BALGOWNIE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Walter Hood & Co.
(Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)
Date1848
Object NameBARQUE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 119' x breadth 23' 5" x depth 16'
Registered Tonnage: 325ton burthen, 379 tons registered
Registered Tonnage: 325ton burthen, 379 tons registered
Object numberABDSHIP000325
Keywords
Fate unknown. 1881: Registered in Germany, no owners listed.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, 1 deck and half poop deck, 3 masts, female figurehead.
01/09/1848: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Nicol, shipowner, 32 shares; James Horn, merchant, 8 shares; Walter Hood, shipbuilder, 4 shares - all of Aberdeen.
Other owners: William Nicol, shipbroker, Liverpool (co-partner with Alexander Nicol and trading under firm of Alexander Nicol & William Nicol, Aberdeen). George Thompson Jr., Shipowner, 8 shares, James Buyers, merchant, 8 shares, Walter Hood, shipbuilder, 4 shares - all of Aberdeen.
31/11/1848: A. & W. Nicol sold 24 shares to George Thompson Jnr., Alexander Nicol, James Horn, James Buyers, manager of Aberdeen Rope & Sail Co., and Walter Hood.
22/11/1852: Above group sold 24 shares back to Alexander & William Nicol.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Masters:
1850: Master Gifford Wood
22/07/1854: Master Charles Wood
1861: Master Garrock
1862: Master Garrick
1866: Master D. Beatie
1870: Master J. Mill
1877: Master Brown.
Voyages:
1850: Aberdeen - Comquimbo
1856: Liverpool - South America
1861: Liverpool - Caldera
1866: Newcastle - Valpariso
1870: Stockton - South America
08/09/1848:
A fine new Aberdeen barque, the BALGOWNIE, arrived in the Tyne this morning on her first voyage. She will load here for Coquimbo [Chile].
(Newcastle Courant)
07/05/1852:
BALGOWNIE, barque, from Swansea to Coquimbo, 28 days, March 10, Lat. 48 S, Long. 26°30' W [S. Atlantic].
(Daily News)
13/08/1853:
For Melbourne and Sydney N.S.W. provided sufficient freight offers, the fine Aberdeen clipper barque BALGOWNIE, A1 and coppered, Gifford Wood Commander. This vessel has proved herself one of the swiftest vessels afloat in several passges to and from the west coast of South America and will be found a most superior conveyance for goods as well as for a limited number of cabin passengers.
(Bristol Mercury).
10/09/1853:
Direct from Bristol to Melbourne - to sail 15 Sept. As she will be in excellent trim, is expected to make the quickest passage of any vessel that has left this port. Her cabin accommodations are of a very superior character, no steerage passengers taken.
(Britsol Mercury)
05/01/1859:
Spoken BALGOWNIE, barque, for Mauritius for the Cape, 28 October off Point Hood.
(Aberdeen Journal)
28/12/1863:
BALGOWNIE, barque, from Callao [Peru] for Dunkirk, 27 November, Lat. 7°38' N, Long. 24° 47 W [off West Africa].
(Glasgow Herald).
1841
