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HERRADURA

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

Date22 September 1868

Object NameCLIPPER

MediumCOMPOSITE

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 169' 2" x breadth 30' 6" x depth 17' 6"
gross tonnage 612 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001148

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 260
Official number: 56381
Subsequent Name: GUARANY (1896)

Fate: Condemned at Penarth in 1896.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, composite.

Owners:
1868: W. Le Lacheur, registered London.
26/09/1898: Registered at Guernsey.
1883: Owners M.G. Scopinich, Lusinpicolo, Austro-Hungary (now Mali Lošinj, Croatia)
1889: A.G. Scopinich, Lusinpicolo.
1896: A. Trommel & Co., Hamburg. Re-named GUARANY

General History:
07/10/1868: Sailed from Aberdeen for London.
06/12/1869: rounded Cape Horn with 3 others.

04/11/1871:
Spoken, Ship HERRADURA, Le Lacheur, from London for Costa Rica, 28 days out, 5 October.
(Star, (St. Peter Port))

13/06/1884:
HERRADURA, Barque, 613 tons, was to leave London 10 May.
(Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, Queensland)

13/11/1952:
"Our History" - after a voyage of 88 days from London, 613-ton Barque HERRADURA arrived in Keppel Bay, in Rockhampton, Queensland, on 30 August 1884.
(Central Queensland Herald)

15/09/1896: Sailed from Newport for Buenos Ayres with coal.
21/09/1896: Towed out of Penarth Roads by tug.
22/09/1896: Dragged both anchors and went ashore at Sully Island, east of Barry. Crew saved.
08/10/1896: Refloated and under tow for Penarth. Was put ashore twice due to being in a sinking condition. Condemned.
10/10/1896: Docked at Penarth.
04/12/1896: For sale “as is” at Cardiff.

Notes: HERRADURA is a town in Granada, Spain.
By 1886 rigged as a barque.
Contract cost £12,092 (Builder's List in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)

See also: History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52363&vessel=HERRADURA