STAR OF CHINA

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

Date1862

Object NameCLIPPER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 183' x breadth 32' x depth 20' 2"
tonnage 794 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001114

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 226
Official Number: 44440
Subsequent Names: HOLMENKOLLEN (1890)

Fate: Marked 'to be broken up' in Lloyd's 1907 (H440).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: ship rigged clipper, 2 decks, 3 masts, round stern, carvel built, no gallery, female, full length figurehead, wooden framework.

Owners:
20/09/1862: Registered at Aberdeen for owners;
Henry Adamson & William Leask, master mariner, Aberdeen.
08/12/1864: William Leask sold 4 shares to James Hodge, master mariner.
30/06/1869: 8 of Henry Adamson's shares transferred to Henry Adamson jnr (4) and John Saunders Adamson (4) both shipowners, London.
18/11/1875: the two London Adamson's now bankrupt their shares transferred to John Young, accountant, London. Henry Adamson, managing owner, died 26th October 1876.
01/11/1877: Young's 8 shares sold back to Henry Adamson jnr, insurance broker, London. Vessel surveyed in Hong Kong, June 1878.
07/08/1880: Henry Adamson jnr. 28 shares, Patrick Cooper, advocate, Aberdeen, 20 shares, William Leask 12 shares and James Hodge, 4 shares.
01/11/1880: Henry Pinnock ,16 shares, William Fraser 4 shares (managing owner) - Nine other people now owned 8 or 4 shares each, none of them Adamson.
(1881-1884: Lloyd's register has owner, J. Shepherd & Co., Aberdeen)
25/11/1886: Aberdeen registry opened. James Milne of Kinaldie, Aberdeenshire (shipowner), 64 shares. Registry transferred from London No. 87.
28/07/1890: Registry closed. Vessel sold to Norwegian owners. Hans H. Petersen, Arendal, Norway. Renamed HOLMENKOLLEN.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1890-1907: Hans H. Petersen, Arendal, Norway. (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1863-64: Master W. Leask
1865-68: Master J. Hodge
1869-74: Master Angus
1875-80: Master E. B. Blaker
1881-84: Master C. Smith
1886-87: Master Bruce
1887-88: Master Cranch
1888-90: Master M. MacDonald
1890-96: Master L. Johannesen
1897-98: Master J. A. Andersen
1898-1900: Master E. Hansen
1903-07: Master J. Olsen

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1863: Aberdeen - China
1864-65: London - China
1866: London
1867-68: London - China
1869-70: London - Australia
1871: London
1872: London - China

Notes: Contract cost, £14,579 (Builder's List held in Lloyd's Library of Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Re-rigged as a barque 1881