ALIVE

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

Date1875

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 130 11/12' x breadth 26 1/12' x depth 14'
Gross Tonnage: 313 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001172

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 284

Fate: Unknown

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged

Owner:
1875: John Guilbert, Guernsey, registered at Guernsey.

General History:
14/08/1883:
Barque ALIVE, lying at anchor in the Clyde off Greenock, was cut down to the water's edge yesterday by a collision, but no personal injury sustained.
(Birmingham Daily Post)

02/04/1889:
Barque ALIVE, Greenock for Buenos Aries, grounded on a sandbank in the Clyde. Afterwards floated by help of tug.
(Aberdeen Journal)

Note: Contract cost £4,950. (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
ALIVE does not seem to appear in Lloyd's so all the information except newspaper reports come from the Builder's List.