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MARGARET MILNE
MARGARET MILNE
MARGARET MILNE

MARGARET MILNE

Date1847
Object NameBARQUE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsGross Tonnage: 279ton
Length: 103' 2"
Breadth: 21' 2"
Depth: 15'
Object numberABDSHIP003112
About MeYard: Unknown

Fate: Stranded and wrecked off of Aberdeen North Pier in 1881.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, 1 and a half poop decks, 3 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, imitation galleries, female figurehead.

Owners:
1848: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Andrew Leslie, boilermaker, Aberdeen, 21 shares; James Robinson, shipowner, Aberdeen, 21 shares.
Other shareholders:
George Milne, shipowner, Aberdeen, 22 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1848-52: G. Milne (Lloyd's)
1862: John Cook

Masters:
1848-50: Master Sangester
1851-52: Master Clyne
1862: Master Milne

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1848-50: London - Santa Marta.
1851-52: London - Valparaiso.

General History:
29/05/1850:
Capt. Alexander Paterson, age 26, died of yellow fever at Rio De Janeiro 24/3/1850.
(Aberdeen Journal)

17/06/1859:
Spoken off Cape Finisterre, 13 days out on voyage Northshields - Leghorn, Master Milne.
(Newcastle Chronicle)

17/05/1861:
Spoken 3/5/1861 (on voyage Naples - Hull) off Ushant. Short of bread and was supplied.
(Glasgow Herald)

23/10/1881: Stranded 300 yards north of Aberdeen pier, cargo coal. Registered Drammen, Norway, Capt. Pedersen.

24/10/1881, 25/10/1881:
Re. stranding 300 yds North of Aberdeen pier - As warning was given from Stonehaven of vessel in distress, Stonehaven lifeboat attended and crew of 8 speedily rescued. Large numbers of people visited site of wreck. As tide rose overnight, force of furious sea which had been running for days literally bowled her further inshore. By morning the beach was thickly strewn with wreckage. Greater part of it strewn to matchwood. Wreckage will be gathered and exposed for sale.
(Dundee Courier, Aberdeen Weekly Journal)

Some repairs in 1851.
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