WILMON (WILLIAM) WHILDEN (WHILDIN) (1845)
Year Built: 1845
Built By: Harlan and Hollingsworth Company
Built At: Wilmington, DE
Built For: Anthony Reybold
Hull Number: 4
Official Number: 26825
Purchase Price:
Length: 186.6 feet
Beam: 20 feet
Depth of Hold: 7.4 feet
Tons: 383 Gross, 323 net
Propulsion: Propeller
Hull: Iron
Engine: 100 hp
Passenger Capacity:
Purchased by: Used by the Government in the Civil War and purchased by the Erricson Line after.
Route: Baltimore to Phiadelphia
Captains: Captain Iler in 1890
Previous Name:
Later Name: Renamed GEN. CADWALADER in 1890.
Comments: Converted from sidewheeler to Propeller in 1847.
Disposition: Dismantled in 1905.
Be careful! The name of this steamer varies. She shows up in the 1867 Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States as W. Whilden. I have seen the name as Wilmon Whildin, William Whilden, Wilmon Whillden. Even after whe was renamed by the Erricson Line the name was sometimes Genl Cadwalader, General Cadwalader and Gen Cadwallader.
