DUNKELD
Shipbuildervessel built by
DUTHIE
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateJune 1863
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 170' x breadth 30.3' x depth 19.3'
gross tonnage 699 tons
gross tonnage 699 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000550
Keywords
Official Number: 47388
Fate: Stranded in the Gaspar Straits, Indonesia, 27 August 1876.
Propultion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged clipper
Owners:
1863-76: Foley & Aikman, registered at London
Masters:
1864-65: Master MacGregor
1866-69: Master J. Toms
1870-76: Master Dennett
Voyages:
1864-65: Aberdeen - Australia
1866-69: London - China
1870-73: London - India
General History:
27/09/1867:
Liverpool Police Court - Henry Potter was sent to gaol for one month for stealing some beef from the ship DUNKELD, then lying in the Brunswick Dock. The prisoner was second mate aboard the vessel.
(Liverpool Mercury)
08/10/1874:
Inquest held at Royal Mason Tavern, Poplar, on body of Thomas Wooley, aged 26, Chief Officer of the ship DUNKELD, drowned near the West India Docks lock gates. Jury returned verdict of accidental death.
(Daily News)
12/05/1876:
21 April - Dunkeld, DUNKELD, 699, Dennett, arrived from London, 90 days.
(Sydney Morning Herald)
06/06/1876:
Cleared 5 June, Dunkeld, DUNKELD, 699 tons, Captain Dennett, for Singapore via Newcastle [on which voyage she was lost in Gaspar Straits, Indonesia].
(Sydney Morning Herald)
06/09/1876:
WRECK OF AN EAST INDIAMAN.
A cable message received at Lloyd's from Singapore announces the loss of the well-known barque DUNKELD, while voyage from Newcastle to Singapore with a cargo of coals. She has been totally wrecked in Gaspar Straits. Crew saved.
(Manchester Courier)
Note: re-rigged as a barque 1876
1841
