Ship, Bark or Barque Tuisko

Date: 1855 to 1874
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: ship emigration immigration

The Tuisko, a bark, was a three-masted sailing vessel. It's fore and main masts were square-rigged, while the third one was rigged fore-and-aft. The Tuisko was built in Brake in 1855. At this time, Brake was in the Grandduchy of Oldenburg. The ship was 46m (150 ft) long and 9.50m (31 ft) wide with a weight of 170 Commerzlast^[1].

Tuisko Kapitänsbild, Focke Museum, Bremen, Photo by Gisela Laudi, (see: Justina Tubbe: Der weite Weg einer Brandenburgerin vom Oderbruch nach Texas)

The interdeck was 6 ft high, the bunks 6 feet long with a width of 18 inches per passenger, 4 inches about ground. The ship had 8 ft free space for luggage and provisions for 13 weeks.

The ship is mentioned in the novel "Justina Tubbe" by Gisela Laudi.^[2]

Contents 1 Maiden Voyage 2 Renovation 3 Journeys 4 Special Events 5 Captains 6 Literature 7 Passenger Lists

Maiden Voyage

The Tuisko's maiden voyage took her from Bremerhaven to New Orleans, where she arrived on 30 October 1855 with 319 passengers, among them 46 children under the age of 10 (18 of these 46 were still babies). Eight passengers died on her maiden voyage.

Renovation

After more than a decade in service, her hull had been iron-plated in September 1866. By 1866, she was sailing twice per year between Bremerhaven and New York, that is once before the hurricane season, and once right afterwards.

Journeys

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

Year	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Passengers
1855	Oct 1855	Bremerhaven	New Orleans	30 Oct 1855	Category: Arrived 30 October 1855, Ship Tuisko
1856	?	Bremerhaven	New York	13 Oct 1856	Category: Arrived 13 October 1856, Ship Tuisko
1857	?	Bremerhaven	New York	16 Nov 1857	Category: Arrived 16 November 1857, Ship Tuisko
1860	?	Bremerhaven	New York	17 Apr 1860	Category: Arrived 17 April 1860, Ship Tuisko
1860	?	Bremerhaven	New York	21 Dec 1860	Category: Arrived 21 December 1860, Bark Tuisko
1861	?	Bremerhaven	New York	28 Sep 1861	Category: Arrived 28 September 1861, Bark Tuisko
1862	?	Bremerhaven	New York	19 Jun 1862	Category: Arrived 19 June 1862, Bark Tuisko
1862	?	Bremerhaven	New York	14 Oct 1862	Category: Arrived 14 October 1862, Bark Tuisko
1867	?	Bremerhaven	New York	08 Nov 1867	Category: Arrived 8 November 1867, Bark Tuisko
1868	?	Bremerhaven	New York	12 May1868	Category: Arrived 12 May 1868, Bark Tuisko
1868	?	Bremerhaven	New York	21 Sep 1868	Category: Arrived 21 September 1868, Bark Tuisko
1874	May 1874	Bremerhaven	New York	25 May 1874	Category: Arrived 25 May 1874, Barque Tuisko

Special Events

On 27 October 1869, the Liverpool Mercury reported about the Tuisko rescuing the crew of the barque Chill from Glasgow. The Chill had left Glasgow on 15 May 1869 for Hong Kong with a cargo of iron and coals. On 7 August 1869 the ship came into heavy weather and the vessel had sprung a leak. The Tuisko under captain Gerlach saved the crew of the Chill on 23 August 1869 and brought them safely to St. Helena after a journey of 30 days on 21 September 1869.^[3]

Captains

• Adolph Dannemann
• J. H. Gerlach
• Wilhelm von Thülen

Literature

• Gisela Laudi: Justina Tubbe: Der weite Weg einer Brandenburgerin vom Oderbruch nach Texas, Westkreuz-Verlag, 2000, https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Justina-Tubbe

Passenger Lists

• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Ship Tuisko, Bremen, Germany to New Orleans, Louisiana, 30 November 1855, https://www.immigrantships.net/v15/1800v15/tuisko18551130.html, accessed 16 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Ship Tuisko, Bremen to New York, 13 October 1856, https://immigrantships.net/v2/1800v2/tuisko18561013.html, accessed 16 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Ship Tuisko, Bremen, Germany to New York, New York, 16 November 1857, https://www.immigrantships.net/v13/1800v13/tuisko18571116.html, accessed 17 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Ship Tuisko, Bremen, Germany to New York, New York, 17 April 1860, https://immigrantships.net/v6/1800v6/tuisko18600417.html, accessed 16 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Bark Tuisko, Bremen, Germany to New York, New York, 21 December 1860, https://www.immigrantships.net/v15/1800v15/tuisko18601221.html, accessed 17 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Bark Tuisko, Bremen, Germany to New York, New York, 28 September 1861, https://immigrantships.net/v17/1800v17/tuisko18610928.html, accessed 16 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Bark Tuisko, Bremen, Germany to New York, 19 June 1862, https://www.immigrantships.net/v3/1800v3/tuisko18620619_1.html and https://www.immigrantships.net/v3/1800v3/tuisko18620619_2.html, accessed 17 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Bark Tuisko, Bremen, Germany to New York, New York, 14 October 1862, https://immigrantships.net/v16/1800v16/tuisko18621014.html, accessed 17 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Bark Tuisko, Bremen, Germany to New York, 8 November 1867, https://immigrantships.net/v8/1800v8/tuisko18671108.html, accessed 17 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Bark Tuisko, Bremen, Germany to New York, 12 May 1868, https://immigrantships.net/v7/1800v7/tuisko18680512.html, accessed 17 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Bark Tuisko, Bremen, Germany to New York, New York, 21 September 1868, https://www.immigrantships.net/v17/1800v17/tuisko18680921.html, accessed 17 Jan 2023.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Barque Tuisko, Bremerhaven, Germany to New York, 25 May 1874, https://immigrantships.net/v10/1800v10/tuisko18740525.html, accessed 17 Jan 2023.