The USS Bermuda was bought by A.S. Henckle and George Alfred Trenholme of Charleston, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina.
Originally owned by Edwin Haigh, a Liverpool cotton broker, the ship was secretly soldabout the time of her completionto Messrs. A. S. Henckle and George Alfred Trenholme of Charleston, South Carolina. The city is the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the CharlestonNorth CharlestonSummerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. South Carolina 
