SS Central America

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SS Central America was a 19th-century American steamship famed for its 1857 sinking while carrying a massive cargo of California Gold Rush treasure, an event that contributed to a major financial panic.

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Label Occurrences
SS Central America canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf shipwreck ⓘ
sidewheel steamer ⓘ
steamship ⓘ
builder William H. Brown & Co. ⓘ
captain William Lewis Herndon ⓘ
carriedCargo California Gold Rush treasure ⓘ
gold bullion ⓘ
gold coins ⓘ
casualtyCount over 400 ⓘ
causeOfWreck hurricane ⓘ
constructionSite New York City ⓘ
coordinatesOfWreck approximately 160 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewCount about 100 ⓘ
dateOfWreck 1857-09-12 ⓘ
discoverer Columbus-America Discovery Group ⓘ
Tommy Thompson ⓘ
discoveryDate 1988 ⓘ
era California Gold Rush ⓘ
estimatedGoldCargoValueAtTime about US$1.6 million ⓘ
estimatedGoldCargoWeight about 13,600 kilograms ⓘ
event sank in a hurricane in 1857 ⓘ
historicalImpact contributed to the Panic of 1857 ⓘ
launchDate 1853 ⓘ
legalDisputes subject of extensive salvage litigation ⓘ
length about 280 feet ⓘ
locationOfWreck Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
off the coast of South Carolina ⓘ
mediaCoverage widely reported in 19th-century American newspapers ⓘ
nickname Ship of Gold ⓘ
notableArtifact gold ingots from California assayers ⓘ
large quantities of mid-19th-century U.S. gold coins ⓘ
operator United States Mail Steamship Company ⓘ
passengerCount about 500 ⓘ
portOfRegistry New York City ⓘ
propulsion side paddle wheels ⓘ
steam engine ⓘ
registeredAs U.S. mail steamer ⓘ
route New York–Aspinwall ⓘ
New York–Panama ⓘ
stopover Havana, Cuba ⓘ
survivorCount about 153 ⓘ
tonnage about 2800 tons ⓘ
use cargo ship ⓘ
mail steamer ⓘ
passenger ship ⓘ
voyageDestination New York City ⓘ
voyageOrigin Aspinwall, Panama ⓘ
wreckDepth about 2200 meters ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Lewis Herndon → commanded → SS Central America ⓘ
Herndon Monument → associatedWithShip → SS Central America ⓘ