Female figurehead from the Aberdeen sailing ship Star of Tasmania

Star of Tasmania

sailing ship built in Aberdeen in 1856

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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.

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Clipper Ship "Thermopylae" Preparing to Leave Aberdeen on Her Maiden Voyage 1868.

clipper ship, 1868 - 1907

Countess of Kintore

Countess of Kintore

Aberdeen, Scotland, 1866 - 1882

Four Masted Barque In Bottle

Captain John Henderson

Peterhead, Scotland

Keel Piece of The Cimba

Walter Hood & Co.

Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881

Clipper Ship, built 1850

Woodington, Ohio, USA, 1892 - 1981

Dundee, founded 1851

Nurses' Union Badge

Elizabeth Littlejohn Clark

Aberdeen, Scotland, 1889 - 1980

Photographic Portrait Of Frost Pasha

Brigadier Frost Pasha

Aberdeen, Scotland, 1838 - 1902

Aberdeen, Scotland

Hall, Russell & Company, Limited

Hall, Russell & Company, Limited

Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992

C F Wilson and Company Limited

C F Wilson and Company Limited

1886 - 1970

Barque Randolph

World War 1 Memorial Plaque for David Stephen

Captain David Simpson Stephen

Montrose, Scotland, 1864 - 1918

The "Gladiator by Attributed to Arthur Smith

built 1850

Eclipse, Auxiliary Steam Whaler

Alexander Hall and Company

Ship builders; 1811 - 1958

Warwick Freeman

Warwick Freeman

Nelson, New Zealand, born 1953

Marion Patterson

Marion Patterson

Aberdeen, Scotland, 1911 - 1993

Peter George Wilson

Peter George Wilson

Keith, Moray, 1843 - 1925

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James Duff Proctor

Dundee, Scotland, born 1878

Keel Piece of The Cimba

1878 - 1915

James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell

Edinburgh, Scotland, 1831 - 1879

Rifleman - Clipper Ship

clipper ship, built 1860

1868 - 1893