LOCHIEL
Shipownervessel built for
George Milne & Co
(Aberdeen, Scotland)
Date6 May 1856
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD & COPPER
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 168' x breadth 31' 1" x depth 18' 6"
tonnage 674 tons
tonnage 674 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002820
Keywords
Fate: 'The vessel left Montreal, Canada on the 31 Oct. 1872 and has not since been heard of. Registration cancelled, 5 April 1873.' (Aberdeen Register)
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged, 2 decks, a poop deck and a top gallant forecastle, 3 masts, changed to barque rig Jan. 1871, carvel built, no galleries, male figurehead.
Owners:
1856: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Milne, shipowner, Kinaldie, 32 shares; James Milne, timber merchant, William Stewart, timber merchant, joint owners, 24 shares; Robert Hadden, shipmaster, Aberdeen 8 shares.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Masters:
1857-61: Master R. Hadden
1872-73: Master Andrews
Voyages:
1857-61: Aberdeen - Australia
1872-73: London - Pensacola, Florida.
General History:
07/05/1856:
'Clipper LOCHIEL built under superintendence of Mr Philip, formerly of Messrs Hall & Sons, coppered and copper fastened. Intended for the Eastern trade. Master to be Captain Hadden, formerly of the 'DUCHESS OF LANCASTER'. Named by Miss Milne, daughter of the builder.
(Aberdeen Journal)
06/04/1859:
NSW 4 Feb., LOCHIEL, Capt. Hadden, for London. Cargo - 1821 bales wool, 257 bags gum, 145 casks coconut oil, 21 casks pearl shell, 4 passengers.
(Morning Chronicle)
07/01/1860:
LOCHIEL, Capt. Hadden; Cleared for London; Passengers included Mrs Hadden.
(Sydney Empire).
01/10/1861:
John Watts, Steward of ship LOCHIEL, pleaded guilty to assault on James Jandison, 2nd Officer, but urged provocation as cause of offence. Fine £1 and 6 gunieas costs.
(Sydney Empire)
09/10/1861:
Ship LOCHIEL, Capt. Hadden, cleared 8 Oct. For Otago [New Zealand] with 300 passengers.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
02/12/1861:
At Sydney loading for England.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
21/11/1862:
LOCHIEL, Hadden, departed Sydney for Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Peninsula, Siberia.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
26/08/1863:
Holder Brothers & Co.'s regular semi-monthly lines of clipper packets for Australia - the celebrated Aberdeen-built clipper ship LOCHIEL, A1, R. Hadden Commander, packet ship 25 Sept.
(Belfast Newsletter)
02/12/1863:
New Zealand and Australia for grants of land and assisted passages... Australia, Sydney, splendid high-classed ship LOCHIEL, A1 for 9 years, packet for 25 December.
(Aberdeen Journal)
19/02/1866:
LOCHIEL arrived Sydney 30 January, 85 days from The Downs; Master Monkman.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
15/03/1866:
Robert B. Monkman fined 40 shillings for neglecting to exhibit a bright light aboard ship LOCHIEL.
(Sydney Empire)
19/03/1866:
LOCHIEL departed Sydney 17 March for Galle [Ceylon].
(Sydney Empire)
23/04/1867:
LOCHIEL, ship, Monkman, loading for London.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
09/01/1869:
LOCHIEL, ship, departed for London 8 January.
(Sydney Empire)
