The Bremen ship ADONIS was built at Vegesack/Grohn by Johann Lange for the Bremen firm of F. Reck & Co and three co-owners, and was launched on 5 May 1853. 245 Commerzlasten; 37,2 x 9,1 x 5,4 meters (length x beam x depth of hold. Although Bremen records consistently refer to the ADONIS as a ship, U.S. records often refer to her as a bark because of the shortness of the yards on her mizzen. The ADONIS was commanded her entire career by Diedrich Bosse.

23 May 1853, maiden voyage, Bremerhaven-New York, with 302 passengers. The ADONIS carried thousands of emmigrants from Germany and northern Europe to the United States during it’s short career. On 7 March 1859, bound from Liverpool for New York, the ADONIS stranded south of Long Branch, New Jersey, in bad weather and became a total wreck; there was no loss of life. She was sold at auction on March 22, 1859 for $25.