Wilhelm Tell, A. B. Bull

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Burden	Built	Shipowner or operator	Dimensions
131½ kl	1851 at Vallø, Tønsberg, Norway by A. B. Bull	A. B. Bull, Tønsberg, Norway

Year	Remarks
1851	April 25 lauched in Tønsberg
1851	May 6 Christiania from Wallø, Tønsberg Capt. Bull
1851	Aug. 29 London from Christiania
1851	Sept.16 London for Newcastle and Alexandria, Capt. Rørdam
1851	Oct. 11 off Dover; from Newcastle for Malta
1851	Nov. 19 Malta from Newcastle
1852	Jan. 17 loading in Alexandria for Falmouth, Capt. Rørdam
1852	Jan. 25 Alexandria for Falmouth
1852	March 28 Queenstown from Alexandria
1852	April 5 Limerick from Alexandria
1852	July 2 New York from Limerick
1852	July 23 Richibuchto from New York
1852	Aug 14 leaving Richibuchto for Grimsby/Hull
1852	Sept 25 Hull from Richibuchto
1852	Oct. 20 Hull for Norway
1853	Apr. 24 Christiania from Vallø (Tønsberg, Norway)
1853	Captain Bull from Christiania May 2 to Quebec June 21
1853	May 21, spoken at 48º 33’ n 31º 10’w
1853	July 9 leaving Quebec for Hull
1853	Aug. 22 Hull from Quebec
1853	Sept. 8 Hull for Christiania
1853	Oct. 13 Plymouth from Drammen
1853	Nov. 3 leaving Plymouth for Oran
1854	Jan. 17 Antwerp from Oran, Capt. Christophersen
1854	Feb. 24 leaving Antwerp for Tønsberg
1854	March 2 leaving Vlissingen
1854	March 9 Christiania from Antwerp with general goods, Capt. Bull
1854	Captain E. Christophersen from Christiania Apr. 19 to Quebec June 14
1854	May 3 off Falmouth; from Norway steering west with Emigrants
1854	July 7 leaving Quebec for Milford (Wales)
1854	Aug. 10 Milford; from Quebec to Pembroke
1854	Aug. 26 leaving Milford for Cardiff
1854	Oct. 30 Kiel (Germany) from Swansea
1854	Nov. 7 leaving Kiel for Tønsberg
1855	April 19 Christiania from Vallø, Tønsberg, Capt. Christophersen
1855	Captain E. Christophersen from Christiania May 2 to Quebec June 18
1855	July reported to arrive in Quebec after 38 days at sea. All well for family and friends
1855	July 6 leaving Quebec for Bantry
1855	Sept. 2 Cardiff from Bantry
1855	Sept. 12 leaving Cardiff for Alexandria
1855	Oct. 22 Alexandria for Cardiff
1856	Feb. 16 Falmouth from Alexandria
1856	Feb. 23 Falmouth for Antwerp
1856	March 2 Antwerp from Alexandria
1856	March 22 leaving Antwerp/Vlissingen for Norway
1856	April 25 Galatz for Queenstown and other, Capt. Busch
1856	Aug. 5 leaving Falmouth for Cork
1856	Aug. 13 Cork from Galatz
1856	Sept. 22 Hartlepool from Cork
1856	Nov. 30 Aleaxandria from Newcastle, Capt. Nordby
1857	March 27 Cadiz from Gibraltar
1857	April 29 leaving Cadiz for Tønsberg
1857	Captain Nordby from Christiania June 30 to Quebec Sep. 4
1857	June 28 Christiania from Tønsberg in ballast
1857	Sept. 23 leaving Quebec for Cork
1857	Oct. 27 Queenstown from Quebec, arrived Cork same day.
1858	April 22 Christiania from Tønsberg in ballast, Capt. Christophersen
1858	Captain E. Christophersen from Christiania Apr. 29 to Quebec June 28
1858	May 9 off Deal: sailing together with Sjofna, Capt. Bucholtz. Both for bound for Quebec with passengers.
1858	July 17 Quebec for Liverpool
1858	Aug. 18 Liverpool from Quebec
1858	Sept. 11 leaving 23 Liverpool for Christiania and other harbours
1859	March 10 Bordeaux from Soon, Capt. Christophersen
1859	April 16 Bordeaux for Canada
1859	June 17 Quebec from Bordeaux
1859	July 19 leaving Quebec for Bordeaux
1859	Aug. 18 Bordeaux from Quebec
1859	Sept. 27 spoken off The Start
1859	Oct. 20 Hernøsand from Norway
1860	April 1 Gibraltar for Athens (?)
1860	April 26 Gibraltar for Richibucto
1860	June 6 Richibucto from Gibraltar
1860	Aug. 5 Grimsby for Sundsvall
1860	Nov. 15 Bordeauxe fra Ljusne
1861	Captain E. Christophersen from Christiania June 1 to Quebec July 24
1861	May 28 Christiania from Tønsberg in ballast
1861	July 23 boarded at the quarantine station, 3 deaths
1861	Aug. 15 Quebec for Bordeaux
1861	Sept. 13 Bordeaux from Quebec
1861	Oct. 5 leaving Bordeaux for New York
1861	Dec. 24 New York from Bordeaux after 61 days most in severe storms
1862	Jan. 4 New York for Cork (Ireland)
1862	Feb. 13 Queenstown (Cork) from New York
1862	Feb. 25 leaving Queenstown for Sligo
1862	Feb. 25 Sligo from New York
1862	Captain E. Christophersen from Christiania May 7 to Quebec June 20
1862	140 passengers
1862	July 3. Montreal from Christiania
1862	Aug. 2 leaving Montreal for Queenstown (Ireland)
1862	Aug. 6 leaving Quebec for Queenstown
1862	Sept. 3 Falmouth from Montreal
1862	Sept. 10 leaving Falmouth for Bridgewater
1862	Sept. 12 Cardiff from Montreal
1862	Oct. 1 leaving Cardiff for Helsingør
1862	Oct. 18 Helsingør from Cardiff with rails
1862	Nov. 3 leaving Helsingør for Tønsberg (hometown in Norway)
1863	April 26 Christiania from Tønsberg, Capt. Christophersen
1863	Captain E. Christophersen from Christiania Apr. 4 to Quebec June 8
1863	June 8, boarded at the quarantine station, one deaths
1863	July 1 Quebec for Waterford
1863	Aug. 25 Newport (Wales) from Quebec
1864	Jan. 16 Gravensend/London from Kronstadt (Russia)
1864	Jan. 28 loading in London for Belize (Honduras)
1864	Feb. 24 leaving Gravesend for Belize
1864	May 9 Belize from London
1864	June 16 leaving Belize for London
1864	Aug. 26 Gravesend from Belize
1864	Sept. 11 leaving Gravesend for Tønsberg
1864	Nov. 3 Gravesend from Tønsberg, Capt. Stangeby
1865	Jan. 4 leaving Gravesend for Rio Janeiro (Capt. Torgersen)
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

