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MERLIN

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

Date10 November 1875

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumIRON

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 189 3/6' x breadth 26 1/12' x depth 14 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 643 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001840

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 197
Official Number: 73594

Fate: Wrecked on voyage London-Charente in ballast near Chasseron, Ile d'Oleron (W. France), 1 January 1911.
(Lloyd's Register return of ships)

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steamer, quarterdeck 56', bridge deck 44', forecastle 20'.

Owners:
1875-1911: General Steam Navigation Co., registered at London

Masters:
1877-78: Master T. Hayes.
1881-85: Master D. Scannell.
1886-89: Master A. E. Harding.
1892-93: Master A. F. Abbott.
1894-96: Master J. H. Lidstone.
1897-98: Master R. D. Arnold.
1899-1900: Master J. Dennien.
1904-06: Master R. S. Bristow
1907-08: Master Birch.
1910-11: Master J. Wood.

General History:
22/12/1884:
Lloyd's agent at Amsterdam telgraphs that IMBRO and MERLIN (both British steamers) have been in collision at Ymuiden [Holland], both vessels are damaged.
(Daily News)

08/05/1885:
Lloyd's agent at Lisbon telegraphs that MERLIN, British steamer, has put into Lisbon with cargo shifted.
(Glasgow Herald)

29/11/1886:
London sailings - Nov. 26, MERLIN, steamer, for Hamburg.
(Daily News)

02/01/1891:
The General Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer MERLIN, from Hull for London, anchored at the mouth of the River Humber with shaft broken. She has a general cargo, but no passengers.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)

28/09/1891:
The steamer MERLIN from London for Charente [near Rochefort] has been towed into Dover with shaft broken.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)

11/07/1892:
British steamer MERLIN, reported today aground in the Elbe, has been refloated and towed to Cuxhaven with rudder damage.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)

19/02/1894:
British steamer MERLIN, Harlingen for London, general cargo, sat upon her anchor in Zyder Zee. Some cargo has been put into lighters. Has 10 feet water in forehold.
(Glasgow Herald)

11/06/1897:
Steamer MERLIN of London, proceeding down Long Reach, River Thames, last night, had to anchor off Green Hithe owing to machinery being disabled, but has repaired and proceeded.
(Daily News)

20/10/1898:
Steamer MERLIN, London for Havre, passed Deal in tow. Returning to London with machinery out of order.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)

17/09/1900:
MERLIN, steamer, London for Charente. Arrived Dartmouth with steam pipe burst.
(Western Mail)

Note: Compound engines by Hall, Russell, cylinders of 24" and 40" diameter, 30" stroke, 75R.H.P.