The Bremen ship HUMBOLDT was built at Vegesack/Grohn by Johann Lange, for the Bremen firm of J. F. W. Iken & Co, and was launched on 9 September 1851. 313 Commerzlasten; 39,7 x 9,8 x 6 meters (length x beam x depth of hold). Her first master was Daniel Beenken, who was succeeded, in turn, by J. F. Dannemann and C. H. W. Schierenberg.

The Weser-Zeitung for 18 March 1853 contains the following report:

Sydney (N.S.W.), 29 December 1852. The Bremen ship HUMBOLDT, Capt. J. F. Dannemann, which sailed from Plymouth on 8 September with passengers for the account of the English Government, arrived here on 19 December, after a very fast and auspicious passage. The HUMBOLDT carried on board 214 adults, 70 children aged from 1 to 14 years, and 6 children aged under 1 year, of whom only 3 children (2 aged over 1 year) died during the passage. As of 29 December there had been no desertions among the crew. The voyage had begun less than auspiciously, as the 3rd mate and 2 sailors had been injured during the weighing of the anchor at Plymouth.

The reporter thought it noteworthy that in the 10 days since the vessel's arrival at Sydney there had been no desertions among the crew, as this was the time of the Australian gold rush, when Australian harbors were choked with vessels deserted by their crews, who were seeking quick fortunes in the gold fields.

In 1862, the HUMBOLDT was registered to the Bremen firm of E. Iken & Co, and was sold in 1863 to the Bremen firm of G. Lange; her new master was M. Fennekohl or Vennekohl, who was in command when, during a severe storm, she slipped her anchor chains and foundered in the Bay of Bengal, near Gobalpore, on the night of 1/2 September 1864. The crew was rescued, but both the vessel and her cargo of grain were 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), pp. 222-223, no. 214.

The Hamburg ship HUMBOLDT was built by H. J. A. Meyer, of Lübeck, in 1853 [Bielbrief Lübeck 9 June 1853], for the Hamburg shipowner Robert Miles Sloman. 306 Commerzlasten; 156' 6" x 32' 4" x 21' 6", Hamburg measurement (1 Hamburg Fuß = .28657 meter), length x beam x depth of hold, zwischen den Steven.

Masters:
     1853-1858 - P. N. Paulsen
     1858      - J. B. Grell
     1858-1866 - H. D. Boysen

Voyages:
     1853-1858 - New York
     1858/59   - New York/London
     1859-1861 - New York
     1861/62   - Quebec/Sunderland
     1862-1866 - New York

The HUMBOLDT became a total loss on 4 December 1866.

Sources: Ernst Hieke, Rob. M. Sloman jr., errichtet 1793, Veröffentlichungen der Wirtschaftsgeschichtlichen Forschungsstelle e.V., Hamburg, Bd. 30 (Hamburg: Verlag Hanseatischer Merkur, 1968), p. 373; 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. 210.

The Hamburg ship HUMBOLDT was built at Glasgow by Alexander Stephen, for the Hamburg shipowner Robert Miles Sloman, as a replacement for a vessel of the same name which had been lost in 1866; registered 31 May 1867. 309 Commerzlasten / 719 tons; 50,3 x 9,1 x 5,64 meters (length x beam x depth of hold).

Masters (-1888):
     1867      - H. D. Boysen [last commander of the earlier HUMBOLDT]
     1867-1869 - C. J. N. Peyn
     1869-1870 - F. Plump
     1870-1872 - H. Meyer
     1872-1877 - H. D. Busch
     1877-1878 - P. Dau
     1878      - W. F. B. Sela
     1882      - H. W. Wendt
     1883-1889 - T. Jensen
     1888      - H. (J.) Meyer

Voyages (-1888):
     1867    - New York
     1867/68 - New York/Bremerhaven
     1868    - New York/Bremerhaven
     1868/69 - New York/Philadelphia
     1869/70 - Victoria/Semarang/Batavia
     1870/71 - Brisbane/Rangoon
     1872/73 - Pt. Denison (Queensland)/intermediate ports/Nieuwediep
     1873/74 - Queensland/intermediate ports/Bremerhaven
     1874/76 - Wellington/intermediate ports/Peru
     1876/77 - Dona Francisca/intermediate ports/Liverpool
     1877/78 - Brisbane/Rangoon
     1878/82 - Callao/intermediate ports/Liverpool (1881)/Pisagua
     1882/83 - Valparaiso/Pisagua
     1883/85 - Valparaiso/intermediate ports/London
     1885/87 - Melbourne/intermediate ports/Dunkirk
     1887/88 - Buenos Aires/Iquique

On 9 March 1897, the HUMBOLDT was sold to the Hamburg firm of Fontes, Friedrichs & Kracht. In 1898, she was owned by de Freitas, of Para, and sailed under the name LENOR; I have no information on her later history or ultimate fate

Sources: Ernst Hieke, Rob. M. Sloman Jr., errichtet 1793, Veröffentlichungen der Wirtschaftsgeschichtlichen Forschungsstelle e.V., Hamburg, Bd. 30 (Hamburg: Verlag Hanseatischer Merkur, 1968), p. 377, no. 69; 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, pp. 214-215. Ian Hawkins Nicholson, Log of logs; a catalogue of logs, journals, shipboard diaries, letters, and all forms of voyage narratives, 1788 to 1988, for Australia and New Zealand and surrounding oceans, Roebuck Society Publication Nos. 41, 47 (Yaroomba, Qld: The Author jointly with the Australian Association for Maritime History, [1990]-1993), contains the following references to accounts of voyages by this vessel to Australia:

1. 1872, complaints re conditions on the passage: Queensland State Archives, COL/76/169.
2. c1877, illustrated account by Dr. A. Rheiner: Historic Records Register 2146, National Library, Canberra (original c/o Mr. P. F. Beckers, 12 Palm Avenue, Ascot, Queensland 4007).