Elvira Ball

A five-masted schooner built of wood in 1907 by the Gilbert Transportation Company, Mystic, CT, USA. Dimensions: 200'8"×38'5"×16'9" and tonnage 869 tons.

The Elvira Ball was the smallest five-masted schooner built on the east coast of the United States and the second smallest in the USA after the Louis.

1907 August 24: Launched at the shipyard of Gilbert Transportation Company, Mystic, CT, USA, for their own use. Rigged by Captain William J. White. Commanded by Captain L.B. Stanton.
1909 February 8: Loaded with a cargo of lumber, she was abandoned without loss of life 130 miles east of Cape Charles, VA.

Updated 1996-10-06 by Lars Bruzelius

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