Ladstock

Official Number
74554

The Ladstock was an iron barque built by the Whitehaven Ship Building Co. in September 1876. The vessel was registered at Liverpool, and was initially owned by William Connell. She was sold to William Lowden & Co., also of Liverpool, in 1891, and then to Norwegian owners in 1905. The vessel was renamed Ebenezer, and she survived until 1911, when she capsized whilst undergoing repairs in Buenos Aires.

In 1899 the Ladstock, Capt.William Monk, arrived at Adelaide from Liverpool with five men in irons, all subsequently jailed for mutiny. The barque had been sailed 3,000 miles by the officers, apprentices and one seaman.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Ladstock
1876
 857
201.0 
32.2 
19.5 
3 
 
 
 100 years A1, Special Survey

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1883-4: Ladstock,  iron barque, 857 grt, official no.74554, signal letters QJKB, owned by T.Connell, registered at Liverpool, master Capt.Williams.
  3. There are photos of this ship at the National Library of Australia website (also in Picture Australia).
  4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1898-9: Ladstock,  iron barque, 857 grt, owned by W.Lowden & Co., registered at Liverpool.
  5. Mutiny on the Ladstock reported in the Advertiser (Adelaide newspaper) onTuesday, 28 February 1899, and in the Liverpool Mercury, Thursday, 25th May 1899.
  6. Norsk Skipsfartshistorisk Selskap (Norwegian Shipping History Society)