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} in ) |Ship laid down=November 1856〔 |Ship launched=February 1858〔 |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=17 March 1864 |Ship decommissioned=9 August 1865 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship refit= |Ship struck=1865 (est.) |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship captured=by Union Navy forces, 8 November 1863 |Ship fate=Sold, 25 October 1865 |Ship status= |Ship notes= }} |} The SS ''Cornubia'' was laid down in November 1856 and built in Hayle, Cornwall, by Harvey & Co. She was launched in February 1858 as a packet ship and ferry for the Hayle and Bristol Steam Packet Company. Sleek and painted white, with two funnels mounted close together amidships and with a high bridge over her paddle wheels, she plied the Hayle/St Ives to Bristol route in the days when the Great Western Railway had not penetrated as far as West Cornwall. ==History== She was given the name ''Cornubia'' from the Latinised name for Cornwall and was a fast iron paddle steamer, long and narrow at long and with a beam. Her Harveys-built twin oscillating side-wheel engines with four boilers and stroke produced and was capable of propelling the vessel at over . Her shallow, draft was initially designed to cope with the shallow harbours in Cornwall, but proved to be very useful in her later life. The accommodation on board was described in the ''Western Daily Press'' on Monday 19 July 1858〔 as A capacious house, with plate-glass windows, tastefully designed, afforded two entrances to the cabin stairs, and the hundreds of visitors who, on Tuesday afternoon, came on board to “have a peep at the new boat” went down those stairs with a sense of being about to look on “something out of the common run.” Nor were they disappointed. A more superb cabin they could scarcely have seen before. About a dozen mahogany velvet covered sofas occupied the sides of the capacious room, with velvet covered chairs to match. The panelling of the ceiling was white, with chaste gold mouldings. The side panels were maple, mahogany, and satin wood, with the most elegant of gold moulding. All presented a rich and tasteful appearance, and elicited general commendation. The sleeping berths were well arranged, and proper ventilation was provided throughout. No, the most fastidious and aristocratic of steamboat travellers could certainly fine no fault here - all was perfection. She ran between Bristol and Hayle from 1858 to 1861, calling additionally at Ilfracombe. By 1860 she was under the command of W. Gill and departures in the summer were weekly on Tuesdays from Bristol, returning from Hayle on Thursdays. Fares *To or from Bristol and Hayle 10s 6d Saloon (£}} in ), 7s Forecabin (£}} in ), 5s Deck (£}} in ) *To or from Bristol and Ilfracombe 8s Saloon (£}} in ), 7s Forecabin (£}} in ), 5s Deck (£}} in ) *To or from Ilfracombe and Hayle 12s Saloon (£}} in ), 7s Forecabin (£}} in ), 4s 6d Deck (£}} in ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Cornubia (1858)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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