HAMMONIA (1846)
The steamship HAMMONIA was built for the Elbe-Humber Dampfschiffahrt Gesellschaft, of Hamburg, by T. D. Marshall, South Shields, and was launched in 1846 (Certificate 19 June 1846). 1846: 95 Commerzlasten / 228 tons (net); 140.6 x 24.7 x 13 feet (length x breadth x depth of hold). Lengthened in 1854: 114 Commerzlasten / 254 tons; 159 x 24.7 x 12.9 feet (length x breadth x depth of hold).
Master:
1846 - P. H. Decker
1846 - A. Fokkes
1846-1848 - R. M. Sawyer
1848-1854 - J. D. G. Wendt
1855-1858 - J. C. Paulsen
Voyages:
1846 - Hull (11 x)
1847 - Hull (20 x)
1848 - Hull (8 x)
1849 - Hull (12 x)
1850 - Hull (18 x)
1851 - Hull (19 x)
1852 - Hull (25 x)
1853 - Hull (17 x)
1854 - Hull (23 x)
1855 - Hull (17 x)
1856 - Hull (23 x)
1857 - Hull (22 x)
1858 - Hull (4 x)
The Elbe-Humber Dampfschiffahrt Gesellschaft ceased operations in 1858, and on 24 July 1858, the HAMMONIA was taken over by the Hamburg firm of H. J. Perlbach & Co.
Master:
1858 - J. C. Paulsen
1858-1859 - J. Pahl
1860 - H. N. Lubau
1860-1862 - J. C. G. Dircks
1862-1863 - H. Blume
1863 - J. H. Plett
1863 - J. Paulsen
1863-1864 - J. Blohm
1864-1867 - H. Blume
1867 - A. Krulle
1867 - G. H. M. Blanck
1867 - H. W. L. v. Seth/Schultz
Voyages:
1858 - Antwerp (6 x)
1859 - Antwerp (16 x), Hull
1860 - Antwerp (7 x), Hull (2 x), G"oteborg/London
1861 - Hull (11 x), Hull/Antwerp (2 x), Antwerp (4 x), Amsterdam, Dunkirk (3 x)
1862 - Hull (2 x), Rotterdam (3 x), London/Harburg (3 x), Antwerp (3 x), Amsterdam, Grangemouth (3 x),
Christiania (Oslo)
1863 - Antwerp (17 x)
1864 - Antwerp (3 x); during the Austro-Prussian war against Denmark renamed ANTWERPEN, and registered
at Antwerp to Cornelsen; at the close of hostilities reverted to HAMMONIA and re-registered at
Hamburg; Rotterdam (7 x)
1865 - Rotterdam (20 x), Antwerp/Rotterdam
1866 - Antwerp (5 x), Rotterdam (14 x)
1867 - Rotterdam (20 x), Antwerp, Hull (4 x), Havre
On 7 December 1867, the HAMMONIA sank off Lynn.
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. 1, p. 130; vol. 2, pp. 99-100.
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HAMMONIA (1855) Photograph. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Source: Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, Michigan: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 119. To request a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
The steamship HAMMONIA, the first of three vessels of this name owned by the Hamburg-America Line, was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, and was launched on 5 May 1855 (registered 13 July 1855). 2,026 tons; 301 ft x 37 ft 11 in x 24 ft 9 in (length x breadth x depth of hold); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, geared oscillating engine, service speed 10 knots; accommodation for 54 passengers in 1st cabin, 146 in 2nd cabin, and 310 in steerage; crew of 77.
Captain:
1856 - P. Popp
1856-1857 - F. A. Heydtmann
1857-1864 - H. F. Schwensen
1863 - H. Ehlers
Voyages:
1856 - New York (3 x)
1857 - New York (5 x)
1858 - New York (5 x)
1859 - New York (5 x), Grimsby
1860 - New York (4 x), Grimsby
1861 - New York (3 x)
1862 - New York (4 x)
1863 - New York (5 x)
1864 - New York (2 x)
1855, chartered to the French Government as a Crimean War Transport. 1 July 1856, first voyage, Hamburg-New York (36 roundtrip voyages). 6 February 1864, last voyage, Hamburg - Southampton - New York. 1864, sold to the Allan line; renamed BELGIAN. 21 April 1864, first voyage, Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal. 2 April 1868, last voyage, Liverpool-Portland, Maine. 1872, sold to the Dominion Line. 3 September 1872, first voyage, Liverpool-New Orleans (2 roundtrip voyages). 1873, renamed MISSOURI. 5 February 1873, 1 roundtrip voyage, Liverpool-New Orleans. 30 April 1873, first voyage, Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal. 17 September 1873, sailed Liverpool for New Orleans. 1 October 1873, wrecked on the Bahamas, with no loss of life.
