Tod & Macgregor Shiplist

Notes:

          The "Nemesis" was a 2,717 gross ton ship, length 352.6ft x beam 41.5ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. She was laid down by Tod & Macgregor, Glasgow as the "Delhi", but was launched in 1857 as the "Nemesis" for Peninsular & Oriental Line. The name change came about due to the fact that she was built during the Indian Mutiny. [A Century of Atlantic Travel, FG Bowen]

          In March 1859 Nemesis sank the British India Company's pioneer steamer Cape of Good Hope in the Hooghly and was nearly lost in the same river herself, in May 1865. Ventilation was inadequate for the tropics.

[British Passenger Lines of the Five Oceans, Commander C.R. Vernon Gibbs]

          In 1869 she was sold to Peter Denny and lengthened from 312 ft and her tonnage increased from 2,018 tons. Chartered to Cunard Line, she commenced sailings between Liverpool, Queenstown and New York on 30/10/1869. She started her sixth and last voyage on this service on 17/5/1870, and on 11/4/1871 commenced sailings between Liverpool, Queenstown and New York under charter to the Inman Line. She started the last of three round voyages on this route on 27/6/1871, and in 1872 was fitted with compound engines by Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock.

           On 2/5/1872 she was chartered by North German Lloyd of Bremen and started Bremen - Southampton - New York sailings, the fourth and last voyage starting on 18/9/1872. In 1879 she became the Belgian "Perusia" and in 1880 reverted to her previous name of "Nemesis".

           She went to Adamson & Rowlandson in 1881 and on 10/5/1882 started her first Amsterdam - New York voyage under charter to Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. and made three round voyages on this service, the last one starting on 17/8/1882. She was scrapped in 1891. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1, p.150] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 4 April 1998]