HARRIET ARMITAGE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1854
Object NameBARQUE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 124' x breadth: 25.5' x depth: 10.2'
Gross Tonnage: 199ton
Gross Tonnage: 199ton
Object numberABDSHIP001082
Keywords
Yard Number: 194
Fate: wrecked at Ramsay Bay, Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia, 23 July 1879.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged.
Owners:
1856-59: B. Armitage, registered at London
1860-62: T. Smith, registered at London
Masters:
1856-59: Master Stephens
1860-65: Master T. Smith
Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1856-59: Aberdeen - Australia
1860-65: London - St. Helena
General History:
13/02/1861:
Melbourne Shipping - Feb 11, HARRIET ARMITAGE, barque, Guam.
(South Australian Advertiser)
24/01/1865:
January 23, HARRIET ARMITAGE, barque, 295 tons, Captain E. L. Stephens, for Sydney in ballast.
(Brisbane Courier)
11/03/1870:
March 10, barque HARRIET ARMITAGE, Captain G. C. Leasing, from Melbourne via Belfast.
(Brisbane Courier)
25/07/1879:
The barque HARRIET ARMITAGE brewer master, from Townsville to load cedar in one of the Northern rivers, went ashore at 6pm on Wednesday while endeavouring to beat out of Ramsay Bay on the Eastern side of Hinchenbrook Island, trying to escape from unsafe anchorage. The heavy sea threw her high ashore and she is now a complete wreck. The mate arrived at Cardwell at 3.30am yesterday and reported that no lives were lost.
(Brisbane Courier)
Note: Contract cost, £4995 (builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
