The Marco Polo

The Marco Polo (HM1GV4)

Location: Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 1E8 Saint John County
Country: Canada
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N 45° 16.375', W 66° 3.76'

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Le Marco Polo

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A three-masted full-rigged ship with a modified clipper hull, the Marco Polo earned a reputation as the "fastest ship in the world" and drew international attention to New Brunswick shipyards. Built in 1851 by James Smith in Saint John, it was sold to British interests and refitted to carry emigrants. Its captain, "Bully" Forbes, achieved a record passage from Liverpool the goldfields of Australia in 1852 by using the "Roaring Forties" route north of Antarctica. While carrying timber to England in 1883, the Marco Polo was run ashore at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, during a gale.


French

Le Marco Polo, trois-mats carr? dot? d?une coque de clipper modifi?e, attira l?attention internationale sur les chantiers navals du Nouveau-Brunswick en s?illustrant comme ?le navire le plus rapide au monde?. Construit par James Smith ? Saint John en 1851, le fut vendu ? des Britanniques et r??quip? pour transporter des emigrants. Command? par ?Bully? Forbes, il accomplit, en 1852, la travers?e de Liverpool aux champs aurif?res de l?Australie en un temps record par la route de ?quaranti?mes rugissants?, au nord de l?Antarctique. Il transportait de bois vers l?Angleterre lorsqu?on l??choua dans un temp?te ? Cavendish (?le-du- Prince-?douard), en 1883.
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HM NumberHM1GV4
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Placed ByHistoric Sites and Monument Board of Canada/Commission de lieux et monuments historique du Canada
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Date Added Thursday, September 11th, 2014 at 10:06pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19T E 730404 N 5017466
Decimal Degrees45.27291667, -66.06266667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 16.375', W 66° 3.76'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 16' 22.5" N, 66° 3' 45.6" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1-15 Market Square, Saint John New Brunswick E2L 1E8, CA
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