Acadia (1840)

Later names
Erzherzog Johan (1849)
Germania (1852)

Builder:
Wood & Reid
Port Glasgow, Scotland
Keel laid:
N/A
Launched:
April 4, 1840
Year built:
1840
Completed:
N/A
Fate:
Scrapped 1858 in London.


Owner
British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
(Cunard)
Liverpool, England
1849:
German Navy
1852:
W. A. Fritze & Karl Lehmkuhl Company
Bremen, Germany


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
207'
Hull:
Wood
Beam:
34'
Engines:
2 cylinder side leaver by Robert Napier
Across wheels:
56'
Boilers:
N/A

Wheel diameter:
N/A
Speed:
9 knots
Draft:
22' (depth)
HP:
440
Gross tons:
1,154
Funnels:
1
Crew:
82
Masts:
3 (rigged for sail)
Passengers:
115


Timeline
Aug. 4, 1840:
Maiden voyage Liverpool-Halifax-Boston.
Mar. 12, 1849:
Stranded on Terschelling Island, Netherlands.
1849:
Sold to German navy and renamed Erzherzog Johan.
1852:
Sold to W. A. Fritze & Karl Lehmkuhl Company and renamed Germania.
1853-54:
Four trans-Atlantic crossings Bremen to New York.
1855:
Chartered to the British Government and used as a transport during the Crimean War.
1858:
Scrapped in London.


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Builder's Data
Page revised June 10, 2008