INVERCAULD
AssociatedAssociated with
John Smith & Co.
(Shipbuilder, Upper Dock, Aberdeen)
Date1863
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 181' x breadth 34' x depth 20'
tonnage c.1000 tons
tonnage c.1000 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002822
Keywords
Official Number: 45218
Fate: Wrecked on the Auckland Islands, 10 May 1864.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged, three masts, one main deck, forecastle and poop, elliptic stern, carvel built, no gallery, full male (highland costume) figurehead, wood framework.
(Aberdeen Register of Ships (ARS) Register 2 (CE87/11/11) folio 145)
Owners:
26/11/1863: Aberdeen registry opened, No. 23 in 1863 Richard Connon, Aberdeen (ship & Insurance broker) Joint Alexander Rhind Dyer, Aberdeen (ship & Insurance broker) owners 48 shares John Smith, Aberdeen (shipbuilder) 16
26/11/1863: Joint owners sell 16 shares to William Gladstone, 57½ Old Bond
Street, London (merchant).
26/11/1863: Joint owners sell 8 shares to Charles Grierson and John Edmond
Cole, 1A Princess Street Bank, London (shipowners) joint owners.
10/01/1864: Maiden voyage from London to Melbourne, arrived 15.04.1864.
16/05/1864: Connon & Dyer sell 4 shares to Robert Middleton, Aberdeen (builder).
14/05/1864: John Smith mortgages 16 shares to secure current account and interest
for £4,000 to the Commercial Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh.
21/11/1864: Registry closed. “Vessel sailed from Melbourne 2nd May 1864 & has
not been heard of since.
General History:
Built with timber from the Ballochbuie forest on the Invercauld estate.
28/10/1863: Launched. Named by Miss Smith, daughter of the shipbuilder.
02/05/1864: Vessel sailed from Melbourne for Callao in ballast and has not been heard of since.
10/05/1864: Wrecked on Auckland Islands. The survivors were marooned, master, first mate and one seaman survived for twelve months and ten days.
St. Clements Churchyard, Aberdeen, lair 513 in AN-ESFHS MI book.
George Leslie, who was wrecked on the ship “Invercauld” 10 May 1864 on the Auckland Islands and died through starvation on 27 July same year with 19 of the crew, aged 17.
See also:
Wreck - Full Report (AJ): - The Aberdeen Journal. 02.08.1865
Islands of Despair (ID): - http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-EdeIsla-t1-body-d7.html
Wrecksite (WS): - http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?156037
Survivors story: - http://www.mqup.ca/wake-of-the-invercauld-products-9780773516885.php
History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=57456&vessel=INVERCAULD
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