Banshee

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Type: Pungy

Year: 1875

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Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
1		1883-1931			Banshee, 1862. Ex Brittanica.		Shows a model of the Banshee featuring two masts and two smokestacks, all slanted.	MS0091/03.01-04#112
2	No image URL.						Banshee	P0001.011/01-0333
3		1883-1931			Banshee.		Banshee	MS0091/03.01-04#111a
4		1883-1931			Banshee.		Banshee	MS0091/03.01-04#111b
5	No image URL.	8/25/1863	Giraffe (Paddle steamer : 1838).; Iroquois (Steam sloop : 1859).; Banshee (Side wheel steamer : 1862).; Wabash (Screw frigate : 1856).; Powhatan (Side wheel steamer : 1852).; Minnesota (Frigate : 1861).; United States. Navy–Sea life.	United States–History–Civil War, 1861-1865–Personal narratives.; United States–History–Naval operations. Civil War, 1861-1865; Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.).; Boston (Mass.).		Weather.; Food.; Blockade.	Letter from George to his mother written while aboard USS Minnesota. He writes about receiving letters from friends at home. George also writes about two of their vessels chasing a blockade runner ashore last Tuesday a week ago and setting fire to her. The next fair day, Saturday, they tried to capture a blockade supply runner and a long range gun called whistleing [sic] Tom. The 'rebels' abandoned the steamer and supplies, which were captured by Union sailors. George mentions there being so much cloth and blankets on board from capturing the steamer that their "ship was turned into a clothing store." He also writes about chasing the Giraffe blockade runner but not being able to catch her. He mentions the Iroquois chasing another steamer called the Banshee which was not caught but threw most of its cargo overboard to escape. George writes that they heard that Fort Sumter had fallen with help from Navy ships Wabash and Pohattan [sic]. He also writes about where they might go next, that he expects to be in Boston to be discharged by November 1st, and about fishing. George recounts a large storm they met in the gulf stream on the 27th that they barely survived. He writes that after they survived they chased a steamer but she outran them. He also mentions that they have to watch their bread, or hard tack, "to keep it from walking away, as there is animals inside of it."	MS0673/01-01.08#01
6							BLUE BLASTER, GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY	CL27813
7	No image URL.						ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Illustrated London News, Aug. 6, 1853, p. 98 for a long description of the British Fleet at anchor at Spithead during July 1853.	CL17039
8							VESSEL INFORMATION-- VESSEL NAME: USS GRAND GULF VESSEL TYPE: wooden screw steamer SERVICE DATES: 1863 VESSEL HISTORY: ONWARD was purchased by the U.S. Government on September 14, 1863 from Cornelius & Richard Poillon from $190,000. Her name was changed to USS GRAND GULF . After use as a war vessel she was sold at public auction on November 30, 1865 at New York to Comstock & Co. Vessel had 11 guns. SHIP OWNERS: Cornelius & Richard Poillon; U.S. Government; C.Comstock & Co. VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 1200 tons ALL SHIP NAMES: (1) ONWARD (1863); (2) USS GRAND GULF (1863-1865); (3) GENERAL GRANT (1865-1869).	CL22789
9	No image URL.						ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: "Official Records of Union & Confederate Navies", Series II, Vol. I. "List of Vessels of the U.S. Navy from 1797 to 1874". VESSEL INFORMATION-- VESSEL NAME: USS GRAND GULF VESSEL TYPE: wooden screw steamer SERVICE DATES: 1863 VESSEL HISTORY: ONWARD was purchased by the U.S. Government on September 14, 1863 from Cornelius & Richard Poillon from $190,000. Her name was changed to USS GRAND GULF . After use as a war vessel she was sold at public auction on November 30, 1865 at New York to Comstock & Co. Vessel had 11 guns. SHIP OWNERS: Cornelius & Richard Poillon; U.S. Government; C.Comstock & Co. VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 1200 tons ALL SHIP NAMES: (1) ONWARD (1863); (2) USS GRAND GULF (1863-1865); (3) GENERAL GRANT (1865-1869).	CL20601
10	No image URL.		United States. Navy–Sea life.; Minnesota (Frigate : 1861).; Ohio (Ship-of-the-line : 1820).; Ben Morgan (Ship : 1861).; Wabash (Screw frigate : 1856).; Pawnee (Screw sloop-of-war : 1860).; Harriet Lane (Side wheel steamer : 1857).; Monticello (Screw steam gunboat : 1861).; Roanoke (Screw frigate : 1857).; Congress (Frigate : 1842).; St. Lawrence (Frigate : 1848).; Cumberland (Frigate : 1842).; Yorktown (Side wheel steamer : 1859).; Susquehanna (Side wheel steamer : 1850).; Merrimack (Frigate : 1856-1860).; Monitor (Ironclad : 1862).; Jamestown (Side wheel steamer : 1861).; S. R. Spaulding (Paddle steamer : 1859).; Whitehall (Side wheel gunboat : 1861).; R. B. Forbes (Steamer : 1861).; Rhode Island (Side wheel steamer : 1861).; Vanderbilt (Side wheel steamer : 1862).; Patrick Henry (Side wheel steamer : 1861).; Galena (Ironclad : 1862).; Naugatuck (Screw steamer : 1862).; Passaic (Ironclad : 1862).; Patapsco (Ironclad : 1863).; Merrimack (Screw steamer : 1862).; Weehawken (Ironclad : 1863).; Nahant (Ironclad : 1862).; Niagara (Steam frigate : 1857).; Caleb Cushing (Schooner : 1853).; Lehigh (Ironclad : 1863).; Sangamon (Ironclad : 1863).; State of Georgia (Side wheel steamer : 1861).; Arkansas (Screw steamer : 1863).; Eagle (Schooner : 1852).; Western World (Screw steamer : 1862).; Giraffe (Paddle steamer : 1838).; Iroquois (Steam sloop : 1859).; Banshee (Side wheel steamer : 1862).; Powhatan (Side wheel steamer : 1852).; Iron Age (Screw steamer : 1863).; Ariel (Schooner : 1863).; Britannia (Side wheel steamer : 1862).; Montauk (Ironclad : 1862).	