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CYNTHIA
CYNTHIA
CYNTHIA

CYNTHIA

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1842
Object NameBARQUE
MediumWOOD; Oak, Larch, Pitch Pine
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 96.2' x breadth 20.7' x depth 16'
gross tonnage 251 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001022
About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 134

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1854 (C954).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, constructed of oak, larch, and pitch pine

Owners:
1843-48: Anderson, registered at Kincardine
1849-55: Gray & Co.

Masters:
1843-44: Master J. Stobie (continues to 1847 in Lloyd's, clearly they were not informed of his death)
1848-52: Master A. Gray
1853-55: Master E. Roy

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1843-44: Aberdeen (As port of survey, it seems to have actually gone to China)
1845-47: Hull - the Black Sea
1848: London - the Black Sea
1849-50: Bristol
1851-53: Liverpool

General History:
05/01/1844:
Deaths - drowned in the China Sea, aged 32, Captain John Stobie of the barque CYNTHIA of Kincardine. He lost his life in attempt to save one of his crew who had fallen overboard. Both perished before a boat could be sent to their assistance.
(Liverpool Mercury)

Note: Cost at construction, £2,367 (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
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