THOMAS ADAM

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

Date1870

Object NameSTEAMER

MediumIRON

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 201' 4" x breadth 29' 2" x depth 16' 9"
Gross Tonnage: 886 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001816

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 172
Official Number: 60707
Subsequent Name: BENALDER (1888).

Fate: wrecked at Cape Spartel, Tangier, Morocco, July 1894.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steamer, 2 decks, 2 masts, brig rigged, round stern, clencher built, no figurehead, iron frame.

Owners:
05/08/1870: Registered at Aberdeen for owners;
Initial owners: Thomas Adam, banker; John Birnie Adam, merchant; Thomas Adam Jnr., merchant; all Aberdeen plus Alexander Chivas Adam, merchant, Newcastle upon Tyne. Largest minority shareholder James William Barclay, merchant, Aberdeen, with 8 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1882-87: G. P. Addison & Co.
1888-93: J. & A. Davidson

Masters:
1871-79: Master J. Mutch
1880-82: Master J. Walker
1886-87: Master W. French
1888-90: Master C. R. Davidson
1892-93: Master H. Boaden

General History:
20/09/1870:
Screw steamer THOMAS ADAM having proved so successful, Messrs Adam & Co. have contracted with Hall Russell to build another vessel of similar construction but larger tonnage.
(Morning Post)

08/12/1872:
THOMAS ADAM collided off Dover with LOUIS JOSEPH, French brig, which sank [crew saved].
(Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper)

23/02/1872:
Grimsby, 19 Dec. - Steamer THOMAS ADAM, of Aberdeen, Capt. Mutch, London-Newcastle in ballast, put in yesterday and was placed on gridiron for examination of propeller. Sailed again this morning.
(Dundee Courier)

28/08/1874:
Re: Dundee harbour trustees, it will not be forgotten that steamer THOMAS ADAM, of Aberdeen, discovered some boulders in the tidal harbour, which the trustees, of their servant the harbour master, did not know were there, or knowing did not removed them. For that piece of valuable information the trustees had to shell out to the total of nearly £2000.
(Dundee Courier)

26/08/1879:
Steamer THOMAS ADAM, of Aberdeen, Shield - Cartagena with coals, reports by telegraph from Yarmouth to be riding at anchor near Harbro' Sands broken down. Tugs in attendance and expected she would be towed back to Shields.
(Dundee Courier)

21/08/1883:
Reports serious fire in warehouse of portion of cargo of flax brought by steamer THOMAS ADAM from Pernau.
(Dundee Courier)

01/12/1886:
THOMAS ADAM, steamer, Cardiff - Oran with coals, has arrived Falmouth with slight defect in machinery.
(Liverpool Mercury)

01/08/1894:
A telegram from Gibraltar states that the steamer BENALDER, previously reported ashore near Cape Spartel, has been abandoned. All on board were saved, and arrived at Tangier on board the tug GIBELTARIK
(The Scotsman)

Note:
Engines: 2 vertical direct acting, estimated horse power 95, boiler replaced 1875.