Elb-Dampfschiff-Compagnie - J C Godeffroy & Sohnen (Johan Cesar Godeffroy), Hamburg
Hamburg
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
5/6/1863 Henry Lafone, Liverpool - reg Nassau (no Off No) 7/1863 John Fraser & Co, Charleston SC
Vessel history
for Hamburg-Heligoland service 15/7/1854 on trials 22/7/1854 sailed Hamburg on maiden trip. 1863 converted to blockade runner in American civil war 6/1863 made one successful round trip Nassau-Charleston SC
Remarks
Referred to as HELIGOLAND in some British newspapers
End year
Fate / Status
1863
Stranded 19/07/1863
Disposal Detail
19/7/1863 attempting to enter Charleston from Nassau went ashore on Drunken Dick Shoal off Charleston Bar. She was then fired on by USS CANANDAIGUA, but set on fire by her own crew to prevent her falling into enemy hands.
Helgoland in 1850s
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Helgoland in 1856
Image courtesy of : by Carl Reinhardt, Hamburg