HEATHER BELL
Shipbuildervessel built by
DUTHIE
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date5 March 1855
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 153.9 x breadth 28.3 x depth 17.8
gross tonnage 490 tons
gross tonnage 490 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000521
Keywords
Official number: 32005
Fate: Broken up in Balmain, Sydney in 1894
Propulsion: Sail
Description: barque rigged, 1 deck, 3 masts, round stern, carvel built, shield figurehead, wood frame.
Owners:
22/11/1855: Registered at Hobart in the name of Brown & Co., New Wharf, Hobart, shipping agents.
05/1861: Owner Samuel Tulloch, Launceston. see Note 2.
24/02/1871: Owner Anderson, Anderson & Co. (Orient Line), see Note 3.
09/04/1872: Registered at London.
17/10/1879: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
James Anderson, 1 Billiter Court, London, shipowner, 64 shares. London, 64 shares.
22/11/1881: Registration cancelled, vessel sold to new owners in Melbourne, Australia.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1880 LR Anderson, Anderson & Co., Aberdeen. Admeasured at 479 g.r.t., 44 n.r.t.
15/09/1881: Edward Miles, Melbourne.
30/09/1881: Registered at Melbourne.
10/1882: George Bailey, Adelaide, registered at Port Adelaide.
1888: Herbert Cuthbertson, Newcastle, registered at Newcastle.
Masters:
1856-65: Master Harmsworth
1866-65: Master J. Gowdie
1872-80: Master W. Jones
1881: Master T. Leeman
1882-83: Master T. Bicknell
1884: Master Mabb
Voyage:
30/03/1855: Sailed from Aberdeen for London.
11/04/1855: Entered out from London for Hobart.
26/08/1855: Arrived at Hobart on her maiden voyage.
1856: Aberdeen - Hobart
1857-62: London - Australia
1863-65: Van Diemen's Land
1866-81: Liverpool - South America
1882-84: London - Australia
Note: (Basil Lubbock (1948 edn), "The Colonial Clippers" (James Brown & Son, Glasgow), pp. 127-28. Building is attributed here and in other sources to A. Hall & Co., but the vessel does not appear on Hall’s yard list.
1875: Converted to barque rig.
Some general repairs 1860, 1862, 1873, and 1877
Some damage repairs 1866
Felt and yellow metal replaced 1866, 1871, 1873, 1874, 1877, 1880, 1883
Note 1: It may be that the vessel was ordered by Brown & Co., with Anderson acting as agent, and the vessel was registered at Aberdeen for delivery to Hobart.
Note 2: Samuel Tulloch (1815-1904) was a Shetlander from Northmavine, resident at Launceston. He had the STAR OF TASMANIA built by A. Hall in 1856 (figurehead in A.M.M.) and STAR OF VICTORIA built by John Smith in 1862.
Note 3: The vessel is not recorded as ever being under the Orient Line flag, but rather being owned by Anderson & Anderson, the owners of the Orient Line.
Note 4: Some records have the vessel being beached and allowed to rot away after its sale to the Newcastle owners.
See also: History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=56746&vessel=HEATHER+BELL
15 February 1858
1874
