DOUGLAS

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

Date1881

Object NameSCREW STEAMER

MediumIRON

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 250' 7" x breadth 34' 1" x depth 16' 3"
Gross Tonnage: 1566 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001868

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 225
Official Number: 84357

Fate: wrecked on the white rocks off Swatow, China on voyage from Amoy to Swatow carrying passengers and cargo, 11 February 1886. 18 lives lost, wreck later scrapped. (source: www.theshipslist.com)

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Iron screw steamer, schooner rigged, 2 decks plus shelter deck, 2 masts, no figurehead.

28/02/1882: Registered at Aberdeen for owner;
John Steward Lapraik, merchant, Fenchurch Street, London.
18/08/1882: 5 shares sold to Robert Ellis Baker, shipowner, Bayswater
27/09/1882: 5 shares to George Harper, gentleman, Bayswater
19/10/1882: 5 shares to Jamieson Ellis, shipowner, London
03/11/1882: Jamieson Ellis sold 1 share to Eldred Halton, shipowner, London
31/01/1883: Jamieson Ellis sold 4 shares to three merchants jointly, all of 73 Old Broad Street, London.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1885 owners listed as Douglas Steamship Co. Ltd, registered at Hong Kong.

Master:
1882-86: Master S. Ashton.

General History:
21/02/1886:
Reuters Telegram dated Hong Kong 15 February states "The steamer DOUGLAS has been wrecked off Swaton, one European and 17 Chinese were drowned".
(Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper)

Engines 1 pair compund inverted direct acting, 240 est. horsepower