Missouri
Passenger And Cargo Steamship · United Kingdom · Lost 1873 · The Bahamas
A well-traveled iron liner, once the Hamburg emigrant steamer Hammonia, ended her career wrecked on a Bahamian shoal with everyone aboard saved.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1855 as the Hamburg America Line's Hammonia, this iron steamer later sailed as Belgian for the Allan Line before being renamed Missouri under Britain's Dominion Line. On 1 October 1873, while voyaging from Liverpool to New Orleans, she wrecked on the Gingerbread Grounds shoal in the Berry Islands, Bahamas. All roughly 175 people aboard were rescued.
Vessel
- 1855
- Caird & Co.
- Greenock, Scotland
- Iron
- 280 ft
- 38 ft
- 2259
- Steam
- Dominion Line
Loss
- October 1, 1873
- Grounding
- Gingerbread Grounds, Berry Islands
- Atlantic Ocean, Berry Islands
- Liverpool → New Orleans
- General cargo
- 175
- 0
- Not established
The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Position not established
- Gingerbread Grounds, Berry Islands
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (65/100)
Present wreck location, depth, and condition are not established in the sources reviewed.
Norway Heritage ship history database
Build details, ownership history, name changes, and loss date.
Wikipedia, List of shipwrecks in October 1873
Loss location, voyage route, and survivor count.
