Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean PostRainey, Thomas
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Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post
Rainey, Thomas
Mail steamers; Steam-navigation
11.--West Coast of South-America.| Panama, Callao, and Valparaiso.
_Pacific Steam Navigation Co._ | Allowed to touch at Buenaventura,
Twice a month. $125,000. | Guayaquil, Peyta, Lambayeque,
| Huanchaco, Santa, Pisco, Islay,
| Arica, Iquique, Cobija, Gopiapo,
| Huasco, and Coquimbo.
|
12.--Scotland and Orkney. _John | From Scrabster Pier (Thurso) to
Stanger, Esq., of Stromness._ | Stromness, (Orkney.)
Daily in summer; every other day |
in winter. $6,500. |
|
13.--West Coast of Africa. | Plymouth to Madeira, Teneriffe,
_African Steamship Co._ Monthly. | Goree, Bathurst, Sierra Leone,
$106,250. | Monrovia, Cape Coast Castle,
| Accra, Whydah, Badagry, Lagos,
| Bonny, Old Calabar, Cameroon and
| Fernando Po; omitting Cameroon,
| Calabar, and Bonny on return.
|
14.--South-Africa, Mauritius, and| Dartmouth to Cape of Good Hope,
Calcutta. _Adam Duncan Dundas, | Mauritius and Calcutta.
Esq._ Monthly. $205,000. |
|
15.--England and Australia. _The | Southampton, Marseilles, Malta,
European and Australian Mail | Alexandria, Suez, and Sydney.
Steam Packet Co._ Monthly. |
$925,000. |
The following are the names of the steamers in service in each
line, with the amount of tonnage, the horse power of each, the
draught of water, the number of the officers and crew attached to
each one, and, when it could be obtained, the date that each
vessel was surveyed and approved for the service. Where the date
of survey of a vessel is unknown, it is placed as near as possible
with others surveyed at the same time, the vessels in each line
being arranged in chronological order:
1. LIVERPOOL AND ISLE OF MAN.
Draft of
Horse Water. Date of
Name, Class, etc. Power. Tonnage. F. I. Crew. Survey
----------------------+------+--------+--------+-----+------------
King Orry, 190 429 0 0 22 Dec., 1845
Tynwald, iron, 260 657 8 9 29 Oct., 1846
Benmy Chree, 130 295 6 6 18 June, 1847
Mona's Queen, iron, 220 508 8 6 22 M'ch, 1853
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Total, 4 vessels, 790 2,089 91
2. ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
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