Sources: 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. 1, p. 188; Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg-Amerika-Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), p. 24 (picture, misidentified as the BORUSSIA); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 1 (1975), p. 388.
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HAMMONIA (1866) Photograph. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Source: Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, Michigan: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 119. To request a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
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The steamship HAMMONIA, the second of three steam vessels of this name owned by the Hamburg-America Line, was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, and was launched on 12 August 1866. 3,035 tons; 100,6 x 12,2 x 10 meters (length x breadth); straight bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, inverted engine, service speed 12 knots; accommodation for 58 passengers in 1st class, 120 in 2nd class, and 500 in steerage.
Captain:
1867-1868 - H. Ehlers
1868-1870 - E. Meier
1870-1872 - H. Meyer
1872 - C. Hebich
1872 - C. Ludwig
1872-1877 - B. Voss
1878 - R. Carlowa
Voyages:
1867 - Southampton, New York (7 x)
1868 - New York (7 x), Bremerhaven
1869 - New York (9 x)
1870 - New York (5 x)
1871 - New York (2 x), Havana
1872 - New York (7 x)
1873 - New York (6 x), Le Havre
1874 - New York (4 x)
1875 - New York
1876 - Philadelphia, New York (3 x)
1877 - New York (4 x)
The HAMMONIA was the type-ship of the Hamburg-America Line's Hammonia class, although she was not the first of the class to enter service. 2 March 1867, maiden voyage, Hamburg-New York. 25 July 1877, last voyage, Hamburg - Havre - New York. 6 June 1878, purchased by the Russian Volunteer Fleet, and renamed MOSKVA. 6 June 1882, bound from Hankow to St. Petersburg, wrecked 25 nautical miles off Cape Guardafui, Gulf of Aden, with no loss of life; the crew and 150 passengers saved themselves on the coast of Somalia, where on 24 June they were picked up by the British steamship BAGDAD.
Sources: Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der HamburgAmerika Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), p. 27 (photograph); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 1 (1975), p. 389.
Voyages:
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HAMMONIA (1882) [Right] Photograph of the HAMMONIA at the Hamburg-America Line pier at Hoboken, New Jersey. Source: Arnold Kludas, Die Geschichte der Deutschen Passagierschiffahrt, Bd. 1: Die Pionierjahre von 1850 bis 1890, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, 22 (Hamburg: Kabel, c1986), p. 100. To request a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
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[Left] Photograph (detail) of the HAMMONIA at the Jonas, Hamburg, ready to sail. Source: Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), p. 42. To request a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
The steamship HAMMONIA, the third of three vessels of this name owned by the Hamburg-America Line, was built by J & G Thomson, Glasgow (yard #188), and was launched on 13 September 1882. 4,227 tons; 113,92 x 13,85 x 9,75 meters (length x breadth x depth of hold); straight bow, 2 funnels, 3 masts; steel construction, screw propulsion, compound engine, service speed 15.2 knots; accommodation for 150 passengers in 1st class, 100 in 2nd class, 700 in steerage; crew of 125.
The HAMMONIA was built as the Hamburg-America Line's response to Norddeutscher Lloyd's express steamship ELBE. 28 February 1883, maiden voyage, Hamburg - Havre - New York. 10 November 1889, last voyage, Hamburg - Southampton - New York. 1889, purchased by the French Line and renamed VERSAILLES. 1914, scrapped at Genoa.
Sources: Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), p. 42 (2 photographs); Nigel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 1 (1975), p. 393.
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[01 Mar 1998]
HANNOVER (1869)
TITO [1894]
The steamship HANNOVER, the first of four vessels of this name owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd, was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland (yard #152), and was launched on 28 July 1869. 2,571 tons; 94,83 x 12,05 meters (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, single-expansion, low-pressure engine, 930 hp, service speed 10 knots; accommodation for 62 passengers in 1st class and 700 in steerage; crew of 61 to 79.
