GEORGE WASHINGTON
DateMarch 1857
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 149.9' x breadth 27.3' x depth 16.5'
gross tonnage 414 tons
gross tonnage 414 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002935
Keywords
Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1869 (G155)
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 1 deck, 3 masts, carvel built, round stern, male figurehead
Owner:
1857: Registered at Aberdeen for owner;
Thomas Wright, shipbuilder, Aberdeen
06/1857: Sold to William Escombe, London
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1857-69: Escombe Bros., registered at London
Masters:
1857-59: Master Copland
1860-62: Master W. Dempster
1863-69: Master L. Jack
Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1857-59: London
1860-61: London - China
1862: London - Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth)
General History:
19/12/1860:
GEORGE WASHINGTON, ship, London for Shanghai, 12 November, 8N, 23.40W [Mid Atlantic between West Africa and Brazil].
[Same issue] for sale by public roup Aberdeen 31 December, 33 x 64th shares of ship GEORGE WASHINGTON, of Aberdeen, built 1857 and now in good condition. Upset price £2230 and, in payment of small deposit. The balance of the price may remain on the security of the ship. Particulars from Francis Edmond, Advocate.
(Aberdeen Journal)
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