Aberdeen Ships | NATAL STAR

Name	NATAL STAR
Construction	WOOD
Type	SHIP
Date	1862
Official Number	45203
Description	Yard Number: 230 Rig: SHIP (In 1871 rig was changed from ship to barque) Cost: £6,039 Registered: 15 December 1862 Description: 1 deck and a break, 3 masts, ship rigged, barque rigged from 9 December 1871, round stern, carvel built, shield figurehead. Owners: John Thomson Rennie, Shipowner, 48 shares; John Nesbit Forbes, Master Mariner, Aberdeen, 8 shares; John Thomas Deane, Merchant, London, 8 shares. 1863/65: Master J. Forbes; Voyage London - Natal 1866/67: Master A. Hodge 1868: Master A. Hope 1869/70/71/72/73: Master F. Airth This vessel was wrecked (Cape of Good Hope) on 19 July 1874 during a gale, 1.5 miles east of Buffalo River, East London, South Africa on route from London to East London with general cargo. No lives were lost. Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen CIty Archives)
Shipbuilder	A. HALL & Co.
Owner	J T Rennie
Dimensions	length 137 5/12' x breadth 26' x depth 14 9/12' Gross Tonnage: 366 ton

ABERDEEN BUILT SHIPS