LOCH-NA-GAR
Shipbuildervessel built by
DUTHIE
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1872
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 229' 6" x breadth 30' 4" x depth 16' 6"
tonnage 1078 tons
tonnage 1078 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000565
Keywords
Subsequent Names: GALLIA (in Lloyd's as LOCH-NA-GAR until 1877, but it seems likely the change was 1872 when it changed to French ownership).
Fate: sunk in a collision, Île-Molène, Brittany, France, January 1898.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw cargo steamer, 1 deck, 2 masts, schooner rigged, round stern, clencher built, no galleries or figurehead, iron frame.
Owners:
19/09/1872: Registered at Aberdeen for owners;
Thomas Adam, bank agent, Aberdeen; John Birnie Adam, Thomas Adam jnr., shipowners, Aberdeen; Alexander Chivas Adam, Newcastle.
23/09/1872: Registration cancelled vessel sold to a foreigner.
(Source: Aberdeen Shipping Register (Aberdeen City Archives))
1872-88: Cyprien, Fabre & Co., registered at Marseilles. (1872 is speculative as it first appears in Lloyd's 1877)
1890-97: Compagnie Francais de Navigation a Vapeur, registered at Marseilles.
Masters (none shown in Lloyd's until 1887):
1887-88: Master Verries
1888-94: Master Costa
1897: Master Mattei
General History:
02/02/1898:
A telegram from Ile Molne states that the steamer GALLIA, of Marseilles, has been lost between Molane and Ushant.
(Aberdeen Press and Journal)
Note: Engines by Black, Hawthorn & Co. Gateshead, 2 compound vertical surface condensing engines, cylinder diameter 27" and 54", length of stroke 36", estimated horsepower 110.
