Description

New York- Liverpool; part of the Collins Line.

This vessel was the sister ship to the ATLANTIC and was originally barque rigged, but in 1853 the mizzen was taken out in order to improver her steering qualities. In 1856 she ws fitted with a number of extra water tight bulkheads due to the loss of the ill-fated PACIFIC. In September 1859, she was put in service with the ATLANTIC on the New York and Aspinwall route, and ran to the Isthmus until March 1860. In 1861 she was chartered by the United States government for War Service. A few weeks later she carried Major Anderson the surrendered garrison of Fort Sumter to New York. Between 186 to 1870 she ran on the North American Lloyd Service between Bremen and New York, calling at Southampton. In 1870 she was sold to Boston, Massachusetts, parties removed her engine, and made her into a sailing vesssel, in which service she made several fast passages between San Francisco and Europe. She was eventually sold to a German compnay, and while on the way from Bremin to Boston was caught in a gale and was strained so badly that she was of no further use. She was broken up at Boston in 1880.

Reference: Mariners' Museum