DUNROBIN CASTLE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1851
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 131' 1" x breadth 25' 9" x depth 18' 7"
tonnage 545 tons
tonnage 545 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001067
Keywords
Yard Number: 179
Official Number: 17960
Fate: marked as wrecked October 1891 in Lloyd's 1892 (D625)
Propulsion: Sail
Description: ship rigged clipper, 1 deck and a round house, round stern, carvel built, male figurehead.
Owners:
1851: Registered at Aberdeen for owners;
Donaldson Rose, William Rose, James Rose, Alexander Rose, Charles Rose, all Aberdeen, 64 shares jointly.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1883-91: G. Milne & Co., registered at Aberdeen
1891: A. P. Andersson, registered at Sundsvall, Sweden
Masters:
1852-53: Master Morrison
1854-60: Master Cobban
1861-62: Master A. Fernie
1863-73: Master W. Campbell
1874: Master MacKay
1875-85: Master George Jackson
1885-91: Master Crombie
Voyages (Lloyd's):
1852-53: Aberdeen - Calcutta
1854-56: London - Australia
1857-58: London - Newcastle [NSW?]
1859-60: London - Sydney
1861-62: Leith - Coquimbo, Chile
1863: London - Hobart, Tasmania
1864-65: Aberdeen - Callao, Peru
1867: Sheilds - Valparaiso, Chile
1868-73: Swansea - South America
General History:
16/05/1859:
DUNROBIN CASTLE, ship, from London for Sydney, 52 days out, March 26, 18.40S, 20.53W (Mid Atlantic off Brazil).
(Belfast Newsletter)
02/07/1859:
DUNROBIN CASTLE, ship, 545 tons, Capt. Sim, cleared for Callao [Peru] in ballast.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
29/06/1859:
Ernest Duncan, a seaman, convicted of having deserted from ship DUNROBIN CASTLE - sentenced 6 weeks hard labour.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
27/05/1863:
DUNROBIN CASTLE arrived after voyage of 104 days from The Downs. In running down her easting on 8 May shipped a heavy sea which carried away her quarter boat. On discharge of her inward cargo (miscellaneous merchandise) she proceeds to Callao.
(Hobart Mercury)
22/06/1863:
DUNROBIN CASTLE, ship, Capt. W. Campbell, cleared out 20 June for Callao.
(Hobart Mercury)
08/08/1866:
Marriage: at 117 Loch St., Aberdeen, John Vigrow, Chief Officer of ship "DUNROBIN CASTLE" of Aberdeen to Jessie, only daughter of late Charles, Mackay, joiner.
(Aberdeen Journal)
01/11/1876:
George Jackson, Master of ship DUNROBIN CASTLE presently in harbour of Aberdeen, brought before Justice of the Peace charged with concealing aboard 16½ lbs of foreign manufactured Cavendish tobacco on which no duty had been paid. He pled guilty, stated he had no intention of smuggling, had brought the tobacco home from America for sole purpose of giving a plug to his many friends. Fine £10.14.6 (double value of tobacco) or 14 days. The Justice remarked law made no provision for shipmasters distributing tobacco amongst their friends duty free.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
06/12/1888:
Medals have been awarded by the Norwegian Government to Captain and three of crew of Aberdeen ship DUNROBIN CASTLE. Owing to their exertions the crew of barque FRANKLIN of Langesund were rescued in October last year.
(Belfast Newsletter)
Notes: contract cost £4736 or £9 per ton (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1818
