VICTORIA

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

Date1847

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 72' x breadth 16.2' x depth 9.3'
gross tonnage 65 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001049

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 161

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1855 (V108).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged with clipper bow, constructed of wood sheathed with yellow metal.

Owners:
1848-50: George Gibson & Co., registered at Leith
1851-55: Logan & Co., registered at Glasgow

Masters:
1848-50: Master Greig
1851-54: Master G.T. A. Adair
1855: Master P. Brown

Voyages:
1848-50: Aberdeen - Hamburg
1851-55: Clyde - Lisbon

General History:
01/12/1851:
At Glasgow for Lisbon. The very fast sailing Aberdeen-built clipper schooner "VICTORIA", 112 tons register, 9 years A1 and coppered, D. Martin master, will have immediate despatch.
(Glasgow Herald)

Note: Cost at construction, £1587 (Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)