VESSEL DETAILS
 
Vessel: HUMBOLDT (2)Type: Sailing ship
Built:  By:  
At:  Tonnage:  Length:  
Beam:  Draft:  
Built for:  
Usual area: Carried convicts to Australia.
KNOWN HISTORY
8 Sep 1852
Left Plymouth for Sydney.
 
19 Dec 1852
Arrived at Sydney.
 
1862
Registry changed to the Bremen firm of E. Iken & Co.
 
1863
Bought by the Bremen firm of G. Lange.
 
1-2 Sep 1864
Foundered in the Bay of Bengal, near Gobalpore, on the night of 1/2 September 1864. The crew was rescued, but both the vessel and her cargo of grain were a total loss.
 
Sources:  
50.3m
Vessel: HUMBOLDT (3)Type: 3-masted, square-rigged ship
Built: 1867By: Alexander Stephen, Glasgow
At:  Tonnage: 719Length:  
Beam: 9.1mDraft:  
Built for:  
Usual area: General migrant trade, usually to Australasia
KNOWN HISTORY
31 May 1867
First Registered.
 
1867
Voyage to New York.
 
1867/1868
Voyages between Bremen and New York.
 
1868/1869
Voyages to New York and Philadelphia.
 
1869/1870
Voyages to Victoria/Semarang/Batavia.
 
1870/1871
Voyages to Brisbane/Rangoon.
 
15 Apr 1872
Left Hamburg for Australia and New Zealand with migrants. 
27 Jul 1872
Arrived at Port Denison (now called Bowen) in Queensland,Australia.
Passenger list
1873/1874
Voyage to Queensland/Intermediate ports, back to Bremenhaven.
 
18 Dec 1874
Left Hamburg for Australia and New Zealand with migrants. 
7 Feb 1875
Arrived Wellington,New Zealand.
Passenger list
9 Mar 1897
Bought by the Hamburg firm of Fontes, Friedrichs & Kracht.
 
1898
Owned by de Freitas, of Para (Paraguay?) and operated under the name of 'Lenor'.
 
Sources: Various, including ''The Busch Line - From Serfdom to Freedom'', by Harold R. Busch.
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