Seeking Images of Ships Telford and Hahnemann for Euterpe History

British iron-hulled emigrant ship EUTERPE collided with two vessels at Gravesend the night of 2 August 1879.

Iron steam screw schooner TELFORD was launched in 1877 by The Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Tyneside yard: Official Number 76978, Int’l. Signal Letters Q.R.S.N., 4 bulkheads, Iron Cemented, 1747 tons gross, 1130 tons net register, 160 horsepower compound engine: 2 cylinder, 32” and 62” – 39”, 75 lbs. Registered dimensions 270.0; 340.0; 24.4. Principal owner and managing owner Mr. James Wait. Ship’s Master, per Lloyd’s Register: Captain Robert Wilson. TELFORD struck EUTERPE in focsul above water line in August 1879, both vessels suffering very severe damage. TELFORD went missing October 1879 enroute from New York to Antwerp, with all hands lost. Thus far no images of TELFORD (plans, photos, art) have surfaced.

HAHNEMANN - 1861, Master: Captain D. Phillips. Rigging: Ship; wood, sheathed in yellow metal and partly in felt in 1867; partly fastened with iron bolts. Tonnage: 1,328 tons. Dimensions: 192.2 feet long, 39 foot beam and holds 25 feet deep. Construction: 1861, McDonald yard in New Brunswick NS. Owners: Stuart & Co. Port of registry: Liverpool. Port of survey: Liverpool. HAHNEMANN was struck by EUTERPE 2 August 1879. Damage to HAHNEMANN not yet known; EUTERPE suffered broken mizzen boom, wrecked taffrail and wrecked steering gear.

HAHNEMANN should not be confused with ship STUART HAHNEMANN which was lost in 1875, capsizing and foundering in the Indian Ocean. HAHNEMANN/1861/McDonald/New Brunswick survived at minimum through 1897, having had a 214 day passage as a result of becalming in the Doldrums, necessitating rescue by a US military vessel, which towed it to San Francisco.

Apparently a painting of HAHNEMANN exists. Attributed to Lai Fong of Calcutta (fl. 1890-1910) it shows the three-master HAHNEMANN in full sail off a headland, oil on canvas 30 x 41¾ in. (76.2 x 106 cm.) The painting sold at auction by Christie's of London in 2009. The new owner and location are not known; a degraded, out-of-focus thumbnail image of the painting survives on the internet.

Maritime Museum of San Diego seeks images and information of both vessels' construction, to correlate with signs of structural repair on STAR OF INDIA (ex-EUTERPE), for Museum's research files.

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