ULLOCK

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

DateJune 1875

Object NameBARQUE

MediumIRON

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 186 9/12' x breadth 32 1/6' x depth 18 9/12'
Gross Tonnage: 815 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001175

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 287
Official Number: 70955
Subsequent Names: JOHANNE (1894).

Fate: She was broken up in 1937 and abandoned in the North Arm graveyard, Port Adelaide, Australia.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, poop deck 35', forecastle 25'.

Owners:
1875: Peter Iredale, Carlisle, registered at Liverpool
1893: Actieselskabey "Johanne" (C. Bech), registered at Tvedestrand, Norway.
1911: Huddart Parker Ltd, used as a hulk.

Masters:
1876-78: Master J. R. Rennie.
1878-79: Master Goodman.
1880-81: Master Remington.
1881-85: Master Swestilwski.
1894: Master J. D. Evans.
1894-1900: Master L. A. Marcussen
1900-05: Master E. Pallesen
1910-11: Master N. Isaksen.

General History:
10/02/1877:
The iron barque ULLOCK of Liverpool was driven ashore in a gale at Tacumsbane on the Irish coast on her voyage from Cardiff to Aujer in Java with a cargo of coals. She was commanded by Captain J. A. Rennie. The heavy sea then running caused great danger to the crew, consisting of 19 hands. To form some communication with the shore the first officer gallantly swam ashore with a line and thus saved the rest of the crew.
(Liverpool Mercury)

27/08/1881:
Arrived Cape Moreton 25 Sept, ULLOCK from Liverpool via Glasgow with general cargo.
(Queensland Times)

19/09/1881:
Barque ULLOCK, from Glasgow to Brisbane, passed Cape Otway on Saturday, all well.
(Brisbane Courier)

16/10/1882:
ULLOCK (barque) October 8, Latitude 29N, Longditude 17W (Atlantic Coast Morocco).
(Glasgow Herald)

29/03/1884:
ULLOCK arrived Brisbane 25 July from Liverpool.
(Hobart Mercury)

13/11/1886:
ULLOCK, Brown master, arrived 11 Nov. Freemantle from London 13 Aug. Called Hole Haven 14 Aug. to take in toutie and gunpowder. Had fine weather and light winds to Madeira. Thence light trades and southerly monsoons to equator (crossed 30 days out). Had very poor S.E. trades, lost them in 17S. Had fresh westerly winds to the Cape (passed 65 days out). Thence fresh winds to port.
(Western Australia (Perth))

22/12/1887:
Barque ULLOCK from Hamburg 28 Sept. came into neutral bay this morning. Captain Brown reports heavy gales for a fortnight after leaving port, followed by head winds down English Channel. Had strong favourable gales while making her easting. Rounded Tasmania 7 December.
(Sydney Evening News)

12/01/1888:
Sailed 11 Jan. for San Francisco via Newcastle with coal.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

22/02/1890:
ULLOCK, J.T. Christie master, arrived 21 Feb. from New Westminster, British Columbia, Dec 11.
(Adelaide Advertiser)

29/04/1890:
ULLOCK, J.T. Christie, departed 16 April for Guam with cargo of wheat.
(South Australian Register (Adelaide)).

21/12/1891:
After protracted passage of 17 days caused by adverse and variable winds, ULLOCK, Capt. Smith, entered harbour yesterday from Adelaide 2 Dec.
(Newcastle Morning Herald)

30/01/1892:
ULLOCK sailed from Newcastle for Molleude with 1008 tons coal (arrived 31 March, Newcastle M.H., 17/5/1892)
(Newcastle Morning Herald)

04/04/1893:
ULLOCK (barque), March 2, Lat 14N, Long 36W (Mid Atlantic), Astoria (Oregon) to Cork.
(Daily News)

06/05/1893:
Bristol Dockers' Strike - several vessels in port with cargoes undischarged or only partly discharged, among these barque ULLOCK of Liverpool from Portland (Oregon) with wheat.
(Western Mail)

10/03/1894:
Deaths - on 9th February on barque ULLOCK, Puua Island; Guayaquil [Equador] of yellow fever, Ernest Harry Davis, aged 18. Deeply regretted.
(Birmingham Daily Post)

07/06/1895:
Gravesend June 6 - tugs DORUNDA and AUSTRALIA collided off Royal Albert Docks. Norwegian barque JOHANNE (Auguste Commander), which was in tow of AUSTRALIA, collided with both tugs. Barque had stem damaged and has proceeded to Regent's Canal.
(Glasgow Herald)

17/03/1896:
Norwegian barque JOHANNE, which sank near Margate in storm, has been floated and is proceeding towards London in tow.
(Glasgow Herald).

07/05/1937:
On Birkenhead beach of the port river workmen have begun to break up the old coal hulk ULLOCK, which was once one of the smartest barque trading out of Liverpool. She was hulk at port Adelaide for 27years. She was owned by Peter Iredale & Co. for 20 years. In mid 1890's she was bought by Norwegians, who worker her hard until 1911 when she was bought by Huddart Parker Ltd. and converted into a hulk.
(Adelaide Advertiser)

Note: Contract price of £17 7s. 6d. per ton for 776 tons, £13,483. Sailing ships built by Hall at this period were fine medium clippers and splendidly finished.
(David R. MacGregor (1984) "Merchant Sailing Ships 1850-75: Heyday of Sail" (Conway Maritime Press, London) p. 154)