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MIMOSA

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

Date1853

Object NameCLIPPER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsLength 139.9' x breadth 25.5' x 15.6' depth
gross tonnage 447 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001075

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 187

Fate: Hulked at New Calabar, Nigeria, 27 January 1880, eventualy rotting away.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper

Owners:
1853-71: Robert Vining and William Killey, Liverpool
1871-80: Stuart & Douglas, Liverpool

Masters:
07/1853-10/1857: Master Thomas Kemp
11/1857-05/1862: Master Trevanion Hugo
07/1862-03/1864: Master Archibald Johnson
04/1864-11/1870: Master George Pepperell
03/1871-03/1872: Master Stephen Goodman
05/1872-10/1872: Master John Campbell

Voyages (dates are of departure):
05/07/1853: Aberdeen - North Shields
28/07/1853: North Shields - Rio de Janeiro
08/06/1854: Liverpool - Shanghai
05/06/1855: Liverpool - Shanghai
19/02/1856: Liverpool - Shanghai
10/02/1857: London - Liverpool
19/03/1857: Liverpool - Shanghai
17/11/1857: Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro
02/07/1858: Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro
03/02/1859: Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro
16/06/1860: Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro and Mauritius
11/02/1861: Bristol - Liverpool
31/03/1861: Liverpool - Mauritius
02/12/1861: Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro
14/07/1862: Liverpool - Bahia
27/03/1863: Liverpool - Foochow
21/04/1864: London - Rio de Janeiro
17/12/1864: Liverpool - Pernambuco
28/05/1865: Liverpool - Nueva Bay, Patagonia - with Welsh settlers
13/12/1865: Liverpool - Bahia
12/06/1866: Liverpool - Bahia
23/02/1867: Liverpool - Pernambuco
18/10/1867: Liverpool - Bahia
03/06/1868: Liverpool - the Brazils
05/01/1869: Liverpool - Bahia
23/09/1869: Liverpool - Bahia
20/05/1870: Liverpool - Pernambuco
16/03/1871: Liverpool to New Calabar, West Africa
11/05/1872: Liverpool - New Calabar
Thereafter MIMOSA was involved in Nigerian coastal trade

General History:
22/06/1853:
'Yesterday there was launched from the building yard of Messrs Hall, a splendid ship-rigged vessel, named the 'MIMOSA'. Her measurement is 447 tons, new measurement and 540 tons old measurement. The 'MIMOSA' is the property of Liverpool owners and is the third vessel which Messrs Hall have built for the same parties. She is intended for the South American trade and is to be commanded by Mr Kemp, a gentleman of long experience, whose fair partner gave the vessel her name. The 'MIMOSA' is a really splendid ship and promises to be worthy of her builders. She at present lies at Provost Blaikies Quay.'
(Aberdeen Journal)

This ship became famous for carrying the first contingent of Welsh men, women and children to Patagonia to start a colony in 1865.
Master and Voyage details courtesy of Susan Wilkinson, (2007) 'Mimosa - The life and times of the ship that sailed to Patagonia' (Y Lolfa, Wales), pp. 230-34, fate pp. 208-11, a full list of shareholders is pp. 74-77.
Note: Contract cost, £5916 (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)