COLLOONEY
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1844
Object NameBARQUE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 122.4' x breadth 22' x depth 15.9'
gross tonnage 287 tons
gross tonnage 287 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001031
Keywords
Yard Number: 143
Fate: Sank in the North Atlantic, August 1862.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged
Owners:
1845-59: Alexander Sim, Glasgow, registered at Glasgow
1861-62: Middleton & Co., registered at Sligo
Masters:
1847-52: Master Livingstone
1853-55: Master D. Waters
1856-57: Master T. Graham
1861-62: Master J. McKie
Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1845-46: Aberdeen - Montreal.
1847: Clyde - Montreal
1848-52: Clyde - New York.
1853: Leith - Australia
1854-55: Clyde - Rio de Janeiro
1856-59: Cork - the Mediterranean
1861-62: Clyde - South America
General History:
25/05/1846:
Arrived in the Clyde the barque COLLOONEY (288) of Glasgow, Cook, from Patagonia in 81 days; sailed 1 March with cargo of 350 tons guano. Had light winds.
(Glasgow Herald)
13/09/1862:
The Norwegian brig ANACONDA, Christiansen, which has arrived at New York from Alicante, fell in with the COLLOONEY, McCreary, of Sligo, on 21 August and took from her the Captain and crew, she being dismasted and having four feet of water in the hold.
(Belfast Newsletter)
Note: Cost at construction, £3,667 (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
