User:Oldsanfelipe2/San Francisco (1853 steamship)

Oldsanfelipe2/San Francisco (1853 steamship)

History
Name	San Francisco
Builder	Engine and boilers: Morgan Iron Works
Cost	$350,000
Maiden voyage	December 1853
Fate	Wrecked in Hurricane of December 1853
General characteristics
Class and type	A-1
Tonnage	2,272
Length	281 feet
Installed power	Wind and steam
Propulsion	"Morgan's Feathering Paddle-Wheels": 28-foot diameter with 8-foot facia
Sail plan	Foretopsail schooner
Notes	Oaken hull

References

• Stewart, John (2018). The Wreck of the San Francisco: Disaster and Aftermath in the Great Hurricane of December 1853. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-4766-7410-0.