NORTH STAR
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1847
Object NameSHIP
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionsgross tonnage 385 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001047
Keywords
Yard Number: 159
Fate: Wrecked Pratas Shoal, South China Sea, 27 September 1858.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper. Constructed of wood sheathed with yellow metal.
Owners:
1846-50: Francis Chambers, registered at London.
1851-52: H. Hall
1853-56: Hyde & Co.
Masters:
1848-50: Master H. Hall
1851-52: Master N. Palmer
1853-56: Master T. Smith
Voyages:
1848-50: London - Madras
1851-2: London
1853: London - China
1854-56: London
General History:
12/07/1848:
[From a lengthy article on the Aberdeen bow and its qualities]
The NORTH STAR, 384 tons, another of the largest class, has proved equally satisfactory in her sailing qualities. Captain Hale, in a letter dated London, 17th February, 1847, says - "Off the wind, going 9 knots without a whisper, and passing everything; on a wind stiff under canvass, and fore reaches so much in stays, that the pilot hardly dare work the square mainsail in the narrows if there was any wind."
(Aberdeen Journal)
24/11/1858:
Intelligence from Hong Kong 13 October - hurricane occurred at Swatow and British ship NORTH STAR (Master Attridge) was wrecked on Prata Shoal on 27 September. Captain and some of crew had arrived Hong Kong, but remainder reported to have remained on vessel and H.M. steamer CORMORANT had been despatched to their assistance.
(Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh)) [also in Freeman's Journal 24/11/1858; Glasgow Herald, 01/12/1858]
Note: Cost at construction, £8,177 or £18 5s. per ton. (Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1841
15 February 1858
