LUKE BRUCE

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date1868

Object NameBARQUE

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength: 138.5' x breadth 25.2' x depth: 14'
Gross Tonnage: 320 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001810

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 166
Official Number: 58942

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1907 (L551) marked 'now a lighter'.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, constructed of iron 1 deck, 2 tiers of beams, 2 bulkheads, clipper bow.

Owners:
1869-74: B. Darbyshire, registered at Liverpool
1875-89: T. Harrison & Co., Liverpool, registered at Liverpool
1892-96: African Association (Lim.) [Ltd], registered at Liverpool
1897-99: W. C. Jarvis & Sons
1900-07: C. P. Bäckström, registered at Stockholm

Masters:
1869-72: Master J. Coleman
1875-76: Master Bell
1877-78: Master Luke
1881-82: Master Crosby
1883-84: Master Jenkins
1885-89: Master Lobb (or Lott)
1892: Master D. Giles
1894-96: Master R. Tomlinson
1897-99: Master A. Monro
1900-07: Master C. P. Bäckström

Voyages:
1869-72: Aberdeen - S. America

General History:
22/07/1869:
LINE of PACKETS for the RIVER PLATE.
Will have despatch.
For BUENOS AYRES.
The beautiful Aberdeen-built iron clipper Barque LUKE BRUCE,
Captain Coleman;
320 tons; A1 at Lloyd’s; built last year under special survey expresly for the trade, and is one of the finest and fastest vessels afloat. Loading in the Prince's Dock, - Apply to the Owners, Messrs. Darbyshire, M’Kinnell and Co. or to COTESWORTH, LYNE and CO.
(Gore's Liverpool General Advertiser)

28/11/1884:
COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL, TWENTY LIVES LOST. A Newport correspondent telegraphs - On Thursday morning, about two o'clock, screw DURANGO was run into by the iron barque LUKE BRUCE, Liverpool, in the English Channel and sunk, the crew 20 hands being lost.
(Globe)

13/08/1885:
Scilly: Arrived—Barque Luke Bruce, Captain Jenkins, from Old Calabar [Nigeria]
(Western Morning News)

LUKE BRUCE under ownership of Thomas Harrison, Liverpool, had a long career in the West African trade - carrying palm oil kernels.