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ABERDEEN BUILT SHIPS
THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS Aberdeen White Star Line, holds a foremost place. The history of this celebrated firm dates back to the year 1825, when its first representative, a clipper brig of 116 tons named the Childe Harold, was sent afloat . It may safely be said that from that hour the Aberdeen White Star Line has never looked back. From the first it earned a reputation for enterprise and good management. Amongst its fleet were numbered some of the earliest clipper ships built in the United Kingdom, ships whose records were worthy to rank with those of the celebrated Black Ball and White Star Lines; and which in their liberal upkeep had little to learn from even such aristocrats of the sea as the Blackwall frigates . Until the discovery of gold, the green clippers ran regularly to Sydney, but when all the world began to take ship for Melbourne, the port of the gold region, it was only natural that some of the Aberdeen White Star ships should be put on the Melbourne run, and from that date the little flyers from Aberdeen were as well known in Hobson's Bay as Sydney Cove. The ships were all built in the yard of Walter Hood, of Aberdeen, in whose business Messrs. Thompson held a large interest, and were all designed by Walter Hood with the exception of the celebrated Thermopylae. George Thompson, who founded the line, was joined, in 1850, by his son-in-law the late Sir William Henderson, and later on Mr. Thompson's sons, Stephen, George and Cornelius, came by turns into the partner- ship.
The following is a complete list of the wood and composite ships of the Aberdeen White Star fleet, dating from 1842:
ABERDEEN WHITE STAR LINE 131 List of the Wood and Composite Ships of the Aberdeen White Star Fleet.
1842 Neptune, wood ship . . 343 tons.
1842 Princeof Wales .. 582
1846 Oliver Cromwell .. 530
1846 Phoenician .. 530
1849 John Banyan ., . . 470
1850 Centurion .. 639
1852 Woolloomoolloq ,, .. 627 1852
Walter Hood 936 ,,
1853 Maid o fjudah .. 756
1854 Omar Pasha .. 1124
1855 Star of Peace ,. .. 1113 ,,
1856 Wave of Life .. 887
1857 Damascus ,, ,, .. 964 .,
1857 Transatlantic ,, .. 614
1858 Moravian .. 996
1860 Strathdon 7, 1011
1851 Queen of Nations .. 872
1862 Kosciusko .. 1192
1864 Nineveh .. 1174
1864 Ethiopian .. 839
1865 George Thompson .. 1128
1866 Christiana Thompson ,, ,, ..
1079 1866 Harlaw .. 894
1867 Thyatna comp. ship . . 962 ,,
1867 Jerusalem wood ship .. 901 ,,
1868 Thermopylae comp. ship . . 948 ,,
1868 Ascalon wood ship .. 938
1869 Centurion comp. ship . . 965
1870 Aviemore wood ship .. 1091 ,,
No ships that ever sailed the seas presented a finer appearance than these little flyers. They were always beautifully kept and were easily noticeable amongst other ships for their smartness: indeed, when lying in Sydney Harbour or Hobson's Bay with their yards squared to a nicety, their green sides* with gilt streak and scroll work at bow and stern glistening in the sun, their figure-heads, masts, spars and blocks all painted the green with which the Aberdeen White Star ships were painted was a composite paint always known as Aberdeen green. The Lucky Nineveh." The Nineveh, built the same year as the Ethiopian, was an extremely lucky ship in her freights and pas- sengers and made a great deal of money. Old Stephen Thompson was so pleased that he gave Captain Barnet a banquet at the Holborn Restaurant, and all through the dinner kept toasting "the lucky Nineveh."
NINEVEH
( NB there is more info below about the ship than is contained in the photo in the Photo Gallery)
Name
NINEVEH
Construction WOOD
Type SHIP
Date 1864
Official Number 48854
Description NINEVEH (according to Lloyd's Register 1865)
NINEVAH (according to Hood list)
Rig: SHIP
Launched in March 1864, Master J. Donald, Route London - Australia
1865/66: Master J. Donald; Voyage London - Australia
1867/68/69/71/72/73: Master T. Barnet
1874/75/76: No voyage given
1877: Master Kemball
1878/80/81: Master J. Ross
1882/83/84: Master J. Clulow; Owner J. H. Goodlet;
Now registered in Sydney
February 1896: Bought by Goodlet and Smith, Sydney and abandoned in the North Pacific
From "The Colonial Clippers" by Basil Lubbock:
paraphrased - A lucky ship - made a lot of money - Captain Barnett entertained by owner at Holborn Restaurant.
1896 abandoned in North Pacific (February)
1872 left London February 11, arrived Sydney 79 days later.
