No. 21

Mariners' Museum, Uncurated Search Results

Type: Schooner Barge

Year: 1901

Builder: H. G. Skinner

Location: Baltimore

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Fetch?	Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Place	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
	1						on verso: Pilot Schooner 21. P.L. Sperr and Frederic Lewis stamps.		Port broadside view of the vessel under sail.	P0002.001/02-#154092
	2								LABEL COPY: ADRIATIC (1856-1885) Built 1856, at New York by Steers. She was 3,670 tons with a length of 355 feet and a beam of 50 feet, and had a speed of 13-1/2 knots, though she reached a speed of 15.9 knots on her trail run. After the collapse of the Collins Line in 1858, she was laid up until sold to the Galway Line in 1861. She was unsuccessful in their service and in 1869 was converted into sail. The former Collins Line vessel than made a few voyages to San Francisco but was sold in 1873 for a third time and used as a hulk at Bonny, Nigeria. There she rotted and finally fell to pieces. NOTES: The ADRIATIC was transferred from United States to British registry in 1860 by new owners, the North Atlantic Steamship Comopany who placed her on the Line from New York to Southampton and Havre where she did service until March 1861. Had been built for the Collins Line. SHORT DESCRIPTION: The New York Pilot Schooner No. 21 is shown on the left side of the print. VESSEL INFORMATION-- VESSEL NAME: ADRIATIC SHIP NUMBER: VESSEL TYPE: wooden paddle side-wheel steamboat SERVICE DATES:1856-1885 DATE WRECKED: SHIP BUILDER: George Steers SHIP LINE: Collins Line BUILDER LOCATION: ASSOCIATED PLACE: VESSEL HISTORY: This is the last steamer built for the Collins Line and made but one voyage to Liverpool, leaving New York November 21st, 1857 and crossing in 11 days, 2 hours. Aftger the Collins Line closed out in 1858 the vessel was laid up, and later put on service between New York and Aspenwall (Isthmus of Panama) in which service she ran but a short time. IN 1860 the North Atlantic S.S. Company, her new owners, placed her on the line from New York to Southampton ad Le Havre, whre she did service until March 1861, when she wsa bought by the Galway Line, and was the only vessl that was able to fulfill its contract conditions. When the Galway Line faile, she was laid up at Southampton. In 1864 she suffered a serious explosion in her machinery, while on a voyage from Galway to Liverpool in ballast. This accident killed but one man, and left her helpless off the Irish Coast, but fortunately she was picked up and towed to port. She was finally sent out to Bonny on the West African coast, to be used as a floating shore sheip, and while on this duty in 1885, she was suddenly found to be leaking so badly that she had to be beached, and was considered beyond repaired. MAJOR EVENT: CAPTAINS OR OTHER RELATED PEOPLE: SHIP OWNERS: ENGINE BUILDER AND LOCATION: Novelty Iron Works VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 351'8" (length) x 48' 8" (breadth) x 32' 2" (depth), 17' 1.5" (draft of water when vessel is light), 2 cyliners 101 inches in diameter, 10' stroke, 40'(diameter of wheel), 12'(length of bucket)	CL19243