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Name: BARON VON HUMBOLDT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/09/1854
Completed: 10/1854
Builder: TD Marshall
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 334grt, 239nrt, 136.8 x 26.2 x 12.6ft
Engines: 60nhp; (1890: C2cyl (17 & 32.5 x 19.5ins)
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields: (1890: Rostocker AG, Rostock)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw; also rigged as a 2 masted Schooner
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 26641
History:
27/10/1854 Unknown owner; registered at Newcastle
22/12/1854 William S Andrews, London
1855 British Government
05/09/1855 Renamed BUFFALO
01/01/1888 P Jĝrgensen, Korsör; renamed CHARLOTTE
08/1889 A Wolff & Co, Danzig
08/02/1892 Frankfurter & Liebermann, Hamburg
1892 V Baron i Tiffou, Coquimbo; renamed MIRAMAR
19/12/1896 Sank
Comments: Built to carry iron ore from Middlebrough to the iron works of
Losh, Wilson & Bell at Walker. Intended two voyages per week
12/1854: Used by the UK Government as a transport
Carried part of the Balaklava railway to the Crimea
Reportedly purchased by the Government for £12,000
1868: Transferred to the Victualing Department
1890: Re-engined by Rostocker AG
19/12/1896: Sunk on the coast of Coquimbo, Chile
Engaged in coastal trade carrying coal