GLENAVON
Shipbuildervessel built by
Walter Hood & Co.
(Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)
DateSeptember 1868
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 188' x breadth 33 1/3' x depth 19 3/4'
gross tonnage 830 ton
gross tonnage 830 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000372
Keywords
Fate: Ship wrecked in Gasper Straits, 23 June 1871
Propulsion: Sail
Description: ship rigged clipper, 2 decks, 3 masts, round stern, carvel built, no galleries, shield figurehead.
Owners:
14/10/1868: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
Alexander Nicol, 36 shares; George Thomson Jr. 8 shares; James Buyers, 4 shares; Robert Colquhoun Adam, 4 shares, all shipowners; John Gray Chalmers, 4 shares; James Chalmers, 4 shares, both printers - all of Aberdeen; James Henderson, 4 shares, shipmaster, Arbroath.
11/01/1869: Nicol 4 shares - William Shepherd, shipmaster, Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Masters:
1869-71: Master J. Henderson
Voyages (Lloyd's):
1869-70: Australia.
1871: China.
General History:
Arrived in Deal 31 January 1870, 100 days from Foochow on maiden voyage.
(David R. MacGregor (1983), “The Tea Clippers: Their History and Development 1833-1875 (Conway Maritime, London), p. 221)
19/07/1871:
Total loss of an Aberdeen vessel - on Wednesday Alexander Nicol, Esq, shipowner, received a telegram announcing that his ship GLENAVON had been totally lost in the Gaspar Straits in the Chinese seas on 23 June. The crew, we are glad to learn, are stated to have been saved. The GLENAVON was commanded by Capt. James Henderson. She was 81 days out from Cardiff to Shanghai. We understand the GLENAVON is insured.
(Aberdeen Journal)
