BRUCKLAY CASTLE

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

DateFebruary 1867

Object NameCLIPPER

MediumCOMPOSITE

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 198'1" x breadth 31'4" x depth 22'
gross tonnage 1014 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001135

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 247
Official Number: 56596

Fate: wrecked near Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador, c. 7 October 1896.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 2 decks, 3 masts, round stern, carvel built, no galleries, figurehead male demi, iron frame planked, poop deck 52', forecastle 39'

Owners:
1867: Registered at Aberdeen for owners;
William Rose and James Alexander Charles 64 shares jointly.
Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)
1879-86: H. Ellis & Sons, registered at London
1887: H. Gibbon, registered at London
1888-90: Barque "Brucklay Castle" Co., Ltd (J. S. Brown & Co.), registered at London
1891-96: Watson Brothers, registered at Glasgow

Masters:
1867-70: Master J. Smart
1871-76: Master J. Wallace
1877-79: Master J. Thurston
1880: Master R. Ellis
1880-82: Master Anderson
1883-87: Master P. Hawkins
1887-90: Master Guthrie
1890-94: Master D. Charles
1895-96: Master E. J. Sims

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1867-69: Aberdeen - Australia
1870: London - Australia

General History:
31/08/1867:
The new Aberdeen clipper BRUCKLAY CASTLE, Capt. Smart, arrived from London 7 Aug. after voyage of 103 days. She is from well known building yard of Messrs. Hall & has been constructed on the composite principle, viz. iron frame & teak planking of great thickness. She is nicely sparred & fitted with all the modern appliances. Although her passage has been protracted, no fault can be attributed to her lines, which are very fine indeed. Capt. Smart reports she sailed from Gravesend 25 April [...] met very heavy weather from meridian of Cape of Good Hope to Cape Lewin.
(Sydney Empire) (also Sydney Morning Herald, 31/08/1867)

01/10/1867:
BRUCKLAY CASTLE, Smart, loading for London.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

12/08/1868:
BRUCKLAY CASTLE, Wallace, sailed Sydney 31 Aug. for London.
(Sydney Empire) (also ibid., 01/09/1868)

12/05/1869:
BRUCKLAY CASTLE, Wallace, arrived 11 May from London 15 January.
(Sydney Empire)

21/02/1870:
The Aberdeen Clipper Ship BRUCKLAY CASTLE left Gravesend on Novemver 28th; passed through the Downs the same day, and landed the pilot on December 1. Crossed the equator on the 20th, in 28 degrees W.; had light S.E. trades and variable winds as far as Madeira; passed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope on January 15th, in latitude 43 degrees S.; had variable breezes for the mostpart of the passage, passed the meridian of cape Leuwin on the 6th instant, and from thence experienced calms and easterly winds. Cape Otway was passed on 15th instant, and cape Howe on the 17th. One death took place on the voyage, viz., Mr. John T. Garrett, on January 22nd after a long illness.
(Evening News (Sydney NSW))

19/04/1871:
Ship BRUCKLAY CASTLE, Wallace, from London for Sydney, off Portland 2 August and landed pilot.
(Aberdeen Journal)

20/04/1872:
BRUCKLAY CASTLE, Wallace, departed Sydney 6 April for London with 9 cabin passengers and 5 steerage. Cargo - 2542 bales wool, 17 bales skins, 28 bales cotton, 572 casks tallow, 301 casks treacle, 535 bags copra, 153 bags condiments, 247 bags cotton seeds, 163 bales leather, 2249 cakes copper, 12 bales wool bagging, 509 cases meat, 6 cases plants, 6 packages whalebone.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

30/12/1872:
BRUCKLAY CASTLE, Wallace, arrived 1 December, 108 days from the Lizard.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

07/06/1873:
BRUCKLAY CASTLE arrived London 23 May from Sydney 5 February.
(Sydney Mail)

31/10/1874:
BRUCKLAY CASTLE, Dixon, arrived Sydney 9 Oct. from start point 16 July.
(Sydney Empire)

22/10/1875:
BRUCKLAY CASTLE, Thurston, arrived Sydney 26 Sept. from London, 101 days.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

17/11/1875:
Captain John Wallace, formerly of ship BRUCKLAY CASTLE, to be master of TRAFALGAR, launched for Donald Rose & Co., Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Journal)

04/05/1877:
BRUCKLAY CASTLE, Thurston, sailed Sydney 7 April for London.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

20/06/1889:
Telegram from Mobile [Alabama] states that British ship BRUCKLAY CASTLE, ashore at Sand Island, has been got off and towed into Mobile.
(Glasgow Herald)

25/10/1889:
Ship BRUCKLAY CASTLE, which arrived Greenock yesterday from Mobile, with a cargo of timber, reports having put into Belfast Lough through stress of weather on Saturday, she was towed from Belfast by the City of Glasgow Towing Co.'s tug CHAMPION.
(Glasgow Herald)

08/11/1896:
San salvador - by cable received Oct. 7 - BRUCKLEY CASRLE was taken in tow by CEIBA, but she had to be left in consequence of tow-line parting outside the bar. Abandoned. All on board saved and landed here at Triunfo.
(Lloyd's List)

09/10/1896:
A San Salvador cable says the BRUCKLAY CASTLE, whilst in tow of Ceiba, had to be left in of the tow line parting outside the bar; abandoned, but all board landed.
(Aberdeen Journal)

13/10/1896:
The British barque BRUCKLAY CASTLE, before reported ashore on the Mexican coast, will probably be a total loss. Bottom appears to be torn out; sternpost broken.
(Aberdeen Journal)

Notes: Contract cost £16,020 (Builder's list in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum).
1880: re-rigged as a barque.