CENTURION
Shipbuildervessel built by
Walter Hood & Co.
(Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)
Date1850
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 157' 5" x breadth 26' 5" x depth 19' 3"
registered tonnage 639 ton
registered tonnage 639 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000329
Keywords
Fate: Wrecked in 1866.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper, 3 masts, one deck plus poop and forecastle decks, male figurehead.
Owners:
27/02/1850: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Thompson Jnr, 12 shares; James Horn, shipowner, 8 shares; William Edward, shipmaster, 8 shares - all Aberdeen.
Also original owners:
David Macallan, upholsterer, 8 shares; James Buyers, merchant, 4 shares; Walter Hood, shipbuilder, 4 shares - all Aberdeen, plus Peter Edward, tailor, London, 8 shares.
Masters:
1851: Master William Edward
1859: Master R. Murray
1862: Master Pile
1865: Master J. Largie
Voyages:
1851: Calcutta
1859: Australia
27/01/1851:
Marriages - at Ferryhill 23 Jan., Captain Wm. Edward, of ship CENTURION of Aberdeen, to Mary, eldest daughter of late William Lawrie, Merchant, Aberdeen.
(Caledonian Mercury).
29/01/1856: Log of Clipper "LIGHTNING". On voyage Melbourne - Liverpool spoke and overtook CENTURION (Sydney - London 46 days out). "We have beaten the CENTURION [by] 16 days".
(Basil Lubbock (1948 edn), "The Colonial Clippers" (James Brown & Son, Glasgow), p. 337).
18/09/1857:
CENTURION, ship, Murray; sailed from Sydney 17 Sept. for London.
(Sydney Empire).
31/08/1858:
CENTURION, Capt. Murray, sailed from Sydney 30 Aug. for London. 11 first class passengers and 5 intermediate passengers.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
29/09/1859:
CENTURION, Capt. Murray; sailed Sydney 26 Sept. for London. 9 x 1st class and 12 intermediate passengers.
(Sydney Empire)
27/04/1861:
CENTURION, ship, 639 tons, Capt. Pile, sailed Sydney 26 April for Callao [Peru] in ballast.
(Sydney Morning Herald).
08/09/1862:
CENTURION, ship, sailed Sydney 6 Sept. for London.
(Sydney Empire).
20/06/1863:
CENTURION, ship, 639 tons, Largie, at Sydney loading for London.
(Sydney Morning Herald).
13/01/1864:
CENTURION, ship, off Torbay 8 Jan., from London for Sydney.
(Aberdeen Journal)
21/05/1864:
CENTURION, Largie, at Sydney loading for London (sailed 2 June).
(Sydney Morning Herald).
18/03/1865:
CENTURION, ship, arrived Sydney 16 March from the Downs.
(Brisbane Courier).
21/04/1865:
CENTURION, Largie, loading Sydney for London (sailed 4 May).
(Sydney Empire).
CENTURION, ended her days as total loss 1866.
(Basil Lubbock (1948 edn), "The Colonial Clippers" (James Brown & Son, Glasgow), p. 116).
