PAMPERO

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

Date1867

Object NameCLIPPER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 118.7' x breadth 34.5' x depth 20.3'
gross tonnage 911 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002917

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Smith & Co

Fate: Sailed from Newcastle, New South Wales on 30 August 1869 for Shanghai and was never seen again.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 3 masts, 2 decks with poop and top gallant forecastle, eliptic stern, carvel built, no gallery, figurehead billet, wood

Owners:
1867: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
John Cook, shipowner, Aberdeen, 32 shares; George Milne, landowner, Kinaldie, 32 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Masters:
1869: Master Morris

Voyages:
1869: London - New Zealand

General History:
12/06/1867:
THE new Aberdeen Clipper Ship PAMPERO, classed A1 nine years, a very superior vessel of her class; 911 tons register, 1,062 tons builder’s measurement: - Length 188 3/4 feet; breadth, 34 1/2 feet; depth of hold, 20 1/4 feet; stands without ballast, has handsome poop cabin accommodation, sails very fast, and will carry largely; has a full East India outfit. Now lying in the East India Docks. Apply John Cook, Esq., Aberdeen; or STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and Co., 8 Austin-friars, London, E.C.
(Shipping and Mercantile Gazette)

30/11/1868:
REPORT OF THE SHIP PAMPERO, MONIC [sic], FROM NAGASAKI :— On Nov. 14, lat 29 N, long 33 W, the stars were observed to commence shooting nearly every minute, some of then: very brilliant and beautiful in colour, commencing at 10 p.m. 13th, and continuing until daylight of the 14th. On the 14th at noon, a beautiful meteor of a brilliant and bluish tint fell NE by E of us, apparently not more than a mile distant.
(Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser)

26/07/1869:
Arrived 23 July from Dunedin, PAMPERO, ship, Morris.
(Sydney Morning Herald)

10/08/1869:
John Coffey, absent without leave, from ship PAMPERO, sent to gaol for 14 days.
(Sydney Empire)

31/08/1869:
Departed Newcastle 30 Aug. PAMPERO, ship, 911 tons, Morris Master, for Shanghai with 1272 tons coal.
(Newcastle Chronicle)

10/06/1870:
The Shipping Gazette says that the ship PAMPERO, Captain Morrice, of Aberdeen, sailed from Newcastle (New South Wales) on August 30 last, with coals for Shanghae [sic] and has not since been heard of. The PAMPERO was built at Aberdeen in 1867, and was the property of Mr J. Cook
(Montrose Standard)