OCEAN EXPRESS / FRIEDRICH

OCEAN EXPRESS WAS A VESSEL OF 1,483 TONS. SHE WAS BUILT IN 1854 BY AT J O CURTIS OF MEDFORD FOR REED & WADE OF BOSTON

IN 1859 SHE LEFT NEW YORK ON 13TH MARCH AND ARRIVED IN SAN FRANSICO ON 1ST AUGUST WITH CAPTAIN WILLI IN COMMAND

IN 1872 SHE WAS SOLD TO PERUVIAN OWNERS.

IN 1875 SHE WAS SOLD TO REEDEREI FR ROTERS OF BREMERHAVEN AND RE NAMED FRIEDRICH

SHE WAS LATER SOLD TO NORWEGIAN OWNERS

IN 1890 SHE WAS ABANDONED AT SEA IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC

OCEAN EXPRESS

  
OCEAN EXPRESS WAS A VESSEL OF 3,000 TONS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1859 AND MADE A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THIS IS THE SAME VESSEL AS THE ABOVE SHIP, THE WHITE STAR LINE REGULARLY EXAGERATED THE SIZE OF THEIR CHARTERED SHIPS