The Hannover was intended for Norddeutscher Lloyd's New Orleans service. October 1869, maiden voyage, Bremen-New Orleans. 19 May 1870, first voyage, Bremen-New York. 23 July - 27 October 1870, laid up at New York during the Franco-Prussian War. 1871-1874, primarily New Orleans service, but 4 roundtrip voyages Bremen-New York and 4 roundtrip voyages Bremen-West Indies. Then engaged as needed on all North Atlantic services. 15 July 1880, last voyage, Bremen-New York. 1880/81, compound engine by A.G. Vulcan, Stettin; 1275 hp, service speed 11-12 knots. 25 July 1881, first voyage, Bremen-South America. 12 October 1881, last voyage, Bremen-Baltimore; subsequently exclusively Bremen-South America. 10 December 1886, off the coast of Spain, rescued the 13-man crew of the sunken British steamer ETHEL WOLF. 5 June 1894, sold to La Spezia for scrapping; renamed TITO for the voyage out.
Sources: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1: 1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), p. 20; Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), p. 52, no. 26; Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 547.
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HANNOVER (1899) Photograph of the HANNOVER in the 1920's, in her final form. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Source: Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, Michigan: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 120. To request a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
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The steamship HANNOVER, the second of four vessels of this name owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd, was built by Wigham Richardson & Co, Walker-on-Tyne (yard #355), and was launched on 22 August 1899. 7,305 tons; 135,56 x 16,46 meters (length x breadth); 1 funnel, 2 masts; twin screw propulsion, quadruple-expansion engines, service speed 13 knots; accommodation for 120 passengers in 2nd class, and 1,850 in steerage; crew of 90 to 110.
2 December 1899, maiden voyage, Bremen-Baltimore. August/September 1902, first voyage, Bremen - Baltimore - Galveston. January 1903, first voyage, Bremen - New York - Baltimore. 7 April 1910, first voyage, Bremen-Philadelphia. 6 April 1913, first voyage, Hamburg - Quebec - Montreal (Kludas) / Hamburg - Portland, Maine (Bonsor). 16 May 1913, one roundtrip voyage, Hamburg - Quebec - Montreal (Bonsor). November 1913-4 March 1914, 3 roundtrip voyages, Bremen - Boston - New Orleans. 16 May-27 June 1914, 2 roundtrip voyages, Bremen-Quebec. August 1914, laid up at Bremen. Briefly served as a hospital ship. 9 September-1 December 1917, Transport Nr. 14, Imperial German Navy, Oesel Expedition. 25 August 1919, surrendered to the Shipping Controller, Great Britain; name unchanged, managed by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Hull. 1921, repurchased by Norddeutscher Lloyd; refitted; 7,438 tons; 91 cabin-class and 514 3rd-class passengers. March 1922, resumed Bremen-New York service. 1924, rebuilt as a freighter; accommodation for 32 passengers in 2nd class. 24 January 1926, last voyage, Bremen-New York (Bonsor). 1932, scrapped by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack.
Sources: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1: 1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), p. 72 (the photograph on p. 73 is of the KÖLN, not the HANNOVER); Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), pp. 190-191, no. 114 (photograph); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 561.
[07 Nov 1999]
German steamship HANSA [1849] - See: UNITED STATES (1847)
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HANSA (1852) Oil painting, ascribed to Oltmann Jaburg. Sammlung Havighorst/Pawlik, Staatsarchiv Bremen, 10 B Bildsammlung. 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. 276. To request a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
The Bremen bark HANSA was built at Vegesack/Fähr by H[ermann] F[riedrich] Ulrichs, for the Bremen firm of B. Grovermann & Co, and was launched on 14 September 1852. 153 Commerzlasten / 343 tons register; 36,2 x 8,2 x 4,1 meters (length x beam x depth of hold). Her masters were, in turn, August Brinkama and Georg Jaburg, both of Vegesack, and Peter Heyn, Ad. Büttner, and H. C. L. Riefe, all of Bremen.
In 1856, the HANSA, bound from Hartlepool for Cuba, rescued the crew of the British ship ROSALIA, Tegau, master, out of Londonderry, which had been abandoned at sea, in a sinking condition, on 29 September.
In December 1858, the HANSA sailed from Liverpool, but on the second day out Capt. Brinkama fell overboard and was killed. The HANSA arrived back at Liverpool on 12 December 1858, and sailed the very next day with a new master.
In 1863, the HANSA, Heyn, master, rescued the crew of an English fishing boat.
In 1871, the HANSA was sold to J. Hoppe, of Copenhagen, and renamed ONDA. 0n 5 July 1874, the ONDA ex HANSA, C. Nielsen, master, bound from Copenhagen to Ivigtut, Greenland, was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition.
