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