MUNGO PARK

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1838

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD; Oak, Black Birch and Fir

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 91 8/10' x breadth 20 7/10' x depth 15 6/10'
gross tonnage 248 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000468

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: Sunk off the mouth of the Tyne, 23 April 1850.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, 1 deck, 3 masts; Man bust figurehead

Owners:
12/12/1838: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Thompson, shipowner, 32 shares; Robert Anderson, shipmaster, 32 shares [both Aberdeen].
25/06/1842: Robert Anderson in security for sum of £500 32 shares to George Thompson Jr., shipowner, Aberdeen (converted into sale, 12 January1846).
10/03/1847: George Thompson Jr. 64 shares to Richard Connon, merchant, Aberdeen.
06/04/1847: Richard Connon 8 shares each to Robert Watson, builder; Alexander Leask, shipmaster; John Ogilvie, shipmaster [all Aberdeen].
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1850: Owner, J. Elliott, now registered at Newcastle (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1839-43: Master Robert Anderson
1843-46: Master John Thomson
1847-48: Master A. Leask
1850: Master T. Bell

Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1839-43: Aberdeen to Malta
1844: Aberdeen
1846: Clyde to Valpariso
1847-48: Aberdeen to the Baltic
1850: Newcastle to London

25/04/1850:
SHIELDS—ApriI 24 : The crew of the MUNGO PARK, of this port, have arrived here from the north, having been forwarded by the agents of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Society. The MUNGO PARK sprang leak soon after leaving the Tyne, and when she was abandoned was in sinking state. The men were six hours in their boat on the open sea before they were picked up by some fishermen, and landed a few miles north of Berwick. The Mungo Park was the property of Mr. John Elliott, of Howdon on the Tyne, registered 248 tons, and was built Aberdeen in 1838.
(Shipping and Mercantile Gazette)