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), pp. 276-277, no. 32.
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HANSA (1861) [Right] Photograph of the HANSA. Source: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1: 1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), p. 12. To request a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
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[Left] Pencil sketch, showing the HANSA on 24 July 1864, under the Russian flag during the Austro-Prussian war against Denmark. Landesmuseum Bremen. Source: Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), p. 17. To request a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
[Right] Photograph of assengers playing chess in the first class salon on the HANSA. Source: Clas Broder Hansen, Passenger liners from Germany, 1816-1990, translated from the German by Edward Force (West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Pub., c1991), p. 22. To request a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
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The steamship HANSA, the first of three of this name built for Norddeutscher Lloyd, was built by Caird & Co, Greenock (yard #92, contract price £65,000), and was launched on 23 August 1861. 2,992 tons; 106,20 x 12,84 meters (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion (low-pressure tandem engine with surface condensers; 750-1500 hp), service speed 11 knots; accommodation for 75 passengers in 1st class, 105 in 2nd class, and 480 in steerage; crew of 105.
24 November 1861, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1864, given Krupp steel shaft and air preheating. 13 June 1868, boarded 630 Mormons in Copenhagen for Hull (and New York). 28 November 1871, sailed Southampton for New York; engine failure; arrived St. John 18 December under sail; after minimal repairs continued 23 December for New York. 12 November 1878, last voyage, Bremen-New York. Fall 1879, sold to Oswald, Mordaunt & Co, Southampton, in partial payment for the HANSA (II); resold to shipbroker E. Bates, Liverpool. 1880, registered to T. R. Oswald & R. Gebbs, Liverpool. 1881, registered to T. R. Gebbs, Liverpool. 1881, compound engines by J. Howden & Co, Glasgow. May 1881-March 1882, 6 roundtrip voyages, London-Boston, chartered to Adamson & Ronaldson. 1883, purchased by the White Cross Line, Antwerp, and renamed LUDWIG; 3,087 tons. 2 July 1883, sailed from Antwerp for Montreal with 27 passengers, 43 crew, and 433 head of cattle; went missing after making contact on 3 July with Prawle Point, 20 miles southeast of Plymouth.
Sources: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1: 1857 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), p. 12 (photograph); Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), pp. 16-17 (picture); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), pp. 512 (photograph), 544-545, and 825.
Voyages:
[13 Aug 1998]
Hamburg steamship HANSA [1867] - See: EPTANISOS (1865)
HARPSWELL (1854)
The U.S. ship HARPSWELL was built at Harpswell, Maine, by Norton Stover, in 1854, and registered at New York on 7 June 1860.
Sources: William Armstrong Fairburn, Merchant Sail (Center Lovell, Maine: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, [1945-55]), V.3308; Forrest R. Holdcamper, comp., List of American-flag Merchant Vessels that received Certificates of Enrollment or Registry at the Port of New York, 1789-1867 (Record Groups 41 and 36), National Archives Publication 68-10, Special Lists 22 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, 1968), p. 303.
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[15 Jul 1999]
HARRIET (1839)
The Hamburg bark HARRIET was built at Bremen in 1839, and registered [Bielbrief] at Hamburg 10 June 1839 to the Hamburg firm of Parish & Co. 146 Commerzlasten; 111,10 x 26,6 x 18,1 Hamburger Fuß (1 Hamburger Fuß = .28657 meter), length x beam x depth of hold, zwischen den Steven.
Master:
1839-1847 - J. H. Hancker
Voyages:
1839-1841 - from Bremerhaven/intermediate ports/Havana
1841/42 - Valparaiso
1842/43 - Havana
1843 - Havana
1843-1845 - Valparaiso/intermediate ports/Manila
1845 - Cadiz/Bahia
1846 - Havana/Matanzas, Cuba
1846/47 - Cadiz/Rio de Janeiro
1847 - New Orleans
15 October 1847, sold to Abraham Ewout van Dycke, Hamburg.
Masters:
1847-1849 - Abraham Ewout van Dycke (owner)
1849-1851 - J. T. Peters
1851-1853 - J. C. F. Janssen
Voyages:
1848-1851 - New Orleans/Rio de Janeiro/intermediate ports/New York/intermediate ports/Amsterdam
1851-1853 - Valparaiso/Guayaquil/intermediate ports
29 February 1853, sold to J. Stürcken & Co, Hamburg.
Masters:
1854-1857 - J. P. Thode
1857-1860 - N. C. Pedersen
Voyages:
1854/55 - Buenos Aires/Singapore/Akyab
1855/56 - Newcastle upon Tyne/Manzanillo, Cuba
1856/57 - England/intermediate ports/Callao
1857-1860 - England/intermediate ports/Hong Kong/Macau
1860, sold Norwegian (Capt. Bie).
