ORIBE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1854
Object NameBARQUE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 110.2' x breadth 13.3' x depth 13.3'
gross tonnage 221 tons
gross tonnage 221 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001078
Keywords
Yard Number: 190
Fate: Missing in the North Atlantic July-October 1861.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged
Owners:
1855-58: Alexander Murison, registered at Capetown.
1859-61: Joseph Gwyer Lovell, registered at Bristol.
Masters:
1855-58: Master R. Fowler
1859: Master F. Crispin
1860-61: Master Bowden
Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1855-58: London - Cape of Good Hope.
1859-61: London
General History:
02/10/1856:
ORIBE, barque, at Liverpool October 1.
(Morning Chronicle)
16/07/1858:
ORIBE, barque, bound south on 1st July off Cape St. Vincent.
(Morning Chronicle)
12/04/1859:
Deal, 11 April, arrived and proceeded for the River [Thames], ORIBE (barque) from the Westward.
(Morning Chronicle)
19/10/1861:
The ORIBE, Bradford, from Montreal for Penarth Roads, sailed from Quebec July 1, and has not since been heard of.
(Greenock Advertiser)
11/04/1863:
Bankrupcy case
Mr. M. Smith, in opening the case, said that the plaintiff, Mr. Joseph Sage, was the assignee of Joseph Gwyer Lovell, the who had, been made bankrupt. He was a merchant in the African trade, carrying on business in this city, [...]
In October 1861 the ORIBE was lost. Messrs. Ames, Bush,and Company had the security of that vessel for the goods that they had supplied and the vessel having been lost the underwriters paid the insurance money, and Messrs. Ames, Bush, and Company received £2000. That reduced their credit against Mr. Lovell to £3064.
(Bristol Mercury)
Note: Contract cost, £4615 or £18 10s. per ton (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
The Lloyd's listing continues to 1863, and the loss coming from Quebec is incosistent with it being 'in the African trade' but the timing fits and there was no other ORIBE in the 1860 register.
1847
