revolution...and it was the successful drilling of the first oil well in 1859 in Titusville, PA, that eventually made whale oil unnecessary, thus saving the whales.  

[bruceblackburn]

Well done keeping these magnificent ships for us all to admire 🙂

[manwithacamera]

I really like wooden sailing ships they are unique

[matthewseligman]

Going to Mystic Seaport was one of my favorite things to do as a kid, especially going aboard the Morgan. It warms my heart to see this ship put to sea again!

[liamsi]

Is this Hank Hill singing when the video starts ?

[jacobotoole]

These ships really are just so beautiful

[asmitsharma]

I think ships like these should make comeback... For the earth's sake damnit

[marcusdoherty]

I remember touring that ship a few years back at Mystic Seaport in CT. It was pretty cool

[Canopus]

When I was a teenager I visited the Morgan on a trip sponsored by a youth group. The grandfather of one of the trip leaders sailed on her last working voyage. It would be great to have a tall ships regatta featuring the Morgan, Mayflower (reproduction), USS Constitution and any other tall ships 100 or more years old including reproductions.

[finden]

How lucky she is! Its like she is the last from her generation, she maybe saw ships from 1790.

[vy]

These ships are way better than modern

[Bluewater]

Great is the substance Amazing Thank-you awesome share...

[Hashslingingslasher-]

Bloody awesome boat but if they want to be taken seriously they needs to remove all the replica shit like the oversize barrels

[kristinacook]

This is what I want, nothing else in life could give me what this would lol

[MoltenUprisingMK]

That's one fine ship. Looks great for her age.