Palmer List of Merchant Vessels

EVERHARD (1831)
CHARLES QUINT [1847]
Oil painting, by C. J. Fedeler, between 1835 and 1839. 47 x 61,5 cm. Focke-Museum, Bremen, Inv.-Nr. B.909 a, acquired in 1914 from the estate of Capt. Johann Hinrich Barlach, who commanded the vessel from 1832 to 1839. Source: Johannes Lachs, Schiffe aus Bremen; Bilder und Modelle im Focke-Museum (Bremen: H. M. Hauschild, [1994]), p. 55, no. 30. To request a copy of this picture, contact the Focke-Museum.

The Bremen bark EVERHARD was built at Vegesack/Grohn by Johann Lange, for the Bremen firm of F. & E. Delius, and was launched on 21 September 1831. 150 Commerzlasten; 29 x 8,6 x 5,3 meters (length x breadth x depth of hold). October 1831, maiden voyage, under Captain Johann Hinrich Barlach, Bremerhaven-Norfolk-Richmond, Virginia. Barlach's successors as captain were, in turn, Hermann Chr. Stille, of Bremen, Th. Knigge, and Albert Haake, of Lemwerder.

1835, lengthened to 33,6 meters (183 Commerzlasten) and re-rigged as a ship by the shipbuilder Ide Oltmann, in Brake.

On 13 April 1847, on her arrival in Antwerp from New Orleans, the EVERHARD was sold by F. & E. Delius to Catteux Wattel & Cie, of Antwerp, who renamed her CHARLES QUINT. Captains under the Belgian flag were L. Mussche and C. Sheridan. Her ultimate fate is unknown.

Sources: Peter-Michael Pawlik, Von der Weser in die Welt; Die Geschichte der Segelschiffe von Weser und Lesum und ihrer Bauwerften 1770 bis 1893, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, Bd. 33 (Hamburg: Kabel, c1993), pp. 177-178, no. 113; Johannes Lachs, Schiffe aus Bremen; Bilder und Modelle im Focke-Museum (Bremen: H. M. Hauschild, [1994]), p. 55, no. 30.

[14 Jan 1998; 23 Feb 2001]

EVERHARD DELIUS (1855)

The Bremen bark EVERHARD DELIUS was built at Vegesack by Peter Sager, for the Bremen firm of E. C. Delius & Co, and was launched on 17 April 1855. 261 Commerzlasten / 610 tons; 41,7 x 9,1 x 5,2 meters / 140 x 28 x 19.5 ft (length x beam x depth of hold). International Signal Code: QBNK.

E. C. Delius & Co originally placed the EVERHARD DELIUS in the emigration service to North America. 18 May 1855, maiden voyage, Martin Hinrich Hohnholz, master, to New York, with 259 passengers. From about 1860, she also sailed to South America, and from 1863 to Southeast Asia as well.

In 1860, the EVERHARD DELIUS was sold to the Bremen firm of F. Reck & Co (from 1878 Reck & Boyes). Hohnholz, from Vegesack, was master of the EVERHARD DELIUS for almost 15 years, although he was replaced on several voyages by Christian Herboth (in 1863, when illness forced him to remain in New Orleans) and by H. N. Lauer (in 1866). In the late 1860's Hohnholz was permanently replaced by Herboth, who remained master for approximately 10 years, until replaced by B. Fortmann.

In August 1880, the EVERHARD DELIUS arrived at the harbor at Kingston, Jamaica, from New York, and discharged her cargo of wood. On 18/19 August, a hurricane swept over Kingston, tearing the EVERHARD DELIUS from her moorings, and beaching her; she was condemned as a total loss.

Source: Peter-Michael Pawlik, Von der Weser in die Welt; Die Geschichte der Segelschiffe von Weser und Lesum und ihrer Bauwerften 1770 bis 1893, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, Bd. 33 (Hamburg: Kabel, c1993), p. 138, no. 55.

Voyages:

German bark EVERHARD DELIUS, Capt. Herboth, arrived at New York on 3 June 1872, 40 days from Bremen, with merchandise and 340 passengers, to E. Pavenstedt & Co; passenger manifest dated 4 June 1872. "May 12, had a hurricane, beginning at SE and going completely around the compass, lasting 24 hours, in which ship lay on her beam ends for 2 hours; split sails; had 10 deaths - children."
German bark EVERHARD DELIUS, Capt. Herboth, arrived at New York on 17 October 1872, 30 days from Bremen, with merchandise and 52 passengers, to Hermann Koop & Co. "Made a northern passage and had fine weather."

[15 Feb 2000]