The brig Wilhelm Tell was built by Blummer & Tschudy on their ship yard at Vallø Saltverk. They had constructed a new slip for the building, and there were a great many people who came to see the launching on the 25th of April 1851. The newspapers also wrote about the event. The Wilhelm Tell was built for A. Bull of of Tønsberg.

When she was launched she was flying the Swiss flag from the mast beside the Norwegian union flag from the deck. This was in honor of her Swiss builders staying at the ship yard, and of course she was named after the well known Swiss hero "Wilhelm Tell". The newspaper reported that the Swiss contingent at Vallø was very surprised and moved about this nice guest. The picture below must have been painted in connection with launching in 1851, and we can clearly see the Swiss flag flying from the main mast for the occasion.

The first year we have recorded her of sailing with emigrants was in 1853, when she departed from Christiania on May 2nd, and arrived at Quebec on June 21st. She was mastered by Capt. Bull. Because the National Archives of Canada [NAC] did not start the archiving of passenger lists before 1865, and the Norwegian emigration records did not start before 1867, there is no surviving passenger list for this voyage in any of those archives. Timeline to records.

In 1861 she departed from Christiania June 10th and arrived at the quarantine station at Grosse Île on July 23rd. She was released on July 24th and proceeded to Quebec. She sailed in ballast, and was carrying 5 cabin and 140 steerage passengers. There had been 3 deaths on the voyage. She was mastered by Captain E. Christophersen and had a crew of 10.

Painting of the brig "Wilhelm Tell".
The picture was photographed in June 1996 at the "Hotel Strand" in Bergen.
Submitted by Kurt Niederer

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