The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-17
The First Steamship Tint Crossed the
Atlantic,

IRON the London Tmea, MAY 2sl
Sir-ln your potential journal of the 22i inst
the following statement occurs in article desorip
tive u machinery IN the Great Exhibitions'Ab bout
1871 the project Of crossing the Atlantic was
started; the Sirius was, we believe, the first steam
vessel which performed this feat"
On referring to the Times, # June 2l, 1879 yoa
wiii ma the following paragraph. credited to Mar
uadcs Commcrciol Report for that week Among
the arrivals yesterday at this port, We were part
eulariy gratifed and astonished By the novel sight
OF a hne steamship, which came round ut ~ D. IN
without tho assistance Of n single sheet, in style
which displayed the power and advantage Of the
application Of steam to vessels Of the largest ssc
being 80 tons burden She IL called the Say an
nah, captain Rogers, and sailed from Savannah,
Georgia, Omitted States) the 18th Of May. and
arrived in the cbsnne 1--WE days During her
Tassage, she worked the engine eighteen days Her
model il beautiful, and the accommc datons for pas
sengers elegant and complete This is the first
ship on this construction that has undertaken a
voyage scroes the Atlantic"
The Times, Of June 3d. 1919, says-"The Sa-
vsnnsh steam weasel recently srriv Il nj Liverpool
from America-the fret vessel Of the kin that ever
crossed the Atantic-was chased n whole day off
the coast Of Ireland by the Kite revenue cruiser on
the Cork station, which mistook her for q ship on
fire."
J]oyrfs List reports the arrival OF the "a ,annaa
at Liverpool, on the 10Th of June, 1919. bound to
ST Petersburgh; and H. Cores Annals Of Liverpool
you will find this American ste tmer's arrival re-
corded among the rem irkable events.
. The steam ship savannah was an American ship
Duit, OWED, ana nsNigated ny Americans Francis
Picket. OF New York, built her for Daniel Dodd
ana the engines were made by stephen Vail, OF
Morristown. she was c. .nnanded by Capt Moses
Rogers, and naygated by stephen Rogers, Of New
London, Connecticut, who Il still living to the
same voyage performed in iesl than az the time.
by line Of American stea ners, ne chief engineer
OF one OF which (thc Atlantic, Capt West,D is his
nephew, J W. Rogers. II Is not inappropriate to
mention that, at the present writing. the quickest
trip across the ocean has ! eu made by the pacGc
Of the Collins line Of American steamers In less
than 10 days--so that We not only the fret but
the fastest
In England, Copenhagen, Stockholm, 81. Peters
bWgh, and Constantinoplc, the arrival of the
stesiner Savannah excited grra' curic. ity and at
tacted thousands Of visitors. The King OF sweden
presented Captain Rogers with "stonc and null
Ter, aud the Emperor of Russia presented silver
teaket,le NJ token Of hs qualification at the first
attempt to cross the Atlantic by steam" Lord
I,ynodoel, q England, who went passenger in this
ship to - Petenburgh, presented stephen Rogers
with a "supcrb gold snuff box" All these testi.
monials are now IN the possession Of the family.
= he log boob, containing official count Of the
voyage, y IA the National Institute at Washington
wy ana may be seen OF any time.
Very respectfully, sir,
y our obedient servant,
JOHN =. CUNNINGHAM, Of Norfolk, Va.