GEORGE CANNING

Date1856

Object NameSHIP

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 121' x breadth 27' x depth 16 1/2'
Gross Tonnage: 441 (old measurement) 411 tons (new measurement).

Object numberABDSHIP003030.117

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Thomas Wright

Fate: Unknown

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged, 3 masts, 1 deck, probably a round stern, and a standing bowsprit.

Owner:
1856: T. Wright, Aberdeen.
1963: Daunt & Co., Liverpool

Masters:
1856: Master J. Sim.
1863: Master F. Harris

General History:
25/06/1856:
Launched from building yard of Mr. Thomas Wright, a clipper built ship, GEORGE CANNING, 411 tons new and 441 tons old measurement. Combining the ordinary oak frames and diagonal larch planking with unusually strong fastenings, altogether contituting great strength. Ship was named by Mrs Captain Duncan Reid [wife of ship's Master (L.R.) and is intended for Cape of Good Hope trade. She was built under superintendence of Mr. David Burns, to whom her lines and workmanship do great credit.
(Aberdeen Journal)

17/06/1857:
Ship GEORGE CANNING cleared from Adelaide - London 16 March with 5,286 bags of copper ore consigned to Strathalbyn Mining and Smelting Co.
(Daily News)

07/07/1857:
GEORGE CANNING, ship, Adelaide - London, spoken 19 June latitude 33N, longditude 38N (Mid Atlantic Ocean off Azores (between W. Africa and Caribbean))
(Morning Chronicle)

28/11/1860:
To be exposed for sale by public roup, within Mr F. Edmond's Writing Room, Aberdeen, 3 December, 39 of 64 shares of ship GEORGE CANNING of burthen 411 tons, at present lying in St. Katherine's Dock. She was built in 1856 and is now in good condition. Inventories and particulars from Mr. Francis Edmond.
(Aberdeen Journal)

Notes: Barque rigged 1863