COLUMBA

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

DateOctober 1865

Object NameCLIPPER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 146' x breadth 25' x depth 15' 1"
gross tonnage: 344 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000362

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.

Fate: Unknown, no reference in Lloyds after 1886.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: ship rigged clipper, 2 decks, a main and a break, 3 masts, round stern, carvel built, no galleries, demi male figurehead.

23/10/1865: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Neil Smith Jnr., David Aitken, William Edward Buyers, merchants, Aberdeen (12 shares jointly); James Buyers, shipowner, Aberdeen, 24 shares; William Edward Buyers, 8 shares; Alexander Nicol, shipowner, Aberdeen, 4 shares; George Thompson youngest, London, shipowner, George Thompson Jnr. and William Henderson, Aberdeen, Stephen Thompson, London (16 shares jointly).
02/051866: 16 shares from George Thompson Jnr., Wm. Henderson, S. Thompson, G. Thompson youngest sold to Wm. Henderson, G. Thompson youngest, Cornelius Thompson, all Aberdeen, and Stephen Thompson, London, shipowners, jointly.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

1868-1871 owners Smith Jnr. & Co. (Lloyd's)

03/05/1873: on death of Neil Smith Jnr. 12 shares to D. Aitken and Wm. Buyers jointly.
02/07/1873 all owners to Robert MacKenzie, merchant of Shanghai empowering him to sell the ship for a sum not less than £3,800 at Shanghai or any other port in China within 12 months.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1876-77: D. Sclavo, registered at Hong Kong. (Lloyd's)
1880-86: J. Sclavo, registered at Odessa.

Masters:
1868-71: Master A. Ritchie.
1875-76: Master Youngson.
1880-86: Master Fraggopulo.

Destined voyages:
1868-71: Bristol to South America.

General History:
11/10/1865:
On Thursday launched from building yard of Messrs Water Hood & Co., Footdee, handsome new ship named COLUMBA. Classes 9 years A1, Lloyd's. Intended for west coast trade of South America. Managing Owners are Messrs Neil Smith, Jun., & Co. and COLUMBA will be commanded by Captain Ritchie.
(Aberdeen Journal)

Note: Rigged as a barque from August 1871.