Powhattan (1837)

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History
United States
Launched1837
In serviceFebruary 2, 1837
FateWrecked April 16, 1854
General characteristics
TypeThree Masted
Tons burthen598 7/95
Length132' 10"
Beam31' 7"
PropulsionSail
Sail planSquare Rigged

The Powhattan or Powhatan was an American ship that is best remembered as one of the New Jersey shipwrecks with the greatest loss of life. The number of victims varies, according to sources, between 200 and 365.[1]

The Powhattan was an emigrant

ship transport of 598 tons gross. It was registered as a new vessel on February 2, 1837, with W. Graham as owner and D. Griffith as master (captain). The ship was built in Baltimore
, Maryland, in 1836–1837 and made several trips across the Atlantic from England, France and the Netherlands to the ports of Baltimore and New York.

About the first of March 1854, the Powhattan sailed from the port of

Absecon Lighthouse later in 1854.[9][10]

Voyages from 1837 to 1854

Departure date Port of departure Arrival date Port of arrival Master Purpose
July 25, 1837 Le Havre, France September 4, 1837 Baltimore? Griffith Transport British and Irish immigrants
Unknown Mobile, Alabama October 13, 1837 Baltimore? Griffith Unknown
Unknown Liverpool, England May 2, 1838 Baltimore Griffith Unknown
Unknown Liverpool, England June 21, 1846 Baltimore Haydon Irish and British immigrants[11]
Unknown Le Havre, France January 1, 1847 New Orleans Stone 207 passengers [12]
Unknown Le Havre, France July 31, 1847 Unknown Unknown Unknown[13]
Unknown Liverpool, England Dec 2nd, 1847 Baltimore ??? Irish immigrants [14]
Unknown Le Havre, France May 5, 1848 New York Unknown German immigrants [15][16]
Unknown Le Havre, France April 2, 1852 New York Unknown French, Swiss [17][18]
Unknown Rotterdam, Netherlands November 29, 1853 New York Myers Dutch and German immigrants [19][20][21]

Sources

References

  1. ^ Somerville, George B. (January 17, 2018). "The Lure of Long Beach". Long Beach Board of Trade. p. 73. Retrieved January 17, 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "The Wrecks At Absecom: Total Loss of the Powhattan" (PDF). The New Times. April 20, 1854.
  3. ^ The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science, Max Kade Institute, New Acquisitions, Fall-Winter 2003, Subject Collection, Karl Althoff, "The Shipwreck of the Powhattan: Tragedy for Emigrants from Budenthal in 1854." The Palatine Immigrant, vol. 28, no. 3, June 2003, pp. 26–29. [1]
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  5. ^ Shipwrecks off the New Jersey Coast by Walter and Richard Krotee, Middle Atlantic Underwater Council, Underwater Society of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1966 edition
  6. ^ Brown, Allen Henry (1886). "Jonathan Pitney, M. D.: Fifty years of progress on the coast of New Jersey". Internet Archive. Daily Advertiser Printing House. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  7. ^ http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/ocean/cemetery/omanahaw01.txt [bare URL plain text file]
  8. ^ "The Powhatan Tragedy". www.RogerKreuz.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  9. ^ "New Jersey Lighthouse Society - Absecon Lighthouse". www.NJLHS.org. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  10. ^ "Absecon Lighthouse - Cyberlights Lighthouses". www.Cyberlights.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  11. ^ O'Brien, Al. "ISTG Vol 6 - Ship Powhatan". ImmigrantShips.net. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  12. ^ "New Orleans Ship Arrivals 1847 part 2". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  13. ^ "Manifest Header Data File, 1834 – ca. 1900: Manifest 46237: Powhattan". Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Germans to the United States, created ca. 1977–2002, documenting the period 1850–1897. National Archives. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  14. ^ "Ship Powhatan; Liverpool, England to Baltimore, Maryland; 2 December 1847". Transcribed by Janice Peterson. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. June 6, 2005. Retrieved November 24, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  15. ^ "Manifest Header Data File, 1834 – ca. 1900: Manifest 46820: Powhattan". Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Germans to the United States, created ca. 1977–2002, documenting the period 1850–1897. National Archives. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  16. ^ "Castle Garden". www.CastleGarden.org. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  17. ^ "Manifest Header Data File, 1834 – ca. 1900: Manifest 6848: Powhattan". Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Germans to the United States, created ca. 1977–2002, documenting the period 1850–1897. National Archives. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  18. ^ "Castle Garden". www.CastleGarden.org. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  19. ^ Green, Harry. "ISTG Vol 9 - Powhatan". ImmigrantShips.net. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  20. ^ "NARA - AAD - Display Full Records - Manifest Header Data File, 1834 - ca. 1900". AAD.Archives.gov. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  21. ^ "Herman Joseph Meiring". RogerKreuz.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  22. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-09-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  23. ^ "A Heavy Sea Running". Archives.gov. August 15, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  24. ^ "Brigantine Beach NJ | History | Brigantine Shipwrecks". brigantinebeachnj.com. Archived from the original on 2002-06-17.
  25. ^ http://www.maritimeheritage.org/PassLists/js051854.html
  26. ^ Society, New Jersey Historical (January 17, 1885). "Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society". New Jersey Historical Society. pp. 82–83. Retrieved January 17, 2018 – via Google Books.

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