Sailing ship Western World, North Atlantic
As you can see from this old photo the Western World was a
three-masted fully-rigged sailing ship 180 feet long and gross weight
of nearly 1400 tons. She was built in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
She ran aground and sank off the beach of Spring Lake, NJ on October 22nd 1853.
The ship carried a cargo of
china, brass hardware and dry goods of the pre-civil war era.
The ship's main task was in transporting passengers to and from
Europe. She was in fact built for this passage as well as carrying
cargo, which was generally packed in that era in wooden barrels.
Every manner of dry goods and food stuffs were packed into these
barrels. Of greater note, was the fact that the 600 passengers she
carried were all gotten off safely and provided transport to New York.
Here are 6 associated individuals:
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