MARITZBURG
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateJanuary 1876
Object NameBARQUE
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 157 3/6' x breadth 27 1/3' x depth 13 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 456 ton
Gross Tonnage: 456 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001176
Keywords
Yard Number: 288
Official Number: 70447
Subsequent Names: HILDUR (1894); MADELEINE (1900)
Fate: burnt at St. Pierre, Martinique, 16 August 1901.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, 1 deck, 3 masts, round stern, clencher built, 3/4 female figurehead, iron frame
Owners:
09/02/1876: registered at Aberdeen for owner;
J. T. Rennie, 64 shares
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)
1890-94: J. H. Wollner, registered at Arendal, Norway .
1894-1900: Otto Banck, registered at Sölvesborg, Sweden.
1900-01: J. Labayle & C[ompagn]ie, registered at Bordeaux
Masters:
1877: Master J. Bolton
1878: Master A. Brown
1879-81: Master J. S. Bolton
1881-88: Master W. Findlay
1888-90: Master Albano
1890-94: Master J. Wollner
1896-99: Master Tillström
1899-1900: Master F. Larsson
(Source: Lloyd's Register of Shipping)
General History:
25/07/1885:
A telegram from Deal, dated 24th, states that the barque MARITZBURG, for Natal, arrived and anchored in the Downs. The master reports that the pilot, John Daff, fell overboard on Thursday night when off the Princess Light and was drowned
(Shields Daily Gazette)
28/07/1893:
MARITZBURG. - Hamburg, July 28, 10 24 a.m. - Norwegian barque MARITZBURG and British steamer have been in collision. Both vessel's have put in badly damaged. Pilot on board MARITZBURG dead.
(Lloyd's List)
marked as derelict in Lloyd's 1894 (M705)
16/08/1901: burnt while sailing from St. Pierre to Bordeaux
(Lloyd's Casualty Returns, 1 July - 30 Sept 1901, p. 9)
Notes: Contract cost £7,903 (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
