JOHN PIRIE

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1827

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionsgross tonnage 106 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000939

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 53

Fate: wrecked Prime Seal Island, north of Tasmania, Australia, September 1850.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rig, 2 masts, single deck

Owner:
1828-38: Pirie & Co.
(no owner given in Lloyd's after 1838, possibly owned by the master, Martin)

Masters:
1828: Master J. Wilson
1830-33: Master W. Wilson
1834-38: Master Thompson
1838-41: Master Martin

Voyages (Lloyd's):
1828: London - Palermo
1829: Liverpool - Riga
1830: London - the Canaries
1831-33: London - Vera Cruz
1834-38: London - St. Helena
1838-41: London - Australia

General History:
Registered in London 1836. Transferred to Port Adelaide 31 July 1844.
First went ashore, but later refloated during severe gales in Rosetta Harbour, Encounter Bay, South Australia 1837. Stranded again at Aldina Bay, South Australia 23 Sept 1841.
Disappeared September 1850 and remains were found washed ashore that October on the North Eastern end of Prime Seal Island in the Furneaux Group of Islands in Bass Strait. Jack Loney, Australian Shipwrecks, 1622-1990.

Notes: in Lloyd's as 120 tons from 1834.