Cesar & Helene (ship, 1856)

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Ship data
flag HamburgHamburg Hamburg
Ship type brig
Owner Johan Cesar Godeffroy
Shipping company Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Son
Shipyard Godeffroy's shipyards, Reiherstieg
Build number 17th
Launch 1856
Whereabouts 1864 Loss by fire in New York
Others
Registration
numbers 		* Commercial Code: WQGL

The Cesar & Helene was a brig that was built near Hamburg in 1856 and destroyed by fire in New York in 1864 .

Ship dimensions

In the Hamburg Bielbrief of May 8, 1856, the following dimensions are given for Cesar & Helene :

  • Length (between the stems) = 112.60 hamburger feet (32.20 m)
  • Largest width = 25.90 hamburger feet (7.40 m)
  • Height (belly board to decking boards) = 14.10 hamburger feet (4.00 m)
  • Load capacity = 120 Hamburg commercial loads

history

The Cesar & Helene was built at the Reiherstieg shipyard under the direction of Joachim Eduard von Somm and was launched there in 1856 with hull number 17. The owner was the trading house Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & son of the Hamburg businessman Johan Cesar Godeffroy . The sailing ship was named after members of the Godeffroy family.

The brig transported in liner service mainly expatriates and trade goods from Hamburg to Australia and Chile . A trip to Nikolayevsk on the Amur in 1862 was extraordinary . On July 15, 1864, several explosions of saltpeter occurred in a warehouse in the port of New York . The rigging of the Cesar & Helene caught fire, as a result of which the ship burned down to the waterline and was destroyed.

Captains

  • SP boy
  • Jacob Meyer
  • FAG Brolin
  • P. Oesau

Rides

The ship drove from Hamburg to Australia and South America.

Departures and arrivals
date event place captain comment source
June 1, 1856 Departure Hamburg
September 28, 1856 Arrivals Puerto Montt
October 30, 1856 Arrivals Valparaiso Boy from Puerto Montt
June 16, 1857 Departure Hamburg Meyer
September 21, 1857 Arrivals Adelaide
September 30, 1857 Departure Adelaide ready to sail to Point de Galle
November 19, 1857 Departure bile Meyer to Chennai (Madras)
December 12, 1857 Arrivals Chennai (Madras) Meyer from Galle, Adelaide
January 11, 1858 Departure to Hamburg
July 5, 1858 Departure Melbourne Meyer to Melbourne, with 26 emigrants
November 22, 1858 Departure Melbourne to Valparaíso
January 29, 1859 Arrivals Iquique Meyer from Valparaiso
February 13, 1859 Departure Iquique Meyer to Hamburg
June 1859 Arrivals Hamburg from Valparaiso and Iquique with 148 skins, 117 horns and 3440 sacks of saltpeter.
July 25, 1859 Departure Hamburg
November 22, 1859 Arrivals Adelaide
December 9, 1859 Departure Adelaide ready to leave for Melbourne
January 6, 1860 Departure Port Phillip
January 13, 1860 Arrivals Newcastle from Melbourne
January 28, 1860 Departure Newcastle to Valparaiso
March 9, 1860 Arrivals Valparaiso Meyer from Newcastle (NSW), on March 13th to Cobija
April 14, 1860 Arrivals Iquique Meyer from Cobija
October 12, 1860 Departure Glasgow Meyer to Valparaiso
February 25, 1861 Departure Valparaiso Meyer to Iquique
July 30, 1861 Arrivals Cuxhaven Meyer from Pisagua
November 21, 1861 Departure Hamburg Brolin to Nicolajewsk (on the Amur)
February 6, 1863 Departure Shanghai
March 3, 1863 Departure Hong Kong
July 21, 1863 Arrivals new York via St. Thomas ; 4 passengers; Charge: tea
July 3, 1864 Arrivals new York from Talcahuano ; Cargo: wool and copper ore

Ships of the same name

As Cesar & Helene , a brig sailed until 1855 , which was bought by Cesar Godeffroy as the third ship in 1823 . She was built in 1817 and sailed under the name Robert & Emma until 1823 .

Ships from Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Son

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JH Brown: NAMES OF FOREIGN VESSELS . In: THE MERCANTILE NAVY LIST . Bradbury and Evans, London 1861.
  2. ↑ a b c d Walter Kresse: Seagoing ship directory of the Hamburg shipping companies 1824-1888 . Part 1. Museum of Hamburg History, Hamburg 1969, p. 171 .
  3. ^ Reiherstieg shipyards and machine works, Hamburg . In: Historisch-biographische Blätter . tape  7 , no. 9 . Eckstein's Biographischer Verlag, Berlin 1905 ( online ).
  4. ↑ EXTENSIVE FIRE IN BROOKLYN . In: The New York Times . New York July 16, 1864 ( online ).
  5. ↑ a b c Dr. Josef M. Bock: List of German immigrants. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (JPG) In: German Sunday Messenger . 4, No. 41, Puerto Varas (Chile), October 23, 1927, p. 900. Retrieved February 28, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / opitzarmin.de
  6. ↑ a b c Arrived . In: The South Australian Register . Adelaide September 22, 1857, p.  2 ( online ).
  7. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. June 2, 1856, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  8. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. December 20, 1856, p. 2, ( digitized version ))
  9. ↑ deviating: June 15 set to sea in Cuxhaven ( Per hamb. Electro-magentischem Telegraph, Cuxhaven, June 15. In Hamburger Nachrichten. June 16, 1857, p. 2, ( digitized )
  10. ^ Projected Departures . In: The South Australian Register . Adelaide September 30, 1857, p.  2 ( online ).
  11. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. January 4, 1858, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  12. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. January 14, 1858, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  13. ↑ Expected ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. April 3, 1858, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  14. ↑ Daily reports. In: Hamburger Nachrichten. January 8, 1859, p. 6 (information on emigrants, see Dieseldorff & Co, digitized version )
  15. ^ Entered Outwards . In: The Argus . Melbourne November 23, 1858, p.  4 ( online ).
  16. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. March 23, 1859, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  17. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. April 18, 1859, p. 3, ( digitized version )
  18. ^ In trade reports , in: Hamburgische Börsen-Halle , October 1, 1859, p. 2
  19. ↑ a b Shipping Intelligence. Arrived . In: The South Australian Register . Adelaide November 23, 1859, p.  2 ( online ).
  20. ↑ Clared out . In: The South Australian Register . Adelaide December 10, 1859, p.  2 ( online ).
  21. ↑ Port Phillip Heads Sailed . In: The Argus . Melbourne January 7, 1860, p.  4 ( online ).
  22. ^ Newcastle Arrivals . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney January 16, 1860, p.  4 ( online ).
  23. ↑ Newcastle Sailed . In: The Empire . Sydney January 31, 1860, p.  4 ( online ).
  24. ↑ Hamburgische Börsen-Halle , April 9, 1860, p. 2
  25. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. April 30, 1860, p. 3, ( digitized version )
  26. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. June 15, 1860, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  27. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. October 15, 1860, p. 3, ( digitized version )
  28. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. 15 April 1861, p. 3, ( digitized version )
  29. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. July 31, 1861, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  30. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. November 21, 1861, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  31. ↑ a b c Port of New York, July 21, 1863. Arrived . In: The New York Herald . New York July 22, 1863, p.  8 .
  32. ↑ NAVY INTELLIGENCE . In: The New York Times . New York July 3, 1864 ( online ).