Wooloomooloo –Clipper 1852

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Wooloomooloo –Clipper 1852

Post by Anatol » Fri Apr 28, 2017 10:07 pm

‘WOOLOOMOOLOO’ Built 1852. Wood ship of 627 Tons. Length; 154.7 ft. Breadth; 26.9 ft. Depth; 19.1 ft. Built at Aberdeen She was a member of the White Star line. Reg; Aberdeen. Master; Captain J.Ross. The clipper is named after the inner city of the eastern suburb of Sydney-«Woolloomooloo». Aberdeen Register of Ships (Aberdeen City Archives):Registered 27 September 1852,2 decks and half poopdeck and forecastle, 3 masts, standing bowsprit, female figurehead, Master Charles Stuart. Daily News, 27/10/1852 reports: Australian line of packets - for Sydney direct the splendid new Aberdeen clipper built ship WOOLOOMOOLOO, Charles Stewart Commander, now loading London Docks. This fine ship is expected to be one of the fastest in the Australian trade and has handsome accommodations for cabin Clipper begins flight passengers. 1853- Clipper begins voyage Aberdeen-Port Philipheads, Victoria, Australia. The Courier, Hobart, 2/3/1853, Quoting Sydney Herald, 19/2/1853: The WOOLOOMOOLOO - this beautiful clipper built vessel arrived yesterday after an excellent run of 87 days from Portsmouth. She is commanded by Captain Stuart, late of Prince of Wales, a gentleman well known in the Sydney trade... [She] sails remarkably fast, having been only 56 days from the line. She encountered very severe weather in the channel... but this her maiden voyage proves her to be all that could be wished... has on board £63,000 in specie for the various banks [during Australian Gold Rush]. (Source: Historic Australian Newspapers Online http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home)). WOOLOOMOOLOO sailed from Sydney 27 Feb 1854 for London. Melbourne Age, 06/09/1855 About this voyage : [extracts from letter from passenger Per Maidot Judah] After rounding the horn scarcely anything but head winds and calms. On one of these days we fell in with good ship WOOLOOMOOLOO. Captain Stewart and a passenger came aboard and took tea wit us. WOOLOOMOOLOO arrived home shortly after us. On arrival she collided with a steamer «FALCON (S.S.)», which did some damage to the ship and killed a sailor boy instantaneously. But for Captain Stewart stooping over he would have met a similar fate. The newspapers reported 1857: WOOLOOMOOLOO in voyage from Sydney for London, 40 miles west of Wilson's Promontory [Victoria] losed her main and mizzen masts. She was steering west with a fair wind. WOOLOOMOOLOO arrived London 11 Feb. 1858 from Sydney 17 Nov. 23/4/1858 the vessel altered from rig of ship to barque-rigged. Maitland Mercury, 03/08/1858: Sydney shipping, WOOLOOMOOLOO - this old favourite arrived yesterday after passage of 91 days, considerably protracted by very heavy gales experienced since making land and which forced her to come round Van Diemen's Land. No vessels sighted since leaving the channel. 18/5/1859 the vessel altered from rig of barque to ship-rigged. WOOLOOMOOLOO sailed from Glasgow 20 July for Sydney. (Arrived 13 Oct, 97 days from Greenock, Master Henry - Sydney M.H., 20/10/1860). Ipswich (Queensland) Herald, 19/07/1861: Arrived London 12 May. She would have arrived in ample time for the May sales had it not been for succession of light winds and calms. In spite of these line was crossed on 61st day and on 26 April ship was within 200 miles of Land's End. At this point light winds and occasional gales from east kept her back in spite of every exertion by the captain to get in in time. 1868-69, Master John Stewart (died on return to Tilbury after round trip to Australia). She was sold to the Spaniards and was wrecked in 1885.Aberdeen-Australia service. The design stamp is made after painting of Richard Barnett Spencer.
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