QUEEN OF THE ISLES

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

Date1842

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 94.4' x breadth 21.9' x depth 15.7'
gross tonnage 273 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001010

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 122

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1854 (Q53)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged

Owners:
1842-54: Stromness Shipping Co. registered at Stromness (Lloyds; the Builders list has James Leask as the owner, presumably representing or trading as the Stromness Shipping Co.)

Master:
1842-54: Master J. Leask

Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1842: Aberdeen - Newcastle
1843: Liverpool
1844: Liverpool - Bahia
1845-46: London - Buenos Aires
1847-48: Clyde - Valparaiso
1849-52: Liverpool - the Mediterranean
1853-54: Liverpool

General History:
18/04/1845:
Barque QUEEN OF THE ISLES, from London to Buenos Ayres, 3 March, 25 days out, 30N, 23.30W (Mid Atlantic west of Madeira).
(Glasgow Herald)

18/09/1846:
At Glasgow for Valparaiso, direct packets under strictest conditions as to careful loading and good accommodation for passengers, to whom every attention will be paid, MATILDA, 18 Sept. will be succeeded by A1 barque QUEEN OF THE ISLES, Captain Leask.
[16/10/1846: Clipper barque QUEEN OF THE ISLES, James Leask Commander, now at loading berth and will be despatched 28 Oct].
(Glasgow Herald)

Note: cost at construction, £3645 (Builder's List in Aberdeen Maritime Museum)