SCOTTISH LASSIE

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

DateJuly 1877

Object NameBARQUE

MediumIRON

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 201.2' x breadth 32' x depth 18'
gross tonnage 899 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001181

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 293
Official Number: 77001
Subsequent Names: ALEXANDRE (1895); LE GALION (1899).

Fate: marked broken up in Lloyd's 1826

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, 2 decks, poop deck 41', forecastle 28'

Owners:
1877-94: McIlwraith, McEacharn and Co. ("Scottish Line"), registered at London
1894-99: A. Viot, registered at Nantes
1899-1922: Union de Chargeurs Coloniaux, registered at Havre
1924-26: E. Chatel, registered at Havre

Masters:
1879-82: Master Le Coutler
1883-85: Master Kerr
1885-94: Master W. Singer
1895-99: Master A. Delahaye
1899-07: Master E. Rehel
1909-11: Master A. Boju
1911-17: Master Barbier
1918: Master Bertrand
1918-26: Master Th. Gueno

General History:
24/02/1879:
Emigration to Queensland - the iron barque SCOTTISH LASSIE, 852 tons, Captain Le Couter, sailed from Gravesend 21 Feb. bound for Rockhampton and had on board 31 married men, 32 married women, 145 single men, 72 single women, 16 children and 9 infants, making total of 305 souls, equal to 288 statute adults. The single women are under the care of Miss Macallister, Dr. M. J. O'Sullivan acting as surgeon-superintendent.
(Daily News)

07/06/1879:
Rockhampton, 07/06/1879: barque SCOTTISH LASSIE, from London with 305 immigrants, anchored Keppel Bay, all well.
(Darling Downs Gazette (Queensland))

28/06/1879:
26 June: John Smith, Boatswain, returning to barque SCOTTISH LASSIE intoxicated yesterday evening, fell in the water and was drowned. Body found this morning.
(Darling Downs Gazette)

29/11/1879:
SCOTTISH LASSIE bound for London with 2805 bales wool.
(Rockhampton (Queensland) Morning Bulletin)

08/07/1880:
SCOTTISH LASSIE, barque, from London for Auckland N.Z. spoken 14 June Lat. 5S.
(Glasgow Herald)

11/12/1882:
Barque SCOTTISH LASSIE (of London), from Glasgow for Queensland, was left by tug FLYING HUNTSMAN off Codling Bank 4 Dec.
(Glasgow Herald)

10/03/1883:
Barque SCOTTISH LASSIE for Townsville, left Greenock 2 December with 326 immigrants.
(Northern Miner (Queensland))

08/05/1889:
SCOTTISH LASSIE, barque, Pisagua [Chile] to Falmouth, spoken 31 March 19S, 26W [near St. Helena].
(Glasgow Herald)

23/07/1889:
SCOTTISH LASSIE, barque, Plymouth - Queensland, spoken 20 July.
(Glasgow Herald)

07/12/1889:
Barque SCOTTISH LASSIE, well known in this port, arrived here yesterday from Maryborough (Queensland), after a smart run in ballast of 6 days, to load Wallsend coal for Valparaiso. Capt. Singer reports leaving Maryborough 29 Nov. with N and NE winds, which continued till 2 Dec. A strong southerly bluster, followed by heavy rains, was experienced that day. On 3rd variable winds, changed to southerly, were encountered, causing vessel to tack off the shore. SSE winds prevailed on 4th and Newcastle was reached on morning of 5th.She was towed to the ballast jetty to discharge. SCOTTISH LASSIE was here just when the strike of last year was coming to a crisis and she was one of the successful vessels to get away a few days before the miners came out.
(Newcastle Morning Herald (NSW))

27/05/1892:
Barque SCOTTISH LASSIE, which has arrived Brisbane from Glasgow, reports that in Longditude 23, Lat. 41N [off Cape Finisterre], while travelling at 13 knots, she struck a huge whale. The iron hull was considerably damaged, causing vessel to leak. Repairs had to be effected. She experienced a rough passage, sails being carried away on several occasions.
(Newcastle Morning Herald (NSW))

05/08/1892:
Exports - SCOTTISH LASSIE, barque, for Valparaiso, 1120 tons coal.
(Newcastle Morning Herald (NSW))

02/06/1894:
SCOTTISH LASSIE, barque, supposed Chile for Cork, spoken 12 April 37S, 35W [S. Atlantic E of River Plate].
(Glasgow Herald)

01/12/1894:
At Liverpool yesterday offered for sale by public auction iron barque SCOTTISH LASSIE, built Aberdeen 1877, classed 100A1 at Lloyds, £1650 bid withdrawn.
(Glasgow Herald)

16/05/1895:
Iron barque SCOTTISH LASSIE, which has been laid up at Newport for some time past, has been sold to Italians for £3.5s per ton register 852 tons [£2769]. She was built at Aberdeen 1877.
(Belfast Newsletter)

Notes: Contract cost, £12,497 (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)