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Smith and his fellow investors had originally hoped to sell Archimedes to the Royal Navy, but when this did not eventuate, the Ship Propeller Company sold the vessel into commercial service. The company, which is estimated to have lost a total of about £50,000 on the Archimedes venture, [ 25 ] was subsequently wound up.
United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company John Roach & Sons was a major 19th-century American shipbuilding and manufacturing firm founded in 1864 by Irish-American immigrant John Roach . Between 1871 and 1885, the company was the largest shipbuilding firm in the United States, building more iron ships than its next two major competitors ...
Such a ship was also known as an "iron screw steam ship". In the 19th century, this designation was normally used in contradistinction to the paddle steamer, a still earlier form of steamship that was largely, but not entirely, superseded by the screw steamer. [1] Many famous ships were screw steamers, including the RMS Titanic and RMS ...
Her new owners undertook a months-long refit, including replacing the ship's boilers. Damage to the engine and other machinery was more extensive than had been disclosed during the sale process resulting in a lawsuit against the Star Steamship Company. [30] Nonetheless, the ship left her dry dock on the Hudson River, her repairs complete, on ...
The first regular steamship service from the west to the east coast of the United States began on February 28, 1849, with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay. California left New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounded Cape Horn at the tip of South America , and arrived at San Francisco, California after a 4-month 21-day journey.
Ajax was a wooden, propeller-driven steamship built in 1864.She provided logistical support to the Union Army on the Atlantic coast during the American Civil War.After the war she was sent to San Francisco where she provided freight and passenger services between that city and other ports on the Pacific coast.
Full-rigged ship: For private owner. [90] May United Kingdom: Messrs. Smith & Rodger Govan: Prince Arthur: Steamship: For Leith and London Shipping Company. [88] May Colony of New Brunswick: Saint John: Silesia: Full-rigged ship: For private owner. [91] 2 June United Kingdom: Messrs. A. Duthie & Co. Aberdeen: Teawera: Schooner: For Messrs ...
Cork Steamship Company Cork: Dodo: Steamship: For private owner. [7] 18 January United Kingdom: Richard Wilkinson Pallion: Agamemnon: Full-rigged ship: For Potts Bros. [8] [9] 18 January United Kingdom: James & R. Mills Southwick: Bosworth: Full-rigged ship: For Messrs. Wood, Spence & Blair. [8] [10] 18 January United Kingdom: John Smith ...