Ship Hannah Crooker

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History

1854 Disaster

DISASTERS. (...) Ship Hannah Crooker of Hath, at New York from Leghorn, was 23 days of Ion 68, in strong N W gales; lost and split sails &c.'#^[1]

May 27, 1861

Belfast, May 27. The Am ship Hannah Crooker, of New York, reports having experienced very severe weather after leaving Philadelphia, and had to throw 500 bbls. overboard for the safety of the ship.^[2]

Journeys

Below is the start of a still very incomplete list of the Hannah Crooker journeys. Please feel encouraged to update, amend or correct the information, should you be able to - or leave a comment.

A newly built Hannah Crooker (?):

Passenger Lists

• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Ship Hannah Crooker, Leghorn* (Livorno), Italy to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8 March 1861, https://immigrantships.net/v23/1800v23/hannahcrooker18610308.html, accessed 19 July 2023.
• Hannah Crooker - Londonderry to Philadelphia 1862, 6 May 1862, https://cotyrone.com/ships/hannah-crooker.html, accessed 19 July 2023.

Painting

The painting "Ship Hannah Crooker Of Bath..." was auctioned on June 11, 2020 by Eldred's. The painting is signed and dated lower right "H. Cassinelli au Harve 1849". Possibly Horacio Cassinelli. It is watercolor and gouache on paper, 16.5" x 23". Framed 20" x 27". The condition showed spotting and toning throughout the paper.

Sources

1. ↑ 1854 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
   Eastern Times (Bath, Maine) Thu, Dec 28, 1854, page 3
   Newspapers Clip: 128516150 (accessed 19 July 2023)
2. ↑ 1861 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
   Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) Thu, Jun 13, 1861, page 3
   Newspapers Clip: 128516441 (accessed 19 July 2023)
3. ↑ Departures of emigration passages to New Orleans, Online database.