Built in 1877 at the yard of Goss & Sawyer at Bath for William Lewis at New Bedford. Launched under the name LUCRETIA., named after Lewis wife Lucretia Hancock Lewis. Tonnage 313 gross, dim. 115.1 x 27.4 x 16ft. Rigged as a barque. At her maiden voyage under sail, which took four years, she had ...

Built under yard No. 2410 as a bulkcarrier by Ishikawajika-Harima at Tokyo for Asia Carriers Inc., Liberia. 31 Oct. 1974 launched under the name XIII CONGRESO. Tonnage open/closed 13.692/13.569 gross, 9.294/8.576 net, 22.623 dwt. Dim. 164.3 x 22.9 x 9.9m. Powered by one 16 cyl. vee oil IHI/Pielstick...

Built as a Liberty type EC-S-C1 under Hull No. 3098 by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation, West Yard, Portland Main for the US Maritime Commission. 03 February 1945 launched under the name JAMES A. BUTT, named after an American sailor lost on the S.S. SANTA RITA when it was torpedoed and shell...

Built as a reefer vessel under yard No 401 by Bartram & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, England for the New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., London. 27 August 1965 launched as the TAUPO, named after Lake Taupo and the town Taupo on the Northern Island of New Zealand. Tonnage open/closed shelterdecker 8.219/10....

Built as passenger- cargo ferry under yard No 787 by Blohm & Voss A.G., Hamburg, Germany for Det Bergenske Dampskipsselskab A/S Bergen, Norway. 26 October 1955 launched under the name NORDSTJERNEN. Tonnage 2.194, grt, 1.233 net, 655 dwt., dim. 80.78 x 12.65 x 4.51m. One 6-cyl B&W diesel, 3.0...

She was named after a district Gaasterland in the s.w. of the province Friesland, Netherlands. She was built for the service of the KHL between the Netherlands and the east coast of South America, the GAASTERLAND sailed only so far as to ports in Brazil. 1975 Sold to Bravo Alex Shipping Corp., Greec...

The wooden schooner VIXEN was built by Henry Graves at Peel, Island of Man. August 1851 completed for himself and 36 other shareholders. Official No. 24336. Tonnage 93 register ton, dim. 73.5 x 17.6 x 10.2ft. (draught) The VIXEN when gold was found in Australia, a number of Manxmen who were anxious ...

Mali 1996 320fr sg?, scott831f Great Britanny 2913 sg?, scott? Britannia, 1840 Following the first crossings of the North Atlantic by steamships, the British government offered a contract worth £60,000 to carry mail to Canada and the United States. Nova Scotia’s Samuel Cunard and his British partner...

The vessel depict on the stamp is the WASHINGTON with the year 1847, the year is not correct it must be 1864. A drawing in the book North Atlantic Seaway on page 621 depicts the same vessel. She was built as iron paddle steamer by Messrs. Scott and Co at Greenock for the Compagnie Générale Transatla...

Built as a steel/iron paddle-steamer under yard No.169 by Jones Quiggin & Co, Liverpool and ordered by Mr. J.B. Lafitte of Nassau, most probably her real owners were John Fraser and Trendholm Co. at Wilmington, N.C. 25 Nov.1863 launched under the name HOPE, one sistership the COLONEL LAMB, also ...

When in 1847 Edward K.Collins from the United States Government got a contract to carry the mail between the United States and Europe, to make competition with the British subsidized Cunard Line possible, he needed steamships for this service. One of these steamships was the ARCTIC. Built by William...

Built as a wooden paddle dispatch steamer by Money Wigram at Blackwall, London for the Italian Navy. 05 July 1862 laid down. Feb. 1863 launched under the name ESPLORATORE. Displacement 981 normal, 1220 full load. Dim. 71.77 x 9.14 x 3.62m. Reciprocating steam engines, 1.681 ihp., speed 17 knots. End...

Built as an iron hulled paddle steamer by Millwall Ironworks at Millwall, London for the Turkish Navy. 24 July 1865 launched under the name FUAD, one of the Iz-ed-din class. Displacement 1.058 ton. Dim. 76.20 x 9.14 x 3.66m. Powered by 300 nhp. steam engines, speed 12.5 knots. Bunker capacity for 15...

Built as a ship of the line at the Galvnoye Admiralteystvo (Russian Main Naval Shipyard) at St Petersburg by the shipbuilder Ulf, for the Russian Imperial Navy. Launched under the name YEVSTAFY. Dimensions: 47.5 x 14.5 x 5.8m. Armament 66 guns of caliber 36 and 18 pounds. 1762 Completed. When a Russ...

Built as steel 4 masted barque under yard No 57 by the yard of Mackie and Thomson at Glasgow for Andrew Weir and Co. (Bank Line), Glasgow. 21 September 1892 launched under the name OLIVEBANK. Tonnage 2.824 gross, 2.647 net, dim. 326.0 x 43.1 x 24.5ft. Oct. 1892 completed. Together with her sister th...