2364 x 3388 px | 20 x 28,7 cm | 7,9 x 11,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2000
Lieu:
San Diego, California, USA
Informations supplémentaires:
The Star of India was built in 1863 at Ramsey Shipyard in the Isle of Man, when most ships were still made from wood. The Star of India was an "experimental" craft made with an iron hull. Originally she bore the name Euterpe, after the Greek goddess of music. The Euterpe was a full-rigged ship until 1901, when she was refitted as a barque. Her maiden voyage was greeted with a collision and a mutiny. A cyclone ensnared the Euterpe in the Bay of Bengal on her second trip, and she barely limped to port after losing her topmasts. Her first captain died shortly after and was buried at sea. Euterpe eventually found her stride and voyaged to India four times as a cargo ship. She was purchased by the Shaw Savill line of London in 1871 and hauled emigrants to New Zealand for numerous years, occasionally visiting Australia, Chile and California. Of her 21 voyages on this route, she fought through a series of tremendous storms and earned a reputation as a tough little iron ship "labouring and rolling in a most distressing manner, " according to her log. The emigrants who were cramped into her 'tween deck, ate hardtack and salt junk. They suffered from mal-de-mer and a many other illnesses. They proved to be a hardy lot, drawn from the working classes of England, Ireland and Scotland and despite the bad odds, had a relatively low death rate. Most went on to settle and prosper in New Zealand. The Euterpe was sold to American owners in 1898, and in 1902, began sailing from Oakland, California to the Bering Sea each spring with a load of fishermen, cannery hands, box shook and tin plate. She returned each fall laden with canned salmon. This went on until 1923 when she was laid up by her owners the Alaska Packers. The Packers had changed her name in 1906, dubbing her Star of India in keeping with their company practice. As shipping converted to steam, the Star was abandoned. Purchased in 1926 for $9, 000 by a group of San Diagans, she was rescued and eventually restored.
