Alneburgh
 Official Number
72924

The Alneburgh was an iron barque built by the Whitehaven Ship Building Company and launched on the 15th April 1876. She was owned and registered at Maryport by Capt.R.L.Armstrong.

On  21st Feb. 1878 the Alneburgh arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, under the command of Capt. Robert Leslie Armstrong (see Source 3 for Crew List).

The Alneburgh was posted "Missing" in September 1880. She had sailed from San Francisco on the 27th December 1879, bound for England with a cargo of wheat and flour. She was lost with her crew of 25, and had been insured for more than £30,000.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Alneburgh
1876
818 
203.1
32.2 
19.5
3 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. " Record of American & Foreign Shipping 1885 " names master and owner as Capt.R.L.Armstrong.
  3. Mariners and ships in Australian Waters
  4. Loss reported in the Liverpool Mercury newspaper, Friday 3rd Sept., 1880.
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