The ship St Vincent <back to main page> |
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Arrival - Saturday, 26 May 1883 1 ST. VINCENT, barque, 892 tons, Albert Ismay, master, from London March 3. Harrold Brothers, Town and Port, agents. Passengers - Dr and Mrs. St. John Corr, Mrs Ismay and two children, Messrs Roland and Leopold Crook, and Mr Randal St John Corr, in the saloon, and two in the second cabin. |
About the vessel 2,3 A composite iron frame, wooden planked full rigged sailing ship sheathed in yellow metal and copper or yellow metal fastened, 892 tons. Built in Sunderland by Pile in 1865, in 1883 the St Vincent was owned by Devitt & Moore and belonged to the Port of London. It was 190 feet in length, 35 feet in breadth and 18 feet 9 inces in depth. The Masters were Ismay (1883), J Barrett in 1880 and Alexander Louttit in 1870. It was broken up in Dunkerque in 1907. Link to more history on the ship. |
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Imported Cargo on board 1 From London - Plain cottons £400, coloured cottons £550, linen in case £100, waterproof and indiarubber goods £400, hosiery £200, cotton and linen shirts £300, carpets and rugs £300, felt hats and caps £300, saddlery £190, floor cloth £80, lucifers £170, agricultural implements £120, rails and general machinery £1,200, books, £110, paper 522 cwt, stationary £410, upholstery, £810, iron bedsteads£ 90, tin ware £200, brush ware £180, plated and papier-mâché goods £60, toys £10, firearms £100, pianos £230, corks £40, perfumery £20, iron tanks £130, lead shot 1 ton, hardware and cutlery £1,600, bar and rod iron 40 tons, hoop iron 90 tons, galvanized iron 55 tons, sheet lead 11 tons, pipe iron 2 tons, tinplates 220 boxes, wire and wire ropes 40 tons, zinc 9 tons, steel 18 tons, linseed oil 100 gallons, paint colours £320, flint-glass £140, window glass 10 cases, plate glass 6 cases, china and earthenware £490, canvas £50, lines and twines £250, marble £50, rum 1860 proof gallons, geneva 2,330 proof gallons, British spirits in bulk 280 proof gallons, British spirits in case 200 proof gallons, foreign spirits not rated 30 proof gallons, white wine 340 gallons, beer (glass) 100 barrels of 35 gallons, malt 250 quarts, hops 56 cwt, fish (preserved) not rated £70, assorted oilmen's stores £100, mineral water £10, cocoa £76, mustard £220, starch £190, blue £30, patent groats 40 cwt, chicory 232 cwt, white salt 50 tons, bicarbonate soda 100 cwt, raisins 40 cwt, currants 118 cwt, liquorice juice 5 cwt, refined sugar 400 cwt, glucose and sacarum 200 cwt, chemicals not described £30, apothecary ware £400, condensed milk V120, corn flour £80. Total cleared value of cargo £19,300. |
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The Journey 1 The ST. VINCENT is about as regular in her passages as a sailing vessel can possibly be expected, and on Saturday morning she was the first ship for boarding. Captain Ismay reports leaving the East India Docks on March 3, and after towing through the Downs cast off and proceeded down Channel, with wind light from the eastward. ON the 5th discharged polot off Torbay, and had variable winds which carried the vessel to the north-east trades, which proved only moderate and entirely ceased in 3º of north latitude. On March 26 crossed the Line in 27º west, and two days after picked up the south=east trades, which lasted to 30º S., 31º W. After a few days of variables the brave west wind set in , and on April 17 the vessel had reached 12º E. when only 45 days out. There , however, progress for a time was most vexatiously delayed by about twelve days strong easterly winds, but after that spell the western breezes again set in, and from 40º E to 115º some very good running was there happened another prevalence of east winds, and for eight days no very good progress was recorded. At 1 a.m. on May 25 Cape Borda was reached during a very bolsterous day, and after it cleared up the wind shifted tot he southward, and the Saint had a straight run up the Gulf, where she anchored to await a steamtug on the afternoon's tide when she towed into harbour. |
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About the ship's Master 4
Captain Albert John Ismay was enumerated in the 1881
British Census as follows: |
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References:
1. The South Australian Register, Monday, 28 May 1883, page 4.
2. Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1870 and 1880.
3 http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Merchant/Sail/S/St_Vincent(1865).html accessed on 31 January 2004.
4 1881 British Census indexes on http://www.familysearch.org accessed on 31 January 2004.
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