![]() Capture of slave ship Emanuela by HMS Brisk
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Name | Sunny South |
Owner | Napier, Johnson & Co, New York City |
Builder | George Steers and Co, Williamsburg, NY |
Cost | $70,000 |
Launched | Sept. 7, 1854 |
Slave traders | |
Acquired | Sold to Havana in 1859. |
Renamed | Emanuela or Manuela |
Captured | 10 August 1860, by HMS Brisk, with 846 slaves aboard |
Fate | Condemned as a prize, sold to British Navy |
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Name | Enchantress |
Fate | Wrecked in the Mozambique Channel, Feb. 20, 1861 |
Notes | Used as store ship on African coast |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Extreme clipper |
Tons burthen | 776 tons |
Length | 154 ft., or 135 ft. 4 in. |
Beam | 31 ft. 4 in., or 30 ft. 4 in. |
Draft | 16 ft. 6 in., or 17 ft. 3 in.[1][2][3] |
13°02′53″S 45°11′42″E / 13.048°S 45.195°E
Sunny South, an extreme clipper, was the only full-sized sailing ship built by George Steers, and resembled his famous sailing yacht America, with long sharp entrance lines and a slightly concave bow. Initially, she sailed in the California and Brazil trades.[2] Sold in 1859 and renamed Emanuela (or Manuela),[1] she was considered to be the fastest slaver sailing out of Havana.[4] The British Royal Navy captured Emanuela off the coast of Africa in 1860 with over 800 slaves aboard.[5] The Royal Navy purchased her as a prize and converted her into a Royal Navy store ship, Enchantress.[1] She was wrecked in the Mozambique Channel in 1861.
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