Palmer List of Merchant Vessels

FELICIA (1842)
JOHANNA ELISE [1852]

The Swedish bark FELICIA was built at Nederkalix, Sweden, in 1842.

On 7 February 1852, the FELICIA was sold by Bohnstedt, Stockholm, to the Hamburg firm of C. Rübcke & Woellmer, who renamed her JOHANNA ELISE. Measurements (Hamburg): 145 Commerzlasten; 116,1 x 28,5 x 15,8 Hamburg Fuß (1 Hamburg Fuß = .28657 meter) (length x beam x depth of hold).

Master: 1852-1854 - H. H. D. N. I. Trautmann 1854-1855 - J. C. F. Janssen 1855-1861 - H. H. Wiborg 1861 - H. W. Dähn 1861-1862 - S. A. M. Buck Voyages: 1852-1853 - New York (4 x) 1853/54 - Altona/Laguayra/Altona 1854 - New York 1854/55 - New York/Belfast 1855/56 - La Plata/Cardiff 1856 - New York 1856/57 - New York/London 1857 - Quebec/New York/London 1857/58 - New York/London 1858 - New York 1858/59 - Rio de Janeiro/New York 1859/61 - Rio de Janeiro/Bremen (1860)/intermediate ports/Cardiff 1861/62 - Altona/intermediate ports ...

The JOHANNA ELISE ex FELICIA was sold in Moulmain, Burma, in 1862. Her later history and ultimate fate are not known.

Source: Walter Kresse, ed., Seeschiffs-Verzeichnis der Hamburger Reedereien, 1824-1888, Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, N. F., Bd. 5 (Hamburg: Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, 1969), vol. 2, p. 157.

Voyages:

Hamburg bark JOHANNA ELISE, [H. H. D. N. I.] Trautmann, master, arrived at New York on 22 June 1852 (passenger manifest dated 23 June 1852), 34 days from Hamburg, with merchandise and 192 passengers to W. von Seht & Co.
Hamburg bark JOHANNA ELISE, [H. H.] Wiborg, master, arrived at New York on 6 October 1857 (passenger manifest dated 7 October), from Hamburg 4 September, with merchandise and 227 passengers to F. Karck. Had 9 deaths on the voyage.

[08 Jul 1999]