ASSYRIAN

Shipbuildervessel built by Walter Hood & Co. (Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)

Date1854

Object NameCLIPPER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 153' x breadth 25 5/6' x depth 18 7/12'
registered tonnage: 555 ton
Gross Tonnage: 605ton

Object numberABDSHIP000341

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.

Fate: On on voyage Lacepe Islands, Northwest Australia - London with a cargo of guano, it arrived at Port Elizabeth, South Africa in a leaky condition and was condemned, 7 October 1877. The remains were sold locally on 12 December.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: 1 main deck, 1 forecastle, 1 half poop deck, 3 masts, ship rigged, standing bowsprit, round stern, carvel built, full length male figurehead, wood sailing vessel.

Owners:
01/01/1855: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Nicol, shipowner, 22 shares; James Buyers, shipowner, 8 shares; Gifford Wood, shipmaster, 8 shares; Walter Hood, shipbuilder, 4 shares; William Adamson, sharebroker, 4 shares; John Roy Adamson, clerk, 4 shares (all Aberdeen)
William Nicol, shipowner, Liverpool, 10 shares; Alexander Nicholson, agent, London, 4 shares
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1872: Sold to J. T. Rennie

Masters:
1856: Master G. Wood
1857-62: Master Sheppard
1863-69: Master A. Mearns
1870-72: Master J. Firnister
1872-73: Master L. Langford
1877: Master J. Taylor

Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1856: Aberdeen - London
1857-65: London - China
1865: Aberdeen - China
1866-68: Aberdeen - China
1869: London - China
1870: London - Japan
1871: London - China
1872-73: Liverpool - S. America

General History:
03/01/1865:
Lowestoft, 29 Dec. - ship ASSYRIAN, of Aberdeen, grounded on the inner shoal at Low Water, but is expected off on the flood.
(Glasgow Herald)

02/12/1871:
John Finister, Master of ship ASSYRIAN, was charged with smuggling 5lb, 14oz. foreign Cavendish tobacco. ASSYRIAN had been rummanged in the river 23 Nov. and was now in Stanley Dock. Yesterday she was again boarded and was re-rummaged. The tobacco was found between ship's timbers and lining. Prisoner fined £7.15.
(Liverpool Mercury)