JULIA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1852
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 141.9' x breadth 27.4' x depth 20'
gross tonnage 510 tons
gross tonnage 510 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001070
Keywords
Yard Number: 182
Fate: last mention 1871, sold at Barcelona.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper
Owners:
1852: John G. Melhuish, registered at Liverpool.
1857-60: J. Bland, registered at Liverpool
1861-69: Brodie and Co., registered at London (these follow Lloyd's, but see the extract from MacGregor below for JULIA's complex ownership in the late 1860s)
Masters:
1852-54: Master Cribble
1855-56: Master S. Balfour
1857-59: Master W. Miller
1860: Master Carter
1861: Master R. Glass
1864-69: Master D. Foreman
Voyages:
1852-54: Aberdeen - China
1855-56: Liverpool - China
1857-60: London - China
1861-69: London
General History:
In 1859 JULIA had a fast run out to Hong Kong in 89 days from London 29 January to 28 April, and on her return made the quickest passage of any ship leaving China prior to 6 August.
Joseph Bland, Liverpool, bought her in 1857, and four years later she went to John Brodie & Co. London. In 1862 she was bought by B. D. Freeman of London who sold her foreign in 1866. A year later she was owned by David Forman in Hong Kong, sold foreign again, only to turn up under British ownership in 1870 as the NADESDA of Bristol, belonging to S Adey. He disposed of her at Barcelona in the following July, and then she disappeared
(David R. MacGregor (1983) "The Tea Clippers, their history and development 1833-1875" (Conway Maritime, London, first published 1952), p. 58)
Note: Contract cost, £6271 (builder's list held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
