The British ship STAR OF INDIA (Official No. 42,658), was built at Clifton, New Brunswick, in 1861. She was originally registered at St John, New Brunswick; her registry was closed on 25 March 1867, and she was transferred to Liverpool registry. The annual volumes of Lloyd's Register of Shipping for 1874/75-18881/82 (the latest to which I have immediate access) give the following additional information:

2 Decks, 3 tiers of beams.

Tonnage:  1697/1697/1620 tons (net/gross/under deck);  raised quarter deck, 14 tons

Owner:
     1874/75-1879/80 - W & R Wright
     1880/81-1881/82 - W Herron

Port of Registry:  Liverpool

Sources: Canadian Ship Information Database, No. 42658, quoting National Archives of Canada, RG 42, Vol. 1352 (original Vol. 141 = microfilm reel C-387), p. 83; Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1874/75-1881/82.

The British ship (later bark) STAR OF INDIA (Official No. 43,925) was built under special Lloyd's Register of Shipping survey at Dundee by Alexander Stephen for Somes Brothers, and was launched in July 1861. 1045 tons, 190.4 x 34.2 x 22.1 ft (length x beam x depth of hold). The annual volumes of Lloyd's Register of Shipping for 1861/62-1881/82 (the latest to which I have immediate access) give the following additional information:

Tonnage (1874):  1040/1102/934 (net/gross/under deck);  poop, 111 tons;  forecastle, 49 tons

Rig:
     1861/62-1877/78 - ship
     1878/79-1881/82 - bark

Master:
     1861/62-1865/66 - H. Morris
     1865/66-1878/79 - C. Holloway
     1878/79-1881/82 - H D Roe

Owner:
     1861/62-1864/65 - Somes
     1864/65-1881/82 - Merchant Shipping Co Ltd

Port of Registry:  London

Port of Survey:
     1861/62-1862/63 - Dundee
     1862/63-1881/82 - London

Destined Voyage (through 1873/74):
     1861/62-1870/71 - India
     1871/72-1873/74 - Australia

The STAR OF INDIA was abandoned in the North Atlantic in 1892 [David R. MacGregor, Merchant Sailing Ships, 1850-1875 (London: Conway Maritime Press, 1984), pp. 59, 62-63].

1840 -	William T. Glidden, master, advertised as sailing in James Hand's Line of sailing packets between Philadelphia and New Orleans.
1844 -	William T. Glidden, master, advertised as sailing in the Philadelphia & New Orleans Line of sailing packets.

The STEPHEN BALDWIN was sold British in the early 1860's, and renamed DEVONSHIRE. The annual volumes of Lloyd's Register of Shipping for 1861/62-1870/71 contain the following information on the DEVONSHIRE ex STEPHEN BALDWIN:

Tonnage:  718 (1863/64);  699 (1865/66)

Measurements (1863/64):  142.3 x 31.1 x 15.5 feet (length x beam x depth of hold)

Rig:
     1861/62-1865/66 - ship
     1865/66-1870/71 - bark

Master:
     1861/62-1865/66 - Graham
     1865/66         - Watson [crossed out]
     1865/66-1870/71 - T. Clark

Owner:
     1861/62-1865/66 - Montgomery
     1865/66-1866/67 - T. Clark
     1867/68         - T. Clark [crossed out]
     1868/69-1870/71 - [not given]

Port of Registry:
     1860/61-1865/66 - Liverpool
     1865/66-1866/67 - North Shields
     1867/68         - North Shields [crossed out]
     1868/69-1870/71 - [not given]

Port of Survey:
     1860/61-1862/63 - Liverpool
     1862/63-1865/66 - Bristol
     1865/66         - London [crossed out]
     1865/66-1870/71 - Shields

Destined Voyage:
     1861/62-1862/63 - South America
     1862/63-1865/66 - Australia
     1865/66         - Quebec [crossed out]
     1865/66-1870/71 - Mediterranean

The DEVONSHIRE ex STEPHEN BALDWIN last appears in Lloyd's Register of Shipping for 1870/71. However, she was last classed in March 1867, and she may have been lost, broken up, or sold foreign as early as that year.

Sources: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1861/62-1870/71; Carl C. Cutler, Queens of the Western Ocean; The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, c1961), pp. 540, 541.

The steamship STRASSBURG was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd by Caird & Co, Greenock (yard #166), and was launched on 24 May 1872. 3,025 tons; 107,06 x 11,89 meters (length x breadth); straight stem (first Norddeutscher Lloyd high-seas vessel so built), 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, twin single-expansion engine, service speed 11 knots; accommodation for 60 passengers in 1st class, 120 in 2nd class, and 889 to 900 in steerage; crew of 70 to 100.

The STRASSBURG was the "name ship" of the 13 vessels of Norddeutscher Lloyd's Strassburg Class of passenger vessels, and was built for the Line's New Orleans service. 3 September 1872, maiden voyage, Bremen - Southampton - New York. 16 October 1872, first voyage, Bremen - Havre - New Orleans. 1874, given new boilers and compound engine, service speed 12 knots. Made one voyage to Hankau for a cargo of tea, being the first German steamship through the Suez Canal. 16 February 1881, first voyage, Bremen-Baltimore. 11 November 1881, first voyage, Bremen-South America. 1883-1896, primarily to South America. 1885, refitted in Bremerhaven. 2 August 1893, last voyage, Bremen-New York (12 roundtrip voyages). 25 January 1896, last voyage, Bremen-South America. August 1896, sold to Tardi & Co, Genoa, for scrapping. 1897, scrapped at Genoa.