QUEEN OF NATIONS
Shipbuildervessel built by
Walter Hood & Co.
(Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)
DateApril 1861
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 190' x breadth 32' x depth 20'
Gross Tonnage: 878 ton
Gross Tonnage: 878 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002758
Keywords
Official Number: 29238
Fate: lost near Wollongong, New South Wales, 31 May 1881.
Propulsion: sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 2 decks, one poop and top gallant forecastle, 3 masts, shield figurehead.
Owners:
14/05/1861: Registered at Aberdeen for owners;
George Thompson jr., William Henderson, both Aberdeen; Stephen Thompson, George Thompson youngest, both London; all shipowners - joint owners 48 shares; Walter Hood, shipbuilder, Aberdeen, 8 shares; James Buyers, shipowner, Aberdeen, 8 shares.
12/06/1861: Buyers' 4 shares to Isaac Merchant, London.
27/12/1862: On death of Walter Hood intestate his 8 shares to Anne Hood, spinster, Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Masters:
1861-69: Master T. Mitchell
1870-78: Master A. Donald
1880-81: Master S. Bache
Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1861-62: London - Australia
1863-65: London - China
1866-73: London - Australia
General History:
'The ship QUEEN OF NATIONS, Captain Thomas Mitchell [...] left Sydney 21st September 1865 loaded with: 484 bales wood, 44 bales cotton, 1037 casks coconut oil, 219 casks tallow, 2602 ingots and plates copper, 62 tons gum, 9452 hides.'
Basil Lubbock (1948) THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS (Brown, Son & Ferguson Nautical Publishers, Glasgow), p. 107)
The QUEEN OF NATIONS under Captain Donald went from Plymouth to Melbourne in 87 and 84 days. (ibid., p. 112)
The ship QUEEN OF NATIONS was wrecked near Woolloagong, [sic] New South Wales, 31 May 1881, when bound out to Sydney. All hands were saved except one. (ibid., p. 117)
16/04/1862:
Marriage - at 3 Spring Bank Terrace, Aberdeen, Captain Thomas Mitchell, QUEEN OF NATIONS, to Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of late Captain George Alexander.
(Aberdeen Journal)
13/06/1876:
The Aberdeen built ship QUEEN OF NATIONS embarked the following emigrants for Brisbane, Queensland, at the south west India Docks [London] - 117 single men, 73 single women, 48 married couples, 50 children between ages 12 and 1 and 10 infants, making total of 293 souls.
(Leeds Mercury)
21/11/1879:
Deaths - washed overboard at sea 2 August, Archibald Donald, master of ship QUEEN OF NATIONS.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
16/01/1880:
The ship QUEEN OF NATIONS was despatched from Plymouth sound for Brisbane with 288 emigrants - 15 married couples, 93 single men, 128 single women, 16 boys, 14 girls and 7 infants.
(Birmingham Daily Post)
02/06/1881:
The QUEEN OF NATIONS, from London for Sydney N.S.W. - the owners have received a telegram from Sydney stating that their ship has gone ashore at Woolougong. Her mainmast has gone and she is broken amidships. All crew saved except one seaman. Some cargo may be saved.
(Liverpool Mercury)
06/06/1881:
The wreck of the ship QUEEN OF NATIONS, recently stranded near Woollongong, is to be sold by auction on Wednesday next, together with her cargo [...] the consignees protest against the sale as they consider the cargo can be got out safely.
(Brisbane Courier)
07/06/1881:
The consignees having protested against the proposed sale of the cargo of the stranded ship QUEEN OF NATIONS. It has been countermanded. A stevadore is to proceed to the wreck in order to recover the cargo.
(Brisbane Courier)
Note: re-rigged as a barque 1875 (Aberdeen Register)
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