Shipbuilder HOOD
Shipowner Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
Dimensions
length 209' 9" x breadth 36' 5" x depth 22' 7"
gross tonnage 1176 tons
ABERDEEN BUILT SHIPS
THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS Aberdeen White Star Line, holds a foremost place. The history of this celebrated firm dates back to the year 1825, when its first representative, a clipper brig of 116 tons named the Childe Harold, was sent afloat . It may safely be said that from that hour the Aberdeen White Star Line has never looked back. From the first it earned a reputation for enterprise and good management. Amongst its fleet were numbered some of the earliest clipper ships built in the United Kingdom, ships whose records were worthy to rank with those of the celebrated Black Ball and White Star Lines; and which in their liberal upkeep had little to learn from even such aristocrats of the sea as the Blackwall frigates . Until the discovery of gold, the green clippers ran regularly to Sydney, but when all the world began to take ship for Melbourne, the port of the gold region, it was only natural that some of the Aberdeen White Star ships should be put on the Melbourne run, and from that date the little flyers from Aberdeen were as well known in Hobson's Bay as Sydney Cove. The ships were all built in the yard of Walter Hood, of Aberdeen, in whose business Messrs. Thompson held a large interest, and were all designed by Walter Hood with the exception of the celebrated Thermopylae. George Thompson, who founded the line, was joined, in 1850, by his son-in-law the late Sir William Henderson, and later on Mr. Thompson's sons, Stephen, George and Cornelius, came by turns into the partner- ship.
The following is a complete list of the wood and composite ships of the Aberdeen White Star fleet, dating from 1842:
ABERDEEN WHITE STAR LINE 131 List of the Wood and Composite Ships of the Aberdeen White Star Fleet.
1842 Neptune, wood ship . . 343 tons.
1842 Princeof Wales .. 582
1846 Oliver Cromwell .. 530
1846 Phoenician .. 530
1849 John Banyan ., . . 470
1850 Centurion .. 639
1852 Woolloomoolloq ,, .. 627 1852
Walter Hood 936 ,,
1853 Maid o fjudah .. 756
1854 Omar Pasha .. 1124
1855 Star of Peace ,. .. 1113 ,,
1856 Wave of Life .. 887
1857 Damascus ,, ,, .. 964 .,
1857 Transatlantic ,, .. 614
1858 Moravian .. 996
1860 Strathdon 7, 1011
1851 Queen of Nations .. 872
1862 Kosciusko .. 1192
1864 Nineveh .. 1174
1864 Ethiopian .. 839
1865 George Thompson .. 1128
1866 Christiana Thompson ,, ,, ..
1079 1866 Harlaw .. 894
1867 Thyatna comp. ship . . 962 ,,
1867 Jerusalem wood ship .. 901 ,,
1868 Thermopylae comp. ship . . 948 ,,
1868 Ascalon wood ship .. 938
1869 Centurion comp. ship . . 965
1870 Aviemore wood ship .. 1091 ,,
No ships that ever sailed the seas presented a finer appearance than these little flyers. They were always beautifully kept and were easily noticeable amongst other ships for their smartness: indeed, when lying in Sydney Harbour or Hobson's Bay with their yards squared to a nicety, their green sides* with gilt streak and scroll work at bow and stern glistening in the sun, their figure-heads, masts, spars and blocks all painted the green with which the Aberdeen White Star ships were painted was a composite paint always known as Aberdeen green. The Lucky Nineveh." The Nineveh, built the same year as the Ethiopian, was an extremely lucky ship in her freights and pas- sengers and made a great deal of money. Old Stephen Thompson was so pleased that he gave Captain Barnet a banquet at the Holborn Restaurant, and all through the dinner kept toasting "the lucky Nineveh."
NINEVEH
( NB there is more info below about the ship than is contained in the photo in the Photo Gallery)
Name
NINEVEH
Construction WOOD
Type SHIP
Date 1864
Official Number 48854
Description NINEVEH (according to Lloyd's Register 1865)
NINEVAH (according to Hood list)
Rig: SHIP
Launched in March 1864, Master J. Donald, Route London - Australia
1865/66: Master J. Donald; Voyage London - Australia
1867/68/69/71/72/73: Master T. Barnet
1874/75/76: No voyage given
1877: Master Kemball
1878/80/81: Master J. Ross
1882/83/84: Master J. Clulow; Owner J. H. Goodlet;
Now registered in Sydney
February 1896: Bought by Goodlet and Smith, Sydney and abandoned in the North Pacific
From "The Colonial Clippers" by Basil Lubbock:
paraphrased - A lucky ship - made a lot of money - Captain Barnett entertained by owner at Holborn Restaurant.
1896 abandoned in North Pacific (February)
1872 left London February 11, arrived Sydney 79 days later.
Shipbuilder HOOD
Shipowner Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
Dimensions
length 209' 9" x breadth 36' 5" x depth 22' 7"
gross tonnage 1176 tons