the ship UNDINE

i'm new here and hope this is going to the right forum....please bear with us. according to my fathers report, my greatgrandfather was a ships captain (the UNDINE) who jumped ship when ported in america??? not an honorable thing to do, i know. but reading a lot of the history and things going on during that time in history, i can understand somewhat. again not an honorable thing to do!!! his name was Ole Martinez Egeland ( spelling). i understand names in the norwegin families have a tendancy to change because of oldest son and other reasons. guessing the dates to be around 1851 to 1900. i noticed the ship was built in 1851 with very little history of her voyages or passenger lists. any help with the ships history or any knowledge of Ole would be sincerely appreciated....thanks Dave