FERRIFER
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1876
Object NameSCREW STEAMER
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 85 3/12' x breadth 17 7/12' x depth 8 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 84 ton
Gross Tonnage: 84 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001843
Keywords
Yard Number: 200
Official Number: 73396
Fate: wrecked on Bondicar Rocks, Amble, Northumberland, 26 January 1885.
Description: Screw steamer, 1 flush deck, iron frame.
Owner:
1876-85: J. Wallace, registered at Dundee.
1878-82: Master R. Peterson
1883: Master E. Whitehead
1884: Master Clarke
General History:
31/05/1879:
In consequence of some serious disturbance on board screw steamer FERRIFER, we understand vessel was brought up in the river and did not proceed on its voyage till yesterday morning (Friday) instead of Thursday. Stated the disturbance was in fact a mutiny.
(Ipswich Journal)
30/01/1885:
A Newbiggin fishing boat at sea about 6 miles ENE of Newbiggin fell in with the crew of the steamer FERRIFER, of Dundee, which had gone ashore on some rocks south of the Coquet (Island near Amble, Northumberland) during dense fog. The men had to take to their boat immediately as the steamer went to pieces. They had rowed about from 6 o'clock previous evening till 8 o'clock following morning. They were landed on the beach by the fishing boat, having lost everything. They were kindly cared for at the King's Head Inn and afterward forwarded to their homes in Aberdeen by Mr. Brown, agent at Newbiggn for the shipwrecked fishermen and mariners society. Vessel was on voyage from Middlesborough to Dundee with cargo of iron. She was under command of Captain Spence and owned by James Wallace & Co.
(Newcastle Weekly Courant)
12/02/1885:
Board of trade have ordered a formal investigation into stranding of small steamer FERRIFER, to be held at Aberdeen, where master and crew belong to, and have been cited to appear as witness. Master is A.R. Spence, 95 Rosemount Place, Maye Thomas Reid, Schoolhill, engineer George Thompson, seamen Robert Hendry and Andrew Murray.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
26/01/1885: FERRIFER
Amble, Hauxley, Bondicar Rocks, 55.19.35N 01.32.45W
Vessel stranded and lost in wind conditions SSW force 2. On voyage from Middlesbrough to Dundee with cargo of iron.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), volume 3, section 7)
Notes:
Engines: inverted 2 cylinder engines made by Hall, Russell & Co., 13 1/2" diameter cylinders, 13" stroke, 25 h.p.
new engines 1883: Compound inverted 2 cylinder engines made by J. Stewart & Co., London, 13 1/2" and 22" diameter cylinders, 13" stroke, 25 h.p.
lengthened 1881, now 100'.
1832
September 1873
