VELOCIDADE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1852
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 120.7' x breadtgh 22.3' x depth 14.3'
gross tonnage 350 tons
gross tonnage 350 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001073
Keywords
Yard Number: 185
Fate: missing off New South Wales, May 1874.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper
Owner:
1852-63: Brown and Co., Liverpool
1864-70: H. Walker, registered at London
1871-74: J. Todhunter, registered at London
Masters:
1853-55: Master T. Baird
1856-60: Master D. Graham
1862-63: Master J. Boyd
1864-69: Master J. Wyriel
1870-74: Master W. Saxton.
Voyages (from Lloyd's Register):
1853: Aberdeen - River Plate
1854-55: Liverpool - China
1856-57: Liverpool - Mauritius
1858-60: Liverpool
1862-63: Liverpool - China
1864-65: London - Japan
1866-67: London - Australia
1868: London
1869-70: London - Australia
1871-74: London - Hobart, Tasmania
General History:
30/05/1854:
Deaths - in December last at Callao [Peru], aged 24, Richard, First Officer of ship VELOCIDADE of Aberdeen.
(Liverpool Mercury)
16/10/1860:
By arrival of barque VELOCIDADE, Capt. Boyd, at Liverpool yestereday from Ceara [Brazil] we learn the steamer MIDGE was totally lost on 27 August in Lat. 5S, Long. 33W [off Ceara (Fortaleza)]. The VELOCIDADE brought home the Captain, Mate and 2 seamen belonging to the MIDGE from Ceara.
(Leeds Mercury)
05/05/1873:
The Captain, passengers and crew of the ship BELLEISLE, bound to Newcastle [NSW] were rescued yesterday by the VELOCIDADE. The vessel capsized during the late gale and is supposed to have sunk soon after the persons onboard were rescued.
(Brisbane Courier)
16/05/1874:
The Home Government has presented a gold watch to Capt. Ilferson of the barque VELOCIDADE for rescuing the crew of the ship BELLEISLE off Newcastle.
(Melbourne Argus)
06/07/1874:
Fears are entertained for the safety of the barque VELOCIDADE which left Newcastle [NSW] for Littleton [New Zealand] 7th May.
(Brisbane Courier)
Notes: Contract cost £4500, or £15 per ton (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Re-rigged as a barque 1858