United States–History–Civil War, 1861-1865–Personal narratives.; United States–History–Naval operations. Civil War, 1861-1865		Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862.	This series consists of thirty-four letters written by George Malcolm Newton to different family members while he fought in the Civil War in the Union Navy aboard the US steam frigate Minnesota. They describe his daily life and most letters contain accounts of his days transferred from his log book. The letters also contain information about battles and ship movement, including a letter of his eye-witness account of the Battle of Hampton Roads in March 1862. In this letter he mentions his ship getting stuck during the battle and being helped by other Union ships including the ironclad Monitor. His letters usually contain answers to his family’s questions such as what he eats and who he knows on board, and he also asks questions about how his family is doing and how various friends and family back home in Grafton, Massachusetts are doing.	MS0673/01
11		Circa 1920	New York Yacht Club–Photographs.; International Star Class Yacht Racing Association–Photographs.	Newport (R.I.)–Photographs.		Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Harbors–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Passenger ships–Photographs.; Airplanes–Photographs.	Contains photographic negatives of the Astor Cup race, the New York Yacht Club cruise and various races, the yacht Flying Cloud, the sailing yacht Lynx V, the yacht Wildfire, the yacht Vanitie, the Kings Cup race, the schooner Resolute, the auxiliary schooner Vagrant, the Gold Cup regatta, unidentified 40-foot yachts, the 40-foot yacht Pampero, the 40-foot yacht Banshee, the 40-foot yacht Marilee, the yacht Mary Rose, the Newport Harbor, various harbor scenes, waterfront scenes at Newport (R.I.), sailboats, sailing yachts, power yachts, the yachts Porpoise and Lena, the training ship Alexandra Hamilton, the power yacht Aras, the power yacht Argonaut, the power yacht Capsicum, the power yacht Colleen, the auxiliary schooner Constellation, airplanes, power yacht Gilnockie, the power yacht Josephine, the power yacht Mariner, the power yacht Miramichi, the auxiliary schooner Puritan, the auxiliary schooner Querida, auxiliary schooner Seadrift, the power yacht Vasanta, the power yacht Venture, the power yacht Whiz, the power yachts Wonaloa and Willann, the power yacht Yolanda, the runabout Eaglet, the auxiliary yawl Filtanga, the auxiliary yawl Cherie, unidentified power yachts, the auxiliary schooner Flying Fish, the auxiliary schooner Malbar VII, unidentified sailing yachts, star class boats, the Atlantic Yacht Club, the International Star Class Yacht Association, the star class vessel Vega, the star class vessel Inslee, the star class vessel Little Dipper, and the star class vessel Moondyne.	P0002.001/50-007
12		1925-1926	New York Yacht Club–Photographs.; Nerissa (Steamship : 1926)–Photographs.; Port Washington Yacht Club (N.Y.)–Photographs.	New York (State)–Photographs.		Yachts–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Passenger ships–Photographs.; Cruise ships–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Sailors–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Cargo ships–Photographs.	Contains photographic negatives of the Port Washington Yacht Club Regatta, the yacht Alarm, the yacht Barbara, the yacht Gamecock, the yacht Oriole, the yacht Sphynx, the auxiliary ketch Dragoon, the auxiliary schooner Tradwind, the power yacht Sea Horse, the tugboat Wicomico, a race between schooners Nadjy and Venturer, the auxiliary schooner Margaret Mary, the auxiliary schooner Nokomis, the power yacht Mahana, the power yacht Brickton IV, the power yacht Charlotte II, the power yacht Alrt, the power yacht Ayan, the auxiliary schooner Harlequin, yacht racing, boat racing, the New York Yacht Club Regatta, the yacht Lotus, the yacht Babette, the yacht Orithyia, the yacht Bandit, the yacht Chinook, the yachts Opal II and Ginette, the beginning of the Larchmont O Class race, the yachts Mirage and Nimbus, the yacht Grey Dawn, the 40-foot yachts Banshee and Typhoon and Rowdy, the S Class yacht Pandora, the R Class yacht Barbara, the R Class yacht Bob Kat, the R Class yacht Redhead, the R Class yacht Ardelle, the beginning of the SC Class and the yacht Fei Seen, the yacht Flying Fish, the yacht Clytie, the 30-foot boat Phantom, the power yacht Don Mardel, the auxiliary schooner Nomad, the auxiliary ketch Ventura, the passenger ship Nerissa, the beggining of the Bermuda yacht race, various dock scenes, sailors and watermen, yacht crews, equipment aboard the deck of the yacht Cygnet, Edward Crabbe aboard the yacht Windjammer, the committee boat Pep, the crew of the yacht Sagamore, the crew of the yacht Primrose, Robert N. Bavier aboard the yacht Dragoon, the yacht Quita, sailing yachts, power yachts, schooners, ketches, passenger ships, and tugboats.	P0002.001/50-003