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GOLDEN AGE

GOLDEN AGE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1855

GOLDEN AGE

GOLDEN AGE WAS A BARQUE OF 318 TONS BUILT IN MADISON CONN IN 1832 SHE MADE SEVERAL VOYAGES  FROM MELBOURNE TO PORT ADELAIDE IN 1853

SAN FRANSICO / GOLDEN AGE / HIROSHIMA MARU

GOLDEN AGE WAS BUILT BY W H BROWN AND WAS A STEAMSHIP OF 2,8964 TONS WITH A BEAM ENGINE SHE HAD ACCOMADATION FOR 600 STEERAGE PASSENGERS


SHE SAILED FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL 30TH SEPTEMBER 1853 AND THEN LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 19TH NOVEMBER 1853 BOUND FOR MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY VIA THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE  ARRIVING IN SYDNEY ON THE 13 TH FEBRUARY 1854 WITH CAPTAIN PORTER IN COMMAND

  
SHE WAS ON THE AUSTRALIAN COAST UNTIL MAY 12TH 1854 WHEN SHE SAILED FOR PANAMA

SHE WAS PURCHASED BY PACIFIC MAIL IN AUGUST 1854 AND PUT ON THEIR SAN FRANSICO TO PANAMA ROUTE. UNTIL 1869 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE MITSUBISHI MAIL SHIP CO IN 1875 AND RENAMED HIROSHIMA MARU

THREE SHIPS IN SERVICE AT THE SAME ON SIMLIAR ROUTES AT A SIMLIAR TIME IN HISTORY MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO RESEARCH THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED VESSEL