Tempest (ship)

The Tempest was a 1855 put into service passenger ship in the British shipping company Anchor Line, which disappeared without a trace on the North Atlantic on a voyage from New York to Glasgow in February 1857.

History

The 866 -ton passenger and cargo ship Tempest was built in 1854 in the shipyard Sandeman & McLaurin in Glasgow's Whiteinch on the River Clyde for the company phone Sides & Co.. The ship was launched on December 21, 1854 as three-masted clipper from the stack and was completed on 31 March 1855. On April 3, 1855, the Tempest put under the command of Captain John Henderson to his maiden voyage to Bombay from where they broke in on July 17. After this a ride for mobile Sides & Co., the ship of the newly formed British shipping company Anchor Line, based in Glasgow was purchased.

In 1856, the Tempest was the first ship of the company, which has been converted to a steamship. It was equipped with low-pressure steam engines that could deliver up to 150 horsepower. It carried passengers and freight from then on the North Atlantic from Glasgow to New York. She was the first ship of the Anchor Line on this route, with which the company hoped for new revenue sources.

On October 11, 1856, she took her first trip to New York, where she arrived on 8 November. On November 19, she appeared on the return trip, which they mastered in 28 days. On December 27, 1856 put under the command of Captain James Morris in Glasgow for their second and last trip to New York. On February 1, the Tempest was one there. She had had 50 people on board.

On Friday, 13 February 1857 ( according to other sources on 26 February ) put the Tempest in New York from her second Atlantic crossing in an easterly direction. On board were 150 passengers and crew members. The ship disappeared without a trace on the Atlantic Ocean and never arrived in Glasgow. Whereabouts of the ship and its passengers are unclear. In some sources it is mentioned that the Tempest was the victim of an Atlantic storm.