Maiden Voyage of the Euterpe




Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1863/11/14 Euterpe is built by Gibson, MacDonald and Arnold at the Ramsey Shipyard, Isle of Man, for corn and provision dealer George Henry Wakefield, Nash and Co of Liverpool, to be used in the Indian jute trade. Isle of Man,
1863/11/14 Euterpe is built by Gibson, MacDonald and Arnold at the Ramsey Shipyard, Isle of Man, for corn and provision dealer George Henry Wakefield, Nash and Co of Liverpool, to be used in the Indian jute trade. STAR OF INDIA, San Diego, CA
1864/01/08 Under the command of Captain William Storry, the Euterpe departs Liverpool, England for Calcutta, India. Salthouse Dock, just east of Albert Dock, was used by Wakefield Nash and Co. Original Dock Master's Office, Liverpool
1864/01/12 Euterpe collides with an unlighted Spanish brig off the coast of Wales. Since much of the crew refuses Captain Storry's orders to repair the ship. Storry puts in at Anglesey and places 17 of the rebellious crew in the Beaumaris Gaol during the repairs. STAR OF INDIA, San Diego, CA
1864/09/00 A few days after returning from Calcutta, the Euterpe is besieged by a suspicious fire.
1866/04/10 Weakened by speculations in the American cotton market, Wakefield Nash and Co, the partnership of George Henry Wakefield and Joseph Gadsden Nash, dissolves.

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