BON-ACCORD
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner
J & A Davidson
(Aberdeen, Scotland)
DateJuly 1871
Object NameSCREW STEAMER
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 170 5/12' x breadth 26 1/12' x depth 14'
Gross Tonnage: 469 tons
Gross Tonnage: 469 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001821
Keywords
Yard Number: 177
Official Number: 65081
Fate: Wrecked off the mouth of the River Wear, 6 November 1888.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steamer, 1 deck, 2 masts, 4 bulkheads, schooner rig, collier.
Owners:
26/08/1871: Registered at Aberdeen for original owners; James Davidson (Managing Owner) and Alexander Davidson, (coal) merchants, Aberdeen (jointly).
18/10/1871: J. & A. Davidson 6 shares to Charles Henry Taylor, Northumberland, gentleman.
20/11/1871: J. & A. Davidson 1 share to James Bisset, insurance clerk; 2 shares to Alexander GIllespie, cashier, Northern Insurance Co., Aberdeen
25/11/1871: J. & A. Davidson 6 shares each to John & William Nicolson, shipowners, Sunderland; 6 shares to William Nicolson; Ann Taylor, widow and John Taylor, coal owner, Nortumberland (jointly); 1 share to Charles Helmrick Jr., Aberdeen, commercial traveller; 5 shares to John Lawrence, shipowner and 2 shares to John Kidman, shipowner (both Newcastle on Tyne)
06/03/1872: J. & A. Davidson 1 share to WIlliam Rait, schoolmaster; 2 shares to Charles Gordon Downie, advocate; 2 shares to Andrew Craig, merchant; 4 shares to William Pyker, merchant (all Aberdeen)
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1884-88: Davidson Steam Ship Co. Ltd (Lloyd's)
Masters:
1876-77: Master Crombie
1877-78: Master J. Steel
1879-81: Master C. Watson
1882-84: Master J. Smith
1884: Master Thomson
1887: Master Davidson
1888: Master Talbot
General History:
10/11/1888:
At dusk half past eight on Tuesday night, as the steamer BON ACCORD of Aberdeen was making for Sunderland harbour, she took the bar beyond the North Pier. It appears that the steamer was coming into the harbour during the prevalence of a stormy south easterly gale and a heavy sea. Crew were rescued.
(Newcastle Weekly Courant)
30/11/1888:
Yesterday a Board of Trade enquiry was held in Aberdeen into the circumstances surrounding the stranding of the steamer BON ACCORD at Sunderland harbour on 6th November. Evidence was led that the accident was caused by a fresh on the River Wear and the court found that the Captain (Mr W. M. Talbot) was not in default.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
Note:
Engines: 2 direct acting, inverted cylinders, 60H.P.
15 February 1858
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