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KINALDIE

Shipbuildervessel built by George Milne & Co (Aberdeen, Scotland)

OwnerOwned by George Milne & Co (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Date1857

Object NameCLIPPER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 187'2" x breadth 32'3" x depth 18'7"
gross tonnage 757 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002924

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: George Milne & Co.

Fate: wrecked at Swatow (Shantou), Guangdong, China, 22 September 1858.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 2 decks, 3 masts, round stern, carvel built, figurehead shield.

Owners:
1857: Registered at Aberdeen for joint owners;
George Milne, railway contractor, Kinaldie, Aberdeenshire; James Milne, timber merchant, Torry Farm, Kincardineshire; William Stewart, timber merchant, Aberdeen.
Vessel totally lost in the China Seas (Swatow, China) - 22 September 1858.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1857-58: Master John McHardy.

General History:
04/09/1857:
For HONG KONG. THE magnificent new Aberdeen Clipper Ship KINALDIE, A1, 757 tons register; John McHardy. Commander; loading In the London Docks. This beautiful Clipper, built especially for the China trade, is confidently recommended to shippers desiring dispatch, as a most favourable opportunity, and has superior accommodation for passengers. For freight or passage apply W. O. YOUNG, 78, Cross-street, Manchester, and 4 Sun-court. Cornhill.
(Shipping and Mercantile Gazette)

29/11/1858:
A fearful typhoon passed over Swatow, commencing at 11pm on 21 September. [...] On following morning, when the gale was at its height, a storm wave 25ft. perpendicular, came in from seawards, sweeping everything before it, driving the ships from their anchorage over a long mud flat with not more than 2 or 3 feet water on it [...] it is said that upward of 200 junks were wrecked, and the loss of life amongst them is very great [...] British ship KINALDIE among the casualties. [Wreck sold by public auction] Loss of life has been very small among foreigners being confined to the mate and seven of crew of the GAZELLE and one European from the ANONYMA; but amongst the Chinese it is estimated at about 3,000.
(Daily News (London))