UNDAUNTED
Shipbuildervessel built by
DUTHIE
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1841
Object NameBARQUE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 98.4' x breadth 22.3' x depth 16.3'
gross tonnage 300 tons
gross tonnage 300 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000484
Keywords
Fate: Wrecked in Lowestoft Roads, 10 November 1861.
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged, 1 deck and a poop deck, 3 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, imitation galleries, female figurehead.
Owners:
31/05/1841: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
William Duthie, shipowner, Aberdeen, 48 shares; Thomas Ritchie, shipmaster, Aberdeen, 16 shares.
(Aberdeen Register of Ships (Aberdeen City Archives))
1857-61: J. Sutherland (Lloyd's)
Masters (from Aberdeen Register)
31/05/1841: Master Thomas Ritchie.
03/01/1848: Master Alexander Walker.
09/02/1852: Master Robert Johnston.
26/04/1855: Master Thomas Scott.
1859-61: Master R. Glegg (Lloyd's).
Voyages (from Lloyd's):
1842-50: Aberdeen - Valparaiso
1852-54: Aberdeen- the Cape of Good Hope
1857-58: Aberdeen - Callao (Peru)
1859-61: Clyde - India
General History:
27/02/1852:
Deal, Feb 19 - barque UNDAUNTED, Johnston, of Aberdeen, from Shields for Cape of Good Hope... having lost anchor and chains but proceeded on voyage.
(Newcastle Courant)
11/11/1852:
Berwick, Nov. 9 - CAROLINE (barque) broke from her moorings and drove into the UNDAUNTED (barque) of Aberdeen, when both vessels received damage.
(Morning Chronicle)
28/03/1860:
UNDAUNTED (barque) from Penang for London, 51 days, Feb. 9.
(Daily News)
26/07/1861:
For sale by private contract: All the superior A1 coppered barque UNDAUNTED of Aberdeen, 360 tons N.M. per register. This substantial vessel was built at Aberdeen by Messrs. Duthie & Co. originally classed 9 years A1 and continued 6 years from 1856. She is in excellent order and abundantly found in stores, sails fast, shifts without ballast and carries a large cargo for her tonnage, has a flue cabin and good accommodation for passengers. UNDAUNTED is now lying in the Northumberland Basin for inspection. Newcastle on Tyne, July 24 1861.
(Newcastle Courant)
17/11/1861:
Another fearful storm, Lowestoft - barque UNDAUNTED, laden with oats from the White Sea, bound to London, went ashore near the North Pier. The crew had been previously taken by the lifeboat of the district.
(Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper)
10/11/1861:
Lowestoft Roads, Capt. R. Glegg, 11 crew. The Lowestoft and Pakefield boats between them saved the crew and, although they tried to save the ship, she sank of her way into harbour.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 3)
1841
