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Sketch of Icebergs and Rocks made from the ship Walter Hood
John Pirie
Sketch of Icebergs and Rocks made from the ship Walter Hood
Sketch of Icebergs and Rocks made from the ship Walter Hood

John Pirie

London, England, 1829 - 1867
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About MeJohn Pirie was a Londoner born in 1829. In 1843 he became an apprentice to Robert Anderson, a ship owner in Aberdeen, for four years. Thereafter he sailed the world as a ship's officer until given the Parisian as his first command in 1860. The Parisian was sold in 1863 and Pirie became available to Captain the Walter Hood. He was Captain of the Walter Hood, which sailed from London to Sydney, until his death in 1867. He died on board the ship in London suffering from Tuberculosis. He was buried in Nellfield Cemetery Aberdeen.
Sketch of Icebergs and Rocks made from the ship Walter Hood
WALTER HOOD
1852 - 1870
The "Gladiator by Attributed to Arthur Smith
Gladiator
built 1850
Keel Piece of The Cimba
Walter Hood & Co.
Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881
Keel Piece of The Cimba
Cimba
1878 - 1915
Four Masted Barque In Bottle
Captain John Henderson
Peterhead, Scotland
Clipper Ship "Thermopylae" Preparing to Leave Aberdeen on Her Maiden Voyage 1868.
THERMOPYLAE
clipper ship, 1868 - 1907
Inverclyde
Inverclyde
built 1898
Maritime Insurance Policy for Port Jackson
Port Jackson
four masted sailing ship, 1882 - 1917
Sir John Lavery
Sir John Lavery
Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1856 - 1941
Image Not Available for Captain Alexander Birnie
Captain Alexander Birnie
Scotland, c.1840 - 1881
Eclipse, Auxiliary Steam Whaler
Eclipse
auxiliary steam whaler, built 1867
Image Not Available for James Duff Proctor
James Duff Proctor
Dundee, Scotland, born 1878
Shipmaster's Ceremonial Sword As Worn By Captain James Ross
Captain James Ross
Duthie Family
Duthie Family
Aberdeen, Scotland
Sailing Ship "Samuel Plimsoll
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
built 1873
Image Not Available for Robert Henderson
Robert Henderson
Clatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1902 - 1999
World War 1 Memorial Plaque for David Stephen
Captain David Simpson Stephen
Montrose, Scotland, 1864 - 1918
Phoenician" Aberdeen White Star Line Clipper
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built 1847
Smyrna", Aberdeen White Star Line Clipper Ship
Smyrna
built 1879
The Neptune" Of The Aberdeen White Star Line Off Aberdeen
Neptune
built 1842
Culter Burn & Rob Roy Statue
Rob Roy
J & J Ingram
J & J Ingram
Aberdeen, Scotland
Female figurehead from the Aberdeen sailing ship Star of Tasmania
Star of Tasmania
sailing ship built in Aberdeen in 1856
Image Not Available for William Clark Souter
William Clark Souter
Craigie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, 1880 - 1959