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STAR OF THE WEST

STAR OF THE WEST WAS A VESSEL OF 2,084 TONS . 

WITH CAPTAIN LOWHER IN COMMAND SHE DID A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK 6TH JANUARY 1851

SHE DID SEVERAL VOYAGES THAT SAME YEAR FROM IRELAND TO NEW YORK. ARRIVING

 28TH NOVEMBER 1851

 5TH MARCH 1851

 1ST JUNE 1851 


IN 1852 THERE SEEMED TO BE A MUTINY ONBOARD THE  IMMIGRANT VESSEL  STAR OF THE WEST WHILE SHE WAS IN THE MERSEY

SHE DID A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK IN 1854

 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE POSSIBLY IN 1859

STAR OF THE WEST

THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED STAR OF THE WEST IN SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED VESSEL

SHE WAS A  STEAM SHIP  OF 1,172 TONS BUILT BY JEREMIAH SIMONSON OF NEW YORK FOR CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. SHE WAS LAUNCHED ON JUNE 17TH 1852

FOR REFERENCE ONLY THERE WAS NO WSL CONNECTION AND MAY HELP AVOID MIS IDENTIFICATION