LORD WESTERN

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateMarch 1840

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 118.4' x breadth 25.5' x depth 19.5'
gross tonnage 530 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000991

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 105

Fate: marked "condemned" in Lloyd's 1842 (L449).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged

Owner:
1840-42: Clement Tabor, Essex, registered at London.

Master:
1840-42: Master J. B. Lock.

Voyages (from Lloyd's, but clearly contradicted by newspapers):
1840-41: Aberdeen - London
1842: Liverpool

05/10/1840:
"Barque LORD WESTERN, Capt. Lock, arrived from London 17 June, having left Plymouth 24 June with merchandise, 28 cabin passengers and 213 bounty emigrants, 2 emigrants died on voyage. Made run to latitude of the Cape in 54 days and put for head winds off this coast would have made the journey in under 90 days."
(Sydney Herald)

10/11/1840:
"LORD WESTERN cleared out for Singapore."
(Sydney Monitor)

Note: Cost at construction, £7,300. (Builder's List in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)