ALEXANDRINA

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1848

Object NameBARQUE

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 110.8' x breadth 21.8' x depth 14.8'
gross tonnage 294 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000508

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.

Fate: Sunk, mid-Atlantic, approx 150 miles SW of the Cape Verde Islands, 31 October 1866.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Barque rigged with clipper bow.

Owner:
1849-66: William Falconer, registered at London

Masters:
1849-56: Master William Falconer
1857-58: Master J. Mason
1859-66: Master Dalrymple

Voyages (from Lloyd's Register):
1849-52: Aberdeen - Cape of Good Hope
1853-55: London - Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth)
1856: London - St. Helena
1857-66: London - Algoa Bay

General History:
16/12/1848:
Launch - A splendid new clipper barque, the ALEXANDRINA, was launched, the other day, from Messrs. Duthie's yard. She measures 250 tons new measure, and 290 old; she is intended for the East India trade, and is the property of a gentleman in London. The ALEXANDRINA is now loaded with a cargo of granite stones, and is expected to sail for London today, wind permitting.
(Aberdeen Herald)

17/09/1856:
Barque ALEXANDRINA, Mason, at London from Algoa Bay reports - On 27 and 28 August in 42.46N, 23.36W [Mid Atlantic West of Cape Finisterre] boarded the wreck of the MAYFLOWER. It being calm the two days, sent the mates and carpenter and had 7 of her beams cut and set fire to both ends of the wreck so as to allow her to go to pieces. She was loaded with pitch pine timber.
(Glasgow Herald)

01/12/1866
The DUKE OF ARGYLL, M‘Lean, arrived in the Thames from Calcutta, was in collision the 31st ult., in lat. 12˚ N., long. 26° W., with the ALEXANDRINA barque, from London for Algoa Bay. Took off her crew, ami left her in a sinking state.
(Greenock Advertiser)
[no date given for the piece, but it can be presumed the ARGYLL arrived in the Thames in late November so the collision was 31 October]