Image Not Available

INVERNESS

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

Date1869

Object NameSHIP

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 180 5/12' x breadth 32 1/12' x depth 19 1/12'
Gross Tonnage: 722 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001812

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 168

Fate: Wrecked on Japaroca Bank, between Caete and Salinas, Brazil, 20 December 1896.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged, by 1884 changed to barque rig, 3 masts. Composite construction, wood over an iron frame.

Owners:
1870-79: J. & R. Grant, registered at London
1880-96: Richardson Bros (J. C. and G. S. Richardson), registered at Swansea.
1896-97: Amazon Telegraph Co.

Masters:
1870-74: Master Donkin
1875-79: Master J. Peter
1880-85: Master Hughes
1887: Master Clark
1888-91: Master Maddox
1892-94: Master Walters
1896-97: Master M. J. Bunny / G. Richards

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1870-71: Hartlepool - India
1872-74: London - India

General History:
14/04/1894:
Vessels spoken - INVERNESS, barque, Buenos Ayres to Cork, March 13, 2 South, 27 West [off Brazil].
(Glasgow Herald)

07/08/1896:
Sale of Aberdeen clipper - Messrs. J.C. and G.S. Richardson, owners of barque, INVERNESS, have disposed of her to the Amazon Submarine Telegraph Company. The ship has left Aberdeen for London and, after having been fitted with tanks and other necessary appliances, she will take in a store of cable and sail for the River Amazon, where she will be permanently located as a store ship of the company. The INVERNESS was one of the first of the now famous clippers launched from Aberdeen and is also one of the smartest of that fine fleet.
Aberdeen Weekly Journal

14/12/1897:
INVERNESS wrecked 20 Dec. 1896 on Japarica Bank, between Caete and Salinas [Brazil] on voyage London - Para [Belem - i.e. wrecked near mouth of River Amazon].
Lloyd's List

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=51527&vessel=INVERNESS

Wrecksite (WS - https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?239280

Wreck Report - https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/SOTON_Documents/Plimsoll/17236.pdf

INVERNESS, Captain Courtney, Surgeon Superintendent James Frood.
Sailed London 21/08/1875, arrived Hawkes Bay 28/11/1875 (99 days) landing 105 passengers.
Sailed London 21/07/1876, arrived Napier 29/10/1876.
(Sir Henry Brtt (1924), "White Wings" (Auckland, Brett Printing Co.), vol. 2, p. 193.)

Napier voyage passenger list - https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/genealogy/Inverness.htm

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Acc. No. ABDMS025249.4

State Library of Victoria, Ref. No. H99.220-1552. Photograph of an earlier painting.