John Bertram

An extreme clipper ship built in 1850 by Ewell & Jackson, East Boston, MA. Dimensions 173'×37'_"×20' and tonnage 1080 tons OM and 778 tons NM.

1850 December 9: Launched at the shipyard of Ewell & Jackson, East Boston, MA, for Glidden & Williams, and Twombly & Lamson, of Boston, and Flint & Peabody, of San Francisco. In command of Captain Frederick Lindholm.
1851 January 11 -: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 143 days.
1851 December 12 -: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 105 days.
1853 July 1 - October 24: Sailed from Boston to San Francisco in 115 days.
1855: Sold to William F. Schmidt, Hamburg, for $ 45.000. Employed in the passenger trade between Hamburg and New York.
1855: Sold to R.M. Sloman, Hamburg.
1858: Sailed from Hamburg to New York in 22 days.
1860: Sailed from New York to Hamburg in 18 days.
1872: Sold to J. Rod & Son, Tonsburg. [Tønsberg?]
1882 June 19 - July 12: Sailed from Quebec to London in __ days.
1883 February 22: Sailed from New York for Rotterdam.
1883 March 17: The Norwegian barque Oxo on route for London encountered the floating wreck of the John Bertram and rescued the crew.

There is a painting of the John Bertram by Clement Drew in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Another paining in a private collection is illustrated in Lüden's Föhrer Seefahrer und ihre Schiffe (1989).

References:

Clipper ships, general references.
(McLean, Duncan): The New Clipper John Bertram, of Boston.
The Boston Daily Atlas, January 4, 1851.

Updated 2001-10-05 by Lars Bruzelius

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