OWARI
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Smith & Co.
(Shipbuilder, Upper Dock, Aberdeen)
Date1865
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD, FELT SHEATHED IN YELLOW METAL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 132' x breadth 25.6' x depth 14.3'
gross tonnage 323 tons
gross tonnage 323 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002918
Keywords
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 2 decks, a main and a poop deck, 3 masts, round stern, carvel built, no galleries, dragon figurehead.
Owners:
1865: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
Charles Thomas Glover, 64 shares.
02/11/1866: Sold to the Japanese government (Glasgow Herald 29/06/1867, suggests it cost 30,000 dollars)
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Master:
1865-66: Master J. Wright
Voyage (Lloyd's):
1865-66: Aberdeen - Australia
General History:
08/02/1866:
OWARI, from London, a new clipper ship and intended for the Japan trade, where she is bound after discharging her London cargo. She passed the lizard 31 October, crossed equator 13 December and meridian of the cape 24 December, from thence to Cape Otway she had very variable winds, her highest southing being 42°. Cape Otway was sighted 31 January, arrived Sydney 7 Feb.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
13/02/1866:
Water Police Court - John Townsend and Robert Sweede fined 20s or 48 hrs imprisonment for being drunk and disorderly on Sunday on board ship OWARI.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
17/02/1866:
For sale by auction at City Mart 21 Feb. ex OWARI 5 cases findon haddocks, 8 cases sardines.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
27/02/1866:
OWARI, ship, 323 tons, Capt. Wright, cleared 26 Feb. for Nagasaki (passenger Mr. Glover)
(Sydney Morning Herald)
16/03/1866:
OWARI chartered to load 400 tons coal for Shanghai at 32 shillings per ton.
(Illustrated Sydney News) (also Sydney Morning Herald 19/02/1866):
Note: OWARI continues in Lloyd's until 1873 (O225) with Glover as owner, master Wright, and Aberdeen - Australia voyage but this is clearly just based on its listing in 1865 and does not reflect the ship's sale to the Japanese Government.
