In 1854 the Hamburg‑America Line, as it is generally known throughout the English‑speaking world, went to Caird and Company, of Greenock, with an order for a pair of iron, single‑screw sail and‑steamships to be named Borussia and Hammonia. The two ships however became Crimean War transports and were not handed over to their owners until 1856. In June of that year the Borussia took the first sailing from Hamburg to New York.
The Borussia had a gross tonnage of 2,131, a length of 280 ft., and beam of 38 ft. She was in her company's service until 1876, when she was sold to the Dominion Line, of Liverpool, making her first voyage for her new owners in 1876, from Liverpool to New Orleans. Two years later she was on the Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal service of the company. On December 2, 1879, she foundered at sea with the loss of 165 lives.
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Re: Borussia
1876 Sold to the Mississippi & Dominion Line, not renamed.
Her loss is given in Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the age of Steam 1824-1962.
The Dominion liner BORUSSIA under command of Captain Roberts was an old ship having been built in 1854, but was re-engined and boilered in 1871.
She first served as a transport to bring troops home from the Crimea before engaging in the trans-Atlantic passenger service of the Hamburg America Line.
Later was she purchased by the Dominion Line for employment as an emigrant ship.
On 20 November 1879 she left Liverpool for New Orleans, by way of Corunna, Spain and Havana with on board 66 passengers and 54 crew. Her passengers were Lancashire, Yorkshire and Durham farmers who proposed to settle with their families in Texas. There were also a few of the Scottish and Irish agricultural classes. All of these emigrants were of the better sort and nearly all were possessed of a small amount of capital.
The ship reached Corunna on 23 November and embarked a further 64 Spanish emigrants for Havana, Cuba, leaving for her run across the Atlantic with a total of 184 persons.
. She carried a cargo of heavy goods, among which was a quantity of tin plate.
When four days out of Corunna the BORUSSIA encountered a S.S.E gale which continued till 1 December when the wind changed to N.N.W. still with a heavy sea. On the night of the 1st the ship sprang a leak and by morning there was 11 feet water in the hold, despite the efforts of the steam-pumps, and the engine room was flooded.
The boats, of which there were seven, were provisioned and launched, the first under the first officer with 13 passengers and some of the crew getting away in safety. The next with 20 Spaniards and some more of the crew also got clear without mishap, but the third boat drifted away with two men before it could be filed and an attempt by the third officer to recover it ended in disaster, boat men and boat being lost.
The third officer returned to find the BORUSSIA sinking. A large number of people still remained on board and went down with her.
The sailing ship MALLOWDALE picked up one boat containing the doctor and nine of the crew and took them to Queenstown. The German barque FULDA picked up another party of five. These 15 persons represented the sole survivors from the vessel, the other boats being lost. The total number of persons drowned was 169, including Captain Roberts and nearly all the officers.
Her loss is given in Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the age of Steam 1824-1962.
The Dominion liner BORUSSIA under command of Captain Roberts was an old ship having been built in 1854, but was re-engined and boilered in 1871.
She first served as a transport to bring troops home from the Crimea before engaging in the trans-Atlantic passenger service of the Hamburg America Line.
Later was she purchased by the Dominion Line for employment as an emigrant ship.
On 20 November 1879 she left Liverpool for New Orleans, by way of Corunna, Spain and Havana with on board 66 passengers and 54 crew. Her passengers were Lancashire, Yorkshire and Durham farmers who proposed to settle with their families in Texas. There were also a few of the Scottish and Irish agricultural classes. All of these emigrants were of the better sort and nearly all were possessed of a small amount of capital.
The ship reached Corunna on 23 November and embarked a further 64 Spanish emigrants for Havana, Cuba, leaving for her run across the Atlantic with a total of 184 persons.
. She carried a cargo of heavy goods, among which was a quantity of tin plate.
When four days out of Corunna the BORUSSIA encountered a S.S.E gale which continued till 1 December when the wind changed to N.N.W. still with a heavy sea. On the night of the 1st the ship sprang a leak and by morning there was 11 feet water in the hold, despite the efforts of the steam-pumps, and the engine room was flooded.
The boats, of which there were seven, were provisioned and launched, the first under the first officer with 13 passengers and some of the crew getting away in safety. The next with 20 Spaniards and some more of the crew also got clear without mishap, but the third boat drifted away with two men before it could be filed and an attempt by the third officer to recover it ended in disaster, boat men and boat being lost.
The third officer returned to find the BORUSSIA sinking. A large number of people still remained on board and went down with her.
The sailing ship MALLOWDALE picked up one boat containing the doctor and nine of the crew and took them to Queenstown. The German barque FULDA picked up another party of five. These 15 persons represented the sole survivors from the vessel, the other boats being lost. The total number of persons drowned was 169, including Captain Roberts and nearly all the officers.