Wilhelmsburg (ship, 1853)

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Ship data
flag HamburgHamburg Hamburg
Ship type Full ship
Owner Johan Cesar Godeffroy
Shipping company Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Son
Shipyard Godeffroy's shipyards, Reiherstieg
Build number 6th
Launch 1853
Whereabouts Stranded near Terschelling in 1863
Others
Registration
numbers 		* Commercial Code: WQFJ
Ship dimensions and crew
length
41.18 m ( Lüa )
width 10.27 m

The Wilhelmsburg was a full ship that was built near Hamburg in 1853 and stranded near Terschelling in 1863 and was lost.

Ship dimensions

In the Hamburg Bielbrief from April 27, 1853 the following dimensions are given for the Wilhelmsburg :

  • Length = 144.00 hamburger feet (41.18 m)
  • Width = 35.90 hamburger feet (10.27 m)
  • Height = 28.40 hamburger feet (8.12 m)
  • Carrying capacity = 424 Hamburg commercial loads

history

The Wilhelmsburg was built at the Reiherstieg shipyard under the direction of Joachim Eduard von Somm and was launched there in 1853 with construction number 6. The owner was the trading house Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & son of the Hamburg businessman Johan Cesar Godeffroy . The ship was named after the municipality of Wilhelmsburg in what was then the Kingdom of Hanover .

The sailing ship was used to transport emigrants from Hamburg to Australia and South Africa . On the night of December 3rd to 4th, 1863, the Wilhelmsburg stranded in a storm near Terschelling . The majority of the people on board were killed.

Captains

  • FHC Müller
  • EC Kroß

Rides

The ship drove from Hamburg to Australia and South Africa.

Departures and arrivals
date event place captain comment source
May 17, 1853 Departure Hamburg
August 24, 1853 Arrivals Melbourne 8 cabin passengers and 503 emigrants
May 10, 1855 Departure Hamburg
August 26, 1855 Arrivals Hobart 7 cabin passengers and 476 emigrants
September 8, 1855 Departure Hobart clear to expire on 07.09; runs out to Sydney
September 18, 1855 Arrivals Sydney 10 cabin passengers and 222 emigrants
October 18, 1855 Departure Sydney to Shanghai
October 1858 Departure Hamburg to East London
January 13, 1859 Arrivals East London via Cape Town
May 9, 1860 Arrivals Calcutta Müller from Boston
July 9, 1860 Departure Quebec Müller London
September 24, 1860 Departure Gravesend New York
November 1, 1860 Arrivals New York from London
December 8, 1860 in the harbour New York Müller London
February 25, 1861 not far Portland Müller to New York
April 9, 1861 Arrivals New York Müller from London
May 16, 1861 Departure New York Müller London
November 6, 1861 Arrivals Callao Müller from London
February 1863 Arrivals Singapore from Hamburg
November 30, 1863 Departure Hamburg to Australia with 282 passengers
3rd / 4th December 1863 Shipwreck Terschelling Krusty

Individual evidence

  1. ^ JH Brown: Names of Foreign Vessels . In: The Mercantile Navy List . Bradbury and Evans, London 1861.
  2. ↑ Walter Kresse (Ed.): Seeschiffs-Directory of the Hamburg shipping companies. 1824–1888, messages from the Museum for Hamburg History, New Series, Volume 5 (Hamburg: Museum for Hamburg History, 1969), Volume 1, p. 169 ( geocities.com )
  3. ^ Reiherstieg shipyards and machine works, Hamburg . In: Historisch-biographische Blätter . tape  7 , no. 9 . Eckstein's Biographischer Verlag, Berlin 1905 ( resolver.sub.uni-hamburg.de ).
  4. ↑ a b Fall of 300 German emigrants . In: South Australian Newspaper . Tanunda and Adelaide February 12, 1864, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  5. ^ Mary-Anne Warner: Wilhelmsburg. 1855 scan. (No longer available online.) In: Mariners and ships in Australian Waters. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015 ; accessed on February 8, 2014 . 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
  6. ↑ a b Arrived . In: The Argus . Melbourne August 25, 1853, p.  4 ( nla.gov.au ).
  7. ↑ a b Arrivals . In: The Courier . Hobart August 27, 1855, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  8. ↑ Cleared out . In: Colonial Times . Hobart September 8, 1855, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  9. ^ Departures . In: The Hobarton Mercury . Hobart September 10, 1855, p.  2 ( nla.gov.au ).
  10. ↑ Arrivals . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney September 19, 1855, p.  4 ( nla.gov.au ).
  11. ^ Mary-Anne Warner: Wilhelmsburg. 1855. (No longer available online.) In: Mariners and ships in Australian Waters. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014 ; accessed on February 8, 2014 . 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
  12. ^ Projected Departures . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney October 16, 1855, p.  4 ( nla.gov.au ).
  13. ^ Waterview Dry Dock . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney October 23, 1855, p.  4 ( nla.gov.au ).
  14. ↑ a b Joachim Schubert: Passengers of the 'Wilhelmsburg'. In: German South African Resource Page. Retrieved February 8, 2014 .
  15. ^ Sea reports. In: Börsen-Halle (Hamburgische Abend-Zeitung). May 28, 1860, p. 1, ( digitized version )
  16. ↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In: Börsen-Halle (Hamburgische Abend-Zeitung). August 4, 1860, p. 3, ( digitized version )
  17. ↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In: Börsen-Halle (Hamburgische Abend-Zeitung). September 26, 1860, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  18. ^ Sea reports. In: Börsen-Halle (Hamburgische Abend-Zeitung). November 21, 1860, p. 1, ( digitized version )
  19. ↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In: Börsen-Halle (Hamburgische Abend-Zeitung). December 19, 1860, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  20. ↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In: Börsen-Halle (Hamburgische Abend-Zeitung). February 28, 1861, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  21. ^ Sea reports. In: Börsen-Halle (Hamburgische Abend-Zeitung). April 24, 1861, p. 1, ( digitized version )
  22. ↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In: Börsen-Halle (Hamburgische Abend-Zeitung). June 3, 1861, p. 3, ( digitized version )
  23. ↑ Arrived u. departed ships. In: Börsen-Halle (Hamburgische Abend-Zeitung). December 18, 1861, p. 2, ( digitized version )
  24. ^ Sea reports. In: Börsen-Halle (Hamburgische Abend-Zeitung). February 25, 1863, p. 1, ( digitized version )
  25. ^ Altona news. In: Altonaer Nachrichten. , December 9, 1863, p. 1, ( digitized version ) and December 12, 1863, p. 1, ( digitized version )