HUMAYOON
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1842
Object NameSHIP
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionsgross tonnage 446 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001014
Keywords
Yard Number: 126
Fate: Burned near Cape Horn, December 1850.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged
Owner: James Findlay, Greenock, registered at Greenock
Masters:
1842-46: Master MacKellar
1847-49: Master Cameon
1850: Master Findlay
Voyages (from Lloyd's Register):
1842-43: Aberdeen - Calcutta
1844-49: London - China
1850: Liverpool - Bombay
General History:
19/04/1851:
From letter written 17/01/1851 by wife of Captain Bates of NONANTUM whose coal cargo caught fire in South Atlantic, leading to her being beached and burnt out at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands;
"There was in port a Scotch ship from Dundee, bound for Valparaiso, called the "HUMAYOON"; Captain McHenry and he said would take us to Valparaiso. We left the Falklands 25th Nov. in his ship which was loaded with coal, but which had been in so long time that we thought there was no danger from it. We had been at sea 12 days and were just round Cape Horn, when we discovered the ship to be on fire, and it increased so rapidly that in 3 or 4 hours she was in flames. We were at this time 70 miles from land and immediately made preparations to take to the boats; preferring to take our chance of gaining land, although it was an inhospitable coast inhabited only by savages: Just at this moment a sail hove in sight. We hoisted a signal of distress and she bore down on us (an English ship the "SYMMETRY", loaded with coal and bound for Acapulco). Captain Thompson, her Commander, took us all on board, and in a short time we saw the fine ship "HUMAYOON" burn to the water's edge".
(Preston Guardian)
Source: www.wrecksite.eu:
Sailed from Dundee (GB) to Valparaiso (Chile) loaded with coal. 25/11/1850: after stopover, left Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), carrying Captain Bates and his wife who survived the sinking of NONANTUM. 08/12/1850: Took fire near Cape Horn, crew and passengers being rescued by the English ship SYMMETRY.
Note: Cost at construction £8118 (Builder's list held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1841
