Grasbrook (ship)

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Ship data
flag HamburgHamburg Hamburg
Ship type brig
Owner Johan Cesar Godeffroy
Shipping company Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Son
Shipyard GJF Krohn, master shipbuilder, Hamburg
Commissioning 1853
Whereabouts Stranded near Ameland in 1863
Others
Registration
numbers 		* Commercial Code: WQGJ

The Grasbrook was a brig that was built in Hamburg and put into service in 1853. The ship ran aground at Ameland in 1863 .

Ship dimensions

In the Hamburg Bielbrief from April 1, 1853 the following dimensions are given for the Grasbrook :

  • Length between the stems = 102.40 hamburger feet (29.30 m)
  • Largest width = 27.80 hamburger feet (7.95 m)
  • Height (belly board to decking) = 15.90 hamburger feet (4.55 m)
  • Carrying capacity = 109 Hamburg commercial loads

history

The Grasbrook was built in Hamburg by master shipbuilder Gottfried Jacob Franz Krohn and in 1853 by the trading company Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & son of the Hamburg businessman Johan Cesar Godeffroy (1813–1885) acquired and put into service. The brig was named after the island landscape Grasbrook on the Elbe .

The sailing ship came in liner service from Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Sohn on duty. It transported emigrants and commercial goods from Hamburg to Australia and South America . On December 5, 1863, the Grasbrook stranded in a storm near Ameland . The crew was able to save themselves, the ship or wreck was sold after the accident.

Captains

  • TD Hagendefeldt
  • A. Geerk
  • H. Bruhns
  • JTS Hansen
  • CP tints
  • JH Falck
  • PW Diekmann

Rides

The ship drove from Hamburg to Australia and South America.

Departures and arrivals
date event place comment source
04/20/1853 Departure Hamburg
06/22/1853 Departure Bahia
08/24/1853 Arrivals Adelaide
06.10.1853 Departure Adelaide clear to leave to Valparaíso via China
06/15/1854 Departure Hamburg
10.1854 Arrivals Valdivia
05/26/1855 Departure Hamburg Kpt. H. Bruhns, 112 emigrants
09/23/1855 Arrivals Moreton Bay comes from Hamburg with 112 emigrants
11/13/1855 Arrivals Valparaiso Kpt.Bruhns, from Moreton Bay
11/24/1855 Departure Valparaiso Kpt. Bruhns, to Caldera
09/27/1856 Arrivals Puerto Montt
05/12/1857 Departure Hamburg to Puerto Montt and Valparaíso
09.1857 Arrivals Puerto Montt
04/25/1858 Departure Hamburg Kpt. Bruhns, with 121 emigrants
08/15/1858 Arrivals Adelaide
08/27/1858 Departure Adelaide to Valparaiso
05/07/1859 Arrivals Liverpool of Bolivia
06/02/1859 Departure Liverpool to Hamburg
07/12/1859 Departure Hamburg to Sydney via Cape Town
11/09/1859 Arrivals Sydney
11/24/1859 Departure Sydney to Valparaiso
1860? Arrivals Liverpool from Valparaiso
1861 Departure Hamburg
09/27/1861 Arrivals Brisbane 123 emigrants
07/05/1862 Departure Hamburg
10/16/1862 Departure Cape of Good Hope
11/20/1862 Arrivals Adelaide
1863 Departure London to the South Seas (direct)
1863 Arrivals Apia, Samoa from London (direct)

Ships from Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Son

Footnotes

  1. ↑ JH Brown: NAMES OF FOREIGN VESSELS . In: THE MERCANTILE NAVY LIST . Bradbury and Evans, London 1861.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Walter Kresse: Seagoing ship directory of the Hamburg shipping companies 1824–1888 . Part 1. Museum of Hamburg History, Hamburg 1969, p. 168 .
  3. ↑ Armin Clasen: The ships of the Chile emigration via Hamburg 1850–75 and the von Somm shipbuilding family . In: Journal for Low German Family Studies . 38th year, no. 1 . Hamburg January 1963, p. 2 ( sommerfeldfamilien.net [PDF]).
  4. ↑ a b Fall of 300 German emigrants . In: South Australian Newspaper . Tanunda and Adelaide February 12, 1864, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  5. ↑ a b Cleared out . In: The South Australian Register . Adelaide October 7, 1853, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  6. ^ Mary-Anne Warner: Grassbrook. (GIF) 1859 scan. (No longer available online.) In: Mariners and ships in Australian Waters. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015 ; accessed on February 13, 2014 (English). 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mariners.records.nsw.gov.au
  7. ↑ a b Arrived . In: The Courier . Brisbane September 28, 1861, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  8. ↑ a b c d Ship News Arrived . In: Adelaider Deutsche Zeitung . Adelaide November 21, 1862, p.  6 ( nla.gov.au ).
  9. ↑ a b c Yesterday’s Arrivals . In: The South Australian Register . Adelaide August 25, 1858, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  10. ↑ a b Julio C. Avendaño: BARCOS & INMIGRACIÓN ALEMANA ( Spanish ) In: Historia de Valdivia - Chile . Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ Daily report. In: Hamburger Nachrichten. , January 9, 1856, page 3
  12. ↑ a b Arrivals . In: The Moreton Bay Courier . Brisbane September 29, 1855, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  13. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. January 7, 1856, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  14. ↑ Arrived and departed ships. In: Stock Exchange Hall. January 18, 1856, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  15. ↑ a b 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. Retrieved February 19, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / opitzarmin.de
  16. ^ Armin Clasen: German emigration to Chile 1857-1875 . (PDF) In: Journal for Family Studies in Lower Saxony . Volume 34, No. 1, Hamburg, January 1959.
  17. ↑ Daily reports. In: Hamburger Nachrichten. January 8, 1859, p. 6 (information on emigrants, see Dieseldorff & Co, digitized version )
  18. ↑ a b Arrivals . In: The South Australian Advertiser . Adelaide August 16, 1858, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  19. ^ Vessels in Habour . In: The South Australian Advertiser . Adelaide August 28, 1858, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  20. ^ Ship News. In: The Times. No. 23301. London, England, May 9, 1859; P. 7.
  21. ^ Electric Telegraphic Despatches. In: The Times. No. 23323. London, England, June 3, 1859, p. 9.
  22. ↑ Arrivals . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney November 9, 1859, p.  4 ( nla.gov.au ).
  23. ^ Mary-Anne Warner: Grassbrook. 1859. (No longer available online.) In: Mariners and ships in Australian Waters. Archived from the original on June 23, 2014 ; accessed on February 13, 2014 (English). 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mariners.records.nsw.gov.au
  24. ^ Departures . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney November 25, 1859, p.  4 ( nla.gov.au ).