Name |
ASSYRIAN |
Construction |
WOOD |
Type |
SHIP |
Date |
1854 |
Description |
Rig: SHIP This vessel was built for Alexander Nicol & Co., Aberdeen and registered on 1 January 1855. Description: 1 main deck, 1 forecastle, 1 half poop deck, 3 masts, ship rigged, standing bowsprit, round stern, carvel built, full length male figurehead, wood sailing vessel. Owner: Alexander Nicol, Shipowner, 22 shares James Buyers, Shipowner, 8 shares Gifford Wood, Shipmaster, 8 shares Walter Hood, Shipbuilder, 4 shares William Adamson, Sharebroker, 4 shares John Roy Adamson, Clerk, 4 shares (all Aberdeen) William Nicol, Shipowner, Liverpool, 10 shares Alexander Nicholson, Agent, London, 4 shares 1856: Master G. Wood; Voyage Aberdeen - London 1857/58: Master Sheppard; Voyage London - China 1859/61/62: Master Sheppard; Voyage London - China 1863/65: Master A. Mearns; Voyage London - China 1865: Master A. Mearns; Voyage Aberdeen - China 1866/67/68: Master A. Mearns; Voyage Aberdeen - China 1869: Master A. Mearns; Voyage London - China 1870: Master J. Firnister; Voyage London - Japan 1871: Master J. Firnister; Voyage London - China 1872: Sold to J. T. Rennie 1872/73: Master L. Langford; Owner J. Rennie; Voyage Liverpool - S. America; Surveyed London 1873 1875/76: No voyage given 1877: Master J. Taylor On 7 October 1877, on voyage Lacepe Islands, Northwest Australia - London with a cargo of guano, it arrived at Port Elizabeth, South Africa in a leaky condition and was condemned. The remains were sold locally on 12 December. Glasgow Herald, 03/01/1865: Lowestoft, 29 Dec. - ship ASSYRIAN, of Aberdeen, grounded on the inner shoal at Low Water, but is expected off on the flood. Liverpool Mercury, 02/12/1871: John Finister, Master of ship ASSYRIAN, was charged with smuggling 5lb, 14oz. foreign Cavendish tobacco. ASSYRIAN had been rummanged in the river 23 Nov. and was now in Stanley Dock. Yesterday she was again boarded and was re-rummaged. The tobacco was found between ship's timbers and lining. Prisoner fined £7.15. |
Shipbuilder |
HOOD |
Shipowner |
A Nicol & Co., Aberdeen |
Dimensions |
length 153' x breadth 25 5/6' x depth 18 7/12' registered tonnage: 555 ton Gross Tonnage: 605ton |
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