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Kamehameha the Fourth | Official Number
14631 |
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Kamehameha the Fourth | Official Number
14631 |
The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday,
3rd February 1857, page 4;
" On Wednesday a handsome new ship was launched from the yard
of Messrs.Peile, Scott and Co., of Workington. She is 500 tons register,
and received the name of Kamehamsha (sic) from Mr.Joseph Sanderson
of Cockermouth. "
In the previous week's copy of the newspaper, an article anticipating the
launch reported that the vessel had been built for Bushby & Co. of
Liverpool, and that she was intended for the China Trade. It also reported
that she was fitted with Cunningham's Patent Self-Reefing topsails. In fact, the first voyage of the Kamehameha IV was to be to Hawaii and the ship was named after the then king of those islands. The Kamehameha IV
went from Workington to Liverpool for loading, and departed the Mersey
for Honolulu on the 23rd April 1857. She was under the command of
Capt.J.Garry, who was later to be master of other Bushby and Edwards
clippers, including the Corea and the Carricks. By 1859 the ship was in the China
trade, sailing from Foochow to London in that year, then departing from
Liverpool for Shanghai in September 1859, still commanded by
Capt.Garry.
The Kamehameha the Fourth was still registered at Workington
in 1865, when her owners are named as Bushby & Edwards of Liverpool,
and the master as Capt.J.Gang.
The Kamehameha IVwas re-coppered in November 1871 and was probably sold then, to Balfour & Co., also of Liverpool. The China trade for sailing ships was in decline after the opening of the Suez Canal, and the ship moved into the trade to South America. She ended her career owned in Greenock.
The Kamehameha the Fourth was damaged entering the harbour at Sunderland in March 1891, but nevertheless sailed from there, bound for Buenos Ayres on the 10th April. Her registration was closed in 1891, so she was either lost on the voyage or sold foreign.
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