Neptune (1837 steamboat)

Short description: An 1837 steamship

Neptune (1837 steamboat)

History
Name| New York
Owner| Charles Morgan (1837);[1] James Pennoyer, (1838)[2]
Operator| Captain J. T. Wright, Captain John D. Phillips
Port of registry| New York City, number 340
Route| New York and Charleston; New Orleans and Galveston
Completed| 1837
General characteristics
Tonnage:|  745
Installed power:|  Steam engine, wind
Sail plan:|  Auxiliary sail

Neptune is a former steam packet which served a route between New York City and Charleston, South Carolina, and later served a route between New Orleans and Galveston, Texas.

## New York–Charleston packet

Neptune was built in 1837 for the New York and Charleston Steam Packet Company. In 1838, a reorganization of the partnership led to the sale of Neptune to James Pennoyer.[3]

## New Orleans–Galveston packet

Neptune competed for the New Orleans to Galveston trade in the early 1840s, challenging the New York. The steamer could lodge thirty persons in the cabin, and had a steerage capacity of forty. It broke a speed record for the route in 1841 when it reached New Orleans in a mere forty hours, shaving a full five hours off the previous record.[4]

## References

1. ↑ Baughman (1968), p. 239.
2. ↑ Baughman (1968), p. 251.
3. ↑ Baughman (1968), 15–19.
4. ↑ Hogan, William Ransom (1946). The Texas Republic: A Social & Economic History. Austin: Texas State Historical Association. p. 9.

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