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Female figurehead from the Aberdeen sailing ship Star of Tasmania
Star of Tasmania
Female figurehead from the Aberdeen sailing ship Star of Tasmania
Female figurehead from the Aberdeen sailing ship Star of Tasmania

Star of Tasmania

sailing ship built in Aberdeen in 1856
About MeBuilt in Aberdeen in 1856, the Star of Tasmania sailed in the important New Zealand wool trade. Tragedy struck in 1868 when the ship foundered during a fierce storm at Oamaru, New Zealand.
Countess of Kintore
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1866 - 1882
Four Masted Barque In Bottle
Peterhead, Scotland
Keel Piece of The Cimba
Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881
Stornoway
Clipper Ship, built 1850
Lowell Thomas
Woodington, Ohio, USA, 1892 - 1981
Valentines
Dundee, Scotland, founded 1851
Nurses' Union Badge
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1889 - 1980
Brigadier Frost Pasha
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1838 - 1902
Duthie Family
Aberdeen, Scotland
Clipper Ship "Thermopylae" Preparing to Leave Aberdeen on Her Maiden Voyage 1868.
Aberdeen, Scotland, built 1868
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992
World War 1 Memorial Plaque for David Stephen
Montrose, Scotland, 1864 - 1918
The "Gladiator by Attributed to Arthur Smith
built 1850
Eclipse, Auxiliary Steam Whaler
Ship builders; 1811 - 1958
Warwick Freeman
Nelson, New Zealand, born 1953
Marion Patterson
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1911 - 1993
Peter George Wilson
Keith, Moray, 1843 - 1925
Rifleman - Clipper Ship
clipper ship, built 1860
Keel Piece of The Cimba
1878 - 1915
James Clerk Maxwell
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1831 - 1879
Ann Duthie
1868 - 1893