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PONCA

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

Date1881

Object NameSCREW STEAMER

MediumIRON

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 278' x breadth 34.4' x depth 22.9'
gross tonnage 1124 tons (1884); 1744 tons (1898)

Object numberABDSHIP001190

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 303
Official Number: 84077
Subsequent Name: JUSTIN

Fate: wrecked near Conquet 28 July 1905, on a voyage from Bilboa to Dunkirk with cargo of iron ore.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Iron screw steamer, 2 decks, bridge deck 64', forecastle 39'.

Owners:
1880: Mediterranean & New York Steamship Co., registered at Liverpool
1898: G. Beck, Dunkirk

Masters:
W. Bowen
1898: A. Balsen

General History:

28/01/1882:
Steamer PONCA arrived New York from Palermo.
11/08/1882:
Arrived Plymouth from New York.
10/08/1883:
Arrived New York from Messina.
23/01/1884:
Arrived New York from Messina.
20/08/1884:
Arrived New York from Palermo.
15/09/1884:
Arrived Bristol from New York.
27/05/1885:
Arrived Philadelphia from Messina.
5/10/1886:
Towed into Algiers with machinery damaged.
(Glasgow Herald) [for all the above]

09/08/1887:
In London Court of Admiralty owners of Liverpool steamer PONCA found liable for £500 to owners of steamer ROBERT INGHAM for salvage services when PONCA was in disabled condition.
(Birmingham Daily Post)

14/02/1888:
Steamer PONCA aground off Henlopin, near Philadelphia. A steamer went to her assistance and towed her off. She arrived Philadelphia (from Palermo) badly strained and two plates broken. Must dock for survey and repairs.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal) (also 16/02/1888)

24/02/1888:
PONCA arrived Bremerhaven.
(Standard)

27/08/1889:
PONCA arrived Avonmouth from New York.
(Glasgow Herald)

04/06/1892:
Steamer JUSTIN arrived Liverpool from Ceara, Brazil.
(Freeman's Journal)

07/04/1900:
Steamer JUSTIN, of Dunkirk, passed west, Mumbles Head.
(Western Mail)

Notes:
Contract cost £22,500 for the hull only (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Compound 2 cylinder engine, 32" and 64" diameter, length of stroke 39", 207 NHP, by Fawcett, Preston and Co. Liverpool
Ship reported as 1717 tons: in registers she has tonnages from 1124 tons in 1884 to 1744 in 1898.