Ann Alexander (ship)
The Ann Alexander was a whaling ship from New Bedford, Massachusetts, notable for being rammed by a wounded sperm whale in the South Pacific on August 20, 1851, some 30 years after the famous incident in which the Essex was stove in and sunk by a whale in the same area.
Read more about Ann Alexander (ship): Early History, Sunk By A Sperm Whale, Retrieval and Rescue, Melville and Moby-Dick, Aftermath
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