HERMIONE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateOctober 1876
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 219.4' x breadth 35' x depth 21'
gross tonnage 1176 tons
gross tonnage 1176 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001179
Keywords
Yard Number: 291
Official Number: 72368
Subsequent Names: MANTOVA (1908)
Fate: broken up early 1913.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 3 masts, 2 decks, poop deck 46', forecastle 36'
Owners:
1876-1906: Shaw, Savill and Co., registered at Southampton.
1906-07: G. Mortola, registered at Genoa.
1907-13: Soc. Anon. Ceramica Manovana, registered at Venice.
Masters:
1877-88: Master D. T. Roberts
1889-91: Master E. J. Parker
1892-98: Master J. Cories
1899-1906: Master J. J. Alsop
1907: Master R. Brigneto
1909-13: Master Vannucci
General History:
HERMIONE did 21 voyages to New Zealand.
25/11/1891:
HERMIONE, British, ship, London - Auckland October 5, Lat. 3S, Long. 30W [off Brazil].
(Glasgow Herald)
24/06/1893:
HERMIONE, ship, Canterbury for London, May 30, 10N, 28W [off W. Africa], all well.
(Glasgow Herald)
11/09/1894:
HERMIONE, ship of Southampton, August 17, 6S, 32W [off Brazil], all well.
(Glasgow Herald)
21/02/1895:
HERMIONE, ship, Lyttleton to London, January 13, 55S, 79W [off Punta Arenas].
(Glasgow Herald)
Broken up 1913
(Lloyd's Casualty Returns, 1 January - 31 March 1913, p. 10)
Notes: Contract cost £16,682 (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
