Emmy (ship, 1847)

**Emmy** p1
Ship data
flag	Hamburg
Ship type	Full ship
Owner	Johan Cesar Godeffroy
Shipping company	Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Son
Shipyard	(Stockholm)
Launch	1847
Whereabouts	Shipwreck in the Cape Verde Islands in December 1850

The Emmy was a full ship that was built in Stockholm in 1847.

Ship dimensions

In the Bielbrief of December 6, 1847, the following dimensions are given for the Emmy :

Length between the stems = unknown
Largest width = unknown
Height = unknown
Carrying capacity = 277 Hamburg commercial loads

history

The ship was built in Stockholm in 1847. The owner of the Emmy was the trading house Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Sohn under the management of the Hamburg businessman Johan Cesar Godeffroy . The ship was probably named after "Emily", the wife of Cesar Godeffroy.

In her day she was one of the largest ships in Joh. Ces's fleet of sailors. Godeffroy & Son.

The ship was used to transport emigrants from Hamburg to Australia and South America .

Captains

Mathias Wilken
JHO Meyer

Rides

The Emmy made trips to the area around Australia and South America from Hamburg.

Departures and arrivals
date	event	place	captain	target	comment	source
January 13, 1849	Departure	Calcutta	Wilken	Hamburg
May 16, 1849	arrived	Cowes	Wilken	Hamburg, from Calcutta
July 13, 1849	arrived	Brouwershaven	Wilken	from Calcutta, to Rotterdam
August 26, 1849	arrived	Hamburg	Mathias Wilken		from Rotterdam
September 4, 1849	departed	Hamburg	JHO Meyer	South australia
December 19, 1849	arrived	Port Philip	Meyer		with emigrants
April 6, 1850	in the harbour	Singapore	Meyer
October 15, 1850	arrived	Hamburg	Meyer	from Singapore
November 30, 1850	went to sea	Cuxhaven	Meyer	Valparaiso, San Francisco

Ships of the same name

As an Emmy , a brig sailed under the Godeffroy flag from 1837 to March 1844 .

Ships from Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Son

Individual evidence

↑ Daily report. In Hamburgische Nachrichten , p. 3, ( digitized version )
↑ ^a ^b Walter Kresse: Seagoing ship directory of the Hamburg shipping companies 1824–1888 . Part 1. Museum of Hamburg History, Hamburg 1969, p. 165 .
↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , March 6, 1849, p. 2, ( digitized version )
↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , May 21, 1849, p. 1, ( digitized version )
↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , July 17, 1849, p. 2, ( digitized version )
↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , August 27, 1849, p. 1, ( digitized version )
↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , September 5, 1849, p. 1, ( digitized version )
↑ Seeber gene density. In the stock exchange hall. , April 12, 1850, p. 1, ( digitized version )
↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , May 23, 1850, p. 2, ( digitized version )
↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , October 15, 1850, p. 1, ( digitized version )
↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , November 30, 1850, p. 1, ( digitized version )
↑ Walter Kresse: Seagoing Ship Directory of the Hamburg Shipping Companies 1824–1888 . Part 1. Museum of Hamburg History, Hamburg 1969, p. 163 .

[1] Daily report. In Hamburgische Nachrichten , p. 3, ( digitized version )

[Verzeichnis-2] Walter Kresse: Seagoing ship directory of the Hamburg shipping companies 1824–1888 . Part 1. Museum of Hamburg History, Hamburg 1969, p. 165 .

[3] Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , March 6, 1849, p. 2, ( digitized version )

[4] Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , May 21, 1849, p. 1, ( digitized version )

[5] Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , July 17, 1849, p. 2, ( digitized version )

[6] Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , August 27, 1849, p. 1, ( digitized version )

[7] Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , September 5, 1849, p. 1, ( digitized version )

[8] Seeber gene density. In the stock exchange hall. , April 12, 1850, p. 1, ( digitized version )

[9] Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , May 23, 1850, p. 2, ( digitized version )

[10] Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , October 15, 1850, p. 1, ( digitized version )

[11] Arrived u. departed ships. In the stock exchange hall. , November 30, 1850, p. 1, ( digitized version )

[Verzeichnis_2-12] Walter Kresse: Seagoing Ship Directory of the Hamburg Shipping Companies 1824–1888 . Part 1. Museum of Hamburg History, Hamburg 1969, p. 163 .