FAME
Shipbuildervessel built by
Walter Hood & Co.
(Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)
Date1840
Object NameBRIG
MediumWOOD: oak, larch, beech and elm
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 78 8/10' x breadth 18 8/10' x depth 13 5/10'
gross tonnage 154 348/3500
gross tonnage 154 348/3500
Object numberABDSHIP000295
Keywords
Yard Number: 154
Fate: Wrecked in Port Jackson, Sydney, in 1857.
Propulsion: Sail
Construction: 1 deck, 2 masts, square sterned, standing bowsprit, carvel built, no galleries, female bust head
Owners:
1840: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Leslie, shipowner, Aberdeen 48 shares & Alexander Drinnie, manufacturer, Aberdeen, 16 shares.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1847-53: Main & Son, Belfast
1854: Captain J. Poole & Son
1856: Douglas & Co
Masters:
1841: Master Charles Esson
1843-46: Master Cunningham
1847-49: Master Short
1850-53: Master J. Murray
1854: Master J. Poole
1856: Master A. Park
Voyages:
1841: Aberdeen - Petersburg
1847-50: London - Rio
02/02/1857:
FAME, barque, Capt. Poole, arrived Newcastle from Melbourne.
(Sydney Empire)
On 02 August 1857, Fame (Capt. John Poole snr) was on voyage from Sydney to Melbourne with a cargo of coal, 280 tons, when she was lost after running aground off Sydney Harbour, Sow & Pigs Shoal.
(Source: Australian National Shipwrecks Database, environment.gov.au (Lettens Jan))
(Source: www.wrecksite.eu)
04/08/1857:
Barque FAME, barque, 210 tons, Capt. Poole, bound for Melbourne with coals, was wrecked in Port Jackson (Sydney). In one of severest easterly gales for several years, she was anchored at the Heads for shelter, but drifted. The masts of the FAME were seen close to the sow and pigs, the hull having completely disappeared. From particulars supplied by the Master, Capt. Poole, FAME went on shore at 2a.m. and as terrific sea was running, there was no possible chance of saving the vessel. A boat was got out in which all hands (except one, who preferred remaining by the wreck) escaped. The boat was knocking about for 3 hours before it could find a safe landing place. At great personal risk to Capt. Jenkins, the main remaining by the ship was rescued. Though FAME has become total wreck, all hands fortunately saved.
(Moreton Bay Courier)
05/09/1857:
Loss of the barque FAME and dis masting of the barque INDUS, and other casualties in Sydney harbour.
(Taranaki Herald, Volume VI, ISSUE 266)
Notes:
Re-registered 15 March 1843 in Aberdeen, the vessel having been lengthened and enlarged by Walter Hood & Co., Aberdeen. Dimensions now length 85.2 ft, breadth 19.1 ft, 13.5 ft, 203 tons.
Lloyds Classification A1 & in 1850 AE 1 Second Classification of 1st Class
1843: Ship lengthened with felt and copper added to light water or ballast mark.
1846: Keel adjusted and yellow metal added.
1849: Yellow metal added and some repairs.
1841
