PEGASUS

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

DateJanuary 1861

Object NameCLIPPER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 166' x breadth 28' x depth 17.7'
gross tonnage 525 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001109

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 221
Official Number: 29175
Subsequent Names: ESPERANCE (1872)

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1885 (E734).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper

Owners:
1861-71: Potter Brothers, registered at Liverpool
1871-80: J. J. Bordes, registered at Bordeaux
1880-85: V. Oriot, registered at Le Havre

Masters:
1861-67: Master J. Penrice
1868-71: Master A. Mackay
1872: Master Burgalat
1874-80: Master D. G. Got
1880-85: Master Deville

Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1861-65: London - China
1866-67: London - Australia
1868: London - New Zealand
1869-70: London - Japan
1871-74: Bordeaux - India

General History:
26/08/1863:
PEGASUS from London, carrying 100 Hogsheads Ale; 37 cases chicory; 60 cases sago; 12 crates earthenware; 4 crates filters; 4 barrels pitch; 3 bundles copper rods; 30 iron tanks; 8 millstones; 23,200 slates; 2537 bars of iron; 500 kegs nails; 400 bundles wire; 430 pipe boxes; 7 pairs bellows; 48 grindstones; 200 cases brandy; 460 empty sacks; numerous packages identified only by name of consignee.
(Melbourne Argus)

27/08/1863:
The black ball ship PEGASUS from London arrived in Hobson's Bay Tuesday night - her passengers were Mr Meiklejohn in the cabin and 160 in the steerage.
(Melbourne Argus)

Notes: Contract cost, £9328 (Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
The fore and main lower masts as well as the bowsprint were of iron and were the first iron spars put into one of Hall's vessels (David R. MacGregor (1972) "The Tea Clippers: Their History and Development 1833-1875" (Conway Maritime, London), p. 125)
re-rigged as a barque 1869-70.