CRYSTAL

DateJanuary 1872

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 127 5/12' x breadth 26' x depth 12 9/12'
Registered Tonnage: 274 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001702

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Humphrey & Co.
Official Number: 65655

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1907 (C740).

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged

Owners:
1873-82: W. & J. Smith, registered at London
1883-85: J. Smith, registered at Glasgow
1885-86: L. G. Adam, registered Port Louis (Mauritius)
1887-94: A. Dauban, registered Port Louis
1896-1907: C. Dauban, registered Port Louis

Masters:
1873-78: Master J. Scott
1879-82: Master J. Davies
1883-93: Master W. Webber
1893-98: Master A. A. Rault
1898-1900: Master L. J. Touchard
1902-03: Master W. T. Brown
1903-07: Master P. A. Bergeon

Voyage (Lloyd's):
1873: London - Berbice (British Guiana)

General History:
19/03/1874:
CRYSTAL, barque, Scott, encountered during the passage two cyclones [en route Berbice, Guyana - London?]. In second cyclone one of the boats was stove and some bulwarks smashed. Vessel was thrown repeatedly on her beam ends and some of the cargo shifted. Could hear a cask in motion in the hold, but could not open a hatch to secure it as there were often 20 to 30 tons of water on the deck.
(Western Mail)

03/08/1883:
CRYSTAL (English barque), Berbice to London, July 21, 45N, 32W [Mid Atlantic off Bay of Biscay].
(Glasgow Herald)

Note: re-rigged as a brig 1896