Houghton Bros., Bath ME
Levi Houghton started his shipyard in 1819 and was succeeded by his four sons in 1858. The yard was at the foot of South Street: it closed in 1891 and was absorbed into Bath Iron Works. The table below is very thin on what happened to these boats but those built before the Civil War are beyond the scope of this web site. If anyone can add to the data for those built after the Civil War, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 15 February 2019.
| Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Feet | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ships Built by Levi Houghton & Sons | ||||||||
| Bolton | Levi Houghton & Sons | Brig | 121 | 72 | 1819 | Lost 1823 | ||
| Warren | Levi Houghton & Sons | Brig | 214 | 95 | 1822 | Wrecked 1829 in the Canaries | ||
| Sublime | Levi Houghton & Sons | Brig | 249 | 93 | 1823 | |||
| Clarissa Ann | Levi Houghton & Sons | Brig | 276 | 97 | 1824 | Wrecked 1840 off Punta, Cuba | ||
| Caledonia | Levi Houghton & Sons | Brig | 299 | 102 | 1828 | Wrecked 1841 off Cuttyhunk I. | ||
| Cordova | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 333 | 106 | 1831 | |||
| Braganza | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 333 | 111 | 1832 | Foundered 1836 | ||
| Missouri | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 399 | 117 | 1833 | Lost 1836 off Abaco | ||
| Rochester | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 564 | 131 | 1837 | Later Bremerhaven (1850), apparently active at least thru 1877 | ||
| Hanover | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 577 | 135 | 1838 | Wrecked 1849 off the Kennebec | ||
| Clinton | Levi Houghton & Sons | Bark | 349 | 113 | 1840 | Wrecked 1854 off Turk's I. | ||
| Princeton | Levi Houghton & Sons | Bark | 297 | 105 | 1842 | Sold 1853 | ||
| Charlotte Reed | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 472 | 128 | 1845 | Wrecked 1859 on Moro Rock, Cuba | ||
| Milan | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 700 | 146 | 1847 | Captured 1861 by CSA, returned 1864 | ||
| Henry Warren | Levi Houghton & Sons | Bark | 347 | 113 | 1848 | Wrecked 1860 off Havana | ||
| Houghton | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 787 | 156 | 1849 | Burnt 1863 in Calcutta | ||
| 5304 | Clara Ann | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 487 | 123 | 1850 | Sold 1868 | |
| Pelican State | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 850 | 153 | 1851 | Sold 1861 as Pelicano | ||
| Kate Swanton | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 490 | 135 | 1851 | Sold 1858 | ||
| 18048 | Northampton | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 1,174 | 175 | 1852 | Lost 1883 on Marquesas Keys | |
| Shamrock | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 1,125 | 186 | 1853 | Sold 1864 | ||
| Baltic | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 759 | 154 | 1854 | Sold 1862 | ||
| Potomac | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 1,199 | 193 | 1855 | Sold 1865 | ||
| 19575 | Pocahontas | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 1,196 | 194 | 1855 | Sold 1873 | |
| Rochester | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 633 | 157 | 1856 | Sold 1874 | ||
| Bolton | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 988 | 180 | 1858 | Lost 1859 off Cutler ME | ||
| 4150 | Crescent City | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 1,204 | 184 | 1859 | Lost 1882 | |
| 7139 | Europa | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 949 | 177 | 1859 | Burnt 1873 in the Gulf of Mexico | |
| Persia | Levi Houghton & Sons | Full Rigged Ship | 1,049 | 182 | 1860 | Wrecked 1870 on Frying Pan Shoals | ||
| Ships Built by Houghton Bros. | ||||||||
| 4134 | Caledonia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 993 | 179 | 1860 | Wrecked 1885 off Bimini | |
| 25720 | Virginia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,094 | 177 | 1863 | Sold 1884 | |
| 22167 | Scotia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,098 | 182 | 1864 | Sold 1887 | |
| 4151 | China | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,173 | 185 | 1866 | Wrecked 1879 off Lyngbye, Denmark | |
| 1411 | Arcadia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,234 | 183 | 1868 | Burnt 1871 off Brazil | |
| 20221 | Prussia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,212 | 184 | 1868 | Stranded 1907 | |
| 1857 | Austria | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,300 | 199 | 1870 | Burnt 1889 in Port Costa CA | |
| 5948 | Columbia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,471 | 206 | 1871 | Stranded 1909 | |
| 15941 | Louisiana | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,436 | 202 | 1873 | Sold 1895 | |
| 85353 | Geneva | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,535 | 216 | 1874 | Destroyed by tidal wave 1877 at Huanillos I, Peru | |
| 2986 | Bohemia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,633 | 222 | 1875 | Sold 1897, later bought by Cecil B. DeMille Pictures, used in "The Blood Ship", "The Wreck of the Hesperus", "The Yankee Clipper" and "The Suicide Fleet", (1931), in which she was sunk | |
| 115498 | Samaria | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,509 | 217 | 1886 | Sold 1896 | |
| 105727 | Armenia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,699 | 223 | 1877 | Burnt 1889 in Port Costa CA | |
| 106029 | Arabia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 2,024 | 234 | 1881 | Wrecked 1895 on Diego Ramirez Reef, near Cape Horn | |
| 115972 | Servia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 1,773 | 234 | 1883 | Sold 1899, stranded 1907 | |
| 150507 | Parthia | Houghton Bros. | Full Rigged Ship | 2,378 | 260 | 1891 | Burnt 1895 off Chile | |