Category:Christiania (ship, 1853)

Christiania (ship, 1853). The 1853-built Star of Empire, launched from the yard of Donald Babcock of Robbinston, Maine. Not Donald McKay-built clipper "Star of Empire" of 1853.^[1]

This source claims the ship to be Skoleskib ( Bark ) Christiania, built 1852 in New York, Former English suitcase ship in the East Indies - name - Lady Gray (actually Lady Grey). 557 tons. 1877 - Purchased from England to Kristiania and refitted to stationary school ship at Kristiania harbor from 1881 to 1901. In the 21 years it was a school ship, there were 731 boys on board in it trained for an expense of NOK 120,000. As a school ship, it was replaced by the brig Statsraad Erichsen, when Christiania was sold in 1902 to sailor A. Olsen, Moss, for 3450 kroner. See : ^[2] Sjøhistorie.

This JOURNAL ARTICLE, Review of: Legends of Sail by Olaf T. Envig, Review by: Corioli Souter, The Great Circle, Vol. 36, No. 1 (2014), pp. 120-123 (4 pages), Published by: Australian Association for Maritime History ^[3] The review quotes the book: The Christiana formerly the Star of Empire was confused ((along with this reviewer initially with the Boston clipper and Atlantic record holder of the same name) (the Star of Empire of 2050 tons built in 1853 Donald McKay, as a medium clipper)). Our vessel however went on to have a successful career including surviving an apparent tsunami off the Cape of Good Hope. Its inclusion is as the first Norwegian sail training ship for the merchant marine where for 20 years it was the home of 731 'young city boys'.

1853 Star of Empire, renamed Lady Grey, renamed Christiania^[4]

1. ↑ https://www.engvig.com/olaf/legendsinsail/review.shtml
2. ↑ https://www.sjohistorie.no/en/skip/5975/
3. ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/24583026?read-now=1&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents
4. ↑ http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Merchant/Sail/NO(wood).html