Name |
SIR CHARLES FORBES |
Construction |
WOOD, COPPER SHEATHED |
Type |
SHIP |
Date |
1824 |
Description |
Rig: SHIP Yard Number: 42 Date of Build/Launch: June 1824 Built Cost: £4,002 Lloyd's Rating A1 2 decks, 3 masts, ship rigged, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, 1 gallery, male bust figurehead. Thomas Fouleston Master. 1824 Subscribing Owners: George McInnes, Shipowner, Old Aberdeen, 17 shares; George Forbes, Springhill, 5 shares; Thomas Fouleston, Shipmaster, 6 shares. Other Owners: Harry Lumsden, Auchindoir, 6 shares; Robert Grant, Drumminor, 4 shares; James Forbes, Echt, 5 shares; James Moir, Physician, Aberdeen, 4 shares; James Scott, Brotherton, Kincardine, 11 shares; William Abercrombie, Merchant, London, 6 shares. (Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)) 1824-26: Contracted to carry convicts from London to Tasmania and New South Wales. Master A. Duthie. 1825-26: Owned by McInnes; Master Fullarton; Voyage London - Calcutta 1826-27: Owned by McInnes; Master Fullarton; Voyage London - New South Wales 1827-28: Owned by McInnes; Master Duthie; Voyage Cowes 1828-30: Owned by McInnes; Master Leslie; Voyage London - Jamica 1830: Carried convicts to New South Wales. Master J. Leslie. 1830-32: Owned by McInnes; Master Leslie; Voyage London - NSW 1832: Sailed to Manilla and Jamaica. 1833: Owned by Boothby; Master Leslie 1839-40: Owned by Waddell; Master C Laing; Voyage Liverpool - South Australia 1840-41: Owned by T. Ward; Master not known; Voyage London - NSW 1841-43: Owned by T. Ward; Master Bacon; Voyage London - New Zealand 1844-45: Owned by T. Ward; Master Bacon; Voyage London Coasting 1846-47: Owned by T. Ward, London; Master Adams; Voyage - London - NSW 1848-49: Owned by J. Rodgers; Master W. Prynn; Voyage London - Valparaiso 1849-50: Owned by J. Rodgers; Master W. Prynn; Voyage London - Australia 1851-52: Owned by J. Rodgers; Master W. Prynn; Voyage London - Ascension 1853-55: Owned by J. Rodgers; Master W. Prynn; No voyages recorded 1856-57: Owned by J. Rodgers; Master Simmons; No voyages recorded 1857-60: Owned by J Rodgers, London; Master not listed; Voyage London Coasting Vessel appears in 1858 register but not 1862. No trace in 1863 Register. (Source: Lloyd's Register of Shipping) Details from The Warren Register of Colonial Tall Ships: 1st voyage: carried 130 male convicts to Hobart and had two deaths en-route. Departed Portsmouth on the 5th of January 1825 and arrived at Hobart on the 18th of April 1825. Master: Captain Thomas Fullarton. Surgeon: Joseph Cook. 2nd voyage: carried 73 female convicts to Hobart and had four deaths en-route. Departed London on the 16th of September 1826 and arrived at Hobart on the 3rd of January 1827.Master: Alexander Duthie. Surgeon: J. McTernan. 3rd voyage: carried 160 male convicts to Hobart and had two deaths en-route. Departed Plymouth on the 5th of April 1830 and arrived at Hobart on the 27th of July 1830. Master: Captain J. Leslie. Surgeon: William Petrie. 4th voyage: carried 148 female convicts to Sydney and had one death en-route. Departed Dublin on the 11th of August 1837 and arrived in Sydney on the 25th of December 1837. Master: Captain J. Leslie. Surgeon: William Clifford. |
Shipbuilder |
A. HALL & Co. |
Owner |
George McInnes and others, Aberdeen |
Dimensions |
length 104 x breadth 23.5' x depth 19' gross tonnage 364 tons |
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