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. 1, pp. 117 and 243; vol. 2, p. 95.
[17 Mar 1998]
HARRIET (1852)
The British ship HARRIET was built at Quebec in 1852. 935 tons net; 144 x 30 x 23 feet (length/ breadth/depth of hold). 31 August 1853, re-registered at Teignmouth, Devon. She is listed in the annual volumes of Lloyd's Register of Shipping for 1853/54-1857/58, where her tonnage is given as 798/925 (old/new measurement).
Master:
1853/54-1855/56 - "Shaddick" [= Chadwick]
1856/57 - J. Seagrove
1857/58 - Lambeurd
Owner:
1853/54-1855/56 - G. Hennet
1856/57-1857/58 - Toulmin
Port of Registry:
1853/54-1855/56 - Teignmouth
1856/57-1857/58 - London
Port of Survey: London
Destined Voyage:
1853/54-1855/56 - Sydney
1856/57 - [not given]
1857/58 - Australia
Sources: National Archives of Canada, RG 42, Vol. 1407 (original Vol. 196 = microfilm reel C-2062); Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1853/54-1857/58; Eileen Reid Marcil, The Charley-Man; a history of wooden shipbuilding at Quebec, 1763-1893 (Kingston, Ontario: Quarry Press, 1993). There may be additional information in Frederick William Wallace, comp., Record of Canadian shipping; a list of squarerigged vessels, mainly 500 tons and over, built in the Eastern Provinces of British North America from the year 1786 to 1920 (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929).
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HAVRE (1845) [Right] Watercolor, 25 1/4 inches x 31 1/2 inches. Inscription on reverse: "Frdéric Roux hydrographe & Peintre de Marine au Havre en Mai 1845". Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. To obtain a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
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[Left] Photograph of the HAVRE at Arendal in the 1870's. Nautical Photo Agency. Source: David R. Macgregor, Merchant Sailing Ships, 1815-1850: Supremacy of Sail (London: Conway Maritime Press, c1984), p. 168, Fig. 192. To obtain a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture. |
The U.S. ship HAVRE was built at New York by William H. Webb (hull #19), in 1845, for Fox & Livingston's Union Line of sailing packets between New York and Le Havre. She was the second vessel of this name, the first having left the line in 1837 and been burned out near Cork in February 1839. 870/928 tons (old/new measurement), 158 ft 6 in x 34 ft 8 in x 20 ft 3 in (length x beam x depth of hold); 2 decks; built of white oak. The HAVRE sailed in the Union Line from 1845 to 1863, a total of 17 years, during which time the average length of her westward passages from Havre to New York was 34 days, her shortest passage being 20 days, and her longest being 53 days. She was sold Norwegian in 1863, to M. Thommessen [or T. Thommesen] & Son, of Arendal, who placed her in the trans-Atlantic petroleum trade, carrying refined petroleum products to Europe and returning to the United States with empty barrels. The HAVRE was re-rigged as a bark in the 1880's, and made her last call at New York in June 1887. She was reportedly broken up about 1908, at the age of 63 years.
Sources: Robert Greenhalgh Albion, Square-riggers on Schedule; The New York Sailing Packets to England, France, and the Cotton Ports (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1938), pp. 284-285, 299; Edwin L. Dunbaugh and William duBarry Thomas, William H. Webb: Shipbuilder (Glen Cove, New York: Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, 1989), p. 164.
Pictures: In addition to the above pictures, William H. Webb published his plans for the HAVRE in his Plans of Wooden Vessels Selected as Types from One Hundred and Fifty of Various Kinds and Descriptions, from a Fishing Smack to the Largest Clipper Ships and Vessels of War, Both Sail and Steam, Built by Wm. H. Webb in the City of New York, from the Year 1840 to the year 1869 (New York, n.d. [about 1895]); two of these plans are reproduced in David R. Macgregor, Merchant Sailing Ships, 1815-1850: Supremacy of Sail (London: Conway Maritime Press/Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, c1984), p. 167, Figs. 190 and 191.
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