Margaret Evans (1846)

History
United States
Name	Margaret Evans
Owner	E.E. Morgan
Builder	Westervelt & MacKay, New York
Laid down	1846
Homeport	New York City
Fate	Sank September 1865 in New York on a voyage from Livorno
General characteristics
Type	Full rigged packet ship
Tonnage	899
Length	158.2 ft (48.2 m)
Beam	35.3 ft (10.8 m)
Height	21.3 ft (6.5 m)
Draft	19 ft (5.8 m)
Decks	3 (originally 2)

The Margaret Evans was a full rigged packet ship laid down by Westervelt & MacKay. She was a regular fixture of the mid-19th century transatlantic packet trade, sailing passengers and cargo to New York from London, Liverpool and other British ports under the command of American Captain Edward Greenfield Tinker.^[3] She ferried scores of immigrants to North America, including the future wife of American businessman Warren L. Wheaton and members of the Putnam family.^[4] Her notoriety led to her memorialization in literature, visual art and song, and she is the subject of a well-known sea shanty, "Eliza Lee," which has been recorded by English folk singer Johnny Collins and Canadian folk-punk band The Dreadnoughts.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h New York Marine Register of Ships. New York, NY: American Lloyd's. 1858. p. 64. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5501. Liverpool. 16 September 1865.
^ Arthur Hamilton, Clark (1911). The Clipper Ship Era: An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews (1843-1869) (3rd ed.). New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press. p. 89. ISBN 9781539419228. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ Putnam, George Haven (1903). A Memoir of George Palmer Putnam; Together with a Record of the Publishing House Founded by Him; Volume I. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 169. ISBN 9781010140887. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ Eighteenth Annual Report (1920) from the Bergen County Historical Society, Hackensack, New Jersey (number 13, pages 61–62).

v t e Ships built by Westervelt & Co. (1817–1868)
Steamships	Arago Chesapeake Columbia Cortes Eagle Franklin Humboldt Gold Hunter Havre Hermann Louisiana Morro Castle Niagara Ocean Queen Orizaba Rhode Island Roanoke Saratoga Sonora St. Louis Washington Winfield Scott
Clipper ships	Contest Eureka Hornet N.B. Palmer Sweepstakes
United States Navy ships	Brooklyn Kankakee Otsego Ottawa Westfield
Foreign governments and royal houses	Eusiyama Guadalquiver Hope
Full rigged ships	American Eagle Baltimore Constellation Francis P. Sage Margaret Evans Mediator Mercury Ocean Queen Oneida Prince Albert Rhine St. Denis St. Nicholas West Point William Tell

History

United States
Name	Margaret Evans
Owner	E.E. Morgan^[1]
Builder	Westervelt & MacKay, New York
Laid down	1846^[1]
Homeport	New York City
Fate	Sank September 1865 in New York on a voyage from Livorno^[2]
General characteristics
Type	Full rigged packet ship
Tonnage	899^[1]
Length	158.2 ft (48.2 m)^[1]
Beam	35.3 ft (10.8 m)^[1]
Height	21.3 ft (6.5 m)^[1]
Draft	19 ft (5.8 m)^[1]
Decks	3 (originally 2)^[1]