Looking for any information or pictures on Christian B. Bergh who captained the bark sailing ship the SS Hovding during the years 1868 to1873. He was killed off Granape, Venezuela in February 1873 by a falling block. I believe this may have been on the return portion of a sea voyage which originally departed from Christiaani (now Oslo) to New Zealand (departed May 31, 1872 - reached New Zealand on Sept. 15) . I would appreciate any help you might offer.
A Picture of Høvding (Chief) probably in Napier 1870. It looks like Høvding has been in real bad weather, the "Mersestang" Round platform on the "Fokkemast" Front mast is broken and the "Bramstang" the upper part of the mast is gone, ca 2/3 down page Link
From Norway Heritage (this website): "Many of the Norwegian emigrants who traveled on the Høvding in 1872 settled at a place which was given the name Norsewood." Descendants have posted before in Norway Heritage threads.
Posted by Jan Peter in an earlier thread: "A photograph of Tønsberg, 1868, the same year that the "Høvding" was built at the A. B. Bull shipyard. The 3 masted ship on the right of the picture is believed to be the "Høvding" being 'fitted out' at a berth close to where she was built. The physical size of the ship tends to equate to the known dimensions."
Capt. Christian B. Bergh Info. b. 1832 d.1873
Posted - 08/03/2014 : 17:21:45
