Port Jackson

four masted sailing ship, 1882 - 1917

About MePort Jackson was the only four masted sailing ship built in Aberdeen. It was built at the Alexander Hall yard and jointly owned by William, James and Alexander Duthie. Alexander also designed the vessel.

At the launch, Port Jackson became stuck: its heavy iron hull forcing the slipway into the harbour mud. Four steam tugs were unable to budge the vessel. At low tide, the mud was dug away and the slipway replaced. The tugs were then able to pull Port Jackson afloat.

Port Jackson sailed in the Australian trade for the Duthies until the early 20th Century. The vessel lay idle on the Thames between 1904 and 1906. In 1907, the London shipping firm Devitt & Moore bought it as a cadet training ship. The vessel was sunk by torpedo in January 1917 while on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Cork carrying maize.