SHACKAMAXON

SHACKAMAXON WAS A VESSEL OF 1,090 / 1,240 TONS ( ALSO REPORTED AS BEING A VESSEL OF 2,500 TONS, BUT IT WAS A COMMON PRACTICE FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE TO EXAGERRATE THEIR VESSELS SIZE  ) SHE WAS CHARTERED BY PILKINGTON & WILSON IN 1954 FOR A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK AND ONTO NEW ORLEANS

SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 4TH OCTOBER 1852 AND ARRIVED AT PORT ADELAIDE ON 19TH JANUARY 1853 WITH CAPTAIN H WEST IN COMMAND SHE CARRIED 696 IMIGRANTS AND WITH THE CREW AND CABIN PASSENGERS MADE A TOTAL OF 780 PEOPLE ONBOARD THERE WERE 57 DEATHS & 19 BIRTHS ONBOARD DURING THE VOYAGE

SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 19TH NOVEMBER 1853 BOUND FOR PHILADELPHIA WITH CAPTAIN WEST BEING IN COMMAND ( NOT SURE IF THIS WAS THE DEPARTURE DATE OR THE ARRIVAL DATE )

AT THIS TIME SHE WAS OWNED BY G McHENRY & CO OF PHILADELPHIA