THE MURRAY
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1861
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 193.7' x breadth 33.2' x depth 20.2'
gross tonnage 902.70 tons
gross tonnage 902.70 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001110
Keywords
Yard Number: 222
Official Number: 29788
Subsequent Name: FREIA (1880)
Fate: wrecked in Oslofjord, 10 December 1884 (Clydeships)
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 2 decks, 3 masts, ship rigged, round stern, carvel built, shield figurehead, no galleries, wood frame.
Owners:
1860: James Thomson & Co., London. known as the Orient Line.
1872? Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
James Anderson, Fenchurch Street, London, shipowner, 60 shares; John Anderson of Reform Club, Pall Mall, London, shipowner, 4 shares.
02/04/1880: Registration cancelled, vessel sold to Norwegians.
(Source: Aberdeen Shipping Registers (Aberdeen City Archives)
1880-81: Tod, registered at Tonsburg
1883-84: O. L. Roed, registered at Tonsburg (Tod and Roed are likely the same, the first being a mistake by Lloyd's)
Masters (from Lloyd's):
1872: Master W. Begg
1873: Master T. Coote
1874-78: Master T. L. Wadham
1880-81: Master Tod
1883-84: Master H. O. Roed
01/01/1921:
''THE MURRAY" (not the "Murray"), 903 tons. The first vessel built for the "Orient"
Line. Launched at Aberdeen, May, 1861. Sailed from London to South
Australia for 20 years. She was a favourite passenger vessel. Her first master
was Captain Legoe, previously of the "CELESTIAL," who had the "YATALA" and "HESPERUS" afterwards. He was succeeded by Captains Smart, Begg, and Wadham.
(The Observer (Adelaide))
22/10/1861:
THE MURRAY (ship) for Adelaide 11S, 21W [Atlantic off Brazil].
(Caledonian Mercury)
01/04/1862:
The ship MURRAY from Adelaide 1st January with 58 passengers and a cargo of wool, copper ore and colonial articles for the international exhibition, arrived off Plymouth today.
(Belfast Newsletter)
04/06/1863:
The Aberdeen Clipper Line ship MURRAY, 1000 tons, Capt. J. Legoe, passed up channel yesterday for London from Adelaide 3rd January and St. Helena 23rd Feb. She brings a full cargo of wool and copper, 24 chief cabin passengers and 6 second cabin passengers from Adelaide.
(Daily News)
12/08/1863:
MURRAY, ship, from Plymouth for Adelaide 23rd July, 41N, 10W [off Cape Finisterre].
(Aberdeen Journal)
23/03/1864:
The MURRAY, ship, from Adelaide for London 29th January off Cape of Good Hope.
(Glasgow Herald)
20/10/1864:
MURRAY, ship, 30th August, Lat. 10N, Long. 25W [Atlantic off West Africa].
(Glasgow Herald)
13/02/1867:
MURRAY, ship, from Adelaide to London, 45 days, 25th December, 38.30S, 34.17W [South Atlantic off River Plate].
(Aberdeen Journal)
21/02/1867:
Plymouth, Feb. 20th - ship MURRAY passed up the channel and is landing some passengers here.
(Belfast Newsletter)
25/07/1867:
The MURRAY, ship, London to Adelaide 14th July Lat. 39N, Long. 14W [Atlantic off Lisbon].
(Glasgow Herald)
26/02/1868:
MURRAY, ship, from Adelaide off St. Helena 20th January.
(Aberdeen Journal)
10/02/1869:
MURRAY, ship, from Adelaide off Penzance 2nd. February.
(Aberdeen Journal)
14/04/1869:
MURRAY, ship, off the Lizard 8 April, London for Adelaide 4 days.
(Aberdeen Journal)
05/09/1870:
Captain Begg of THE MURRAY reports that on night of May 26 in Lat. 23.40S, Long. 37.50W [Mid Atlantic between Brazil and W. Africa] one of hands at masthead saw a ship on fire. In the darkness it was most appalling spectacle. A boat was lowered and the gallant crew wound a water-logged boat with 4 men clinging to it. A rush or passengers had made for the boat and she had filled, leaving only the 4 survivors. At dawn THE MURRAY stood towards the vessel, which was one mass of flame and masts gone. THE MURRAY's boats and a schooner's boat rescued people who were clinging to floating spars. All but two were picked up, but over 120 were lost by fire and water. The ship was the Italian barque MANNIN BARAABINO, Genoa to River Plate. Fire from galley had ignited the deck and the combustion of the cargo, which was mainly spirits, was very rapid. THE MURRAY stood by for two days.
(Freeman's Journal)
16/04/1873:
MURRAY, ship, of London, for Adelaide 28 March.
(Aberdeen Journal)
31/01/1877:
Signalled off the Lizard Jan 30th - ship the MURRAY of London for Port Adelaide.
(Western Mail)
13/03/1877:
Orient Line for Australia - the favourite passenger ship THE MURRAY, sailing from the South West India Dock, March 24, has very superior accommodation for first and second class passengers.
(Daily News)
Note: Contract cost £16,709, £17 per ton. (Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Sometimes in reports as MURRAY sometimes as THE MURRAY, appears in Lloyd's as THE MURRAY
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