JOHN WESLEY

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

Date1867

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD; COMPOSITE

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 118' x breadth 23.9' x depth 13.5'
gross tonnage 238 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001139

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 251
Official Number: 56793

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1901 (J409)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged, 2 decks

Owners:
1867-73: E. Hoole & Co., registered at London (Builder's list says it was built for the London Missionary Soc., Hoole may perhaps have been running it for them)
1874-81: Wesleyan Missionary Society, registered at London
1882-85: F. D. Walker, registered at Sydney
1887: H. P. Penser, registered at Sydney
1888: Robertson and Hernsheim, registered at Hamburg
1890-1901: Jaluit Gesellschaft, registered at Hamburg.

Masters:
1867-73: Master J. Shields
1874-87: Master Mansell
1888-94: Master G. Schineiders
1894-96: Master O. Kessler
1898: Master J. Krumling
1898-1901: Master C. Domnick

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1867-73: London - Australia

General History:
22/11/1867:
JOHN WESLEY, schooner, departed 21 November for South Sea Islands.
(Sydney Empire)

22/12/1881:
Sydney - Missionary schooner JOHN WESLEY, arrived from Tonga, reports very serious earthquake Tongataboo.
(Brisbane Courier)

09/10/1885:
JOHN WESLEY, brig, departure 9 October for Tonga and Samoa.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

27/01/1892:
LOONGOONA, schooner, arrived from the Islands, reports schooner JOHN WESLEY is missing and that fears of the worst are entertained. Vessel being considerably overdue at the Marshall Group
(Barrier Miner (Broken Hill))

Notes: Contract price £3,480 (Builder's List in Lloyd's Library of Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1875: Barque rigged
1880: Brig rigged
1894: Barque rigged