JAMES HUNTER
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Shipownervessel built for
Northern Co-operative Company
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1861 - 1993)
Date1889
Object NameSCREW STEAMER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 125.5' x breadth 20.1' x depth 10.3'
gross tonnage 216 tons
gross tonnage 216 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001222
Keywords
Yard Number: 335
Subsequent Name: LES FILS CONSEIL (1890)
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steamer, schooner rig, 1 deck, 2 masts.
Owners:
Aberdeen Register of Ships (Aberdeen City Archives):
11/10/1889: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Northern Co-operative Co., Ltd, 54 Loch Street, Aberdeen.
Manager: James Stevenson Low (Secretary of Northern Co-op Co.)
05/06/1890: Registry closed. Vessel sold to French owners June 1890.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1890-99: Owners Les Fils de T. Conseil, registered at Bordeaux. (Lloyd's)
Master:
1890: Master W. W. Morrison.
General History:
14/10/1889:
The Co-operative Company's new steamer JAMES HUNTER made her trial run in the bay and showed satisfactory speed. Next day she sailed on her maiden voyage to Sunderland, whence she returned coal-laden yesterday after a most successful voyage.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
15/10/1889:
Capt. William Morrison applied for Aberdeen pilotage certificate as Master of JAMES HUNTER - remitted to the Captain pilot.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
24/10/1889:
Sailed Oct. 23 - JAMES HUNTER, Morrison, Sunderland, light.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
12/05/1890:
Arrived Aberdeen 10 May, JAMES HUNTER, Bo'Ness, coals.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
22/05/1890:
Sailed Aberdeen 21 May, JAMES HUNTER, Morrison, Sunderland, light.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
Engines: 2 compound surface condensing by builders, 50 H.P. Speed 9 knots.
