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ADAM SEDGWICK
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ADAM SEDGWICK

Shipbuilder (Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateAugust 1861
Object NameSHIP
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsLength 142.2' x Breadth 27.5' x Depth 18.6'
gross tonnage 458 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001111
About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 223
Official Number: 42633
Subsequent Names: SAN MICHELE (1884)

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1907 (S245).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 3 masts.

Owner:
1861-70: Henry Barnes & Co., registered at Liverpool
1871-73: Le Maistre & Co., registered at Jersey
1876-78: C. Barclay, registered at Jersey
1880-83: J. Kirk, registered at London
1884-1906: Archangelo Lubrano, registered at Castellammare di Sabia, then Naples.
1907: Agapitos Jermanis, Turkey

Masters:
1862-64: Master: P. Davey
1865-70: Master S. Stobie
1871-78: Master S. Hamon
1880-81: Master W. Tolmie
1882-83: Master J. Flynn
1887-1901: Master D. Ambrosano
1902-06: Master A. Lubrano

Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1862-63: Aberdeen - South America
1864-65: Liverpool - S. America
1866-70: Liverpool - San Francisco
1871-72: Liverpool - Singapore
1873-74: Dublin - Singapore

General History:
04/09/1879
LINE OF SAILING PACKETS FOR BATAVIA AND SOURABAYA, also for SAMARANG if sufficient inducement offers. The Fine clipper Barque ADAM SEDGWICK, Capt. Tolmie; 459 tons register; built under special survey and classed A1 at Lloyd's. Loading berth Salthouse Dock — For freight &c., apply to. MORS LE BLANCH & CO., The Albany, Liverpool; or 7. India-avenue. Loudon.
(Liverpool Journal of Commerce)

Note: Contract cost £7,837. (Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Re-rigged as a barque 1872
VANDA
Alexander HALL & Co.
November 1862
BALGOWNIE
Walter Hood & Co.
1848
OLIVER CROMWELL
Walter Hood & Co.
1847
GRANITE CITY
Walter Hood & Co.
1853
ALEXANDER DUTHIE
DUTHIE
April 1867
ARAB
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
1839
Alexander Bannerman
March 1830
WILLIAM EDWARD
Walter Hood & Co.
1847
ROSE
Walter Hood & Co.
1843
AMELIA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1847
WILLIAMS
DUTHIE
July 1840