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The Log of the New York-Havre packet ship Francois I, Capt. John Castoff, from May 8, 1835 thru March 10, 1837Entry/Object ID
A0175Scope and Content
Log of the New York-Havre packet ship Francois I, Capt. John Castoff, from May 8, 1835 thru March 10, 1837.
Among Packet Line ships that entered the New York-Havre trade prior to 1830 and continued the longest in the service after that time was Francois I, 496 tons, of the Old LIne,Havre. She was built by C. Bergh & Co., New York in 1828, measured 127.3 x 29.3 x 14.7, and was in service from 1828 until 1847, with the exception of the 1839 to 1841 period, following an accident. Her average passage westbound was 36 days, her best24, and her slowest 56.
She was the largest, by old customehouse measurement, of the packt ships engaged in the New York to Havre service in 1830, but by 1835 packets of up to 641 tons were serving that trade.
Her service subsequent to 1847 was as a transient.
Christian Bergh was one of New York's two most important shipbuilders. He built the fast brig Gypsey, 207 tons, was entirely responsible for the North America of 400 tons, built in 1804, and the schooner Antelope of 206 tons in 1812. He is credited with designing and building in 1812-1813 "the notorious Prince de Neufchatel",a history-making privateer. During the war of 1812 Bergh served the US on the Great Lakes, and built vessels used on Lake Erie. His apprentice was Jacob A. Westervelt.
Source: William Armstrong Fairburn, Merchant Sail, Volumes II and VCollection
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1835 - 1837