USS Jamestown leaving Boston with Irish Famine Relief
Fine
Art Print 18
x 13 inches (460 x 330 mm)
One of
the fastest voyages
ever made between Boston and Great Britain was that of the US sloop-of-war `Jamestown`. The ship began to load on
St Patrick
’s Day and sailed for Cork on March 28th
1847. The
celebrated Captain R. B. Forbes raced across to Ireland laden with a
cargo of
famine relief contributed by the ever-charitable American people
towards the
relief of the Irish famine sufferers of 1847.Captain Forbes, who was
the` Jamestown’s`
volunteer commander, was the first civilian captain to command an
American
Naval vessel; this action needed the authorisation of a special Act of
Congress.
USS Jamestown off Rochas Point Ireland
Fine Art Print 18 x 13 inches (460 x 330 mm)
On
April 12th
1847 sloop-of-war USS `Jamestown` arrived at Rochas
Point, County Cork with Irish famine relief. She was
assisted into port by the P.S. Sabrina
