Dampffregatte BARBAROSSA

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Barbarossa paddle firgate
launched 5.2.1840   R. Duncan & Co. , Greenock   
1155grt 619nrt 203.7 (deck) x 31.8 (amidship) x16'5"
2 cyl side level 72in x 6ft1ßin by Robert Napier & Sons, Vulcan Foundry, Glasgow #67 440nhp= 9kts, coal 38t per day wheels 28ft5in 16rpm

15.06.1840 builders certificate
registered 18.6.40 Britannia British & North American R. M. S. P. Co, Glasgow  #51/40 (Cunrad Line)
4.7.1840 maiden voyage
17.9.1840 Boston
3.11.1840 Boston
22.2.1841 Boston
6.5.1841 Boston
3.7.1841 Boston
2.9.1841 Boston
7.11.1841 Boston
4.9.1846 Boston, Massachusetts
17.5.1847 Liverpool to Boston
18.11.1848 last voyagr Liverpool-Halifax-Boston
40 voyages
28/2/1849 Register closed- "Vessel sold to foreign owners

converted in Liverpool into warship
- mizen mast take out
- saloons take off the deck to make room for armament
- paddle box rgangways removed , with the exception of the midship ones
12.3.1849 Liverpool-Bremem

6.03.1852 purchased by Prussia for 451,000 Fl.
1852 Wachtschiff Danzig
1865 engines sold as scrap iron
1865 Accommodation hulk (Wohnhulk) Kiel
5.5.1880 deleted
28.7.1880 sang as a target ship by SMS Zieten at Kiel
refloated and scrapped
10.11.1880 refloated and broken up at Kiel

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http://www.bildindex.de/dokumente/html/obj20465373#|0

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http://www.deutsches-marinearchiv.de/Archiv/1848-1867/Bundesflotte/Schiffe/barbarossa.HTM

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http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/sms_barbarossa.htm

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http://www.maritimequest.com/side_wheel/britannia_1840/britannia_1840.htm

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  The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 24, 1849; p

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  The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 12, 1849;

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 The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 17, 1849

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    The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 26, 1849;

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Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete de Seewesens Vol VIII 1880

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Ich habe auß dem Jahr 1849 die Messungen für "Britannia"

Old method
115grt 716nrt 206ft 9in (oal) x 34ft 2in (beam)

New method
1155 grt 619nrt 203.7 (deck) x 31.8 (amidship) x22,2 (depth of hold)

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http://www.theshipslist.com/pictures/britannia.shtml

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http://blog.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/2015/07/cunard-175-the-ship-that-started-it-all/

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The Artizan 1849 p.99

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BARBAROSSA in Danzig 1860s