ZIBA

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

DateJuly 1858

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 169.4' x breadth 28.4' x depth 17.2'
Registered Tonnage: 497ton

Object numberABDSHIP001103

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 215

Fate: Wrecked Samana Bay, Bahamas, 28 January 1884.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: "Jackass" barque - combination of barque and schooner and topsail.

Ownes:
1856: J. Wade.
1880: T. S. Whitehead.

Masters:
1859: Master Tomlinson.
1865: Master J. Jones.
1869: Master G. Bowes.
1875: Master I. Croot.
1878: Master W. Perry.

Voyages:
1859: Aberdeen - China.
1866: London - Australia.
1869: London - China.
1872: Shanghai - Foochow.

Note: Contract cost, £8,909. (Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Sail Plan: David R. MacGregor (1984) "Merchant Sailing Ships 1850-75: Heyday of Sail" (Conway Maritime Press, London), p. 106.