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[TSL] The HOPE - Steamer Cape Town South Africa 1840 South Africa's 1st Steamer HELP
"Veldsman,Walter" <Walter.Veldsman@linde.com> on 08/16/2010

 Hi 
Can someone please point me in the direction where I can find a photo of
"THE HOPE" steamer.
see some details of the steamer below - Thanks
 
Ships and South Africa: a maritime chronicle of
<http://books.google.com/books?id=5CIZAAAAIAAJ&q=first+steamer+cape+town
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ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ> the Cape
<http://books.google.com/books?id=5CIZAAAAIAAJ&q=first+steamer+cape+town
+%22st+francis%22+%22The+Hope%22&dq=first+steamer+cape+town+%22st+franci
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ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ> , with ...
<http://books.google.com/books?id=5CIZAAAAIAAJ&q=first+steamer+cape+town
+%22st+francis%22+%22The+Hope%22&dq=first+steamer+cape+town+%22st+franci
s%22+%22The+Hope%22&hl=en&ei=JahnTP2_CtO6jAfF36DVBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&
ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ>  
 
<http://books.google.com/books?id=5CIZAAAAIAAJ&q=first+steamer+cape+town
+%22st+francis%22+%22The+Hope%22&dq=first+steamer+cape+town+%22st+franci
s%22+%22The+Hope%22&hl=en&ei=JahnTP2_CtO6jAfF36DVBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&
ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=2&ved=0CDkQ6wEwAQ>  Marischal Murray
<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tbo=p&tbs=bks:1&q=inauthor:
%22Marischal+Murray%22&ei=JahnTP2_CtO6jAfF36DVBA&ved=0CDgQ9Ag>  - 1933 -
360 pages - Snippet view
Auspiciously named Hope, this little steamer, the first to ply on the
coast of South Africa, arrived at Capetown on December 8th, 1838, ... On
the afternoon of March 10th, 1840, she ran ashore in a fog, 10 miles
west of Cape St. Francis ...

  
*Cape coasting steamers 
*In 1831 the little ship Sophia Jane arrived at the Cape. Her captain
was prepared to sell her to anyone at the Cape who wanted to use her in
the coasting trade. As the price he wanted was not forthcoming the
Sophia Jane went on to Australia, the first steamer to reach that
continent, and traded successfully along the Australian coast for many
years. 
*Five years later, however, a company was formed in Cape Town: The Cape
of Good Hope Steam Navigation Company. A steamer, the Hope, was built on
the Clyde for this new company. A ship of 194 tons and 100 horse-power,
she was able to carry 115 tons of cargo and 38 passengers. She was South
Africa's first coasting steamer. She plied regularly between Cape Town
and Port Elizabeth for some years. After she had been wrecked on Cape
St. Francis in 1840, her owners ordered that the Phoenix, of 405 tons,
should replace her. For ten years between 1842 and 1852 she ran between
Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, with calls at Mossel Bay and sometimes
Plettenberg Bay. But in 1852, when larger and faster coasters were put
into service, the Phoenix was sold to an Australian firm. 
 
 
Walter Veldsman 

Guildford 

Surrey

GU2 7XY

UK

email   walter.veldsman@boc.com <mailto:walter.veldsman@boc.com>  

 

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