VESSEL INFORMATION--
VESSEL NAME: HENRY CHAUNCEY
VESSEL TYPE: wooden paddle wheel side-wheel brigantine
SERVICE DATES: 1864-1871
DATE WRECKED: August 16, 1871
SHIP BUILDER: William H. Webb
BUILDER LOCATION: New York, New York
TRADE ROUTE: NEW YORK, ASPINWALL
VESSEL HISTORY: Vessel ran the New York-Aspinwall service from 1865-1869. She burned at sea off the coast of North Carolina neary Body Island on August 16, 1871 . All passengers and crew were saved, mail & freight were lost. The hull was rebuilt and she was finally sold to Elbert Stannard to be broken up on July 18, 1877 for $19,000.
SHIP OWNERS: Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
ENGINE BUILDER AND LOCATION: Novelty Iron Works
VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 319'(length) x 43'(breadth) x 28'(depth); 2,656 tons; 100" diameter cylinder; 12' stroke
DATE OF DISPOSAL: July 18, 1877
