SS Home
lithograph , Awful Wreck of the STEAM PACKET HOME: on her passage from New York to Charleston, by which melancholy occurrence NINETY-FIVE PERSONS PERISHED
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| Name | SS Home |
| Owner | Red Bank line, New York City |
| Operator | Carleton White |
| Builder | Allaire Works, New York City |
| Launched | 1836 |
| Fate | Wrecked off Cape Hatteras, 9 October 1837 |
| Notes | 130 on board |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 537 |
| Length | 220 ft (67 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m) |
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| Notes | 90 lives lost |
SS Home was a
Racer's Storm with a loss of 90 lives. She was commanded by Captain
Carleton White.
History
Home was built for Mr. James P. Allaire, of
as well.Home was built for river trade, but was converted into a
cherrywood with skylights, saloons, and luxurious passenger quarters. A total of US$115,000 was spent converting Home for ocean voyages, but she was equipped with only three lifeboats and two life preservers
. She was uninsured.
Loss
On Saturday, 7 October 1837, Home left New York City for
1837 Racer's Storm and started taking on water as she rounded Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
. She was put aground to ride out the developing storm. Before rescue operations could be effected the next day, the Home was torn to pieces by the surf and 90 people died.
Notable passengers lost in the disaster
- The Hardy Croom family of cotton plantations called Goodwood Plantation.
- Georgia State Senator.
References
- Hurricanes from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Biography of the SS Home's owner, James Peter Allaire
- North Carolina Hurricane History
- Flagpole Magazine, p. 10 (6 September 2000).
- Contemporary Newspaper accounts of the loss of the Home 1837-1843
External links
Media related to Home (ship, 1836) at Wikimedia Commons
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