CLAVERHOUSE

Shipbuildervessel built by John Smith & Co. (Shipbuilder, Upper Dock, Aberdeen)

Date1866

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 140' x breadth 29'3" x depth 15'6"
gross tonnage 405 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002912

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Smith & Co.
Official Number: 54767

Fate: wrecked Mellacorée River, Guinea, W. Africa, October 1881.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged

Owners:
1866-73: Cruickshank, registered at London
1874-81: Cummings & Co., registered at Bristol

Masters:
1866-70: Master G. Collie
1871-75: Master G. Strachan
1876-77: Master J. Evans
1878-81: Master B. W. Parsons

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1866-70: Aberdeen - India

General History:
23/05/1874:
Barque "CLAVERHOUSE", from Cardiff for Montevideo, 5 April, 35 days out, Lat-10N, Long 24W [off W. Africa].
(Western Mail)

21/05/1875:
The barque CLAVERHOUSE, Bristol, arrived yesterday at Greenock, from Matanzas [Cuba], with sugar.
(Western Daily Press)

08/09/1877:
The schooner FLORA of Thurso, from St. Petersburg to Southampton with wheat, and the barque CLAVERHOUSE, of Bristol, for Rotterdam, were in collision this morning off the South Foreland, and the former put into Dover with loss of foremast, bulwarks, and other damage. The latter proceeded with slight damage.
(Liverpool Albion)

03/12/1881:
Barque "CLAVERHOUSE" left Liverpool 13 Sept. 1881 with cargo of salt. Still fully laden she went ashore in Mellacoree River, West Africa, at end of October. Ship was in charge of a pilot. Spot where she stranded was known to be a bank of sand, but this river of a very dangerous character. She soon became embedded in sand despite crew's efforts. After 2 weeks she was sunk nearly a dozen feet in the sand and at high tide water ran in and out of the vessel. Steamer "SURA" then passed and took crew to Sierra Leone, from where they sailed to Liverpool on African Steamship Co.'s "AFRICA". "CLAVERHOUSE" was property of Mr. E. C. Cummings of Bristol.
(Manchester Times)