BUNDALEER
DateMarch 1869
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 196.4' x breadth 34.1' x depth 20.1'
gross tonnage 921 tons
gross tonnage 921 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002802
Keywords
Official Number: 60691
Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1901 (B507)
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 1 deck and poop deck and forecastle, 3 masts, 3/4 male figurehead.
Owners:
22/04/1869: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Richard Connon and Alexander Rhind Dyer, shipowners, 32 shares jointly; George Milne, banker, 8 shares; Robert Phillips, master mariner, 8 shares, all Aberdeen; Thomas Wood, merchant, Banff, 8 shares; Alexander Lang Elder, London, merchant, 8 shares.
19/06/1875: On death of Dyer 32 shares to Connon singly.
06/04/1876: Elder's 8 shares to Robert Barr Smith, merchant, Adelaide, South Australia.
26/09/1876: Wood's 8 shares to George Milne.
14/08/1879: On death of Connon all shares sold to Joseph Wiggins, shipowner, Sunderland and vessel transferred to London Register.
19/08/1879: Aberdeen registration cancelled for London transfer.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1879-83: J. Wiggins, registered at London. (Lloyd's)
1883-85: J. M. Way, registered at Liverpool.
1887-99: Robert Moore, registered at Antofagusta (Chile, see note), then 1898 at Port Corinto (Nicaragua).
1900: W. E. Mighell
Masters:
1872-76: Master J. Ramsay
1877-78: Master J. Hunter
1878-79: Master McLean
1879-83: Master J. Wiggins
1883-84: Master J. M. Way
1887-97: Master C. Williams
1898-99: Master O. Rice
1900-01: Master C. Warner
Voyages (from Lloyd's Register):
1870-73: London - Australia
General History:
10/06/1869:
Fine clipper ship BUNDALEER launched recently from building yard of John Humphrey & Co., Aberdeen; expressly for London-Adelaide trade. As soon as fitted out will load for that colony as one of Elder, Smith & Co's. packets. She is to be commanded by Capt. Robert Phillips, late of the CARNA QUEEN. Richard Connon & Co. of Aberdeen are the managing owners.
(Sydney Empire)
14/04/1870:
From letter received from passenger by the MURRAY, dated London 27 February 1870; "As a set-off to the self-glorification indulged by Captain Phillips of the BUNDALEER - the MURRAY is the only ship from Adelaide, Sydney or Melbourne which started in November last which made the February [wool] sales [in London]. We were in company with BUNDALEER for a fortnight. She is no match for the MURRAY in a breeze, but in light winds had the advantage."
(South Australian Register)
03/07/1873:
Letter from James Ramsay, master of BUNDALEER, re: previous issue detailing loss of second officer during BUNDALEER's voyages. "Lest it should be thought that rescue efforts were possible, but neglected, to save Mr. Castle. Had the report more fully set out the critical position of the ship and entire crew, the absolute necessity which compelled us to continue the ship's course would have been apparent. Appalling as was momentary spectacle of our shipmate in the water without our being able to assist, it was at once seen that any attempt to bring the ship to would have been a mad one, as the loss of the ship and all hands would probably have ensued."
(Adelaide Evening Journal)
10/02/1879:
Deaths - at Port Adelaide, South Australia, on 28 December last, Captain Alexander McLean, ship BUNDALEER, of Aberdeen, aged 59, much and deeply regretted by a wide circle of friends.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
12/05/1897:
Barque BUNDALEER has reached Freemantle, W. Australia, after eventful voyage from Puget Sound [USA]. During a gale encountered soon after she left the sound, she sprang a leak. Large quantity of timber stowed on deck had to be thrown overboard. Damage was repaired and all was well till Cape Lewis, when heavy gale sprang up in which she lost her rudder. A jury rudder was rigged until she reached Rottnest Island, when this gave way, leaving her at the mercy of the waves. Distress signal was hoisted and tug Eleanor went to her rescue.
(Newcastle Morning Herald (Newcastle, New South Wales))
Note: Lloyd's 1887 quite clearly says port of registry Antofagasta and flag Bolivian, however Chile had occupied Antofagasta in the 1879-83 War of the Pacific leaving Bolivia with no coastline. The loss of territory was not formally recognised by Bolivia until 1904.
1874
April 1867
22 June 1872
September 1873
