GREENLAND
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date9 December 1872
Object NameSTEAMER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsLength: 151.4ft x Breadth: 27.3ft x Depth: 16.4ft
Gross Tonnage: 1269 tons.
Gross Tonnage: 1269 tons.
Object numberABDSHIP001158
Keywords
Yard Number: 270.
Official number: 65085.
Fate: Foundered in ice, 15 n.m. ESE of Cape Freels, Newfoundland, 23 March 1907.
Description: 2 decks, top gallant forecastle, 3 masts, barque rigged, round stern, carvel built, no galleries, demi male figurehead, wood frame.
Owners:
13/01/1872: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
James Allan and Alexander Allan, merchants, Glasgow, joint owners, 64 shares.
05/02/1872: Registration cancelled, as transferred to Montreal, Canada.
(Source: Aberdeen Shipping Registers (Aberdeen City Archives))
05/02/1872: Owners Canada & Newfoundland Sealing & Fishing Co., Montreal.
1881: Registry transferred to St. John’s, Newfoundland.
1890: Owners William P. Mann, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland.
1896-1902: Owners D. Murray & Son, Glasgow, registered at Glasgow.
Master:
1900: Master G. Barbour.
General History:
25/01/1872: Sailed for Newfoundland.
07/04/1875:
GREENLAND had arrived at St. Johns with 25,000 seals.
(Liverpool Echo)
07/04/1875:
Telegrams received in Scotland state that steamer GREENLAND arrived at St. John's, Newfoundland, with 25,000 seals - one of the first arrivals of the season of the seal fishery fleet. Prospects of season are reported to be highly favourable.
(Liverpool Mercury)
27/04/1876:
GREENLAND Arrived at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland with 15,000 seals.
(Morning Post)
11/05/1875:
Captain of steamer GREENLAND received 7,500 dollars for his share of catch, pay of those engaged being according to the catch.
(The Star)
12/04/1881: GREENLAND arrived at Newfoundland with 24,000 seals.
27/04/1886:
Steamer GREENLAND has arrived at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, with 15,000 seals.
(Morning Post)
26/03/1898: Arrived at St. John’s reporting that crew had landed on the ice off Cape Bonavista to capture seals and were struck by a severe snowstorm in which 48 died and only 6 survived. The ship had carried 25 frozen bodies back with it.
The sealer returned with 13,500 seals.
28/05/1898: Discharged oil and skins at Glasgow, then returned to Greenock for overhaul at the Garvel graving dock.
04/1901: Rescued the crew of the HOPE (A. Hall 1873) which had sunk off Byron Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
22/04/1903: Arrived at St. John’s with 16,000 seals.
23/03/1907: While sealing on the Grand Banks, the propeller shaft broke and vessel drifted until it foundered in ice. 150 crew rescued.
Notes: Contract cost £12,000. (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, compound engine, 24½” x 42½” with 30” stroke, 75 r.h.p., by D. Rowan, Glasgow.
Single screw propellor.
