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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
214 kl 1865 at Åsgårdstrand, Norway by Joh. Wessmann Johan Wesmann, Åsgårdstrand, Norway  
 YearRemarks
 1866 Captain S. Wesmann  from Larvik to Boston July 14   
 1866 May 30 off Petershead, on route from Larvik to Boston with Passengers and Iron. Two men set ashore after an accident onboardAtlantic Journey ID 9386
 1866 Spoken at 49º 5'N and 36º 31'WAtlantic Journey ID 9387
 1866 July 14 Boston from LarvikAtlantic Journey ID 9388
 1866 October 25 London from PugwashAtlantic Journey ID 9389
 1866 November22, one saylor drowned after taken in supplies at Yarmouth, Capt. WesmanAtlantic Journey ID 9390
 1866 December 10 Newcastle for Alexandria and OdessaAtlantic Journey ID 9391
 1866 December 31 Deal, on anchor for Alexandria and OdessaAtlantic Journey ID 9392
 1867 January 18 Gibraltar: from Newcastle to Alexandria, Capt WesmannAtlantic Journey ID 9393
 1867 Febrary 13 Alexandria from GibraltarAtlantic Journey ID 9394
 1867 March 18 leaving Alexandria for ConstantinopelAtlantic Journey ID 9395
 1869 May 12 leaving Londonderry for Quebec, Capt. GundersenAtlantic Journey ID 9396
 1869 June 22 Quebec from LondonderryAtlantic Journey ID 9397
 1869 July 12 Quebec for London, arrive London September 4Atlantic Journey ID 9398
 1870 Captain G. Gundersen  from Christiania June 22 to Quebec Aug. 28  Passenger list: Passenger list 
 1870 June 9 Christiania from Rotterdam in ballast, Capt. GundersenAtlantic Journey ID 9399
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges

In 1870 the brig Kong Carl departed from Christiania June 24th, and arrived at Quebec Aug. 28th. She was sailing in ballast, and was carrying 234 steerage passengers, all was well at arrival. The Kong Carl was mastered by Capt. Gundersen, and had a crew of 14. The passenger list for this voyage was archived by the National Archives of Canada [NAC], and the passenger were listed in the Christiania Police Emigration Records, kept by the Statsarkivet in Norway

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