YOUNG AMERICA / MIROSLAV


YOUNG AMERICA A VESSEL OF 1,750 / 1,961 TONS SHE HAD BEEN  BUILT BY W H WEBB OF NEW YORK FOR GEORGE B DANIELS ALSO OF NEW YORK AND WAS LAUNCHED IN APRIL OF 1853

1853 TO 1882 SHE MADE  ABOUT 20 VOYAGES BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANSICO AND THREE FROM LIVERPOOL  ( MOST LIKELY TO AUSTRALIA ? )

IN 1858 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN D S BABCOCK SHE SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE WITH 289 PASSENGERS ONBOARD

SHE WAS OWNED BY ARRAM BELL &SONS IN 1860


IN 1860 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE AND MADE A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE

OWNED BY ROBERT L TAYLOR IN 1865

SHE WAS OWNED BY GEORGE HOWES & CO IN 1870

SHE WAS OWNED BY J ROSENFIELD OF SAN FRANSICO IN 1880

SHE WAS SOLD IN 1883 TO  AUSTMAN ( BUCCARI, AUSTRIA ) WHO RENAMED HER 'MIROSLAV'TO  WHO USED HER ON ATLANTIC ROUTE

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT SHE WAS SOLD IN 1882 TO AN AUSTRALIAN CONCERN WHO USED HER ON THE ATLANTIC ROUTE, WHICH  IS INCORRECT

SHE SAILED FROM PHILADELPHIA ON 17TH FEBRUARY 1886 BOUND FOR FIUME ( CROTIA ) WITH A CARGO OF 9,700 BARRELS OF OIL  WITH CAPTAIN VLASSICH AND NEVER ARRIVED AT HER

 DESTINATION HER LAST SIGHTING HAD BEEN OFF THE DELAWARE BREAKWATER

 SHE WAS  REPORTED MISSING IN JUNE 1886  AND SHE WAS NEVER HEARD OF AGAIN

THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS SHE WAS SEEN OFF GIBRALTER BEING USED AS A COAL HULK  WHICH IS INCORRECT

 

  

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